The Nature Files (Ep. 5): The Case of the Scattered Salmon

Environmental DNA can be used to solve all sorts of cases through the powers of detection-that is, detecting different species in an ecosystem-and this is just the beginning of what eDNA might be capable of. Can we push this work into unknown waters to test new advances in eDNA technology?
Hey, teachers! Here’s a cheat sheet of what’s included in this episode of The Nature Files:
• Advances in eDNA; experiments to see if eDNA can answer ecological questions beyond species presence and absence
• The types and quality of information eDNA might offer that traditional approaches to studying salmon don’t
• Salmon life cycle and migration patterns; salmon’s role in the ecosystem; the impact of climate change on salmon
• Seine fishing; quantitative PCR (qPCR)
From invasive crabs to lost whales, tapping into the world of environmental DNA can be the key to solving some of nature’s biggest riddles. Join us as we crack the code on nature and unlock mysteries in our newest series, The Nature Files.
Created by the Hakai Institute
Produced and edited by Katrina Pyne
Narrated by Grant Callegari
Script revisions by Meigan Henry
Fact-checking by Matt Lemay, Colleen Kellogg, and Brett Johnson
Videography by Bennett Whitnell
Additional videography by Katrina Pyne, Grant Callegari, and BC Stock
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I was so hoping that conclusion of this episode would be showing correlation in sample size between eDNA and the seine net