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Environmental DNA (eDNA) water samples were collected at 15 tree islands containing wading bird breeding colonies (order Pelecaniformes) and 15 empty control islands in the central Everglades of Florida in spring of 2017 (April through June) and analyzed for the presence of eDNA from invasive Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus). The Burmese python is now established as a breeding population throughout south Florida, USA. Pythons can consume large quantities of prey and may be a particular threat to wading bird breeding colonies in the Everglades. To quantify python occupancy rates at tree islands where wading birds breed, we utilized environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis—a genetic tool which detects shed DNA in water...
Categories: Data;
Types: Downloadable,
GeoTIFF,
Map Service,
Raster;
Tags: Aquatic Biology,
Broward,
Everglades,
Genetics,
Miami-Dade, All tags...
Python,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
Wildlife Biology,
droplet digital PCR,
environmental DNA,
invasive species,
multi-scale occupancy model,
non-invasive detection,
wildlife biology, Fewer tags
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection is a rapidly expanding technique used to non-invasively detect cryptic, low density, or logistically difficult-to-study species, such as imperiled manatees. Genetic material shed into the environment through tissue and body fluids is concentrated from water samples and analyzed for the presence of targeted eDNA. To help delineate manatee habitat ranges, high use areas, and seasonal population changes, a cytochrome-b quantitative PCR and state-of-the-art droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) eDNA assay was developed for the three extant and vulnerable manatee species: both subspecies of the West Indian manatee (Florida and Antillean), the African manatee and Amazonian manatee. Occurrence...
Categories: Data;
Types: Citation;
Tags: Cameroon,
Cuba,
Ecology,
Genetics,
Gulf of Mexico, All tags...
Trichechus,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
Wildlife Biology,
environmental DNA,
marine mammals,
multi-scale occupancy model,
non-invasive detection,
quantitative PCR, Fewer tags
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