Survey of vulnerable Amazonian manatees using environmental DNA (eDNA): A method for survey in remote field settings (IMAGE)

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Survey of vulnerable Amazonian manatees using environmental DNA (eDNA): A method for survey in remote field settings

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Anthropological influence on manatee eDNA detection. Manatee DNA detections in the three regions based on distance from anthropological influence. Twenty-one samples were detected in rural or protected areas and eight were detected in urban areas. Rural and urban categories were determined by overall amounts of boat traffic, settlements, and pollution in each sample area. 

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Romoser et al., 2026, PLOS One, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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