Revolutionising biodiversity monitoring in freshwater ecosystems using environmental DNA

澳大利亚的生物多样性正在以前所未有的速度下降，淡水物种尤其面临风险。有效保护淡水生物多样性取决于评估物种群落和关键环境资产和威胁的可靠、准确和具有成本效益的监测技术。然而，目前的技术是低效的，昂贵的和高度侵入性的。该项目旨在利用一种称为环境DNA的新方法来彻底改变淡水环境中的生物多样性调查，并旨在通过对本地和引进物种的分布和丰度进行具有成本效益和准确的评估，大幅增加积极的保护成果。

Australian biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate and freshwater species are particularly at risk. Effective conservation of freshwater biodiversity depends on reliable, accurate and cost-efficient monitoring techniques for assessing species communities and key environmental assets and threats. However, current techniques are inefficient, expensive and highly invasive. This project aims to utilise a novel methodology known as environmental DNA to revolutionise biodiversity surveys in freshwater environments, and aims to lead to a substantial increase in positive conservation outcomes through cost-efficient and accurate assessments of the distributions and abundances of both native and introduced species.