Read counts from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reflect fish abundance and biomass in drained ponds
Cristina Di Muri, Lori Lawson Handley, Colin W. Bean, Jianlong Li, Graeme Peirson, Graham S. Sellers, Kerry A. Walsh, Hayley V. Watson, Ian J. Winfield, Bernd Hänfling
This study shows that eDNA metabarcoding read counts correlate with fish biomass and abundance in ponds, and results are consistent across different DNA capture methods.
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics · Oct 22, 2020Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology