Accessible and cost-effective deployment of environmental DNA (eDNA) samplers for sediment conducive to supporting community-based surveys

• Anna H. Dema,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Ellika M. Crichton,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Neha Acharya-Patel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Lauren C. Bergman,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Michael J. Allison,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Matthew T. Bonderud,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Jacob J. Imbery,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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• Clifford L.K. Robinson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

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• Jacqueline R. Huard,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Comox Valley Project Watershed Society, Rosewall Crescent, Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada

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• Caren C. Helbing

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

  * E-mail: chelbing@uvic.ca

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Finnerty Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8861-1070

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