Allometric scaling of eDNA production in stream‐dwelling brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inferred from population size structure

Matthew C. Yates; Taylor Wilcox; Kevin S. McKelvey; Michael K. Young; Michael K. Schwartz; Alison M. Derry

doi:10.1002/edn3.150

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Allometric scaling of eDNA production in stream‐dwelling brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inferred from population size structure

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Authors:

Matthew C. Yates, Taylor Wilcox, Kevin S. McKelvey, Michael K. Young, Michael K. Schwartz, Alison M. Derry

Year:

2021

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.150

Source:

Environmental DNA

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Abstract

Environmental DNA (eDNA) concentration exhibits a positive correlation with organism abundance in nature, but modeling this relationship could be substantially improved by incorporating the biology of eDNA production. A recent model (Molecular Ecology, 10.1111/mec.15543) extended models of physiological allometric scaling to eDNA production, hypothesizing that brook trout eDNA production scales nonlinearly with mass as a power function with scaling coefficients <1 in lakes.

Keywords

abundance, allometric scaling, allometry, biomass, brook trout, eDNA, fishes

Citation

Yates, Matthew C.; Wilcox, Taylor M.; McKelvey, Kevin S.; Young, Michael K.; Schwartz, Michael K.; Derry, Alison M. 2021. Allometric scaling of eDNA production in stream‐dwelling brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) inferred from population size structure. Environmental DNA. 3(3): 553-560. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.150.