eDNA (environmental DNA) refers to the genetic material found in an environmental sample (water or sediment). eDNA comes from feces, gametes, scales, and cells that an organism sheds, and is easily collected from water and sediment samples.
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Keywords: eDNA, environmental DNA, monitoring, invasive species
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, South Slough, OR, Wells, ME
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These guidance documents and videos provide field and lab protocols for preparing for, collecting and fitering water samples for use in eDNA analyses.
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Keywords: eDNA, environmental DNA, monitoring, invasive species
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, South Slough, OR, Wells, ME
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Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Apalachicola, FL, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Delaware, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, He‘eia, HI, Hudson River, NY, Jacques Cousteau, NJ, Jobos Bay, PR, Kachemak Bay, AK, Lake Superior, WI, Mission Aransas, TX, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Old Woman Creek, OH, Padilla Bay, WA, Rookery Bay, FL, San Francisco Bay, CA, Sapelo Island, GA, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA, Weeks Bay, AL, Wells, ME
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This collection of reports summarizes Surface Elevation Table (SET) data at fiften reserves. A technical report analyzing of surface elevation change and a summary for oureach purposes is provided for each reserve.
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Keywords: SET, SWMP, surface elevation table, sea level rise
Reserves: Apalachicola, FL, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Delaware, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL, Mission Aransas, TX, Narragansett Bay, RI, Padilla Bay, WA, South Slough, OR, Waquoit Bay, MA, Weeks Bay, AL, Wells, ME
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This collection features blue carbon work completed by project teams from 2010-2019. The collection includes a detailed management brief narrative, an infographic showing the progress of blue carbon work across the U.S., and a webinar recording from a panel discussion on March 17, 2020.
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Keywords: blue carbon, carbon finance, ecosystem services
Reserves: Apalachicola, FL, Grand Bay, MS, Kachemak Bay, AK, Mission Aransas, TX, Padilla Bay, WA, Rookery Bay, FL, South Slough, OR, Waquoit Bay, MA, Weeks Bay, AL
Webinar Summary |
This resource contains the presenter slides, Q&A responses, recording, and presenter bios from the December 2019 webinar Leveraging NERRS System-Wide Monitoring Program Data for Wetland Research and Management.
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Keywords: wetland resilience, SET, surface elevation table, Sentinel Site, data analysis, sea level rise, management
Reserves: Chesapeake Bay, VA, Delaware, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Mission Aransas, TX, Narragansett Bay, RI, Padilla Bay, WA, South Slough, OR, Waquoit Bay, MA, Wells, ME
Project Overview |
This project overview describes a project led by Elkorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve to communicate the results of a recent national synthesis of NERR Sentinel Site data on marsh resilience to sea level rise.
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Keywords: wetland resilience, Sentinel Site, data synthesis
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Hudson River, NY, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Padilla Bay, WA, San Francisco Bay, CA, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA
Webinar Summary |
These slides summarize a webinar given byAlison Watts of the University of New Hampshire and Bree Yednock of the South Slough Reserve on February 14, 2019, featuring results from a pilot eDNA monitoring program being developed and tested at several National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) sites in New England and Oregon.
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Keywords: eDNA, environmental DNA, monitoring, invasive species
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, South Slough, OR
Website |
This website, created as part of a 2017 Collaborative Research project, describes a pilot program led by the University of New Hampshire and the NERRS to develop eDNA sample collection and analysis protocols.
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Keywords: eDNA, environmental DNA, monitoring, invasive species
Reserves: Great Bay, NH, South Slough, OR, Wells, ME
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This document summarizes a tool developed by the NERRS to evaluate and compare the ability of tidal marshes to thrive as sea level rises.
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Keywords: Sentinel Site, marsh resilience, data synthesis
Reserves: ACE Basin, SC, Chesapeake Bay, MD, Chesapeake Bay, VA, Delaware, Elkhorn Slough, CA, Grand Bay, MS, Great Bay, NH, Hudson River, NY, Narragansett Bay, RI, North Carolina, North Inlet-Winyah Bay, SC, Padilla Bay, WA, San Francisco Bay, CA, South Slough, OR, Tijuana River, CA, Waquoit Bay, MA