Molecular BiologyEcology and EvolutionPeer-reviewed
Targeted and passive environmental DNA approaches outperform established methods for detection of quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in flowing water
Rosetta C. Blackman, Kar Keun Sean Ling, Lynsey R. Harper…·Lori Lawson Handley
The paper compares traditional and eDNA methods for detecting quagga mussels, finding that targeted PCR and metabarcoding outperform kick-net sampling, with qPCR being most sensitive at low densities.
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