Article
Environmental DNA for the enumeration and management of Pacific salmon
2018-08-17
Abstract excerpt
Pacific salmon are a keystone resource in Alaska, generating annual revenues of well over ∼US$500 million/yr. Due to their anadromous life history, adult spawners distribute amongst thousands of streams, posing a huge management challenge. Currently, spawners are enumerated at just a few streams because of reliance on human counters and, rarely, sonar. The ability to detect organisms by shed tissue (environmental...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4a94c4e6-296d-5abc-a299-aa056e8c1387
- DOI
- 10.1101/394445
