Assessing the use of eDNA metabarcoding to monitor mine site restoration
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Open access
Date
2021Supervisor
Paul Nevill
Grant Wardell-Johnson
Nicole White
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Science and Engineering
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Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
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Abstract
Monitoring restoration is key to assessing the success or failure of methodologies, to improve future restoration, and indicate when further intervention may be necessary. This thesis explores the use of eDNA metabarcoding, a technique to detect biodiversity from DNA, to monitor restoration. Here I evaluate multiple terrestrial substrates as sources of DNA and engage in wide-scale testing to assess the recovery of soil microbes, vertebrates, and invertebrates post mine site restoration
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