An environmental DNA assay for detecting Macquarie perch, Macquaria australasica
Date
2017
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Piggott, Maxine
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Springer
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Macquarie perch (Macquaria australasica) are an endangered freshwater fish found in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia. I developed a species-specific assay to detect Macquarie perch DNA in environmental samples. The assay is highly specific to detect Macquarie perch, and produced no amplification from 18 co-distributed species. Testing the assay on environmental water samples demonstrated positive detections where Macquarie perch are known to be present in low and moderate density.
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eDNA, Environmental DNA, Macquarie perch, Macquaria australasica, qPCR
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Conservation Genetics Resources
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