Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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A successful invader in expansion: life history traits at the expansion front and development of a sentinel method using eDNA

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Masson, Laurence, Thesis advisor (ths): Fox, Michael G, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Chris C, Degree committee member (dgc): Copp, Gordon H, Degree committee member (dgc): Beisel, Jean-Nicolas, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Researchers have shown increasing interest in biological invasions for the associated ecological and economic impacts as well as for the opportunities they offer to study the mechanisms that induce range expansion in novel environments. I investigated the strategies exhibited by invasive species that facilitate range expansion. Invasive populations exhibit shifts in life-history strategy… more
Full Text: A successful invader in expansion: life history traits at the expansion front and development of a sentinel method using eDNA A dissertation submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor …

Detection of four at-risk freshwater pearly mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) from environmental DNA (eDNA)

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Year: 2017, 2017
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Currier, Charise A., Thesis advisor (ths): Freeland, Joanna, Thesis advisor (ths): Wilson, Chris C, Degree committee member (dgc): Morris, Todd J, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James A, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Environmental DNA (eDNA) detection uses species-specific markers to screen DNA from bulk samples, such as water, to infer species presence. This study involved the development and testing of species-specific markers for four freshwater pearly mussels (Unionidae). The markers were applied to water samples from intensively sampled mussel monitoring sites to compare species detections from… more
Full Text: Detection of four at-risk freshwater pearly mussel species (Bivalvia: Unionoida: Unionidae) from environmental DNA (eDNA) A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of …