Revolutionising biodiversity monitoring in freshwater ecosystems using environmental DNA

利用环境 DNA 彻底改变淡水生态系统的生物多样性监测

• 批准号: LP140100731
• 负责人: Dr Andrew Weeks
• 金额: $ 33.87万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-03-12 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP140100731
• 关键词: Revolutionising; biodiversity; monitoring; freshwater; ecosystems

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.

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。