University of Prince Edward Island, Nature Prince Edward Island Use New Tools to Look for Rare Species in PEI Streams
April 02, 2022
April 02, 2022
CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island, April 2 (TNSRes) -- The University of Prince Edward Island issued the following news:
In collaboration with Nature PEI, Dr. Michael van den Heuvel's laboratory at UPEI has engaged in the first study using environmental DNA (eDNA) to determine the presence or absence of three rare species of mussel and one group of host fish, river herring, in PEI's freshwater rivers.
With biodiversity threatened around the planet, scientist . . .
In collaboration with Nature PEI, Dr. Michael van den Heuvel's laboratory at UPEI has engaged in the first study using environmental DNA (eDNA) to determine the presence or absence of three rare species of mussel and one group of host fish, river herring, in PEI's freshwater rivers.
With biodiversity threatened around the planet, scientist . . .