Environmental DNA metabarcoding monitoring aquatic biodiversity across urban wetland in Macau

This Project characterized aquatic biodiversity in urban wetlands of Macao using environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding. Water samples were collected from multiple inland and coastal wetlands across Wet and dry season. Amplicons from mitochondrial 12S and COI, and nuclear 18S markers were sequenced using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to generate raw sequence data representing fish and invertebrate communities. The dataset provides baseline genetic information to support biodiversity monitoring, invasive species detection, and conservation of urban wetland ecosystems.