Vera Marie Alida Zizka

This paper compares two DNA extraction methods for metabarcoding Malaise trap samples, finding that wet material processing is more efficient and less prone to contamination.

This study evaluates if DNA metabarcoding can assess mitochondrial genetic diversity changes in response to environmental stressors in river macrozoobenthic communities.

The paper investigates optimal size sorting and pooling strategies for malaise trap samples to maximize taxon recovery using metabarcoding.

This paper tests a non-destructive DNA metabarcoding method using ethanol fixative to assess biodiversity, finding it effective for some taxa but lacking for others.

The paper introduces a centrifugation protocol that increases mitochondrial DNA yield 140-fold, enabling efficient sequencing of whole mitochondrial genomes for biodiversity studies.