Environment DNA database for water quality monitoring
Abstract
DNA barcoding, i.e. DNA-based methods for the determination of individual organisms in water samples, are now well developed and in some cases already established in the quality assurance of monitoring projects. DNA-based methods for the determination of many organisms in mixed samples (DNA metabarcoding) are also well developed, as is the non-invasive detection of organisms in water or sediment via so-called "environmental DNA" or "eDNA" (eDNA metabarcoding). The main advantages of genetic methods, especially eDNA, include the rapid and standardised determination of sample material from mixed or environmental samples via barcode sequences, the more comprehensive documentation of biodiversity including difficult-to-determine or cryptic species, the possibility to make the raw data easily available for quality assurance purposes, and to store DNA for reanalysis. The aim of the project is to develop solutions for the pressing challenges in this context: Development of reliable reference databases, (meta-) data standards, user-friendly application.
keywords eDNA data-infrastructure water quality assessment biodiversity monitoring Water Framework Directive
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Project staff
Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Astrid Schmidt-Kloiber
ask@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81225
BOKU Project Leader
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Wolfram Graf
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wolfram Graf
wolfram.graf@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81221
Project Staff
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Anne Hartmann
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Anne Hartmann
anne.hartmann@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81208
Project Staff
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Patrick Leitner
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Patrick Leitner
patrick.leitner@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81243
Project Staff
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025
Simon Vitecek
Mag. Simon Vitecek Ph.D.
simon.vitecek@boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025