Antony Gavin Brown

Sedimentary ancient DNA analysis from the Iron Age courtyard and cooking pit site of Rodskjaer in Troms, Northern Norway

This study uses sedimentary ancient DNA metabarcoding to analyze Iron Age courtyard and cooking pit sites, identifying plant and animal taxa and highlighting challenges from bioturbation and root penetration.

Capture probe, metabarcoding, or shotgun sequencing: which best reflects local vegetation?

This study compares metabarcoding, shotgun sequencing, and capture probes for detecting plant taxa in lake sediments, finding metabarcoding has the lowest false positive rate and highest detection rate.

Maximizing vegetation representation of the catchment in sedimentary DNA with targeted cores in small lakes

This study shows that central-core samples in small lakes capture more taxonomic richness than marginal samples, improving sedimentary DNA-based vegetation representation.