Scientific publications

I have published a number of peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals, listed below.

  1. Optimization and performance testing of a sequence processing pipeline applied to detection of nonindigenous species. Scott, R., Zhan, A., Brown, E. A., Chain, F. J. J., Cristescu, M. E., Gras, R., MacIsaac H. J. 2018. Evolutionary Applications, DOI: 10.1111/eva.12604
  2. Trebitz, A. S., Hoffman, J. C., Darling, J. A., Pilgrim, E. M., Kelly, J. R., Brown, E. A., Chadderton, W. L., Egan, S. P., Grey, E. K., Hashsham, S. A., Klymus, K. E., Mahon, A. R., Ram, J. L, Schultz, M. T., Stepien, C. A., Schardt, J. C. 2017. Early detection monitoring for aquatic non-indigenous species: Optimizing surveillance, incorporating advanced technologies, and identifying research needs. Journal of Environmental Management, 202, 299-210.
  3. Brown, E. A., Chain, F. J. J., Zhan A., MacIsaac, H. J., Cristescu, M. E. 2015. Early detection of aquatic invaders reveals a high number of non-indigenous species in Canadian ports. Diversity and Distributions, 22, 1045-1059.
  4. Chain, F. J. J., Brown, E. A., MacIsaac, H. J., Cristescu, M. E. 2015. Metabarcoding reveals strong spatial structure and temporal turnover of zooplankton communities among marine and freshwater ports. Diversity and Distributions, 22, 493-504.
  5. Brown, E. A., Chain, F. J. J., MacIsaac, H. J., Cristescu, M. E. 2015. Divergence thresholds and divergent biodiversity estimates: can metabarcoding reliably describe zooplankton communities? Ecology and Evolution, 5, 2234-2251.
  6. Flynn, J. M., Brown, E. A., Chain, F. J. J., MacIsaac, H. J., Cristescu, M. E. 2015. Considerations for metabarcoding: Using mock and natural communities to test the performance of various filtering and clustering methods. Ecology and Evolution, 5, 2252-2266.
  7. Zhan, A., He, S., Brown, E. A., Chain, F. J. J., Therriault, T. W., Abbott, C. L., Heath, D. D., Cristescu, M. E., MacIsaac, H. J. 2014. Reproducibility of pyrosequencing data for biodiversity assessment in complex communities. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 881-890.
  8. Brown, E. A., Pilkington, J. G., Nussey, D. H., Watt, K A., Hayward, A. D., Tucker, R., Graham, A. L., Paterson, S., Beraldi, D., Pemberton, J. M., Slate, J. 2012. Detecting genes for variation in parasite burden and immunological traits in a wild population: testing the candidate gene approach. Molecular Ecology, 22, 757-773.
  9. Gratten, J., Pilkington, J. G., Brown, E. A., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Pemberton, J. M., Slate, J. 2012. Selection and microevolution of coat pattern are cryptic in a wild population of sheep. Molecular Ecology, 21, 2977-2990.
  10. Gay, L., Brown, E., Tregenza, T., Pincheira-Donoso, D., Eady, P. E., Vasudev, R., Hunt, J., Hosken, D. J. 2011. The genetic architecture of sexual conflict: male harm and female resistance in Callosobruchus maculatus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24, 449-456.
  11. Gratten, J., Pilkington, J. G., Brown, E. A., Beraldi, D., Pemberton, J. M., Slate, J. 2010. The genetic basis of recessive self-colour pattern in a wild sheep population. Heredity, 104, 206-14.
  12. Slate, J., Santure, A. W., Feulner, P. G. D., Brown, E. A., Ball, A. D., Johnston, S. E., Gratten, J. 2010. Genome mapping in intensively studied wild vertebrate populations. Trends in Genetics, 26, 275-284.
  13. Brown, E. A., Gay, L., Vasudev, R., Tregenza, T., Eady, P. E., Hosken, D. J. 2009. Negative phenotypic and genetic associations between copulation duration and longevity in male seed beetles. Heredity, 103, 340-345.