Erika Neave
School of Biological and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science
Email: E.F.Neave@ljmu.ac.uk
PhD researcher exploring future avenues of employing environmental DNA in the marine environment to better understand vertebrate communities, especially the Teleosti.
Degrees
2019, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States, M.Sc., Marine Sciences
2017, Florida Institute of Technology, United States, B.Sc., Biological Sciences, marine biology
Academic appointments
PhD student, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Research Assistant, Natural History Museum, 2020 - present
Journal article
Gallego R, Arias MB, Corral-Lou A, Díez-Vives C, Neave EF, Wang C, Cárdenas P, Steffen K, Taboada S, Villamor A, Kenchington E, Mariani S, Riesgo A. 2024. North Atlantic deep-sea benthic biodiversity unveiled through sponge natural sampler DNA Communications Biology, 7 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Lorusso L, Shum P, Piredda R, Mottola A, Maiello G, Cartledge EL, Neave EF, Di Pinto A, Mariani S. 2024. Mismanagement and poor transparency in the European processed seafood supply revealed by DNA metabarcoding Food Research International, 194 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Cai W, MacDonald B, Korabik M, Gradin I, Neave EF, Harper LR, Kenchington E, Riesgo A, Whoriskey FG, Mariani S. 2024. Biofouling sponges as natural eDNA samplers for marine vertebrate biodiversity monitoring The Science of the Total Environment, 946 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Neave EF, Cai W, Arias MB, Harper LR, Riesgo A, Mariani S. 2023. Trapped DNA fragments in marine sponge specimens unveil North Atlantic deep-sea fish diversity Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290 :20230771 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Dimitriadis C, Neave EF, Shum P, Mariani S, D’amen M, Azzurro E. 2023. First records of Sphyraena chrysotaenia (Klunzinger, 1884) and Diadema setosum (Leske, 1778) in the Marine Protected Area of Zakynthos Island (Ionian Sea, Greece) Acta Adriatica, 64 :83-86 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Harper LR, Neave EF, Sellers GS, Cunnington AV, Arias MB, Craggs J, MacDonald B, Riesgo A, Mariani S. 2023. Optimized DNA isolation from marine sponges for natural sampler DNA metabarcoding Environmental DNA, 5 :438-461 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Cai W, Harper LR, Neave EF, Shum P, Craggs J, Arias MB, Riesgo A, Mariani S. 2022. Environmental DNA persistence and fish detection in captive sponges. Molecular Ecology Resources, DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Jang SH, Lim P, Torano O, Neave EF, Seim H, Marchetti A. 2022. Protistan Communities Within the Galápagos Archipelago With an Emphasis on Micrograzers Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Maiello G, Talarico L, Carpentieri P, De Angelis F, Franceschini S, Harper LR, Neave EF, Rickards O, Sbrana A, Shum P, Veltre V, Mariani S, Russo T. 2022. Little samplers, big fleet: eDNA metabarcoding from commercial trawlers enhances ocean monitoring Fisheries Research, 249 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Neave EF, Seim H, Gifford SM, Torano O, Johnson Z, Paez-Rosas D, Marchetti A. 2021. Protistan plankton communities in the Galapagos Archipelago respond to changes in deep water masses resulting from the 2015/16 El Nino ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, DOI Author Url Publisher Url
preprint
Harper L, Neave E, Sellers G, Cunnington A, Arias MB, Craggs J, MacDonald B, Riesgo A, Mariani S. 2022. Optimised DNA isolation from marine sponges for natural sampler DNA (nsDNA) metabarcoding bioRxiv DOI Publisher Url
Thesis/Dissertation
Neave E. Creative eDNA capture strategies for measuring marine biodiversity. Mariani S, Kiriakoulakis K.