Development of DNA applications in Natural England 2016/2017 (NECR252)

This report details the results of a partnership project in 2016/17 between Natural England and NatureMetrics. The purpose of this work was to share the skills of each partner to test DNA based applications for the detection of species presence in environmental samples. The work herein acts as an initial pilot to guide further development and optimisation, and to identify those areas where the use of DNA based methods have the greatest potential for success.