Web Tools

Web-based tools can help guide eDNA sampling, analysis, interpretation, and collaboration.

• eDNA Validation Scale
  Five-level scale for evaluating the level of validation for eDNA assays. This tool considers the type of validation, criteria, uncertainty, and interpretation of results. The edna-validation.com website also includes an in-progress list of validation scores for published assays. Read more ->

• The Rangewide Bull Trout eDNA Project and eDNAtlas & Archive
  The USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and collaborators are using range-wide predictions of cold-water bull trout habitat combined with eDNA sampling to determine the presence of bull trout in thousands of streams. eDNA survey results can be viewed in an ArcGIS Online Mapper. The group is also working to develop an Aquatic eDNAtlas & Archive project that will expand online access to crowd-sourced eDNA datasets to encompass all aquatic species throughout the western U.S. & Alaska. Read more ->

• eDNAoccupancy Software
  http://www.usgs.gov/software/ednaoccupancy

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