Appendix 1—table 25. Quebit fluorometer test results on Dinosaur Provincial Park samples.

Sample ID’s as in Appendix 1—table 2.

Bag number	Type	Replicate	Sample ID	Kit	Ng of DNA / μL		Concentration	Concentrated ng of DNA / μL
					First read	Second read		First read	Second read
NA	Blank	NA	Blank	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
10	Topsoil	1	10	Power Viral	0.151	0.133
13	Mudstone	1	13	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
16	Scrappings	1	16S	Power Viral	0.172	0.164
16	Bone	1	16B1	Power Viral	0.424	0.404
16	Bone	2	16B2	Power Viral	0.592	0.55
NA	Blank	NA	Blank	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
1	'Float' bone in matrix	1	1F1	Power Viral	0.0926	0.0908
1	Scrappings	1	1S1	Power Viral	0.128	0.127
1	Scrappings	2	1S2	Power Viral	0.0238	0.0236
1	Bone	1	1B1	Power Viral	0.0382	0.0376
1	Bone	2	1B2	Power Viral	0.0544	0.0546
1	Mudstone	1	1M1	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
1	Mudstone	2	1M2	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
NA	Blank	NA	Blank	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	Below detection	Below detection	x 25	Below detection	Below detection
1	Bone	3	1B5g	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.798	0.788	x 25	11.1	10.5
1	Mudstone	3	1M10g1	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.0334	0.0322	x 25	0.626	0.612
1	Mudstone	4	1M10g2	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.0624	0.0596	x 25	0.586	0.586
8	Mudstone	1	8M1	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.096	0.0924	x 25	1.64	1.58
8	Mudstone	2	8M2	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.144	0.141	x 25	1.6	1.55
11	Mudstone	1	11M1	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	Below detection	Below detection	x 25	0.0306	0.0292
11	Mudstone	2	11M2	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	Below detection	Below detection	x 25	0.0218	0.021
13	Mudstone	2	13M1	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	Below detection	Below detection	x 25	0.123	0.119
13	Mudstone	3	13M2	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.0166	0.016	x 25	0.141	0.138
2	Scrappings	1	2S1	Power Viral	0.167	0.168
2	Scrappings	2	2S2	Power Viral	0.113	0.109
2	Bone	1	2B1	Power Viral	0.134	0.131
2	Bone	2	2B2	Power Viral	0.118	0.116
6	Scrappings	1	6S1	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
6	Scrappings	2	6S2	Power Viral	0.0114	Below detection
6	Bone	1	6B1	Power Viral	Below detection	Below detection
6	Bone	2	6B2	Power Viral	0.0102	Below detection
1	Float	2	1F2	Power Viral	0.029	0.0278
10	Topsoil	2	10T2	Power Viral	1.04	1.02
6	Scrappings	3	6S3	Power Viral			x 2	0.208	0.206
6	Bone	3	6B3	Power Viral			x 2	0.0422	0.0424
1	Bone (EDTA demineralised)	1	1BEDTA	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.148	0.145	x 20	3.52	3.44
6	Bone (EDTA demineralised)	1	6BEDTA	Dneasy PowerMax Soil	0.0144	0.013	x 20	0.324	0.318