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Cai, W, MacDonald, B, Korabik, M, Gradin, I, Neave, EF, Harper, LR, Kenchington, E, Riesgo, A, Whoriskey, FG and Mariani, S (2024) Biofouling sponges as natural eDNA samplers for marine vertebrate biodiversity monitoring. The Science of the Total Environment, 946. ISSN 0048-9697

Neave, EF, Cai, W, Arias, MB, Harper, LR, Riesgo, A and 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 (2005). p. 20230771. ISSN 0962-8452

Harper, LR, Neave, EF, Sellers, GS, Cunnington, AV, Arias, MB, Craggs, J, MacDonald, B, Riesgo, A and Mariani, S (2023) Optimized DNA isolation from marine sponges for natural sampler DNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA, 5 (3). pp. 438-461. ISSN 2637-4943

Cai, W, Harper, LR, Neave, EF, Shum, P, Craggs, J, Arias, MB, Riesgo, A and Mariani, S (2022) Environmental DNA persistence and fish detection in captive sponges. Molecular Ecology Resources. ISSN 1755-098X

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 and Russo, T (2022) Little samplers, big fleet: eDNA metabarcoding from commercial trawlers enhances ocean monitoring. Fisheries Research, 249. ISSN 0165-7836

Blackman, RC, Osathanunkul, M, Brantschen, J, Di Muri, C, Harper, LR, Mächler, E, Hänfling, B and Altermatt, F (2021) Mapping biodiversity hotspots of fish communities in subtropical streams through environmental DNA. Scientific Reports, 11 (1). ISSN 2045-2322

Thalinger, B, Deiner, K, Harper, LR, Rees, H, Blackman, R, Sint, D, Traugott, M, Goldberg, C and Bruce, K (2021) A validation scale to determine the readiness of environmental DNA assays for routine species monitoring. Environmental DNA. ISSN 2637-4943

Harper, LR, Watson, H, Donnelly, R, Hampshire, R, Sayer, C, Breithaupt, T and Hänfling, B (2020) Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate diet and niche partitioning in the native European otter (Lutra lutra) and invasive American mink (Neovison vison). Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 4. ISSN 2534-9708

Blackman, RC, Ling, KKS, Harper, LR, Shum, P, Hanfling, B and Lawson-Handley, L (2020) Targeted and passive environmental DNA approaches outperform established methods for detection of quagga mussels, Dreissena rostriformis bugensis in flowing water. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (23). pp. 13248-13259. ISSN 2045-7758

Harper, LR, Lawson Handley, L, Sayer, CD, Read, DS, Benucci, M, Blackman, RC, Hill, MJ and Hanfling, B (2020) Assessing the impact of the threatened crucian carp (Carassius carassius) on pond invertebrate diversity: A comparison of conventional and molecular tools. Molecular Ecology. ISSN 0962-1083

Katz, AD, Harper, LR, Sternhagen, EC, Pearce, SE, Melder, CA, Sperry, JH and Davis, MA (2020) Environmental DNA is effective in detecting the federally threatened Louisiana Pinesnake ( Pituophis ruthveni). Environmental DNA. ISSN 2637-4943

Sales, NG, McKenzie, MB, Drake, J, Harper, LR, Browett, SS, Coscia, I, Wangensteen, OS, Baillie, C, Bryce, E, Dawson, DA, Ochu, E, Hänfling, B, Lawson Handley, L, Mariani, S, Lambin, X, Sutherland, C and McDevitt, AD (2020) Fishing for mammals: Landscape-level monitoring of terrestrial and semi-aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems. Journal of Applied Ecology. ISSN 0021-8901

Blackman, R, Bennucci, M, Donnelly, R, Hänfling, B, Harper, LR, Sellers, G and Lawson-Handley, L (2020) Simple, sensitive and species-specific assays for detecting quagga and zebra mussels (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis and D. polymorpha) using environmental DNA. Management of Biological Invasions, 11 (2). pp. 218-236. ISSN 1989-8649

Harper, KJ, Goodwin, KD, Harper, LR, LaCasella, EL, Frey, A and Dutton, PH (2020) Finding Crush: Environmental DNA Analysis as a Tool for Tracking the Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas in a Marine Estuary. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. ISSN 2296-7745

Harper, LR, Handley, LL, Hahn, C, Boonham, N, Rees, H, Lewis, E, Adams, I, Brotherton, P, Phillips, S and Hänfling, B (2019) Generating and testing ecological hypotheses at the pondscape with environmental DNA metabarcoding: a case study on a threatened amphibian. Environmental DNA, 2 (2). pp. 184-199. ISSN 2637-4943

Harper, LR, Handley, LL, Carpenter, AI, Ghazali, M, Di Muri, C, Macgregor, CJ, Logan, TW, Law, A, Breithaupt, T, Read, DS, McDevitt, AD and Hanfling, B (2019) Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of pond water as a tool to survey conservation and management priority mammals. Biological Conservation, 238. ISSN 0006-3207

Li, J, Lawson Handley, L, Harper, LR, Brys, R, Watson, HV, Di Muri, C, Zhang, X and Hänfling, B (2019) Limited dispersion and quick degradation of environmental DNA in fish ponds inferred by metabarcoding. Environmental DNA, 1 (3). pp. 238-250. ISSN 2637-4943

Harper, LR, Downie, JR and McNeill, DC (2018) Great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) populations are not one and the same: Scottish newts respond differently to Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) and abiotic factors. The Glasgow Naturalist, 27. pp. 19-20.

Harper, LR, Griffiths, NP, Handley, LL, Sayer, CD, Read, DS, Harper, KJ, Blackman, RC, Li, J and Hanfling, B (2018) Development and application of environmental DNA surveillance for the threatened crucian carp (Carassius carassius). Freshwater Biology, 64 (1). pp. 93-107. ISSN 0046-5070

Harper, LR, Downie, JR and McNeill, DC (2018) Assessment of habitat and survey criteria for the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) in Scotland: a case study on a translocated population. Hydrobiologia, 828 (1). pp. 57-71. ISSN 0018-8158

Harper, LR, Buxton, AS, Rees, HC, Bruce, K, Brys, R, Halfmaerten, D, Read, DS, Watson, HV, Sayer, CD, Jones, EP, Priestley, V, Machler, E, Murria, C, Garces-Pastor, S, Medupin, C, Burgess, K, Benson, G, Boonham, N, Griffiths, RA, Handley, LL et al and Haenfling, B (2018) Prospects and challenges of environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring in freshwater ponds. Hydrobiologia, 826 (1). pp. 25-41. ISSN 0018-8158

Harper, LR, Handley, LL, Hahn, C, Boonham, N, Rees, HC, Gough, KC, Lewis, E, Adams, IP, Brotherton, P, Phillips, S and Hanfling, B (2018) Needle in a haystack? A comparison of eDNA metabarcoding and targeted qPCR for detection of the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus). Ecology and Evolution, 8 (12). pp. 6330-6341. ISSN 2045-7758

Harper, LR, McNeill, DC and Downie, JR (2017) The latest chapter in a conservation story: completing 10 years of posttranslocation monitoring for a population of great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) in Scotland. The Glasgow Naturalist, 26 (4).