Environmental DNA metabarcoding provides enhanced detection of the European eel Anguilla anguilla and fish community structure in pumped river catchments
N. P. Griffiths, J. D. Bolland, R. M. Wright, L. A. Murphy, R. K. Donnelly, H. V. Watson, B. Hänfling
This study compares eDNA metabarcoding and traditional methods for detecting eels and fish communities in pumped river catchments, finding eDNA provides higher sensitivity and species richness detection.
bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2020Ecology