Journal article
A DNA barcode database of Australia's freshwater macroinvertebrate fauna
ME Carew, SJ Nichols, J Batovska, R St Clair, NP Murphy, MJ Blacket, ME Shackleton
Marine and Freshwater Research | CSIRO PUBLISHING | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1071/MF16304
Abstract
Macroinvertebrates are widely used for monitoring freshwater ecosystems. In most monitoring programs, identifications take substantial time and expense. Methods that improve the speed, accuracy and cost-effectiveness of macroinvertebrate identification would benefit such programs. Increasingly, DNA barcodes are being used to provide accurate species-level identifications and have the potential to change how macroinvertebrates are routinely identified. Herein we discuss the need for DNA barcodes of freshwater macroinvertebrates with particular reference to Australia. We examine the use of DNA barcodes for species identification and compare DNA barcoding efforts of macroinvertebrates from Aust..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The authors thank Ary Hoffmann for his comments on this manuscript. The authors also thank Chris Davey, Gavin Rees, Julia Mynott, Philip Suter, Ivor Growns, Tapas Biswas, Jan Strugnell, Andrew Mitchell, Paul McInerney and Edward Tsyrlin who attended the first macroinvertebrate barcoding meeting on 30 October 2014 and provided the impetus for this publication. Work on this manuscript by S. J. Nichols was supported by a grant from the NSW Environmental Trust (project title: DNA-based Identification for Routine Aquatic Bio-assessment; http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/grants/2015-research.htm#dna, accessed 3 February 2017).