Matejusova, IvetaGraham, JenniferBland, FionaLacaze, Jean PierreHerman, GuillaumeBrown, LyndsayDalgarno, EricBishop, John D.Kakkonen, Jenni E.Smith, Kirsty F.Douglas, Alex2021-10-072021-10-072021-09-09Matejusova, I, Graham, J, Bland, F, Lacaze, J P, Herman, G, Brown, L, Dalgarno, E, Bishop, J D, Kakkonen, J E, Smith, K F & Douglas, A 2021, 'Environmental DNA Based Surveillance for the Highly Invasive Carpet Sea Squirt Didemnum vexillum : A Targeted Single-Species Approach', Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 728456. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.7284562296-7745ORCID: /0000-0001-6606-1058/work/103322143https://hdl.handle.net/2164/17305Funding Information: The authors would like to thank the site operators, owners and Solway Firth Partnership for allowing access and sample collection at studied sites visited during this study. Thanks also to Frank Armstrong, Katy Beaton, Maria Campbell, Pablo Dias, James Dooley, Judith Horrill, Nial McLeod, Warren Murray, Andrea Taylor, Joe Triscott, and Bill Turrell for contributing to field work and sample collection. The authors thank National Museums Scotland and particularly Fiona Ware for the loan of reference material (specimen register number NMS.Z.2015.82.8, 9 and 14 and NMS.Z.2018.2.2) which was used in the present study. KS thank the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for post-doctoral fellowship funding.162080371engSDG 14 - Life Below WateraquacultureDidemnum vexillumeDNAinvasive speciesmarinamonitoringqPCRR MedicineOceanographyGlobal and Planetary ChangeAquatic ScienceWater Science and TechnologyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Ocean EngineeringRJournal article10.3389/fmars.2021.728456https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85115623534