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
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; ddPCR; eDNA; Gyrodactylus salaris; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480; Driva; Norway; Salmo salar
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2628700; https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.45

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. Aims: We...