Evaluation of fish biodiversity in estuaries using environmental DNA metabarcoding
Fig 2
Number of species present in (a) all five rivers and at each station, (b) Aka River, (c) Tama River, (d) Miya River, (e) Takatsu River, and (f) Sendai River. HT: river mouth at high tide; LT: river mouth at low tide; L1: left 500 m; L2: left 1 km; R1: right 500 m; R2: right 1 km; S: seawater species; B: brackish water species having a wide range of salinity tolerance including migrating fishes; F: freshwater species.