Data from: Using environmental DNA metabarcoding to monitor fish communities in small rivers and large brooks: Insights on the spatial scale of information Universiteit Gent
Charlotte Van Driessche, Teun Everts, Sabrina Neyrinck, David Halfmaerten, Annelies Haegeman, Tom Ruttink, Dries Bonte, Rein Brys
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A controlled cage experiment was performed. Fifteen fish species were held in keepnets (~cages) in a small river in Belgium. At varying distances downstream from the nets, water samples were taken. Environmental DNA was extracted and samples were analysed via both droplet digital PCR (see Van Driessche et al., 2022) as well as via eDNA metabarcoding. This dataset includes the data of the eDNA metabarcoding. The entire set-up was repeated in two river transects with contrasting river discharge rates. Two levels of source fish ...
A controlled cage experiment was performed. Fifteen fish species were held in keepnets (~cages) in a small river in Belgium. At varying distances downstream from the nets, water samples were taken. Environmental DNA was extracted and samples were analysed via both droplet digital PCR (see Van Driessche et al., 2022) as well as via eDNA metabarcoding. This dataset includes the data of the eDNA metabarcoding. The entire set-up was repeated in two river transects with contrasting river discharge rates. Two levels of source fish ...