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Example Protocols and Tutorials

Instructional Webinars & Guides
A collection of webinars and documents covering everything from developing an eDNA project to presenting results developed by Wai Tuwhera o te Taiao - Open Waters Aotearoa programme
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Water Sampling & Safety Tutorial
A video tutorial developed by the Great Australian Platypus Search
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Field Collecting & Filtering Protocols
A collection of protocols, videos, and other resources developed by the SWAMP eDNA Metabarcoding and Analysis Project
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Laboratory Methods
Laboratory procedures for processing eDNA data developed by the CALeDNA Program
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Academic Articles

Meyer, R., Ramos, M., Lin, M., Schweizer, T., Gold, Z., Ramos, D., Shirazi, S., Kandlikar, G., Kwan, W., Curd, E., Freise, A., Parker, J., Sexton, J., Wetzer, R., Pentcheff, N., Wall, A., Pipes, L., Garcia-Vedrenne, A., Mejia, M., Moore, T., Orland, C., Ballare, K., Worth, A., Beraut, E., Aronson, E., Nielsen, R., Lewin, H., Barber, P., Wall, J., Kraft, N., Shapiro, B., Wayne, R., 2021. The CALeDNA program: Citizen scientists and researchers inventory California’s biodiversity. California Agriculture 75, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.3733/ca.2021a0001

Tøttrup, A.P., Svenningsen, L., Rytter, M., Lillemark, M.R., Møller, P., Knudsen, S.W., 2021. Citizens in the Lab: Performance and Validation of eDNA Results. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice 6, 35. https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.382

Miya, M., Sado, T., Oka, S., Fukuchi, T., 2022. The use of citizen science in fish eDNA metabarcoding for evaluating regional biodiversity in a coastal marine region: A pilot study. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 6, e80444. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.6.80444

Biggs, J., Ewald, N., Valentini, A., Gaboriaud, C., Dejean, T., Griffiths, R.A., Foster, J., Wilkinson, J.W., Arnell, A., Brotherton, P., Williams, P., Dunn, F., 2015. Using eDNA to develop a national citizen science-based monitoring programme for the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus). Biological Conservation 183, 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.029

Agersnap, S., Sigsgaard, E.E., Jensen, M.R., Avila, M.D.P., Carl, H., Møller, P.R., Krøs, S.L., Knudsen, S.W., Wisz, M.S., Thomsen, P.F., 2022. A National Scale “BioBlitz” Using Citizen Science and eDNA Metabarcoding for Monitoring Coastal Marine Fish. Frontiers in Marine Science 9.
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