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Invited Opinion Paper for a Special Issue of the Journal Molecular Ecology

2013-03-15

Dr. Donald Baird (Water Science and Technology Directorate) sampling wetland habitats in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Wood Buffalo National Park, as part of the Genome Canada ‘Biomonitoring 2.0’ ecogenomics project. | Photo: Daryl Halliwell, Environment CanadaDr. Donald Baird (Water Science and Technology Directorate) sampling wetland habitats in the Peace-Athabasca Delta, Wood Buffalo National Park, as part of the Genome Canada ‘Biomonitoring 2.0’ ecogenomics project. | Photo: Daryl Halliwell, Environment Canada

Dr. Donald Baird was senior author of an invited “Opinion paper” for a special issue of the journal Molecular Ecology focusing on Environmental DNA. The paper "Biomonitoring 2.0: a new paradigm in ecosystem assessment made possible by next-generation DNA sequencing" examines the transformational nature of the application of environmental genomics in ecosystem assessment.

Citation:

Baird, D.J. and M. Hajibabaei. 2012. Biomonitoring 2.0: a new paradigm in ecosystem assessment made possible by next-generation DNA sequencing. Molecular Ecology 21: 2039-2044. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05519.x

Contact: Donald Baird, (506) 458-7048, Donald.Baird@ec.gc.ca, Water Science and Technology Directorate