Quantification of Environmental DNA (eDNA) Shedding and Decay Rates for Three Marine Fish

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 10456-10464

  Sassoubre, Lauren M ^a,d   Yamahara, Kevan M ^b   Gardner, Luke D ^c   Block, Barbara A ^c   Boehm, Alexandria B ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; DNA; FISH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATE CONSTANTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CURRENT MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FIRST-ORDER DECAYS; MASS BALANCE MODEL; MONITORING TOOLS; SIZE FRACTIONATION;

DECAY (ORGANIC);

DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOMONITORING; CLUPEOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DNA; EXPERIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANCHOVY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DECAYING; DNA METABOLISM; DNA SHEDDING; ENGRAULIS MORDAX; FISH; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MESOCOSM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANT; SARDINE; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SCOMBER JAPONICAS; STEADY STATE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS;

ENGRAULIS MORDAX; RASTRELLIGER; SARDINOPS SAGAX; SCOMBER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES;

EID: 84989940021     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03114     Document Type: Article

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