eDNA metabarcoding - detecting species composition
Services offered:
- Environmental inventories of areas allocated for investment
- Environmental monitoring of areas potentially affected by investments (pre- and post-implementation surveys)
- Research for the purposes of conservation and management plans of protected areas
- Research for the purposes of conservation planning and management of species populations
- Monitoring of invasive and alien species
- Biodiversity analyses as a part of assessing the condition of aquatic ecosystems
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DNA Metabarcoding is a modern technique that enables the identification of species present in an environmental sample by analyzing specific fragments of their genetic material. This method allows rapid and accurate determination of species composition in various environments. In practice, we most often use metabarcoding to identify the species composition of narrower taxonomic groups, such as bivalves, amphibians, fish, or arthropods, enabling effective biodiversity assessment in a given area.
Thanks to a detailed diagnosis of the natural environment in the area covered by the investment, we can determine the impact of the planned project on individual environmental elements. Genetic methods remove any doubts regarding species identification, providing precise and objective results.
Examples of completed projects by the eDNA Laboratory of LNRA
The State Forest, forest district Dąbrowa
Verification of the presence of the marsh minnow (Rhynchocypris percnurus) within the boundaries of the planned nature reserve "Dolina rzeki Mątawy" (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) using real-time PCR technique
PPT Consult LLC.
Species identification of the thick-shelled river mussel (Unio crassus) in the section of the river Brda in Nadolna Karczma (Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship) using molecular research methods (barcoding) to verify species affiliation.
Regional Directors for Environmental Protection in Warsaw
Study of the species composition of fish in the river Bug using modern research methods (metabarcoding – nanopore sequencing) within the project entitled “Environmental monitoring presenting the assessment of the state of preservation of individual protected objects of the Natura 2000 Ostoja Nadbużańska PLH140011 area – natural habitats, fish”
EKOSTUDIUM
Conducting an inventory and ichthyological valuation of mining areas at Rejewskiego Street in Bydgoszcz, along with the development of results and analysis of the impact of the planned land development on the aquatic environment
Selected services
DNA barcoding
Metabarcoding eDNA
