Biodiversity RCN Cedar Creek "BigBio"

BigBio

A collaboration with researchers from the University of Minnesota comparing eDNA with other sampling methods.

Location:

Samples were taken at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve at the University of Minnesota.

Research Questions:

    1. How well does eDNA data represent known biodiversity, planted biomass, and hyperspectral data from drones?

    2. How do abiotic factors shape eDNA signals and which factors have the strongest influence?

Undergraduate Researchers: Taylor Hedblad and Emily Soth


Project Details

Researchers Anna
Reference barcode database Crux v2
DRYAD link https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4907-5797
Decontamination method

Decontamination was with decontam software using 0.1 prevalence.

Primers 18S, 16S, Fungal_ITS5_5.8S, CO1_Leray, PITS