Improved biodiversity detection using a large-volume environmental DNA sampler with in situ filtration and implications for marine eDNA sampling strategies
A. F. Govindarajan, L. McCartin, A. Adams, E. Allan, A. Belani, R. Francolini, J. Fujii, D. Gomez-Ibanez, A. Kukulya, F. Marin, K. Tradd, D. R. Yoerger, J. M. McDermott, S. Herrera
This study compares large-volume eDNA sampling with in situ filtration to small-volume conventional sampling, finding that larger samples detect more taxa and are better for deep ocean biodiversity detection.
bioRxiv · Jan 12, 2022Ecology