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Holistic lake health
Biodiversity
We are developing environmental DNA methods to detect native and non-native species and to characterise biodiversity. These techniques will be applied to sediment core samples to explore how biodiversity has changed over the last 500-1000 years.
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Function, connectivity, and resilience
Phytoplankton are the foundation of the aquatic food web.
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