Environmental DNA (eDNA) Monitoring of Noble Crayfish Astacus astacus in Lentic Environments Offers Reliable Presence-Absence Surveillance – But Fails to Predict Population Density

Environmental DNA (eDNA) Monitoring of Noble Crayfish Astacus astacus in Lentic Environments Offers Reliable Presence-Absence Surveillance – But Fails to Predict Population Density

Noble crayfish is the most widespread native freshwater crayfish species in Europe. It is threatened in its entire distribution range and listed on the International Union for Concervation Nature- and national red lists. Reliable monitoring data is a prerequisite for implementing conservation measur...

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Main Authors: Stein I. Johnsen, David A. Strand, Johannes C. Rusch, Trude Vrålstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Environmental Science
Subjects:
noble crayfish Astacus astacus
eDNA
occupancy modeling
qPCR
ddPCR
CPUE
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2020.612253/full

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