Detecting Southern California’s White Sharks With Environmental DNA

Detecting Southern California’s White Sharks With Environmental DNA

To improve ability to detect white sharks without the need for tags, or visual census, we developed a species-specific environmental DNA (eDNA) assay that targets a 163 bp fragment of the white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) mitochondrial cytochrome B gene on a digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) platform....

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Main Authors: Kevin D. Lafferty, Kasey C. Benesh, Andrew R. Mahon, Christopher L. Jerde, Christopher G. Lowe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
shark presence
eDNA
Carcharodon carcharias
coastal
conservation
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2018.00355/full

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