Tag: eDNA

April 9, 2018

Could eDNA prevent frog die-offs from fungal disease?

When Collen Kamoroff was sampling the montane lake waters of eastern California, she was trying to ensure they no longer contained invasive fish. Instead, she found what she believes could...

December 8, 2017

eDNA – Not just for fisheries biologists anymore – from The Wildlife Professional

Not all field sampling days are filled with summer sun and hiking through alpine meadows, but this one was, and it was just about as good as they come. The...

May 18, 2016

Using environmental DNA (eDNA) to monitor endangered fish

In collaboration with the California Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, geneticist Andrew Kinziger and graduate students at Humboldt State University set out to determine whether eDNA methods provide improved...