Tools and Resources
Environmental DNA
eDNA Videos
WSU sampling demonstration
Collecting environmental DNA from water samples
WSU eDNA lab overview
Overview of eDNA laboratory procedures
eDNA methods demonstration videos
- Filtering water for eDNA: http://www.cornell.edu/video/environmental-dna-collection-demonstration (source: Cornell University)
- Filtering water samples for eDNA analysis: http://www.asiancarp.us/edna.htm (source: Army Corps of Engineers)
- Great Crested Newt eDNA Survey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiQzGafwihE (source: ADAS)
- eDNA sampling method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA6VHfVpNp4 (source: platypusSPOT)
- eDNA sampling demonstration: https://labs.wsu.edu/edna/edna_protocols/ (source: Washington State University)
- eDNA sampling in the rivers Ruhr and Mӧhne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgEdVjiA3Qc (source: Leeselab – Aquatic Ecosystem Research)
- Performing the qPCR assay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQwL13Ng6Ks (source: Southern California Coastal Water Research Project)
eDNA overview videos
- Working with environmental DNA (eDNA): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR4TEhFcZPc (source: Rocky Mountain Research Station)
- Measuring biodiversity using environmental DNA (Robert Holdaway, Landcare Research): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8p2zySMJpU (source: Science Media Center (NZ) )
- What’s the big idea: Turning to eDNA to detect invasive species (Adam Sepulveda, USGS): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jUa_vSZe34 (source: U.S. Geological Survey Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center)
eDNA project videos
- Using eDNA in the fight against Asian Carp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXwply6ahQ8 (source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Early detection of invasive tilapia using new eDNA technique https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoEmn9ErfE0 (source: TropWater)
- Can we save the frog prince? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGvFEMGyn8I&feature=youtu.be (source: HARCC FrogRescue)
- Environmental DNA and citizen science: interview with Alba Ardura and Sara Fernández (University of Oviedo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD61sW6p3Ug (source: RRI Tools)