Category Archives: Sample Processing

Scott McDaniel

Scott McDaniel
President
Susquehannock Wildlife Society, Inc
P.O. Box 287
Bel Air, MD 21014
Phone: 443-333-9453
Email:  [email protected]
Website: www.susquehannockwildlife.org

►Multi Species Panel Development
►DNA Marker Development
►Protocol Development
►Sample Processing
►Research

• Eastern Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

With which agencies have you partnered with on eDNA applications?
Smithsonian Institute, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Todd W. Pierson

Todd W. Pierson
PhD Student
University of Tennessee
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
569 Dabney Hall, 1416 Circle Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 317-306-6299
Email: [email protected]

►Multi Species Panel Development
►DNA Marker Development
►Protocol Development
►Sample Processing
►Research
►Expert Input

Amphibians
Have used a sequence-based “metabarcoding” approach to detect plethodontid salamander communities in the southern Appalachians:
• Desmognathus
• Eurycea
• Gyrinophilus
• Pseudotriton
• Urspelerpes

Amphibians & Crustacea
Have used qPCR assays to target:
• Dougherty Plains Crayfish (Cambarus cryptodytes)
• Georgia Blind Salamander (Eurycea [Haideotriton] wallacei)
• Patch-nosed Salamander (Urspelerpes brucei)

With which agencies have you partnered with on eDNA applications?
Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, United States Geological Survey (USGS), USDA Forest Service, South Carolina Heritage Program

Tara Chestnut

Tara Chestnut
Ecologist
US Geological Survey
2130 SW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97201
Phone: 503-251-3283
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://profile.usgs.gov/chestnut

►Multi Species Panel Development
►DNA Marker Development
►Protocol Development
►Sample Processing
►Research
►Expert Input

Fungi
• Amphibian Chytrid Fungus
• Batracochytrium Dendrobatidis

With which agencies have you partnered with on eDNA applications?
US Geological Survey, US Forest Service, Oregon State University, Colorado State University, Severtsov Ecology & Evolution Institute, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Richard Lance

Richard Lance
Research Biologist
Environmental Laboratory, US Army ERDC
CEERD-EPP, 3909 Halls Ferry Rd.
Vicksburg, MS 39180
Phone: 601-634-3971
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/bios.cfm?Id=Lance-EP-P

►Multi Species Panel Development
►DNA Marker Development
►Protocol Development
►Sample Processing
►Research
►Expert Input

Fish
• Bighead Carp (Hypophthalmichthys nobilis)
• Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)
• Silver Carp (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)
• Sturgeon (Acipenser and Scaphirhynchus)

Mollusks
• Quagga and Zebra Mussels (Dreissena spp.)

Other
• mix of terrestrial species

With which agencies have you partnered with on eDNA applications?
United States Geological Survey, United States Fish & Wildlife Service