Using eDNA tools to examine the impact of kelp farming on underlying sediments

• Samuel H. Tan,

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

  Affiliations University of Maine Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, Walpole, Maine, United States of America, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

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• Emmaeve Jourdain,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Maine Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, Walpole, Maine, United States of America, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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• Shane P. Farrell,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Maine Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, Walpole, Maine, United States of America, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6906-507X

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• Nichole N. Price,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

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• Jeremy J. Rich,

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

  Affiliation University of Maine Darling Marine Center, School of Marine Sciences, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

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• David Emerson

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

  * E-mail: demerson@bigelow.org

  Affiliation Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1737-356X

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