Environmental DNA facilitates accurate, indigenous-led, inexpensive, and multi-year population estimates of millions of Eulachon fish
M. Pochardt, J. M. Allen, T. Hart, S. D. L. Miller, D. W. Yu, T. Levi
This study shows that environmental DNA (eDNA) can accurately estimate eulachon fish populations over multiple years, with high predictive power compared to mark-recapture methods, at a lower cost.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2019 · PreprintEcology