Monitoring endangered freshwater biodiversity using environmental DNA

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2565-2573

  Thomsen, Philip Francis ^a   Kielgast, Jos ^a   Iversen, Lars L ^b   Wiuf, Carsten ^c   Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Orlando, Ludovic ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biological diversity; molecular detection; pyrosequencing; threatened species; wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

DNA; FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; FISH; GENETICS; INSECT; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; TRITURUS;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INSECTS; LAKES; TRITURUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84861563592     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05418.x     Document Type: Article

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