Correlations between eDNA metabarcoding read counts and fish abundance/biomass. Scatterplots showing lines of best fit and Spearman’s correlations of fish species average read counts with abundance (number of individuals, on the left) and biomass (kg; on the right) at different sampling occasions. Panel (A) and (B) Spearman’s correlations for New Lake; (C) and (D) Spearman’s correlations for Middle Lake with Sterivex filters (STX); (E) and (F) Spearman’s correlations for Middle Lake with open filter membranes (MCE). Plot axes were log transformed for better visualization. Significance codes: ***0.001; **0.01; *0.05.

 
 
  Part of: Di Muri C, Lawson Handley L, Bean CW, Li J, Peirson G, Sellers GS, Walsh K, Watson HV, Winfield IJ, Hänfling B (2020) Read counts from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reflect fish abundance and biomass in drained ponds. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics 4: e56959. https://doi.org/10.3897/mbmg.4.56959