Gavin Lear

6.6k total citations
115 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Gavin Lear is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Gavin Lear has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Ecology, 34 papers in Molecular Biology and 30 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Gavin Lear's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (51 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (32 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (18 papers). Gavin Lear is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (51 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (32 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (18 papers). Gavin Lear collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and United Kingdom. Gavin Lear's co-authors include Gillian D. Lewis, Hannah L. Buckley, Syrie M. Hermans, Bradley S. Case, Louise Weaver, Andrew Dopheide, Fiona Curran‐Cournane, Olga Pantos, Joanne M. Kingsbury and Victor Gambarini and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Gavin Lear

109 papers receiving 4.7k citations

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Molecular mechanisms of plastic biodegradation by the fungus Clonostachys rosea 2025 ·mBio ·Victor Gambarini, (unknown), Paul G. Young, (unknown), (unknown), Joanne M. Kingsbury, Lloyd Donaldson, Dawn Smith, (unknown), Olga Pantos, Kim M. Handley, Gavin Lear	3
2	Resource recovery from wastewater by directing microbial metabolism toward production of value-added biochemicals 2025 ·Bioresource Technology ·(unknown), Bharat Manna, (unknown), Gavin Lear, Joanne M. Kingsbury, Naresh Singhal	4
3	Plastic Type and Condition Have Minimal Impact on Associated Marine Biofilm Communities 2025 ·Environmental Microbiology ·Jessica A. Wallbank, Joanne M. Kingsbury, Olga Pantos, Louise Weaver, Dawn A. Smith, (unknown), (unknown), Victor Gambarini, Gavin Lear	0
4	Plastic physico-chemical properties shape the early marine plastisphere 2025 ·Environmental Pollution ·Joanne M. Kingsbury, Olivier Laroche, Xavier Pochon, Anastasija Zaiko, Gavin Lear, Louise Weaver, Sally Gaw, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jessica A. Wallbank, Stefan D. M. Maday, James H. Bridson, Robert Abbel, Lloyd Donaldson, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Grant L. Northcott, Olga Pantos	0
5	Soil‐borne fungal diseases in Aotearoa New Zealand pastures: a significant research blind spot 2024 ·New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·(unknown), Matthew D. Templeton, Gavin Lear, N.L. Bell	0
6	Exploring freshwater stream bacterial communities as indicators of land use intensity 2024 ·Environmental Microbiome ·Syrie M. Hermans, (unknown), Gillian D. Lewis, M. W. Neale, Hannah L. Buckley, Bradley S. Case, Gavin Lear	1
7	Development and validation of molecular biomarkers for the green‐lipped mussel ( Perna canaliculus ) 2023 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Andrew Barrick, Martin Zirngibl, Gavin Lear, Kirsty F. Smith, Grant L. Northcott, Louis A. Tremblay	4
8	Land use modification causes slow, but predictable, change in soil microbial community composition and functional potential 2023 ·Environmental Microbiome ·(unknown), Syrie M. Hermans, Hannah L. Buckley, Bradley S. Case, Matthew D. Taylor, Fiona Curran‐Cournane, Gavin Lear	25
9	Impacts of long‐term phosphorus and nitrogen fertiliser application on soil biology: a New Zealand perspective 2023 ·New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research ·Nicole L. Schon, Bryan Stevenson, P. M. Fraser, Shengjing Shi, Craig Anderson, Sarah Mansfield, Robert Simpson, Jo Cavanagh, Kate H. Orwin, C. W. Gray, A. D. Mackay, Gavin Lear, Maureen O’Callaghan	2
10	The soil microbiome: An essential, but neglected, component of regenerative agroecosystems 2023 ·iScience ·Syrie M. Hermans, Gavin Lear, Bradley S. Case, Hannah L. Buckley	28
11	Does plastic type matter? Insights into non-indigenous marine larvae recruitment under controlled conditions 2022 ·PeerJ ·(unknown), Anastasija Zaiko, Patrick Cahill, Olivier Champeau, Louis A. Tremblay, Dawn A. Smith, Susanna A. Wood, Gavin Lear, Xavier Pochon	4
12	Changes in the analysis of temporal community dynamics data: a 29-year literature review 2021 ·PeerJ ·Hannah L. Buckley, Nicola J. Day, Gavin Lear, Bradley S. Case	10
13	Measuring change in biological communities: multivariate analysis approaches for temporal datasets with low sample size 2021 ·PeerJ ·Hannah L. Buckley, Nicola J. Day, Bradley S. Case, Gavin Lear	18
14	Characterisation of the expression of select genes in response to key marine pollutants in the triplefin Forsterygion capito 2020 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Louis A. Tremblay, Zoë Hilton, Gavin Lear	1
15	Analysis of spatial and temporal variations in bacterial community dynamics within stream biofilms 2020 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·(unknown), Gavin Lear, Gillian D. Lewis	3
16	Induction of Microbial Oxidative Stress as a New Strategy to Enhance the Enzymatic Degradation of Organic Micropollutants in Synthetic Wastewater 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), Octavio Perez‐Garcia, Gavin Lear, David Greenwood, Simon Swift, Martin Middleditch, Edward P. Kolodziej, Naresh Singhal	36
17	Optimal extraction methods for the simultaneous analysis of DNA from diverse organisms and sample types 2018 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Syrie M. Hermans, Hannah L. Buckley, Gavin Lear	59
18	Towards robust and repeatable sampling methods in eDNA‐based studies 2018 ·Molecular Ecology Resources ·Ian A. Dickie, Stéphane Boyer, Hannah L. Buckley, Richard P. Duncan, Paul P. Gardner, Ian D. Hogg, Robert J. Holdaway, Gavin Lear, Andreas Makiola, Sergio E. Morales, Jeff R. Powell, Louise Weaver	133
19	Photosynthetic biocathode enhances the power output of a sediment‐type microbial fuel cell 2014 ·New Zealand Journal of Botany ·Audrey S. Commault, Gavin Lear, Phil M. Novis, Richard J. Weld	37
20	Use of bacterial communities to assess the ecological health of a recently restored stream 2012 ·New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research ·Gavin Lear, (unknown), (unknown), Gillian D. Lewis	9

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