Concentrations of environmental DNA (eDNA) reflect spawning salmon abundance at fine spatial and temporal scales

2018/02/06 by Michael D. Tillotson, Ryan P. Kelly, Jeffrey J. Duda +4 · 315 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Abiotic component #Abundance (ecology) #Biodiversity #Biology #Biomass (ecology) #Context (archaeology) #Ecology #Environmental DNA #Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies #Environmental science #Identification and Quantification in Food #Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology #Spatial ecology #Temporal scales

paper · doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2018.01.030

published in Biological Conservation 220, 1-11 (Elsevier BV)

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