Review of Biomass and Organism Tracer Applications in Hydrogeology

A report within the Hydrogeology module reviews mechanisms for tracing aquatic macro- and micro-organisms and assessing their biomass. The document discusses case studies using geochemical, isotopic, and eDNA metabarcoding applications from literature. It was authored by Isabella Leonhard and last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare the effectiveness of geochemical and isotopic tracers for assessing aquatic biomass distribution.
• Analyze case studies of environmental DNA metabarcoding applications for organism detection.
• Review literature on biomarker datasets for tracing the distribution of living organisms.

Strengths

• Report is licensed under CC BY 4.0 for open sharing and reuse.
• Updated recently in March 2026, indicating current relevance.
• Covers multiple tracer methodologies: geochemical, isotopic, and eDNA metabarcoding.

Limitations

• Data is presented as a 2.3 MB PDF report, not a structured, machine-readable dataset.
• No tabular data, row count, or column definitions are provided for quantitative analysis.
• Content is a literature review of case studies, not primary measurement data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Isabella Leonhard.

Collection Method

Literature review compiling case studies from published sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-14.

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