CEFASbfbe4c5a-8174-40e6-ac9d-43c7465a6040 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2026-02-06T10:01:12 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Environmental DNA decay rate data from a meta-analysis of papers published between 2012 and 2020 2026-02-06 publication 2026-02-06 revision 2024-07-19 creation CEFAS21996 https://data.cefas.co.uk Data on environmental decay rates of aquatic eDNA (environmental DNA) were extracted from papers used in a systematic review and meta-analysis. The water type, equipment used, DNA type, temperature, and fragment length were extracted and compiled into a csv file. Details can be found in the associated manuscript (Lamb et al. 2022). Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) data.manager@cefas.co.uk owner notPlanned Aquatic environment Desk study Genetics GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Habitats and biotopes GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Publicly available data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ( `https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`_ ) – Please note the applicable attribution statement is as follows: ‘includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2026' .. _`https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English environment 1.73881 1.74086 52.4581 52.4595 2012-01-01 2020-12-31 Binary Delimited Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/21996 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download, CSV. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Habitats and Biotopes – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification The eDNA decay constant was extracted from the text or if unavailable was estimated by applying a first order exponential decay function using raw data or figures from the manuscript and supplementary material or data provided by the author. Y_i, Se_i, V_i, and associated p-values were calculated using the metafor package in R (Viechtbauer, 2010). MEDIN 3.1.1