Chelsea A. Harms-Tuohy

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When attempting to quantify fish eDNA obtained from a water sample, do I also need to know the DNA shedding rate of that particular fish ?

I have read that qPCR will be useful for the quantification step, but I am unsure if I also need to perform a pilot study to see how much DNA is shed from my target species to use this as a...

08 November 2016 4,245 1 View

Any modern approaches to extract (and stabilize) venom from lionfish?

I'm looking to do an LD50 test for lionfish venom - I can either inject the venom into a prey fish, or add it to water containing the prey fish. I have seen articles that offer both as...

26 June 2015 554 3 View

Does anyone have reports or documented encounters of aggressive behavior of the West Indian / Antillean manatee towards humans?

I am looking for incidents of this behavior in the literature, or from government agency reports. Links and citations would be most helpful.

03 February 2015 4,931 6 View