Ancient environmental DNA indicates limited human impact on marine biodiversity in pre-industrial Iceland
Luke E. Holman, Emilia M. R. Arfaoui, Lene Bruhn Pedersen, Wesley R. Farnsworth, Philippa L Ascough, Paul Butler, Esther Ruth Guðmundsdóttir, David J. Reynolds, Tamara Trofimova, Jack Thomas Rhodes Wilkin, Christian Carøe, Tobias Guldberg Frøslev, Ramona Harrison, Shyam Gopalakrishnan, Mikkel Winther Pedersen, , Kristine Bohmann
The paper uses ancient environmental DNA to analyze marine biodiversity in pre-industrial Iceland, finding limited human impact compared to climate effects.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · Jul 10, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology