Rapid degradation of longer DNA fragments enables the improved estimation of distribution and biomass using environmental DNA

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2017, Pages e25-e33

  Jo, Toshiaki ^a   Murakami, Hiroaki ^b   Masuda, Reiji ^b   Sakata, Masayuki K ^a   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^a   Minamoto, Toshifumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

decay rate; DNA fragment length; echo intensity; environmental DNA (eDNA); Japanese Jack Mackerel (Trachurus japonicus); quantitative real time PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; PERCIFORMES; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; DNA; METAGENOMICS; PERCIFORMES; WATER;

EID: 85019695817     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12685     Document Type: Article

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