For the past two years, there has been a lot of news about a “new” contaminant, “PFAS,” which has caused a lot of inconvenience in the construction and soil industries. Recently it was demonstrated in America that there is a bacterium that breaks down this worrying group of substances. Geofoxx …
With ORVIdetect we are able to measure invasive exotics in water and silt samples taken from surface waters. Species such as the American Red Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), the Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), the American Bull Frog (Rana catesbeiana) and the Topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) are detectable with eDNA. With eDNA methods …
With ORVIdetect we are able to measure invasive exotics in water and silt samples taken from surface waters. Species such as the American Red Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii), the Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus), the American Bull Frog (Rana catesbeiana) or the Topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) can be detected with eDNA. Commissioned by …
In the Netherlands muskrats are caught in order to prevent damage to dykes and embankments. It may sound strange, but it is true: muskrats can be detected using DNA techniques. The muskrat leaves a trace of DNA in the water. The trace comes from faeces, hair, skin cells and the …
