List of works - Gavin Lear

A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring

scientific article published on 20 May 2020

A comparison of bacterial, ciliate and macroinvertebrate indicators of stream ecological health

scientific article published on 16 September 2011

A cross-taxa study using environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding to measure biological impacts of offshore oil and gas drilling and production operations

scientific article published in December 2017

A novel bacterial community index to assess stream ecological health

scientific article published on 6 July 2015

Antimicrobial potential of the ionophore monensin on freshwater biofilm bacteria

scientific article

Aspect has a greater impact on alpine soil bacterial community structure than elevation.

scientific article

Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition

scientific article published on 28 October 2016

Bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to varying tillage depth in agricultural soils

scientific article published on 17 October 2017

Biofilm bacterial community structure in streams affected by acid mine drainage

scientific article

Biogeochemistry and community ecology in a spring-fed urban river following a major earthquake.

scientific article published on 7 August 2013

Biosecurity implications of drifting marine plastic debris: Current knowledge and future research

scientific article published on 18 November 2020

Both species sorting and neutral processes drive assembly of bacterial communities in aquatic microcosms

scientific article published on 27 June 2013

Climate warming and agricultural stressors interact to determine stream periphyton community composition.

scientific article

Comment on Microbial community composition is unaffected by anode potential

scientific article

Community Metabolomics in Environmental Microbiology

Comparison of methods for the extraction of DNA from stream epilithic biofilms

scientific article published on 8 June 2010

Connecting through space and time: catchment-scale distributions of bacteria in soil, stream water and sediment

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

DNA metabarcoding of prey reveals spatial, temporal and diet partitioning of an island ecosystem by four invasive wasps

scientific article published on 17 March 2021

Development and validation of molecular biomarkers for the green-lipped mussel (<i>Perna canaliculus</i>)

scientific article published in 2023

Eco-Plastics in the Sea: Succession of Micro- and Macro-Fouling on a Biodegradable Polymer Augmented With Oyster Shell

scientific article published on 22 June 2022

Effects of biosolids on biodiesel crop yield and belowground communities

scientific article published in 2014

Enhanced biodegradation of pentachlorophenol in unsaturated soil using reversed field electrokinetics.

scientific article published in February 2009

Environmental DNA sampling detects between-habitat variation in soil arthropod communities, but is a poor indicator of fine-scale spatial and seasonal variation

scientific article published in 2022

Environmental effects on biofilm bacterial communities: a comparison of natural and anthropogenic factors in New Zealand streams

scientific article published in August 2013

Fine-scale spatial patterns in bacterial community composition and function within freshwater ponds

scientific article published on 27 February 2014

First evaluation of foraminiferal metabarcoding for monitoring environmental impact from an offshore oil drilling site

scientific article

Following Rapoport's Rule: the geographic range and genome size of bacterial taxa decline at warmer latitudes.

scientific article published on 15 May 2017

Functional gene composition, diversity and redundancy in microbial stream biofilm communities

scientific article

Genome Streamlining, Plasticity, and Metabolic Versatility Distinguish Co-occurring Toxic and Nontoxic Cyanobacterial Strains of <i>Microcoleus</i>

scientific article published on 26 October 2021

Genome sequence of Pseudopithomyces chartarum, causal agent of facial eczema (pithomycotoxicosis) in ruminants, and identification of the putative sporidesmin toxin gene cluster ⬇️

Heavy metal soil pollution is influenced by the location of green spaces within urban settings

article by Fiona Curran-Cournane et al published 2015 in Soil Research

High Dietary Niche Overlap Between Non-native and Native Ant Species in Natural Ecosystems

scientific article published on 03 December 2020

Influence of anode potentials on selection of Geobacter strains in microbial electrolysis cells

scientific article

Influence of inoculum and anode surface properties on the selection of Geobacter-dominated biofilms.

scientific article published on 3 July 2015

Livestock exclusion reduces the spillover effects of pastoral agriculture on soil bacterial communities in adjacent forest fragments

scientific article published on 18 March 2021

Maintenance of Geobacter-dominated biofilms in microbial fuel cells treating synthetic wastewater

scientific article published on 25 April 2015

Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities

scientific article

Metabolic Network Modeling of Microbial Interactions in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems

scientific article

Metal concentrations in stream biofilm and sediments and their potential to explain biofilm microbial community structure

scientific article

Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

Molecular and cultivation-dependent analysis of metal-reducing bacteria implicated in arsenic mobilisation in south-east asian aquifers

article

Molecular characterization of ciliate diversity in stream biofilms

scientific article

Optimal extraction methods for the simultaneous analysis of DNA from diverse organisms and sample types

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Plastics and the microbiome: impacts and solutions

scientific article published on 20 January 2021

Preferential feeding by the ciliates Chilodonella and Tetrahymena spp. and effects of these protozoa on bacterial biofilm structure and composition.

scientific article

Probing the biogeochemical behavior of technetium using a novel nuclear imaging approach

scientific article published in January 2010

Relative diversity and community structure of ciliates in stream biofilms according to molecular and microscopy methods

scientific article published on 26 June 2009

Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity

scientific article published on 05 March 2018

Soil phosphorus depletion and shifts in plant communities change bacterial community structure in a long-term grassland management trial

scientific article

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the bacterial communities in stream epilithic biofilms

scientific article

Technetium Reduction and Reoxidation in Aquifer Sediments

Temporal variation in soil bacterial communities can be confounded with spatial variation

scientific article published on 19 September 2020

The biogeochemical behaviour of U(VI) in the simulated near-field of a low-level radioactive waste repository

article

The biogeography of stream bacteria

scientific article published on 2 April 2013

Three common metal contaminants of urban runoff (Zn, Cu & Pb) accumulate in freshwater biofilm and modify embedded bacterial communities

scientific article

Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

scientific article published on 26 May 2018

Tree species identity has little impact on the structure of soil bacterial communities in a 10-year-old tropical tree plantation

article

Understanding the combined influence of fine sediment and glyphosate herbicide on stream periphyton communities

scientific article published on 5 June 2013

Using biofilm as a novel approach to assess stormwater treatment efficacy.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

