Monitoring presence and abundance of two gyrodactylid ectoparasites and their salmonid hosts using environmental DNA

• Published in: Environmental DNA
• Main Authors: Fossøy, Frode, Brandsegg, Hege, Sivertsgård, Rolf, Pettersen, Oskar, Sandercock, Brett K., Solem, Øyvind, Hindar, Kjetil, Mo, Tor Atle
• Other Authors: Miljødirektoratet
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/edn3.45; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fedn3.45; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/edn3.45; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/edn3.45

Abstract Background Invasive species represent a major challenge for the conservation of biodiversity. The invasive ectoparasitic fluke Gyrodactylus salaris is considered one of the major threats to the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), and the parasite has so far been detected in 50 rivers in Norway...