Fish Biodiversity: Brief Perspective to the use of the Environmental DNA in Brazilian Amazon

Authors: Santos CHA*

DOI: 10.23880/jenr-16000191

Volume 4, Issue 2

Abstract

The Amazon basin is an important region and intriguing in terms of freshwater fish diversity. Traditional methods have been essential in knowledge the species diversity, but new methods are fundamental to the biodiversity monitoring. The environmental DNA is a novel, sensitive, efficient, and effective and no invasive method in biological research, but their sensitivity has not yet been fully evaluated, and the probability of detecting species at the site of study has been shown to be dependent of a genetic database, species distribution, and of environmental factors. Thus, some factors need to be clarified to a routine application of eDNA method in the Amazon basin, and that their results can contribute in public and environmental policies in the region.

Keywords: Amazon Basin; Conservation; Fish Diversity; Environmental Policy

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