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Overview

Elizabeth M. Harper is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on research within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work bridges several specialized subfields including Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Paleontology, and Biomaterials.

Harper's research extensively covers topics related to marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine biology and ecology research, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, ocean acidification effects and responses, cephalopods and marine biology, as well as geology and paleoclimatology research.

Their publication record includes papers in prominent venues such as Marine Biology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Genes, Royal Society Open Science, and Scientific Reports. Harper frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Lloyd S. Peck, António Checa, Erika Griesshaber, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, and Alison R. Irwin.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics, 2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Orientation patterns of aragonitic crossed-lamellar, fibrous prismatic and myostracal microstructures of modern Glycymeris shells, 2020, Journal of Structural Biology
  • Molecular Responses to Thermal and Osmotic Stress in Arctic Intertidal Mussels (Mytilus edulis): The Limits of Resilience, 2022, Genes
  • Fundamental questions and applications of sclerochronology: Community-defined research priorities, 2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • The architecture of Recent brachiopod shells: diversity of biocrystal and biopolymer assemblages in rhynchonellide, terebratulide, thecideide and craniide shells, 2021, Marine Biology

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Lloyd S. Peck
  • António Checa
  • Erika Griesshaber
  • Wolfgang W. Schmahl
  • Alison R. Irwin

Frequent publication venues are:

  • Marine Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes
  • Royal Society Open Science
  • Scientific Reports

Main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study cover:

  • Oceanography
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Paleontology
  • Biomaterials

Topics of work span:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Best Publications

  • Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life -- an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters.

    Rüdiger Bieler;Paula M. Mikkelsen;Timothy M. Collins;Emily A. Glover

  • The evolutionary biology of the bivalvia

    Elizabeth M. Harper;John D. Taylor;J. A. Crame

  • The Mesozoic Marine Revolution

    Elizabeth M. Harper

  • Are calcitic layers an effective adaptation against shell dissolution in the Bivalvia

    E. M. Harper

  • Adult acclimation to combined temperature and pH stressors significantly enhances reproductive outcomes compared to short-term exposures.

    Coleen C. Suckling;Melody S. Clark;Joelle Richard;Joelle Richard;Simon A. Morley

  • A family-level Tree of Life for bivalves based on a Sanger-sequencing approach

    David J. Combosch;Timothy M. Collins;Emily A. Glover;Daniel L. Graf

  • The molluscan periostracum: an important constraint in bivalve evolution

    Elizabeth M Harper

  • Deciphering mollusc shell production: the roles of genetic mechanisms through to ecology, aquaculture and biomimetics.

    Melody S. Clark;Lloyd S. Peck;Jaison Arivalagan;Jaison Arivalagan;Thierry Backeljau;Thierry Backeljau

  • Assessing the importance of drilling predation over the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic

    Elizabeth M. Harper

  • Taphonomy and the Mesozoic Marine Revolution: Preservation State Masks the Importance of Boring Predators

    Elizabeth M. Harper;Graham T. W. Forsythe;Tim Palmer

  • Latitudinal and depth gradients in marine predation pressure

    Elizabeth M. Harper;Lloyd S. Peck

  • Reconstructing the Anomalodesmata (Mollusca: Bivalvia): morphology and molecules

    Elizabeth M. Harper;Hermann Dreyer;Gerhard Steiner

  • Predatory behaviour and metabolic costs in the Antarctic muricid gastropod Trophon longstaffi

    Elizabeth M. Harper;Lloyd Peck

  • RAPID COMMUNICATION Evolutionary response by bivalves to changing Phanerozoic sea-water chemistry

    E. M. Harper;T. J. Palmer;J. R. Alphey

  • The Mesozoic marine revolution and epifaunal bivalves

    E. M. Harper;P. W. Skelton

  • The unusual mineral vaterite in shells of the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea from the UK

    Nicole Spann;Elizabeth M. Harper;David C. Aldridge

  • Pliocene climate and seasonality in North Atlantic shelf seas

    Mark Williams;Alan M Haywood;Elizabeth M Harper;Andrew L.A Johnson

  • Evolutionary response by bivalves to changing Phanerozoic sea-water chemistry

    E. M. Harper;T. J. Palmer;J. R. Alphey

  • Blue mussel shell shape plasticity and natural environments:: a quantitative approach

    Luca Telesca;Kati Michalek;Trystan Sanders;Lloyd S. Peck

  • Pteropods counter mechanical damage and dissolution through extensive shell repair.

    Victoria L. Peck;Rosie L. Oakes;Elizabeth M. Harper;Clara Manno

  • An introduction to the Cape d'Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong

    Brian Morton;Elizabeth Harper

  • Phylogenetic analysis of four nuclear protein-encoding genes largely corroborates the traditional classification of Bivalvia (Mollusca).

    Prashant P. Sharma;Vanessa L. González;Gisele Y. Kawauchi;Sónia C.S. Andrade

  • Dissecting post-Palaeozoic arms races

    E.M. Harper

  • Boring predation and Mesozoic articulate brachiopods

    E.M Harper;D.S Wharton

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd S. Peck
Lloyd S. Peck British Antarctic Survey
Erika Griesshaber
Erika Griesshaber Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Wolfgang W. Schmahl
Wolfgang W. Schmahl Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
John D. Taylor
John D. Taylor Natural History Museum
Melody S. Clark
Melody S. Clark British Antarctic Survey
Uwe Brand
Uwe Brand Brock University
Lucia Angiolini
Lucia Angiolini University of Milan
Gonzalo Giribet
Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University
Paul D. Taylor
Paul D. Taylor American Museum of Natural History
Andreas Ziegler
Andreas Ziegler University of Ulm

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