Environmental DNA provides quantitative estimates of Pacific hake abundance and distribution in the open ocean
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2613
Abstract: All species inevitably leave genetic traces in their environments, and the resulting environmental DNA (eDNA) reflects the species present in a given habitat. It remains unclear whether eDNA signals can provide quantitative metrics of abundance… read more here.
Keywords: abundance; environmental dna; distribution; pacific hake ... See more keywords
Five decades of change in somatic growth of Pacific hake from Puget Sound and Strait of Georgia
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13577
Abstract: Declines in fish body size have been reported in many populations and these changes likely have important ramifications for the sustainability of harvested species and ecosystem function. Pacific hake, Merluccius productus, have shown declines in… read more here.
Keywords: somatic growth; growth; strait georgia; summer ... See more keywords