Multi-species (metabarcoding) insights
What's included in your multi-species (metabarcoding) eDNA insights from NatureMetrics?

Each set of multi-species (metabarcoding) insights includes:
- Interactive map and data visualizations powered by the NatureMetrics Intelligence Platform, plus
- Excel data table for each test (assay) containing: DNA sequences, taxonomic details, metrics and QC info
Turnaround time: 8 working weeks from receipt of your completed Sample Manifest and all samples included in your order. We start processing your samples when your Sample Manifest is completed in full. Please familiarize yourself with the Sample Manifest before taking your samples in the field.
Content is optimised for each test: Please see table of contents below for details of the metrics included in the insights for your tests (assays).
Multi-species (metabarcoding) insights: Table of contents
Species A - H
Species / Metric |
Bacteria | Bivalves (excl. Unionid mussels) | Eukaryotes | Fish (excl. sharks & rays) | Fungi |
Species richness |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Evolutionary diversity |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Taxonomic resolution (species named to species level) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
IUCN Red List tag |
- | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Invasives tag (acc. to GRIIS*) | - | yes | - | yes | - |
Common names | - | - | - | yes | - |
Bacterial functional diversity | yes | - | - | - | - |
Fungal functional diversity | - | - | - | - | yes |
CHEGD** tag | - | - | - | - | yes |
*Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (griis.org)
**CHEGD stands for: Clavarioids (spindles, club and coral fungi); Hygrocybe genus (waxcaps); Entoloma (pinkgills); Geoglossum and relatives (earthtongues); and Dermoloma and relatives (crazed caps). Nearly 90 per cent of all waxcap species are on one or more European national Red Lists for threatened fungi.
Species I - Z
Species / Metric |
Insects | Invertebrates | Mammals | Unionid mussels | Vertebrates |
Species richness |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Evolutionary diversity |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Taxonomic resolution (species named to species level) |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
IUCN Red List tag |
yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Invasives tag (acc. to GRIIS*) | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Common names | - | - | yes | - | yes |
Bacterial functional diversity | - | - | - | - | - |
Fungal functional diversity | - | - | - | - | - |
CHEGD** tag | - | - | - | - | - |
*Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (griis.org)
**CHEGD stands for: Clavarioids (spindles, club and coral fungi); Hygrocybe genus (waxcaps); Entoloma (pinkgills); Geoglossum and relatives (earthtongues); and Dermoloma and relatives (crazed caps). Nearly 90 per cent of all waxcap species are on one or more European national Red Lists for threatened fungi.