Estimation of fish biomass using environmental DNA.

Environmental DNA (eDNA) from aquatic vertebrates has recently been used to estimate the presence of a species. We hypothesized that fish release DNA into the water at a rate commensurate with their biomass. Thus, the concentration of eDNA of a target species may be used to estimate the species biom...

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Main Authors: Teruhiko Takahara, Toshifumi Minamoto, Hiroki Yamanaka, Hideyuki Doi, Zen'ichiro Kawabata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3338542?pdf=render