Optimized and validated protocol to the detection of the invasive bivalve Limnoperna fortunei from eDNA plankton samples

Abstract: We optimized a methodology for plankton environmental DNA detection of the invasive golden mussel and validated it in samples from a Southern Brazil reservoir. Limnoperna fortunei is a successful invasive alien species that causes significant impacts on freshwater ecosystems. We adjusted a...

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Main Authors: Josiane Ribolli, Sophia Cassol, Samara Hermes Silva, Evoy Zaniboni Filho, Flávia Lucena Zacchi, Jacó Joaquim Mattos, Grasiela Fagundes Minatto Cardoso, Alex Pires de Oliveira Nuñer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Limnologia 2021-05-01
Series:Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2179-975X2021000100301&tlng=en