List of works by Gavin Lear

A Systematic Review of Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in eDNA Data for Environmental Monitoring

A comparison of bacterial, ciliate and macroinvertebrate indicators of stream ecological health

A cross-taxa study using environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding to measure biological impacts of offshore oil and gas drilling and production operations

A novel bacterial community index to assess stream ecological health

Antimicrobial potential of the ionophore monensin on freshwater biofilm bacteria

Aspect has a greater impact on alpine soil bacterial community structure than elevation.

Bacteria as Emerging Indicators of Soil Condition

Bacterial and fungal communities respond differently to varying tillage depth in agricultural soils

Biofilm bacterial community structure in streams affected by acid mine drainage

Biogeochemistry and community ecology in a spring-fed urban river following a major earthquake.

Biosecurity implications of drifting marine plastic debris: Current knowledge and future research

Both species sorting and neutral processes drive assembly of bacterial communities in aquatic microcosms

Climate warming and agricultural stressors interact to determine stream periphyton community composition.

Comment on Microbial community composition is unaffected by anode potential

Community Metabolomics in Environmental Microbiology

Comparison of methods for the extraction of DNA from stream epilithic biofilms

Connecting through space and time: catchment-scale distributions of bacteria in soil, stream water and sediment

DNA metabarcoding of prey reveals spatial, temporal and diet partitioning of an island ecosystem by four invasive wasps

Development and validation of molecular biomarkers for the green-lipped mussel (<i>Perna canaliculus</i>)

Eco-Plastics in the Sea: Succession of Micro- and Macro-Fouling on a Biodegradable Polymer Augmented With Oyster Shell

Effects of biosolids on biodiesel crop yield and belowground communities

Enhanced biodegradation of pentachlorophenol in unsaturated soil using reversed field electrokinetics.

Environmental DNA sampling detects between-habitat variation in soil arthropod communities, but is a poor indicator of fine-scale spatial and seasonal variation

Environmental effects on biofilm bacterial communities: a comparison of natural and anthropogenic factors in New Zealand streams

Fine-scale spatial patterns in bacterial community composition and function within freshwater ponds

First evaluation of foraminiferal metabarcoding for monitoring environmental impact from an offshore oil drilling site

Following Rapoport's Rule: the geographic range and genome size of bacterial taxa decline at warmer latitudes.

Functional gene composition, diversity and redundancy in microbial stream biofilm communities

Genome Streamlining, Plasticity, and Metabolic Versatility Distinguish Co-occurring Toxic and Nontoxic Cyanobacterial Strains of <i>Microcoleus</i>

Genome sequence of Pseudopithomyces chartarum, causal agent of facial eczema (pithomycotoxicosis) in ruminants, and identification of the putative sporidesmin toxin gene cluster ⬇️

Heavy metal soil pollution is influenced by the location of green spaces within urban settings

High Dietary Niche Overlap Between Non-native and Native Ant Species in Natural Ecosystems

Influence of anode potentials on selection of Geobacter strains in microbial electrolysis cells

Influence of inoculum and anode surface properties on the selection of Geobacter-dominated biofilms.

Livestock exclusion reduces the spillover effects of pastoral agriculture on soil bacterial communities in adjacent forest fragments

Maintenance of Geobacter-dominated biofilms in microbial fuel cells treating synthetic wastewater

Metabarcoding monitoring analysis: the pros and cons of using co-extracted environmental DNA and RNA data to assess offshore oil production impacts on benthic communities

Metabolic Network Modeling of Microbial Interactions in Natural and Engineered Environmental Systems

Metal concentrations in stream biofilm and sediments and their potential to explain biofilm microbial community structure

Methods for the extraction, storage, amplification and sequencing of DNA from environmental samples

Molecular and cultivation-dependent analysis of metal-reducing bacteria implicated in arsenic mobilisation in south-east asian aquifers

Molecular characterization of ciliate diversity in stream biofilms

Optimal extraction methods for the simultaneous analysis of DNA from diverse organisms and sample types

Plastics and the microbiome: impacts and solutions

Preferential feeding by the ciliates Chilodonella and Tetrahymena spp. and effects of these protozoa on bacterial biofilm structure and composition.

Probing the biogeochemical behavior of technetium using a novel nuclear imaging approach

Relative diversity and community structure of ciliates in stream biofilms according to molecular and microscopy methods

Secondary foundation species enhance biodiversity

Soil phosphorus depletion and shifts in plant communities change bacterial community structure in a long-term grassland management trial

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the bacterial communities in stream epilithic biofilms

Technetium Reduction and Reoxidation in Aquifer Sediments

Temporal variation in soil bacterial communities can be confounded with spatial variation

The biogeochemical behaviour of U(VI) in the simulated near-field of a low-level radioactive waste repository

The biogeography of stream bacteria

Three common metal contaminants of urban runoff (Zn, Cu & Pb) accumulate in freshwater biofilm and modify embedded bacterial communities

Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA-based studies

Tree species identity has little impact on the structure of soil bacterial communities in a 10-year-old tropical tree plantation

Understanding the combined influence of fine sediment and glyphosate herbicide on stream periphyton communities

Using biofilm as a novel approach to assess stormwater treatment efficacy.

Using soil bacterial communities to predict physico-chemical variables and soil quality