Navigating uncertainty in environmental DNA detection of a nuisance marine macroalga

• Patrick K. Nichols ,

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

  * E-mail: pkn@hawaii.edu

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2772-4709

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• Kaʻuaʻoa M. S. Fraiola,

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

  Affiliation United States Geological Survey, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3215-6651

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• Alison R. Sherwood,

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

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Brian B. Hauk,

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

  Affiliation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Keolohilani H. Lopes Jr,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Resources and Environmental Management, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6116-0655

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• Colt A. Davis,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• James T. Fumo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Chelsie W. W. Counsell,

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

  Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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• Taylor M. Williams,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Heather L. Spalding,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, United States of America

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• Peter B. Marko

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

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, United States of America

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