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https://doi.org/10.3897/arphapreprints.e195788 (16 Apr 2026)
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10.3897/arphapreprints.e195788
First posted
16 Apr 2026
Authors

Mehrdad Hajibabaei
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Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada

University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Nanaimo, Canada
Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Canadian Rivers Institute, New Brunswick, Canada

CIBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal

ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan
eDNAtec Inc., St. John's, Canada
Goodwin Science Services, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
USGS, Gainesville, United States of America
University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America

USGS, Columbia Environmental Research Center, Columbia, MO, United States of America
Tohoku university, Tokyo, Japan
University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
SCCWRP, Costa Mesa (CA), United States of America
University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States of America
Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan
Yunnan University, Yunnan, China
eDNAtec Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC, United States of America

Finnish Enviroment Institute, Jyvaskyla, Finland
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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