eDNA
Ken Rand | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 12 months AGO
As students look on, members of Gordon Luikart's lab, Steve Amish and Jenna Schabacker, collect filtered water samples with a tow net for eDNA testing at the boat launch on Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park in June 2015. Back at the lab they will test for invasive species and trout that are known to be in the lake.
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A new way to look for invasive species using eDNA
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