4th Marine Mammal eDNA Workshop
Background
The 4th Marine Mammal eDNA workshop brought together early-career scientists and established researchers interested in applying emerging techniques in environmental DNA (eDNA) to marine mammal species. We focused on developments in the analysis and interpretation of eDNA detection data for marine mammals, and the application of these results to management and conservation plans.
We primarily addressed methods advances made toward using eDNA detection data for population genetic analyses and estimates of spatial density and population abundance, and discussed the challenges and opportunities faced by marine mammal eDNA researchers aiming to use eDNA data in statistical or modeling frameworks.
Recordings of the workshop presentations are below, and papers cited in these presentations can be accessed in this folder.
Workshop Presentations
Presentations I: Advancing population genetics methods with eDNA
Amy Van Cise
University of Washington
Integrated probabilistic framework for taxonomic assignment of marine mammal eDNA
Luis Afonso
University of Porto
Spurious or real? The challenge of haplotyping cetacean eDNA at scale
Aubrie Onoufriou
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Moving to frequency space: When does relative eDNA abundance approximate true haplotype frequency?
Kristina Cammen
University of Maine
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Amy Van Cise
University of Washington
Bettina Thalinger
University of Innsbruck
Presentations II: Advancing abundance estimation methods with eDNA
Quantifying eDNA detection probability for spatial density models and abundance estimates
Amy Van Cise
University of Washington
NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center
Integrated spatial models for cetaceans using eDNA and visual survey data
Eiren Jacobson
St Andrews University