Environmental DNA is DNA recovered from an environmental sample, such as water, soil or sediment, rather than directly from a selected intact organism. It can reveal traces of organisms that were present or contributed material to the sample. Detection depends on shedding, persistence, transport and assay sensitivity, so a positive detection does not alone measure abundance or prove that a living individual is present at that exact location. [ref]
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