Using environmental DNA for biomonitoring of freshwater fish communities: Comparison with established gillnet surveys in a boreal hydroelectric impoundment

• Published in: Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.) Vol. 3; no. 1; pp. 105 - 120
• Main Authors: Boivin‐Delisle, Damien, Laporte, Martin, Burton, Frédéric, Dion, René, Normandeau, Eric, Bernatchez, Louis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.01.2021; Wiley
• Subjects: Abundance; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; Biomass; Biomonitoring; Chlorophyll; Deoxyribonucleic acid; Dissolved oxygen; DNA; environmental DNA; Experiments; Fish; Freshwater fish; freshwater fish communities; Geographical distribution; Human resources; Laboratories; metabarcoding; Polls & surveys; qPCR; Redundancy; Relative abundance; Resource conservation; Resource management; Sander vitreus; Species richness; Water analysis; Water filtration; Water purification; Water sampling; Rupert River; Canada

Accurate data characterizing species distribution and abundance are critical for conservation and management of aquatic resources. Inventory methods, such as gillnet surveys, are widely used to estimate distribution and abundance of fish. However, gillnet surveys can be costly in terms of material a...