Environmental DNA simultaneously informs hydrological and biodiversity characterization of an Alpine catchment

Mächler, Elvira; Salyani, Anham; Walser, Jean-Claude; Larsen, Annegret; Schaefli, Bettina; Altermatt, Florian; Ceperley, Natalie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-735-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-735-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-735-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 2

Research article

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18 Feb 2021

Research article |

| 18 Feb 2021

Environmental DNA simultaneously informs hydrological and biodiversity characterization of an Alpine catchment

Elvira Mächler, Anham Salyani, Jean-Claude Walser, Annegret Larsen, Bettina Schaefli, Florian Altermatt, and Natalie Ceperley

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RC1: 'minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 10 Nov 2020
- SC1: 'Short response', Elvira Mächler, 13 Nov 2020
- AC1: 'Final response', Elvira Mächler, 21 Dec 2020
RC2: '1', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Dec 2020
- SC2: 'Short response', Elvira Mächler, 10 Dec 2020
- AC2: 'Final response', Elvira Mächler, 21 Dec 2020

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by editor) (21 Dec 2020) by Alberto Guadagnini

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ED: Publish as is (29 Dec 2020) by Alberto Guadagnini

AR by Elvira Mächler on behalf of the Authors (05 Jan 2021)

Short summary

In this study, we collected water from an Alpine catchment in Switzerland and compared the genetic information of eukaryotic organisms conveyed by eDNA with the hydrologic information conveyed by naturally occurring hydrologic tracers. At the intersection of two disciplines, our study provides complementary knowledge gains and identifies the next steps to be addressed for using eDNA to achieve complementary insights into Alpine water sources.