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\u201cWe can turn around results to a community group within two months using metabarcoding,\u201d which is several times faster than methods that use microscopes to analyze single organisms, says Chloe Robinson, a post-doctoral researcher who is also STREAM\u2019s project coordinator.<\/p>\r\n
\r\nMany of Canada\u2019s important but little-researched waterways are in lands where Indigenous peoples have lived for generations, Hajibabaei says.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\u201cWe have partnered with Indigenous communities and seek their perspective to understand which sites are most important. So these partnerships have been invaluable to helping us study the health of freshwater ecosystems.”<\/p>\r\n
\u201cWithout these groups, it would be impossible to access remote sites to do this research. We hope to create new partnerships with more Indigenous communities so we can broaden this research.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
Data from the catalogued samples are shared with other STREAM project partners, including World Wildlife Fund-Canada, Living Lakes Canada, and Environment and Climate Change Canada.<\/p>\r\n