Figure 1: Quantity of DNA (ng/μL) after filtering 7 L of water from four independent tanks over a course of 9 days. Filtering was undertaken 0, 3, 6, 9 days post removal of jellyfish to determine the rate of DNA degradation. Standard errors are shown as bars for level of eDNA at each day.
Table 2: Field validation including visual counts of cubozoan jellyfish species at each location with average concentration of DNA (ng/μL) from filtered 2 L samples. All field replicates were collected from marine areas surrounding Magnetic Island, North Queensland. All sites, excluding Chironex fleckeri samples and ‘blind’ sites utilised JellyCams. Note: no visual counts were attempted when comparing eDNA for C. fleckeri .