The effect of bivalve filtration on eDNA-based detection of aquatic organisms

• Ryan Friebertshauser ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan Friebertshauser, Kurtis Shollenberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rjf0030@tigermail.auburn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

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• Kurtis Shollenberger ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ryan Friebertshauser, Kurtis Shollenberger

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-8706

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• Alexis Janosik ,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4331-9703

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• Jeffrey T. Garner ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Florence, AL, United States of America

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• Carol Johnston

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

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