Spatial eDNA detection patterns of marine mammals and their prey

Learning Goals:

Walk through building a map and an interactive 3D plot using marmap and plotly packages in R.
Build on our use of the ggplot package in R to do initial data exploration and visualization of spatial patterns in eDNA detections.

Date	Title	Reading Time
Feb 4, 2026	1. Making Observations using eDNA	15 min

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#### Learning Goals:

1. Walk through building a map and an interactive 3D plot using `marmap` and `plotly` packages in `R`.

2. Build on our use of the `ggplot` package in `R` to do initial data exploration and visualization of spatial patterns in eDNA detections.


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