Trends in river herring environmental DNA in two North Carolina river systems

• Seth M. Gibbons,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, Conceptualization

  Affiliations Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island, Manteo, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Chase G. Spicer,

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

  Affiliations Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Sara Roozbehi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Chequita N. Brooks,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, Chauvin, Louisiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7684-6470

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• Cory S. Joyner,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Michael S. Brewer,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Roger A. Rulifson,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Erin K. Field

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: fielde14@ecu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2121-1355

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