Estimation of Fish Biomass Using Environmental DNA

Environmental DNA (eDNA) from aquatic vertebrates has recently been used to estimate the presence of a species. We hypothesized that fish release DNA into the water at a rate commensurate with their biomass. Thus, the concentration of eDNA of a target species may be used to estimate the species biom...

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Main Authors: Takahara, Teruhiko, Minamoto, Toshifumi, Yamanaka, Hiroki, Doi, Hideyuki, Kawabata, Zen'ichiro
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338542/