Table 5. Sampling locations and environmental characteristics of eDNA from Tanzania in 2018.
| Site. | Name | Latitude (decimal degrees) | Longitude (decimal degrees) | Sampling date | Maximum water depth (m) | Total dissolved solids (ppm) | Conductivity (μS/m) | Temperature (˚C) | pH |
Bulinus globosus (Individuals per 10 min search) |
Biomphlaria pfeifferi (Individuals per 10min search) |
Lymnaea natalensis (Individuals per 10min search) |
Infected Bulinus / total tested by PCR |
Infected Biomphalaria / total tested by PCR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Mpemba River | -9.24289 | 32.84196 | 16-Sep-18 | 1 | 205 | 300 | 23.3 | 8.15 | 4 | 133 | 1 | 29 / 48 | 145 / 364 |
| B | Mpemba River | -9.26564 | 32.84167 | 16-Sep-18 | 0.5 | 288 | 430 |
27.5 | 8.67 | 55 | 36 | 1 | 49 / 52 | 14 / 16 |
| C | Vwawa River | -9.12298 | 32.91646 | 16-Sep-18 | 0.5 | 57 | 86 | 21.8 | 7.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | abs | abs |
| D | Mlowo River | -9.01295 | 33.01048 | 16-Sep-18 | 0.5 |
106 | 114 | 22.4 | 7.56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | abs | abs |
| E | Myovizi River | -8.97372 | 33.0663 | 17-Sep-18 | 0.5 | 90 | 135 | 18.6 | 8.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | abs | abs |
| F | Songwe River | -8.9526 | 33.22449 | 17-Sep-18 | 0.5 | 153 | 198 | 29.5 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | abs | abs |
| G | Nzovwe River | -8.89937 | 33.3272 | 17-Sep-18 | 0.5 | 374 | 558 | 24.3 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | abs | abs |
| H | Igowilo, Mbeya | -8.89683 | 33.55588 | 18-Sep-18 | 0.1 |
184 | 242 | 24.6 | - | 0 | 16 | 0 | abs | 2 / 16 |
–indicates no data, abs = host snails absent