Using eDNA to biomonitor the fish community in a tropical oligotrophic lake.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an effective approach for detecting vertebrates and plants, especially in aquatic ecosystems, but prior studies have largely examined eDNA in cool temperate settings. By contrast, this study employs eDNA to survey the fish fauna in tropical Lake Bacalar (Mexico) with the...

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Main Authors: Martha Valdez-Moreno, Natalia V Ivanova, Manuel Elías-Gutiérrez, Stephanie L Pedersen, Kyrylo Bessonov, Paul D N Hebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215505