Novel environmental DNA tools for tracking the fate of kelp detritus shed from commercial coastal farms

Robin Sleith1, Samuel Tan2, Kyle Oliveira3, Sarah Douglas1, Peter Craig1, Brittney Honisch1, David Emerson1, Jeremy Joel Rich4, Nicholas Record5, Peter D. Countway6 and Nichole Price1, (1)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, United States, (2)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, United States, (3)Bigelow Lab for Ocean Sciences, Tandy Center for Ocean Forecasting, East Boothbay, United States, (4)University of Maine, School of Marine Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (5)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States, (6)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, ME, United States