Our Areas of Expertise

Discover how our services can be used to assess biodiversity, public health, track invasive species, rare species and more using only environmental DNA

Invasive Species Monitoring

As invasive species can cause irreparable damage to an ecosystem and threaten the natural assemblage of native species within an ecosystem.

Early detection and prevention is one of our highest priorities and has proven to be the best defence against non-native invaders.

Traditional sampling protocols may not be as effective or fast enough to respond to an immediate emergency or crisis.

With eDNA sampling and monitoring we can provide fast and effective reporting on a target species that is active within a watershed. In addition, we can also provide target specific monitoring programs to ensure that your watershed or habitat location is maintained in its natural state of assemblage.

Public Health Monitoring & Reporting

With the state of many Alberta's watershed systems being either eutrophic  or highly active with wading birds, the risk for high levels of contaminants and unwanted bacteria are unprecedented.

Whether it be high densities of toxic cyanobacteria, legionella, or swimmers itch, these are areas of concern for public health and safety that cannot be avoided.

Under current health protocols and traditional sampling methods, the timeline from sampling to reporting on the state of a watershed can be over a week.

Edna sampling can provide in field results within 2-4 hours as well as provide quantification of enteric bacteria and other environmental health risks.

Rare species Monitoring

Rare species monitoring by traditional methods proves to be a nuisance as most species of interest are either highly cryptic, nocturnal and most likely in very low densities.

With traditional observational methods of search, you can spend hours looking for a single individual. 

With eDNA, multiple samples across the target environment can be taken and analyzed for traces of the target species DNA that has been shed in the environment.

Our results can then be validated and sent out for final reporting on the presence or absence of the target species with as small of a density as only one to two individuals.