[Sextonlabpastmembers] Fwd: Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring

[Jason Sexton]

In case you can join...

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From: Rachel Meyer <rameyer at ucsc.edu>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 2:20 PM
Subject: Fwd: Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply
Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring
To: Wayne, Robert K. <rwayne at ucla.edu>, Jason Sexton <jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu>,
Michael Dawson <mdawson at ucmerced.edu>, Rasmus Nielsen <
rasmus_nielsen at berkeley.edu>, <Jeff.Wall at ucsf.edu>, Regina Wetzer <
rwetzer at nhm.org>, Dean Pentcheff <dpentche at nhm.org>, Adam Wall <
awall at nhm.org>, Miroslava Munguia Ramos <mnmunguiaramos at ucdavis.edu>,
Milagros Rivera <migriver at ucsc.edu>, Cynthia Valadon <ct.valadon at gmail.com>


Hi friends!
Webinar tomorrow at noon on our CALeDNA collaboration with NPS. Join or
pass along if you know of someone potentially interested!

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From: NRSS Ed Outreach, NPS <NPS_NRSS_Ed_Outreach at nps.gov>
Date: Tue, Dec 7, 2021 at 6:23 AM
Subject: Join Us for December Webinar: A new collaboration to apply
Environmental DNA research to help NPS Species and Biodiversity Monitoring
To: Rachel Meyer <rameyer at ucsc.edu>, Irvine, Irina <Irina_Irvine at nps.gov>



Here's an invitation to the webinar you can forward.


*A new collaboration to apply Environmental DNA research to help NPS
Species and Biodiversity Monitoring *

Join us for a webinar on Dec 08, 2021 at 1:00 PM MST.

Register now!
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Environmental DNA (eDNA) is everywhere, shed by plants as leaves decay and
pollen flies, by animals as skin slough or feces, and as microbial
communities grow and die. Managers are beginning to measure eDNA as a
barometer for habitat change or as an additional tool to track invasive or
rare species. To help develop bespoke eDNA sampling regimes, co-analyze
data, and evaluate the use of eDNA monitoring for NPS, the CALeDNA program
at the University of California now has a cooperative agreement to get to
work. In this webinar, we will first introduce the different flavors of
CALeDNA research projects that inspire our pilot projects with NPS. For
example, researchers found eDNA could map different functional watershed
zones, could track biodiversity responses to macroalgal blooms or invasive
plant presence, could identify microbial associates of invasive crayfish
for novel bioindicators, and could measure the effects of wildfire on
lagoons. Then, we will highlight CALeDNA-NPS pilot research that focuses on
tracking aquatic invasive species and anadromous fish, harmful algal
blooms, and riverine habitat surveys spanning the tree of life. These
pilots have already helped establish a fledgling research coordination
framework that we hope you will be interested in. This webinar will include
ample time for discussion about future CALeDNA – NPS projects and your
ideas on where there is the most need to help equip people with eDNA as a
biodiversity and ecological monitoring tool.

Presented by Rachel Meyer, CALeDNA Program Director, University of
California Santa Cruz Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing
information about joining the webinar.

View System Requirements
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-- 
Jason (Jay) Sexton
(he/him/his)
Associate Professor
Chair, UCM Senate Committee on Research
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of California, Merced
231 Science and Engineering Building 1
jsexton2 at ucmerced.edu
http://sextonlab.ucmerced.edu/


---Here again we are reminded that in nature nothing exists alone ~ Rachel
Carson---

---Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished ~ Lao Tzu---
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