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Overview

Jennifer L. Lavers is affiliated with the Esperance Tjaltjraak Native Title Aboriginal Corporation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on pollution, ecology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Over the course of their career, Jennifer has contributed extensively to the understanding of microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, and avian ecology and behavior.

The scientist has published numerous papers, including recent works such as:

  • 'Plasticosis': Characterising macro- and microplastic-associated fibrosis in seabird tissues (2023), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The one-two punch of plastic exposure: Macro- and micro-plastics induce multi-organ damage in seabirds (2022), published in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution (2021), published in Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • A critical review of harm associated with plastic ingestion on vertebrates (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Far from a distraction: Plastic pollution and the planetary emergency (2022), published in Biological Conservation

Jennifer L. Lavers frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, among them:

  • Alexander L. Bond
  • Megan L. Grant
  • Jack Rivers-Auty
  • Peter S. Puskic
  • Alix M. de Jersey

Their publications often appear in notable journals such as:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Main fields of study associated with Jennifer's research include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study prominently represented in their work are:

  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Molecular Biology

Their core research topics are:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Best Publications

  • Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world’s most remote and pristine islands

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Jennifer L. Lavers;Alexander L. Bond

  • Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Jennifer F. Provencher;Alexander L. Bond;Stephanie Avery-Gomm;Stephanie B. Borrelle

  • Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

    Amanda C Vegter;Mario Barletta;Cathy A Beck;Jose Carlos Borrero

  • Plastic ingestion by Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes): Implications for fledgling body condition and the accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Alexander L. Bond;Ian Hutton

  • Plastic ingestion by fish in the Southern Hemisphere: A baseline study and review of methods

    Seon M.E. Cannon;Jennifer L. Lavers;Bianca Figueiredo

  • Significant plastic accumulation on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia.

    J. L. Lavers;L. Dicks;M. R. Dicks;A. Finger

  • Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: Collection, processing, and reporting

    Jennifer F. Provencher;Jennifer F. Provencher;Stephanie B. Borrelle;Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer L. Lavers

  • Global Review of Beach Debris Monitoring and Future Recommendations.

    Catarina Serra-Gonçalves;Jennifer L. Lavers;Alexander L. Bond;Alexander L. Bond

  • Ingested plastic as a route for trace metals in Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) and Bonin Petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) from Midway Atoll

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Alexander L. Bond

  • Bird demographic responses to predator removal programs

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Chris Wilcox;C. Josh Donlan

  • A review of plastic-associated pressures: Cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Australian Shearwaters as case studies

    Maria Cristina Fossi;Cristina Panti;Matteo Baini;Jennifer L. Lavers

  • Clinical Pathology of Plastic Ingestion in Marine Birds and Relationships with Blood Chemistry.

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Ian Hutton;Alexander L. Bond;Alexander L. Bond

  • Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris.

    Jennifer L. Lavers;Jennifer L. Lavers;Steffen Oppel;Alexander L. Bond

  • Borrelia garinii in seabird ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast, North America.

    Robert P. Smith;Sabir Bin Muzaffar;Jennifer Lavers;Eleanor H. Lacombe

  • Prevalence and composition of marine debris in Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) nests at Ashmore Reef

    Jennifer Lavers;Jarrod C Hodgson;Rohan Hartley Clarke

  • Trace Element Concentrations in Feathers of Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) from Across Their Breeding Range

    Alexander L. Bond;Jennifer L. Lavers;Jennifer L. Lavers

  • Cleaner seas: reducing marine pollution

    Kathryn A Willis;Kathryn A Willis;Catarina Serra-Gonçalves;Kelsey Richardson;Kelsey Richardson;Qamar A Schuyler

  • A critical review of harm associated with plastic ingestion on vertebrates.

    Peter S. Puskic;Jennifer L. Lavers;Alexander L. Bond

  • Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs

    Jennifer L Lavers;Paul B Sharp;Silke Stuckenbrock;Alexander L Bond

  • Geophysical features influence the accumulation of beach debris on Caribbean islands

    Alexandra M. Schmuck;Jennifer L. Lavers;Silke Stuckenbrock;Paul B. Sharp

  • Genomic characterization of two novel pathogenic avipoxviruses isolated from pacific shearwaters (Ardenna spp.).

    Subir Sarker;Shubhagata Das;Jennifer L. Lavers;Ian Hutton

  • Borrelia garinii in Seabird Ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast,

    Robert P. Smith;Sabir Bin Muzaffar;Jennifer Lavers;Eleanor H. Lacombe

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexander L. Bond
Alexander L. Bond Natural History Museum
Ian L. Jones
Ian L. Jones Memorial University of Newfoundland
Steffen Oppel
Steffen Oppel Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Chris Wilcox
Chris Wilcox Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Jennifer F. Provencher
Jennifer F. Provencher Government of Canada
Gregory J. Robertson
Gregory J. Robertson Environment and Climate Change Canada
Dayanthi Nugegoda
Dayanthi Nugegoda RMIT University
Eric J. Woehler
Eric J. Woehler Australasian Seabird Group ·
Mark L. Mallory
Mark L. Mallory Acadia University
Antony W. Diamond
Antony W. Diamond University of New Brunswick

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