Detection of the Toxic Marine Dinoflagellate Alexandrium pseudogonyaulax in Small-Volume Seawater Samples Using a ddPCR Assay for Environmental DNA at the Southern Baltic Sea Coast
The results support ddPCR as a sensitive complement to microscopy and indicate that a standardised 1-L sample can support species-specific detection also at low abundance, although further validation across sites, seasons, and molecular targets is required.