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Portable eDNA sequencing worked—but missed much of the known fish diversity

Field analysis in Norway identified 26 fish and ray species compared with 51–65 in previous surveys.

Evidence
Peer-reviewed
Geography
Oslofjord, Norway; portable field training also in Brazil
System
Marine fish monitoring / portable metabarcoding

WHAT THE EVIDENCE SAYS

BentoLab and MinION equipment supported sampling-to-analysis outside a conventional laboratory within roughly five days. Seven samples returned 26 species after manual review of database misidentifications, compared with 51–65 reported by earlier local studies.

WHY IT MATTERS / OUR READ

Deployable molecular methods expand access but faster results cannot replace representative sampling and reference quality.

CAVEATS / UNCERTAINTY

Limited replication, primer selection, sequencing errors and no field blanks restrict accuracy claims; detection probability was not equivalent across studies.

SOURCE

Hydrobiologia — Mauvisseau et al. (2026)
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