Megan Shaffer

446 total citations
20 papers, 251 citations indexed

About

Megan Shaffer is a scholar working on Ecology, Biotechnology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Megan Shaffer has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 251 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Ecology, 11 papers in Biotechnology and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Megan Shaffer's work include Marine Sponges and Natural Products (11 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (10 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Megan Shaffer is often cited by papers focused on Marine Sponges and Natural Products (11 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (10 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (7 papers). Megan Shaffer collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Australia. Megan Shaffer's co-authors include James J. Bell, Emily McGrath, Andrew Biggerstaff, Simon K. Davy, Abdul Haris, Holly Bennett, Manuel Maldonado, Ryan P. Kelly, José Luís Carballo and Shaun Wilkinson and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Global Change Biology and Ecological Applications.

In The Last Decade

Megan Shaffer

19 papers receiving 248 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megan Shaffer New Zealand	8	201	147	81	59	30	20	251
Emily McGrath New Zealand	9	180 0.9×	158 1.1×	82 1.0×	52 0.9×	35 1.2×	10	296
Sigal Shefer Israel	8	157 0.8×	137 0.9×	121 1.5×	70 1.2×	35 1.2×	21	282
Andia Chaves‐Fonnegra United States	12	297 1.5×	209 1.4×	93 1.1×	110 1.9×	31 1.0×	21	355
Holly Bennett New Zealand	7	185 0.9×	171 1.2×	58 0.7×	54 0.9×	27 0.9×	9	248
Francesca Strano New Zealand	11	184 0.9×	92 0.6×	111 1.4×	111 1.9×	24 0.8×	24	265
Jon Thomassen Hestetun Norway	11	206 1.0×	129 0.9×	81 1.0×	86 1.5×	37 1.2×	21	306
H. T. Rapp Norway	11	292 1.5×	176 1.2×	137 1.7×	192 3.3×	46 1.5×	15	412
Michelle Achlatis Australia	11	265 1.3×	172 1.2×	102 1.3×	132 2.2×	39 1.3×	13	336
Didier M. de Bakker Netherlands	9	290 1.4×	92 0.6×	148 1.8×	182 3.1×	25 0.8×	18	350
Mateo López‐Victoria Colombia	11	350 1.7×	165 1.1×	128 1.6×	145 2.5×	42 1.4×	33	398

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shaffer, Megan, et al.. (2025). Observation Bias in Metabarcoding. Molecular Ecology Resources. 25(7). e14119–e14119. 1 indexed citations

Allan, Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz, Megan Shaffer, Ryan P. Kelly, & Kim M. Parsons. (2025). Optimizing target-to-total DNA ratio in eDNA studies: effects of sampling, preservation, and extraction methods on single-species detection. PeerJ. 13. e20127–e20127.

Adams, Nicolaus G., Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan, Ryan P. Kelly, et al.. (2025). Marine eDNA Production and Loss Mechanisms. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 130(4). 1 indexed citations

MacCready, Parker, Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz Allan, Ana Ramón‐Laca, et al.. (2025). Advective Transport Drives Environmental DNA Dispersal in an Estuary. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(15). 7506–7516. 5 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Shaun, Joshua P. Smith, Bruno David, et al.. (2024). TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment. PeerJ. 12. e16963–e16963. 18 indexed citations

Bell, James J., Mireille Pujo‐Pay, Megan Shaffer, et al.. (2023). Sponge organic matter recycling: Reduced detritus production under extreme environmental conditions. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 190. 114869–114869. 7 indexed citations

Wilkinson, Shaun, Susan Welsh, Bruno David, et al.. (2023). TICI: a taxon-independent community index for eDNA-based ecological health assessment. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

Allan, Elizabeth Andruszkiewicz, et al.. (2023). Quantifying impacts of an environmental intervention using environmental DNA. Ecological Applications. 33(8). e2914–e2914. 6 indexed citations

Bell, James J., et al.. (2022). Phototrophic sponge productivity may not be enhanced in a high CO₂ world. Global Change Biology. 28(16). 4900–4911. 4 indexed citations

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Brandt, Mark J., et al.. (2021). Leftists Possess More National Consensus in Europe in One of Two Data Sets. Social Psychological and Personality Science. 13(4). 862–874. 1 indexed citations

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Bell, James J., et al.. (2021). Bioeroding sponge species from the Wakatobi region of southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa. 4996(1). 1–48. 3 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Megan, Simon K. Davy, & James J. Bell. (2021). Reproductive isolation between two cryptic sponge species in New Zealand: high levels of connectivity and clonality shape Tethya species boundaries. Marine Biology. 168(5). 2 indexed citations

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Bell, James J., Emily McGrath, Megan Shaffer, et al.. (2020). Interocean patterns in shallow water sponge assemblage structure and function. Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society. 95(6). 1720–1758. 25 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Megan, Simon K. Davy, Manuel Maldonado, & James J. Bell. (2020). Seasonally Driven Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in TemperateTethyaSpecies. Biological Bulletin. 238(2). 89–105. 10 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Megan, Heidi M. Luter, Nicole S. Webster, Muhammad Azmi Abdul Wahab, & James J. Bell. (2019). Evidence for genetic structuring and limited dispersal ability in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Carteriospongia foliascens. Coral Reefs. 39(1). 39–46. 6 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Megan, Simon K. Davy, & James J. Bell. (2018). Hidden diversity in the genus Tethya: comparing molecular and morphological techniques for species identification. Heredity. 122(3). 354–369. 10 indexed citations

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Davy, Simon K., et al.. (2018). Bleaching and recovery of a phototrophic bioeroding sponge. Coral Reefs. 37(2). 565–570. 12 indexed citations

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Bell, James J., et al.. (2018). Domination of mesophotic ecosystems in the Wakatobi Marine National Park (Indonesia) by sponges, soft corals and other non-hard coral species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 99(4). 771–775. 9 indexed citations

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Bell, James J., et al.. (2017). Sponge monitoring: Moving beyond diversity and abundance measures. Ecological Indicators. 78. 470–488. 31 indexed citations

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Bell, James J., et al.. (2015). Sediment impacts on marine sponges. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 94(1-2). 5–13. 99 indexed citations

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