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Valid eRNA sampling requires high-volume pumped filtration to concentrate enough viable transcript signal, and immediate on-site chemical preservation to lock the snapshot before it breaks down. That is what the Osprey platform, supplied by our genomics partner, is built to do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold in sets of three. Three sampling locations is the minimum order, for the same reason it is on the eDNA Survey — one point is not a picture of a lake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou keep the raw sequence files, archived and reprocessable as reference libraries improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on methodology: eRNA analysis is not an EPA-approved method. 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Saxitoxin is a neurotoxin — the same compound behind paralytic shellfish poisoning in coastal waters — and freshwater cyanobacteria produce it too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt matters because a lake can test clean for microcystin and still be dangerous. A bloom dominated by \u003cem\u003eDolichospermum\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAphanizomenon\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eRaphidiopsis\u003c\/em\u003e may be producing saxitoxin while the microcystin result comes back low. Testing one toxin tells you nothing about the others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScreening is by ELISA, the method behind most state recreational advisory programmes. Sensitive, fast, and appropriate for a swim-or-no-swim decision. It is not congener-specific — it reports a total, not a breakdown. Ask the Boathouse about LC-MS\/MS confirmation if you need congener detail or a regulatory-grade result.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCyanobacteria produce more toxins than these three. 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