"Sight-unseen" detection of rare aquatic species using environmental DNA

Conservation Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Jerde, Christopher L ^a   Mahon, Andrew R ^a   Chadderton, W Lindsay ^b   Lodge, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian carp; Early detection; Environmental DNA; Great Lakes; Invasive species; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE;

EID: 79951983346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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