scholarly journals Application of eDNA as a tool for assessing fish population abundance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Spear ◽  
Holly S. Embke ◽  
Patrick J. Krysan ◽  
M. Jake Vander Zanden
2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Fukaya ◽  
Hiroaki Murakami ◽  
Seokjin Yoon ◽  
Kenji Minami ◽  
Yutaka Osada ◽  
...  

AbstractWe propose a general framework of abundance estimation based on spatially replicated quantitative measurements of environmental DNA in which production, transport, and degradation of DNA are explicitly accounted for. Application to a Japanese jack mackerel (Trachurus japonicus) population in Maizuru Bay revealed that the method gives an estimate of population abundance comparable to that of a quantitative echo sounder method. These findings indicate the ability of environmental DNA to reliably reflect population abundance of aquatic macroorganisms and may offer a new avenue for population monitoring based on the fast, cost-effective, and non-invasive sampling of genetic information.


2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 523-542 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume J.R. Dauphin ◽  
Gérald Chaput ◽  
Cindy Breau ◽  
Richard A. Cunjak

Electrofishing is a commonly used technique to assess freshwater fish population abundance, and in many programs, there has been a shift in the sampling methodologies towards less laborious techniques. These new techniques usually only provide an index of abundance and require calibration with other sampling methods such as successive removal to be used for absolute abundance estimation. Using data for juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) collected in 400 sites sampled over 21 years in two large Canadian river catchments with a single sampling protocol, we developed a hierarchical Bayesian model to account for effort, day of sampling, area of the site, and catchment effects on the relationship between the single-pass index of abundance and the fish densities, thereby illustrating the importance of carrying out a calibration exercise on a regular basis. Our work indicates that calibration relationships can change over time even with standardized sampling protocols and that these directional changes in important components of the sampling procedure can bias the estimate of population abundance and misinform the understanding of population dynamics.


1981 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Majkowski

Application of a multispecies approach for assessing the population abundance and the age-structure of fish stocks is proposed. The main objective of this approach is to eliminate a bias in the results of cohort analysis (the most frequently used single-species procedure for assessing the fish population age-structure) caused by uncertainties in the external estimates of natural mortality rates. The approach is applicable if fish predation is a major cause for fish natural mortality and all fish species which significantly interact among themselves through predation are taken into account. It is additionally assumed that these fish species do not leave the area under consideration. Compliance with these conditions allows the prediction, on the basis of ecological theory and required field and laboratory data, of a major component of natural mortality, predation mortality, within extended cohort analysis. The paper describes the proposed procedure (extended cohort analysis) and outlines possible ways of collecting the required input data.Key words: assessment, fish population abundance, age-structure, multispecies approach, natural and fishing mortality


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Fukaya ◽  
Hiroaki Murakami ◽  
Seokjin Yoon ◽  
Kenji Minami ◽  
Yutaka Osada ◽  
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SIMBIOSA ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yarsi Efendi ◽  
Ramses Ramses ◽  
Adil Waraney

The Research have done started from February to June 2013, have purpose to compare the population abudance and difference of morphometric Telescopium telescopium in two different observation places. The sampling point determined by method of random sampling. The sample has taken by plot measurement 10x10 m and the sub plot measurement 1x1 m placed in 5 pieces plot measurement 10x10 m.The research result got 62 individual Telescopium telescopium in research location with the density value 0.155 (ind/m²) at 1st location and 297 individual Telescopium telescopium with the density value 0.7425 (ind/m²) at 2nd location. The average measurement result (length and dimeter) morphometric of Telescopium telescopium found at mangrove habitat in Sungai Bongkok was length 8.94 cm and diameter 4.73 cm. The morphometric average measurement result (length and diameter) Telescopium telescopium found at mangrove habitat around the garbage disposal Punggur was length 4.66 cm and diameter 2.54 cm. Keywords: Population Abundance; Morphometric; Telescopium telescopium. 


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