Reclamation Information Sharing Environment (RISE)

DNA metabarcoding is a rapidly developing technique for rapidly surveying entire communities of organisms from individual environmental samples. Metabarcoding was tested for macroinvertebrate surveys and for detection of invasive species, including quagga mussel. Results were compared to traditional methods. Metabarcoding has significant potential, but this study demonstrated that carful planning and assay validation will be key to the successful adoption of this technique.