Espace pour la vie and Génome Québec are inviting the public to take part in a community science activity whose aim is a better understanding of the state of biodiversity in the St. Lawrence River Estuary through an analysis of the environmental DNA contained in a single water sample.
At the heart of this project lies the beluga, an emblematic sentinel species in Québec.
The initiative will help:
The public is invited to collect water samples containing environmental DNA, following a protocol established by Génome Québec and with support from the Biodôme education team. Those samples will be analyzed at its Centre d’expertise et de services, and the results will afterwards be available both for research purposes and to the public
code Beluga, an initiative of Génome Québec and Espace pour la vie