# Gemmell 2018: Monster hunt: using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness

> Neil Gemmell, 2018. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The lead scientist's own statement of the survey design.

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# Monster hunt: using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness

Neil Gemmell, 2018. _The Conversation, 26 June 2018_.

The project leader, a geneticist at the University of Otago, explains the plan and method of the eDNA survey as it was carried out in June 2018.

**Loch Ness** Web pagedoi: **[10.64628/AA.3dwwq3qfm](https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.3dwwq3qfm)** Checked against the original0

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The lead scientist's own statement of the survey design.

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## Cite it

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Gemmell, N. (2018). Monster hunt: using environmental DNA to survey life in Loch Ness. The Conversation, 26 June 2018. https://doi.org/10.64628/AA.3dwwq3qfm
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