Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring outperforms traditional survey techniques

January 9, 2017February 5, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

Fish are sensitive indicators of water quality and their assessment is an important part of water management. However traditional methods of surveying by netting are costly and can cause the fish harm. The Environment Agency […]

DNA – Moving with the times

August 3, 2016 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

This week saw the EA issue their Position Statement: Using DNA-based methods for environmental monitoring and decision-making. It seems amazing that only 13 years since the mapping of the human genome in 2003 that the […]