Aquatic environmental DNA detects seasonal fish abundance and habitat preference in an urban estuary.

The difficulty of censusing marine animal populations hampers effective ocean management. Analyzing water for DNA traces shed by organisms may aid assessment. Here we tested aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA) as an indicator of fish presence in the lower Hudson River estuary. A checklist of local mari...

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Main Authors: Mark Y Stoeckle, Lyubov Soboleva, Zachary Charlop-Powers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5389620?pdf=render