Persistence of DNA in carcasses, slime and avian feces may affect interpretation of environmental DNA data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Merkes, Christopher M ^a   McCalla, S Grace ^a   Jensen, Nathan R ^a   Gaikowski, Mark P ^a   Amberg, Jon J ^a  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CARCASS; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; WATER SAMPLING; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

AVES; CYPRINIDAE; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS MOLITRIX; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS;

ANIMALS; CARPS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84912118183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113346     Document Type: Article

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