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Overview

Mary A. Sewell is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand, specializing in Environmental Science with a focus on marine and aquatic systems. Their research output spans multiple interconnected disciplines including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, ocean engineering, and aquatic science.

Their research topics cover a range of marine and environmental science areas:

  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Echinoderm Biology and Ecology
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations

Mary A. Sewell has contributed publications to several journals, frequently appearing in:

  • Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquaculture
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Sewell include:

  • "Assessing microplastic exposure of large marine filter-feeders," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The first mitochondrial genomes of endosymbiotic rhabdocoels illustrate evolutionary relaxation of atp8 and genome plasticity in flatworms," 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Does a complex life cycle affect adaptation to environmental change? Genome-informed insights for characterizing selection across complex life cycle," 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Effect of acclimation on thermal limits and hsp70 gene expression of the New Zealand sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus," 2020, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  • "Heterogeneity around CO2 vents obscures the effects of ocean acidification on shallow reef communities," 2021, ICES Journal of Marine Science

The scientist has worked with multiple frequent co-authors, including:

  • Maria Byrne
  • Edmund Wilson
  • Thomas Morgan
  • George Parker
  • Ross Harrison

Best Publications

  • Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: microplastics in facial cleansers.

    Lisa S. Fendall;Mary A. Sewell

  • Can we predict ectotherm responses to climate change using thermal performance curves and body temperatures

    Brent J. Sinclair;Katie E. Marshall;Mary A. Sewell;Danielle L. Levesque

  • The Effect of Ocean Acidification on Calcifying Organisms in Marine Ecosystems: An Organism to Ecosystem Perspective

    Gretchen E. Hofmann;James P. Barry;Peter J. Edmunds;Ruth D. Gates

  • How Distribution and Abundance Influence Fertilization Success in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentotus Franciscanus

    Don R. Levitan;Mary A. Sewell;Fu-Shiang Chia

  • Atlas of marine invertebrate larvae

    C M Young;M A Sewell;Academic Press M E Rice (eds)

  • Kinetics of Fertilization in the Sea Urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: Interaction of Gamete Dilution, Age, and Contact Time.

    D. R. Levitan;M. A. Sewell;F. S. Chia

  • Ocean acidification alters skeletogenesis and gene expression in larval sea urchins

    Michael J. O’Donnell;Anne E. Todgham;Mary A. Sewell;LaTisha M. Hammond

  • Temperature limits to fertilization and early development in the tropical sea urchin Echinometra lucunter

    Mary A. Sewell;Craig M. Young

  • Utilization of lipids during early development of the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus

    Mary A. Sewell

  • A laboratory-based, experimental system for the study of ocean acidification effects on marine invertebrate larvae

    Nann A. Fangue;Nann A. Fangue;Michael J. O'Donnell;Michael J. O'Donnell;Mary A. Sewell;Paul G. Matson

  • Nutritional ecology of sea urchin larvae: influence of endogenous and exogenous nutrition on echinopluteal growth and phenotypic plasticity in Tripneustes gratilla

    M. Byrne;M. A. Sewell;T. A. A. Prowse

  • Mice Lacking the Neuropeptide α-Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Are Protected Against Diet-Induced Obesity

    Christopher S. Walker;Xiaoling Li;Lynda Whiting;Sarah Glyn-Jones

  • Fertilization success in free-spawning marine invertebrates: review of the evidence and fisheries implications

    Levitan;Mary Sewell

  • Effects of temperature on fecundity in vitro, egg hatching and reproductive development of Benedenia seriolae and Zeuxapta seriolae (Monogenea) parasitic on yellowtail kingfish Seriola lalandi.

    Lincoln Tubbs;Carolyn Poortenaar;Mary Sewell;BK Diggles

  • Simultaneous Spawning of Six Species of Echinoderms in Barkley Sound, British Columbia

    John S. Pearse;Daniel J. McClary;Mary A. Sewell;William C. Austin

  • Maternal provisioning for larvae and larval provisioning for juveniles in the toxopneustid sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla

    M. Byrne;T. A. A. Prowse;M. A. Sewell;S. Dworjanyn

  • Fertilization success during a natural spawning of the dendrochirote sea cucumber Cucumaria miniata

    M. A. Sewell;D. R. Levitan

  • Rapid adaptation to food availability by a dopamine-mediated morphogenetic response

    Diane K. Adams;Mary A. Sewell;Robert C. Angerer;Lynne M. Angerer

  • ARE ECHINODERM EGG SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS BIMODAL

    Mary A. Sewell;Craig M. Young

  • Fuels for development: evolution of maternal provisioning in asterinid sea stars

    T. A. A. Prowse;M. A. Sewell;M. Byrne

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Byrne
Maria Byrne University of Sydney
Shane D. Lavery
Shane D. Lavery University of Auckland
Gretchen E. Hofmann
Gretchen E. Hofmann University of California, Santa Barbara
Craig M. Young
Craig M. Young University of Oregon
Ian Hewson
Ian Hewson Cornell University
Don R. Levitan
Don R. Levitan Florida State University
Christopher E. Cornwall
Christopher E. Cornwall Victoria University of Wellington
Tom Artois
Tom Artois Hasselt University
Maarten P.M. Vanhove
Maarten P.M. Vanhove Hasselt University
Michael J. O'Donnell
Michael J. O'Donnell McMaster University

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