Construction is still underway at the environmental DNA (eDNA) lab expansion that is taking shape at the River Institute’s main site on the St. Lawrence College Cornwall, Ontario, campus. The concept for the eDNA lab evolved out of the River Institute’s Fish Identification Nearshore Survey (FINS) program, which used traditional methods, such as seine netting, to catch and identify fish and collect and analyze water samples. Read the full story by the Cornwall Standard Freeholder.
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