Detection and transport of environmental DNA from two federally endangered mussels

• Brandon J. Sansom ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bsansom@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7999-9547

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• Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD, United States of America

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• Nathan L. Thompson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America

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• Maura O. Roberts,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America

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• Zachary A. Taylor,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Annapolis, MD, United States of America, Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

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• Katie Ortiz,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

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• Jess W. Jones,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Blacksburg, VA, United States of America

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• Catherine A. Richter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America

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• Katy E. Klymus

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey–Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America

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