Environmental DNA (eDNA): A tool for quantifying the abundant but elusive round goby (Neogobius melanostomus)

• Meredith B. Nevers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mnevers@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Chesterton, Indiana, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6963-6734

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• Murulee N. Byappanahalli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Chesterton, Indiana, United States of America

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• Charles C. Morris,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana, United States of America

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• Dawn Shively,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Chesterton, Indiana, United States of America

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• Kasia Przybyla-Kelly,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Chesterton, Indiana, United States of America

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• Ashley M. Spoljaric,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Lake Michigan Ecological Research Station, Chesterton, Indiana, United States of America

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• Joshua Dickey,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Park Service, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Porter, Indiana, United States of America

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• Edward F. Roseman

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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