Environmental monitoring using next generation sequencing: rapid identification of macroinvertebrate bioindicator species.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Invertebrate communities are central to many environmental monitoring programs. In freshwater ecosystems, aquatic macroinvertebrates are collected, identified and then used to infer ecosystem condition. Yet the key step of species identification is often not taken, as it requires a high level of taxonomic expertise, which is lacking in most organizations, or species cannot be identified as they are morphologically cryptic or represent little known groups. Identifying species using DNA sequences can overcome many of these issues; with the power of next generation sequencing (NGS), using DNA sequences for routine monitoring becomes feasible.

Results

In this study, we test if NGS can be used to identify species from field-collected samples in an important bioindica

SUBMITTER: Carew ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3750358 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature