Frédéric Rimet

This paper constructs a COI-based DNA barcode library for French freshwater macroinvertebrates to improve DNA metabarcoding accuracy and highlights challenges with primer specificity and genetic diversity.

This study compares three preservation protocols for diatom samples over different storage durations, finding that DNA quality and diversity are largely unaffected, but rare taxa vary, highlighting the importance of method choice for detecting low-density species.