Table 2 Sensitivity and positive predictivity of metabarcoding analysis in each class.

From: Comparative environmental RNA and DNA metabarcoding analysis of river algae and arthropods for ecological surveys and water quality assessment

 

eDNA

eRNA

Mean

SD

Merge

Mean

SD

Merge

Sensitivity

Ephemeroptera

30.0

6.8

53.3

4.1

5.6

26.7

Plecoptera

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Trichoptera

10.4

4.7

21.4

1.6

3.0

7.1

Odonata

27.3

24.9

100.0

5.6

15.7

50.0

Diptera

20.9

3.6

35.0

15.0

5.8

20.0

Positive predictivity

Ephemeroptera

86.9

6.1

84.2

38.6

28.2

80.0

Plecoptera

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Trichoptera

56.1

21.6

42.9

100.0

0.0

100.0

Odonata

26.7

22.6

25.0

16.7

23.6

25.0

Diptera

70.3

12.0

50.0

96.3

10.5

80.0

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