Revealing what’s underwater

Professor Ryan Kelly was recently interviewed on KNKX regarding his work with environmental DNA (eDNA). In the interview, Professor Kelly discusses the potential uses of eDNA, such as getting baseline information from bodies of water that may be at risk of suffering an oil spill disaster, such as the 2010 Deep Water Horizon spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Professor Kelly was a lead author on a paper published in the fall that utilized eDNA and found urban Puget Sound shorelines support a denser array of animals than in remote areas. To listen to the interview, visit http://knkx.org/post/dna-will-reveal-all-underwater.