Fish + Vertebrates + Signal crayfish (freshwater) - for pump

For each product purchased, you will receive:

• One sampling kit, to collect / store / transport your eDNA
• One report / set of insights per test (assay)

Collection, storage and safe transport of your eDNA: Your kit contains all you need to collect*, store and safely transport your eDNA sample. 
(*Tissue kits do not include the nets or traps you may wish to use to catch the organisms the kit is designed to contain.)

DNA preservation buffer: Preserve and protects the eDNA in your sample. (Preservation buffer for the Aquatic - DOT-NM kits provided by Dartmouth Ocean Technologies.)

One pair of gloves: If two or more people are using the same kit, please purchase extra sets of gloves - one for each person sampling. (Additional gloves are not available from NatureMetrics).

Sterile bags: For safe transportation of your samples.

For more info on all our kits, please visit our kits page.

Our kits provide you with all you need to collect, store and transport your eDNA sample. The following kits are available from this store. For full details of all kits, please view our kits page here.

Aquatic: Contains a hand-operated syringe, for manually pushing water through the kit's eDNA filter. If 4 or more tests are included with the kit, kit will contain 2 filters (rather than just 1).

Aquatic - for pump: Contains tubing and adaptors for use with powered peristaltic pumps (e.g. Vampire Samplers). If 4 or more tests are included with the kit, kit will contain 2 filters (rather than just 1).

Aquatic - DOT-NM: A x9 filter kit engineered for seamless integration with the Dartmouth Ocean Technologies 'DOT-NM' in situ autosampler.

Sediment, Soil & Tissue kits: These contain a pot for safe storage & transport of your sample, plus tools to assist with the taking of the sample.

Preservation buffer, to help maintain the integrity of your sample, is provided with all kits, except for the DOT-NM kit (Dartmouth Ocean Technologies provides preservation buffer for these kits).

Kits must be used within 12 months of purchase. After 12 months the preservation buffer (which protects the eDNA in your sample) can degrade. 

Had your kits for more than 12 months?

• To purchase replacement buffer for soil, sediment or tissue kits, please contact us.
• Replacement buffer for aquatic kits can be purchased here.

Please note: One kit = one sample = one location. Kits can be used in one location only. Only one single latitude / longitude can be assigned to each kit.

Instruction protocols for sampling with all our eDNA kits are available here.

To ensure the item you're looking to purchase has been validated in the country in which you're sampling, please use the filter option 'sampling country' to refine your search.

To discuss regional considerations with a member of our team, please contact us.

The list below gives an overview of our tests/assays and the countries in which they've been validated. 

Multi-species:

'Bivalves (excl. Unionid mussels)' and 'Unionid mussels' are validated for use in the UK. They can be used outside of the UK, but we have less data available on what they will detect. All other multi-species tests can be used in the habitats for which they are designed, across the globe.

Single-species:

Our single-species, qPCR tests (assays) have been developed and validated for use in specific countries / regions. They can perform equally well outside of these regions, but, when deploying them outside of their validated regions, we advise running some preliminary surveys, before deploying more widely.

Regions in which each test has been validated are listed below.

Global:

• Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)

UK, Canada, Europe*, Mexico & USA:

• Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) (estuarine & marine waters only)

UK & Europe* countries:

• Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans)
• Crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)
• European eel (Anguilla anguilla)
• Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) (not for UK licensing)
• Signal crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus)

UK & Ireland:

• Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) (available for both freshwater and marine & estuarine waters)
• Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) (available for both freshwater and marine & estuarine waters)
• Dreissenid mussels (genus level)
• White-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius pallipes)
• Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha)

Canada:

• Blanding's turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
• Burbot (Lota lota)
• Silver shiner (Notropis photogenis)

Canada & USA:

• Brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)
• Brown trout (Salmo trutta)
• Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)
• Rainbow trout (Onchorynchus mykiss) (available for both freshwater and marine & estuarine waters)
• Redside dace (Clinostomus elongatus)
• Round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceaum)

*Europe validation zone is comprised of the following countries: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo (Republic of), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova (Republic of), Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Vatican City (Holy See)

To help you choose the months where you're most likely to detect the species you're surveying for, we have created sampling guidance calendars for both Europe and USA & Canada.

For each test purchased, you will receive one set of insights reports. (If you buy x5 ‘vertebrate + fish (freshwater)’ items, you will receive two sets of insights reports - one for the vertebrate results for the 5 samples, and another, separate one, for the fish results for the 5 samples).

Insights reporting formats for multi-species (metabarcoding) tests and single-species (qPCR) tests differ. For more info on insights reporting and to see examples of each type of report, please visit our insights page.