Effects of Temperature and Trophic State on Degradation of Environmental DNA in Lake Water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1859-1867

  Eichmiller, Jessica J ^a   Best, Sendréa E ^a   Sorensen, Peter W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOMARKERS; CARBON; DIGITAL STORAGE; LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; OLIGOTROPHIC WATERS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; WATER-SAMPLE STORAGE;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; LAKE WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GENETIC MARKER;

BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYPRINID; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; GENETIC MARKER; LAKE WATER; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC MARKER; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TROPHIC LEVEL; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE; STANDARDS;

CYPRINUS CARPIO;

ANIMALS; CARPS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC MARKERS; LAKES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84958824613     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05672     Document Type: Article

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