Development and application of an eDNA method to detect and quantify a pathogenic parasite in aquatic ecosystems

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 991-1002

  Huver, J R ^a   Koprivnikar, J ^b   Johnson, P T J ^c   Whyard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Disease; Environmental DNA; Organismal DNA; Parasite; PCR; Ribeiroia ondatrae; Survey

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DNA; FIELD SURVEY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PARASITE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; RIBEIROIA ONDATRAE; TREMATODA;

DNA;

ABNORMALITIES; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODE; TREMATODIASIS; VETERINARY;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREMATODA; TREMATODE INFECTIONS;

EID: 84930015285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1530.1     Document Type: Article

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