CESU-Environmental DNA for Inventory and Monitoring Aquatic Species

Project ID: L14AC00303

Federal Agency: Bureau of Land Management

Partner Institution: Washington State University

Fiscal Year: 2014

Initial Funding: $110,000

Total Funding: $126,500

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

Principal Investigator: Goldberg, Caren

Agreement Technical Representative: VanNorman, Kelly

Abstract: 1. The overall objective of this work is to sample and analyze eDNA to provide for the conservation of rare aquatic species and to provide educational opportunities for university students.

2. The initial project will focus on Columbia spotted frog (CSF GB; Rana luteiventris), a federal Candidate species proposed for listing under the Endangered Species Act by continuing the work of Dr. Caren Goldberg, School of the Environment, Washington State University.

3. Dr. Goldberg developed an eDNA assay for the Great Basin clade of the Columbia spotted frog (CSF GB; Rana luteiventris). Habitat models developed to identify potential locations of CSF GB across the range of the DPS (Pilliod and Arkle, unpublished data) will be used. Sampling effort will be divided into three tiers: looking for new populations in areas predicted to have high suitability but have no records of breeding populations in that part of the predicted range, looking for new populations at a local scale in watersheds (e.g., HUC12s) predicted to have high suitability and near occupied watersheds, and sampling at known sites to better understand detection probabilities and interpret data from other tiers.
BLM TYPE: RESEARCH?