Gathering Water and eDNA Samples (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

Gathering Water and eDNA Samples

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Message in a bottle: DNA in 1 litre of seawater = a trawl sweep of 66 million litres, enough to fill a sports stadium to top of goalposts. A proposed "Great American Fish Count," involving citizen scientists collecting waters samples, could set stage for 2nd global Census of Marine Life during the upcoming UN Oceans Decade. Here Monmouth University Assistant Professor of Biology Keith Dunton gathers eDNA in water samples.

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Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute

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