Fish Assemblage Monitoring of Southern Operator Tributary Streams in the Oil Sands Area - Environmental DNA Monitoring

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding sequence data from filtered water samples collected to pair with electrofishing data as part of the Oil Sands Monitoring program. This sequencing data stems from 11 sites across seven Athabasca tributary streams located south of Fort McMurray, Alberta. This represents the first of several environmental DNA data sets being generated as part of the OSM program.

The sequence data for this project is being stored publicly in the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website, under the Project Accession Number: PRJNA1139135.

All data are subject of a publication containing method details, full QA/QC, interpretations and conclusions. Citation: Morey, K. C., Myler, E., Hanner, R., & Tetreault, G. (2024). Taxonomic Blind Spots: A limitation of environmental DNA Metabarcoding‐Based detection for Canadian freshwater fishes. Environmental DNA, 6(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70054