i’ve got a bunch of results back from a edna test and i’m curious if it would be okay to use as obs?

While it probably counts as evidence, I feel like it’s unlikely many people will be able to confirm the observation.

It depends what you mean by “eDNA test”. eDNA stands for environmental DNA, and the source is an environmental sample like water or soil etc. If that is the source of DNA then you won’t have associated data, like photos, that can be linked to a particular named sequence. So, whilst you could add th…

Yes, I don’t think eDNA results (by themselves, without other photo/audio evidence) are a great fit for iNaturalist for several reasons. As others have mentioned, there’s not really a meaningful way for other users to confirm the results. To confirm, they’d need to assess that the sample collection …

Is it acceptable to use results from eDNA tests as obs?

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tiwane June 23, 2022, 10:02pm 5

I agree, it’s not a good fit for iNat.

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Is it acceptable to use results from eDNA tests as obs?

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