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Overview

Kristy Deiner is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Ecology and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several interconnected fields, including Ecological Modeling, Oceanography, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics of Kristy Deiner's work include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Protist Diversity and Phylogeny
  • Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Kristy Deiner has authored several significant papers, notably:

  • "A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring" (2021), published in Environmental DNA
  • "The Multiple States of Environmental DNA and What Is Known about Their Persistence in Aquatic Environments" (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Calibrating Environmental DNA Metabarcoding to Conventional Surveys for Measuring Fish Species Richness" (2020), published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Trade-offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on "Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?" by Pawlowski et al., (2020)" (2021), published in Molecular Ecology

The scientist has frequent collaboration with several co-authors, including:

  • Rosetta C. Blackman
  • Kat Bruce
  • Elvira Mächler
  • Andrea Desiderato
  • Bettina Thalinger

Kristy Deiner's work is often published in specific venues such as:

  • Environmental DNA
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Repository for Publications and Research Data (ETH Zurich)

Beyond journal articles, Kristy Deiner contributed to a book published by Pensoft Publishers titled A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment (2021), which has been cited in related research.

Best Publications

  • Environmental DNA metabarcoding: transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

    Kristy Deiner;Holly M. Bik;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Mathew Seymour

  • Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species

    Caren S. Goldberg;Cameron R. Turner;Kristy Deiner;Katy E. Klymus

  • Transport distance of invertebrate environmental DNA in a natural river.

    Kristy Deiner;Florian Altermatt

  • Environmental DNA reveals that rivers are conveyer belts of biodiversity information

    Kristy Deiner;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Emanuel A. Fronhofer;Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Jean Claude Walser

  • Choice of capture and extraction methods affect detection of freshwater biodiversity from environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Kristy Deiner;Jean-Claude Walser;Elvira Mächler;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • The ecologist's field guide to sequence‐based identification of biodiversity

    Simon Creer;Kristy Deiner;Serita Frey;Dorota Porazinska

  • Acidity promotes degradation of multi-species environmental DNA in lotic mesocosms

    Mathew Seymour;Isabelle Durance;Bernard J. Cosby;Emma Ransom-Jones

  • The Multiple States of Environmental DNA and What Is Known about Their Persistence in Aquatic Environments

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  • Fish community assessment with eDNA metabarcoding: effects of sampling design and bioinformatic filtering

    Nathan T. Evans;Nathan T. Evans;Yiyuan Li;Mark A. Renshaw;Mark A. Renshaw;Brett P. Olds;Brett P. Olds

  • eDNA metabarcoding as a new surveillance approach for coastal Arctic biodiversity.

    Anaïs Lacoursière‐Roussel;Kimberly Howland;Eric Normandeau;Erin K. Grey

  • Estimating species richness using environmental DNA

    Brett P. Olds;Christopher L. Jerde;Mark A. Renshaw;Yiyuan Li

  • A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring

    Bettina Thalinger;Bettina Thalinger;Kristy Deiner;Kristy Deiner;Lynsey R. Harper;Lynsey R. Harper;Helen C. Rees

  • Utility of environmental DNA for monitoring rare and indicator macroinvertebrate species

    Elvira Mächler;Kristy Deiner;Patrick Steinmann;Florian Altermatt

  • DNAqua-Net: Developing new genetic tools for bioassessment and monitoring of aquatic ecosystems in Europe

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • A practical guide to DNA-based methods for biodiversity assessment

    Kat Bruce;Rosetta Blackman;Sarah J. Bourlat;Ann Micaela Hellstrom

  • Graduate Student's Guide to Necessary Skills for Nonacademic Conservation Careers

    Jessica L. Blickley;Kristy Deiner;Kelly Garbach;Iara Lacher

  • Space-time dynamics in monitoring neotropical fish communities using eDNA metabarcoding.

    Naiara Guimarães Sales;Owen Simon Wangensteen;Daniel Cardoso Carvalho;Kristy Deiner

  • Fishing in the Water: Effect of Sampled Water Volume on Environmental DNA-Based Detection of Macroinvertebrates.

    Elvira Mächler;Elvira Mächler;Kristy Deiner;Kristy Deiner;Fabienne Spahn;Florian Altermatt;Florian Altermatt

  • Effects of sampling effort on biodiversity patterns estimated from environmental DNA metabarcoding surveys.

    Erin K. Grey;Louis Bernatchez;Phillip Cassey;Kristy Deiner

  • Calibrating environmental DNA metabarcoding to conventional surveys for measuring fish species richness

    Mary E. McElroy;Terra L. Dressler;Georgia C. Titcomb;Emily A. Wilson

  • Long-range PCR allows sequencing of mitochondrial genomes from environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Mark A. Renshaw;Yiyuan Li;Brett P. Olds

  • Perspectives on the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation

    Mark W. Schwartz;Kristy Deiner;Tavis Forrester;Patrick Grof-Tisza

  • Special Issue Article: Environmental DNA Choice of capture and extraction methods affect detection of freshwater biodiversity from environmental DNA

    Kristy Deiner;Jean-Claude Walser;Elvira Mächler;Florian Altermatt

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Altermatt
Florian Altermatt University of Zurich
David M. Lodge
David M. Lodge Cornell University
Michael E. Pfrender
Michael E. Pfrender University of Notre Dame
Louis Bernatchez
Louis Bernatchez Université Laval
Michael Traugott
Michael Traugott University of Innsbruck
Christopher L. Jerde
Christopher L. Jerde University of California, Santa Barbara
Gary A. Lamberti
Gary A. Lamberti University of Notre Dame
Emanuel A. Fronhofer
Emanuel A. Fronhofer University of Montpellier
Caren S. Goldberg
Caren S. Goldberg Washington State University
Simon Creer
Simon Creer Bangor University

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