Abstract Detail

Conservation Biology

How can culture, population genomics, and environmental DNA integrate to help us better manage the environment?

Molecular tools are advancing rapidly and giving people more detailed and more precise information about biodiversity. For example, the eDNA metagenomics or metabarcoding provides means to track hundreds of thousands of organisms and generate community ecological statistics. Population genomic data and more available reference genomes provides information relating spatiotemporal variation in parts of the genome of a species to ecological function, while also generating hypotheses about the consequences of changes to population genetic diversity. How do these advanced measures of biocomplexity and genetic patterns past and present in turn affect culture, from family activities to management strategies and global policies? In my talk, I'll share examples of community-based programs aimed to generate data in hopes to change decision-making workflows.

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1 - UCSC, EEB, 130 McAllister Way, Coastal Biology Building Rm 242, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, United States

Keywords:
eDNA
Biodiversity
landscape genomics
Citizen Science
natural resources
management
culture.

Presentation Type: Oral Paper
Number: CB5003
Abstract ID:1055
Candidate for Awards:None