water Article Are Genetic Reference Libraries Sufficient for Environmental DNA Metabarcoding of Mekong River Basin Fish? Christopher L. Jerde 1,* , Andrew R. Mahon 2, Teresa Campbell 3 , Mary E. McElroy 4, Kakada Pin 5 , Jasmine N. Childress 6, Madeline N. Armstrong 2, Jessica R. Zehnpfennig 2, Suzanne J. Kelson 3, Aaron A. Koning 3, Peng Bun Ngor 5 , Vanna Nuon 7,8, Nam So 5,7, Sudeep Chandra 3 and Zeb S. Hogan 3 1 Marine Science Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA 2 Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA;
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