General

How long does DNA stay in the water?
Environmental DNA in the water degrades fairly quickly, from a few hours, to a few weeks. This can be accelerated due to microbial activity, pH, sunlight, a...
Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 at 2:15 PM
How far downstream from an organism can we detect the DNA?
It seems to depend upon the system in regards to pH, streamflow, sunlight, and microbial activity.  While we say that, in general, a sample is representativ...
Wed, 23 Sep, 2020 at 2:52 PM
What fish species do you have in your library?
We currently have over 550 species of US freshwater fish in our library (which is a little more than a third of the US freshwater fish species).  For a ...
Mon, 24 Feb, 2020 at 4:15 PM
There are over 1300 fish species in the United States. Your library only has about 500. What are you doing to fix the discrepancy?
Tissue samples from different fish are slowly trickling into our lab. If you have access to a fin clip from a fish not on our list and want to donate a tiss...
Fri, 30 Oct, 2020 at 12:38 PM