Metabarcoding lake sediments: taphonomy and representation of contemporary vegetation in environmental DNA (eDNA) records
I. G. Alsos, Y. Lammers, N. G. Yoccoz, T. Joergensen, P. Sjoegren, L. Gielly, M. E. Edwards
This study evaluates how well eDNA from lake sediments represents contemporary vegetation, finding that eDNA detects 31% of taxa within 2 m of the shore but misses some rare and distant taxa.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2018Ecology