New paper in Molecular Ecology
by Keiichi Fukaya
Our new paper has been published online.
- K. Fukaya, Hiroaki Murakami, Seokjin Yoon, Kenji Minami, Yutaka Osada, Satoshi Yamamoto, Reiji Masuda, Akihide Kasai, Kazushi Miyashita, Toshifumi Minamoto and Michio Kondoh (2020) Estimating fish population abundance by integrating quantitative data on environmental DNA and hydrodynamic modeling. Molecular Ecology (in press).
By utilizing a “tracer model” that fully account for shedding, transport, and degradation of environmental DNA within an aquatic area of interest, we proposed a new method for quantifying abundance of aquatic organisms based on the measurements of environmental DNA concentration. We applied the proposed method to Japanese jack mackerel population in Maizuru Bay, Japan, showing that marine fish can be counted based on the analysis of environmental DNA in seawater.
It will be listed in the upcoming special issue Environmental DNA for biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring.
A news release for this paper can be found in EurekAlert!
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