A conservation planning assessment of basin wide Unionid mussel assemblages using environmental DNA
Nathaniel T. Marshall, Megan Seymour, Nathan Herbert, Cheryl Dean, W. Cody Fleece
This study evaluates eDNA metabarcoding for monitoring freshwater mussel assemblages, finding it detects more species than visual surveys and identifies rare species.
bioRxiv · Feb 16, 2026 · PreprintEcology