Treated like dirt: Robust forensic and ecological inferences from soil eDNA after challenging sample storage
T. G. Froslev, R. Ejrnaes, A. J. Hansen, H. H. Bruun, I. B. Nielsen, F. Ekelund, M. Vestergard, R. Kjoller
This study assesses how storage duration and temperature affect soil eDNA metabarcoding results, finding minimal changes under 20°C for up to 28 days.
bioRxiv · Dec 22, 2021Ecology