An Environmental DNA Survey on Distribution of an Endangered Salmonid Species, Parahucho perryi, in Hokkaido, Japan

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Hiroki Mizumoto, Takashi Mitsuzuka, Hitoshi Araki
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: environmental DNA; endangered species; Sakhalin taimen; distribution; habitat degradation; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Main Island; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.569425; https://doaj.org/article/970a54c2d22245fb84624aa976d968e0

For protecting endangered species, precise understanding of their distribution is crucial. However, it is often very difficult to estimate at a large scale with conventional methods (e.g., casting nets or electrofishing for aquatic species) because of their low densities in the wild. Sakhalin taimen...