Fishing in the Water: Effect of Sampled Water Volume on Environmental DNA-Based Detection of Macroinvertebrates

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 305-312

  Mächler, Elvira ^a,b   Deiner, Kristy ^a,c   Spahn, Fabienne ^d   Altermatt, Florian ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SCREENING;

DETECTION RATES; DETECTION TOOLS; DEVELOPMENT STAGES; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; FALSE DETECTIONS; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; OPTIMAL SAMPLES;

EXTRACTION;

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FISHING; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER;

ACCURACY; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA EXTRACTION; FISHING; GAMMARUS PULEX; MACROINVERTEBRATE; RIVER; VOLUME; WATER VOLUME; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVERTEBRATES; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84953410951     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04188     Document Type: Article

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