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Overview

Simon Creer is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and molecular biology. Their body of work spans several fields, with a particular focus on ecological and molecular methods applied to biodiversity and ecosystem monitoring.

Their research covers various main fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broad disciplines, Creer's work also engages with subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Plant Science
  • Ecological Modeling

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Simon Creer has published work in several scientific journals and venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Environmental DNA
  • Communications Biology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Simon Creer are:

  • Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: A review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap, 2020, Molecular Ecology
  • Soil textural heterogeneity impacts bacterial but not fungal diversity, 2020, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Strategies for sample labelling and library preparation in DNA metabarcoding studies, 2021, Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Key Questions for Next-Generation Biomonitoring, 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Environmental DNA provides higher resolution assessment of riverine biodiversity and ecosystem function via spatio-temporal nestedness and turnover partitioning, 2021, Communications Biology

They have also contributed to book publications, including:

  • A Next-Generation of Biomonitoring to Detect Global Ecosystem Change, published by Frontiers Media in 2020

Simon Creer's research collaborations include frequent co-authors such as:

  • Gary R. Carvalho
  • Mark de Bruyn
  • Georgina Brennan
  • Natasha de Vere
  • Mathew Seymour

Best Publications

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

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

  • Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

    Kristine Bohmann;Kristine Bohmann;Alice Evans;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;M. Thomas P. Gilbert;Gary R. Carvalho

  • Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity

    Holly M. Bik;Dorota L. Porazinska;Simon Creer;J. Gregory Caporaso

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

    Simon Creer;Kristy Deiner;Serita Frey;Dorota Porazinska

  • Ultrasequencing of the meiofaunal biosphere: practice, pitfalls and promises.

    S. Creer;V. G. Fonseca;D. L. Porazinska;R. M. Giblin-Davis

  • DNA metabarcoding-Need for robust experimental designs to draw sound ecological conclusions.

    Lucie Zinger;Aurélie Bonin;Inger G. Alsos;Miklós Bálint

  • How quantitative is metabarcoding: a meta-analytical approach

    Philip D. Lamb;Ewan Hunter;Ewan Hunter;John K. Pinnegar;John K. Pinnegar;Simon Creer

  • Second-generation environmental sequencing unmasks marine metazoan biodiversity

    Vera G. Fonseca;Gary R. Carvalho;Way Sung;Harriet F. Johnson

  • The biogeography of the atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) gut microbiome

    Martin S Llewellyn;Philip McGinnity;Melanie Dionne;Justine Letourneau

  • Annual time-series analysis of aqueous eDNA reveals ecologically relevant dynamics of lake ecosystem biodiversity

    Iliana Bista;Gary R. Carvalho;Kerry Walsh;Mathew Seymour

  • Systematic and evolutionary insights derived from mtDNA COI barcode diversity in the Decapoda (Crustacea: Malacostraca).

    Joana Matzen da Silva;Joana Matzen da Silva;Simon Creer;Antonina dos Santos;Ana C. Costa

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

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

  • Ecosystems monitoring powered by environmental genomics: a review of current strategies with an implementation roadmap

    Tristan Cordier;Laura Alonso-Sáez;Laure Apothéloz-Perret-Gentil;Eva Aylagas

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

    Florian Leese;Florian Altermatt;Agnès Bouchez;Torbjørn Ekrem

  • Detection of introduced and resident marine species using environmental DNA metabarcoding of sediment and water.

    Luke E. Holman;Mark de Bruyn;Mark de Bruyn;Simon Creer;Gary R. Carvalho

  • Worldwide Analysis of Sedimentary DNA Reveals Major Gaps in Taxonomic Knowledge of Deep-Sea Benthos

    Frédéric Sinniger;Frédéric Sinniger;Jan Pawlowski;Saki Harii;Andrew J. Gooday

  • Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate honey bee foraging reveals limited flower use despite high floral availability

    Natasha De Vere;Laura E. Jones;Tegan Gilmore;Jake Moscrop

  • Detecting macroecological patterns in bacterial communities across independent studies of global soils.

    Kelly S. Ramirez;Christopher G. Knight;Mattias de Hollander;Francis Q. Brearley

  • Divergent national-scale trends of microbial and animal biodiversity revealed across diverse temperate soil ecosystems

    Paul B. L. George;Delphine Lallias;Simon Creer;Fiona M. Seaton

  • Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics

    Markos A. Alexandrou;Claudio Oliveira;Marjorie Maillard;Rona A. R. McGill

  • Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring (vol 29, pg 358, 2014)

    Bohmann K;Evans A;Gilbert Mtp;Carvalho Gr

  • Ecosystems Monitoring Powered by Environmental Genomics: A Review of Current Strategies with An Implementation Roadmap

    Tristan Cordier;Laura Alonso Sáez;Laure Apotheloz-Perret-Gentil;Eva Aylagas

Frequent Co-Authors

Gary R. Carvalho
Gary R. Carvalho Bangor University
Anita Malhotra
Anita Malhotra Bangor University
Roger S. Thorpe
Roger S. Thorpe Bangor University
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth Aarhus University
Marc Rius
Marc Rius University of Southampton
David A. Robinson
David A. Robinson UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Gareth W. Griffith
Gareth W. Griffith Aberystwyth University
Jan Pawlowski
Jan Pawlowski Heidelberg University
John K. Pinnegar
John K. Pinnegar Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

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