Implementing FAIR practices: Storing and displaying eDNA data in the USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database Completed

We are working to incorporate environmental DNA (eDNA) data into the Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) database, which houses over 570,000 records of nonindigenous species nationally, and already is used by a broad user-base of managers and researchers regularly for invasive species monitoring. eDNA studies have allowed for the identification and biosurveillance of numerous invasive and threatened species in managed ecosystems. Managers need such information for their decision-making efforts, and therefore require that such data be produced and reported in a standardized fashion to improve confidence in the results. As we work to gain community consensus on such standards, we are finalizing the process for submitting such data to the NAS database. We are seeking support to expand the NAS database to store and present this newly Findable source of eDNA data so that it is Accessible to the public, Interoperable for use with new tools, and ultimately Resuable without limitation.



Principal Investigator : Margaret E Hunter

Cooperator/Partner : Jason A Ferrante, Wesley M Daniel, Matthew E Neilson