Monitoring fish migration through eDNA

To bring the ecological quality of European waters up to standard, water management entities have to implement extensive sets of measures. In this way they can satisfy the requirements laid out in…

DNA Water system Scan & Reference Tool

The identification of aquatic organisms through DNA barcode information has accelerated greatly over the past few years. Worldwide, DNA barcodes of a multiplicity of species have been collected and made available via…

Identifying eDNA to understand aquatic biodiversity

Preserving biodiversity is high on the (political) agenda worldwide. The theme has been given quite high priority at both the European level (EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020) and…

Protecting bathing water by detecting blue-green algae using DNA techniques

Every summer in the Netherlands and elsewhere in Europe, bathing is forbidden or advised against in outdoor bathing locations because of the excessive growth of cyanobacteria. The reason…

Exploring the potential of the qPCR technique in biological wastewater treatment

Within today’s wastewater treatment practice most attention is focused on achieving extensive and stable biological nutrient removal in the activated sludge process, including a stable biological phosphorus removal…