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Development of a TaqMan PCR assay for the identification of the non-native copepod Acartia tonsa, and detection of this species in Norwegian coastal waters

Tone FalkenhaugAudun SlettanCamilla V S Moseid

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Ecologybiologyved/biologyfungiPcr assayved/biology.organism_classification_rank.speciesZoologyAquatic Sciencebiology.organism_classificationTaqManIdentification (biology)Ecology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCopepodAcartia tonsa

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Abstract Molecular based assays for detection of species are a powerful tool to supplement morphological methods that may be time and labor intensive. Here we describe a sensitive TaqMan real time polymerase chain reaction assay that specifically detects the presence of Acartia tonsa in mixed plankton samples. The assay is used to find this non-native copepod in samples collected in Norwegian coastal waters.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-04-30Journal of Plankton Research
https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbab029