A systematic approach to evaluate the influence of environmental conditions on eDNA detection success in aquatic ecosystems.

The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to determine the presence and distribution of aquatic organisms has become an important tool to monitor and investigate freshwater communities. The successful application of this method in the field, however, is dependent on the effectiveness of positive DNA verif...

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Main Authors: Bernhard C Stoeckle, Sebastian Beggel, Alexander F Cerwenka, Elena Motivans, Ralph Kuehn, Juergen Geist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5722286?pdf=render