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Cecilia Villacorta‐Rath

James Cook UniversityORCID 0000-0002-1060-5447Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2

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Damien Burrows· 2 shared Alejandro Trujillo‐GonzáleziD· 1 shared Charlotte HavermansiD· 1 shared Christophe ClegueriD· 1 shared Dean Mathews· 1 shared Dianne M. GleesoniD· 1 shared Henrik Stahl· 1 shared Jan M. StrugnelliD· 1 shared

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2023-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Finding dugongs through environmental DNA: a complementary tool for population surveillance

Liv Aul, Christophe Cleguer, Damien Burrows, Jon Lapeyra Martin, Dean Mathews, Stephen Widdicombe, Henrik Stahl, Jan M. Strugnell, Charlotte Havermans, Cecilia Villacorta‐Rath

The paper develops and validates a quantitative PCR assay for detecting dugong eDNA, showing reliable performance across different environments and populations.

bioRxiv · Oct 1, 2026 · PreprintGenetics

Invasive terrestrial invertebrate detection in water and soil using a targeted eDNA approach

Cecilia Villacorta‐Rath, Lori Lach, Natalia Andrade-Rodriguez, Damien Burrows, Dianne M. Gleeson, Alejandro Trujillo‐González

This study demonstrates that eDNA from terrestrial invasive invertebrates can be detected in adjacent waterbodies and soil, with purification steps improving detection rates.

NeoBiota · Apr 3, 2023Peer-reviewedGenetics