Applications and limitations of measuring environmental DNA as indicators of the presence of aquatic animals

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 827-831

  Rees, Helen C ^a   Gough, Kevin C ^a   Middleditch, David J ^b   Patmore, James R M ^c   Maddison, Ben C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c REC Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eDNA; False positive; Limit of detection; PCR; Sampling design; Species detectability; Study comparison; Water sampling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84948715779     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12467     Document Type: Letter

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