| A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut … M Leray, JY Yang, CP Meyer, SC Mills, N Agudelo, V Ranwez, JT Boehm, ... Frontiers in Zoology 10 (1), 34, 2013 | 1470 | 2013 |
| DNA barcoding and metabarcoding of standardized samples reveal patterns of marine benthic diversity M Leray, N Knowlton Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (7), 2076–2081, 2015 | 572 | 2015 |
| Censusing marine eukaryotic diversity in the twenty-first century M Leray, N Knowlton Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371, 20150331, 2016 | 198 | 2016 |
| GenBank is a reliable resource for 21st century biodiversity research M Leray, N Knowlton, SL Ho, BN Nguyen, RJ Machida Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (45), 22651-22656, 2019 | 186 | 2019 |
| Metazoan mitochondrial gene sequence reference datasets for taxonomic assignment of environmental samples R Machida, M Leray, SL Ho, N Knowlton Scientific Data 4, 170027, 2017 | 173 | 2017 |
| Random sampling causes the low reproducibility of rare eukaryotic OTUs in Illumina COI metabarcoding M Leray, N Knowlton PeerJ 5, e3006, 2017 | 141 | 2017 |
| Metabarcoding dietary analysis of coral dwelling predatory fish demonstrates the minor contribution of coral mutualists to their highly partitioned, generalist diet M Leray, CP Meyer, SC Mills PeerJ 3, e1047, 2015 | 132 | 2015 |
| Environmental DNA survey captures patterns of fish and invertebrate diversity across a tropical seascape BN Nguyen, EW Shen, J Seemann, AMS Correa, JL O'Donnell, AH Altieri, ... Scientific reports 10, 6729, 2020 | 130 | 2020 |
| The importance of standardization for biodiversity comparisons: A case study using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) and metabarcoding to measure cryptic diversity … E Ransome, JB Geller, M Timmers, M Leray, A Mahardini, A Sembiring, ... PLoS One 12 (4), e0175066, 2017 | 125 | 2017 |
| Host-associated microbiomes drive structure and function of marine ecosystems LGE Wilkins, M Leray, B Yuen, R Peixoto, TJ Pereira, HM Bik, DA Coil, ... PLoS Biology 17 (11), e3000533, 2019 | 124 | 2019 |
| Allopatric divergence and speciation in coral reef fish: the three-spot Dascyllus, Dascyllus trimaculatus, species complex M Leray, R Beldade, SJ Holbrook, RJ Schmitt, S Planes, G Bernardi Evolution 64 (5), 1218-1230, 2010 | 124 | 2010 |
| Effectiveness of annealing blocking primers versus restriction enzymes for characterization of generalist diets: unexpected prey revealed in the gut contents of two coral reef … M Leray, N Agudelo, SC Mills, CP Meyer PloS one 8 (4), e58076, 2013 | 93 | 2013 |
| Trade‐offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: Comment on “Environmental DNA: What's behind the term?” by … N Rodriguez‐Ezpeleta, O Morissette, CW Bean, S Manu, P Banerjee, ... Molecular Ecology 30 (19), 4601-4605, 2021 | 92 | 2021 |
| Cross-shelf investigation of coral reef cryptic benthic organisms reveals diversity patterns of the hidden majority J Pearman, M Leray, RR Villalobos, RJ Machida, ML Berumen, ... Scientific Reports 8, 8090, 2018 | 90 | 2018 |
| MIDORI2: A collection of quality controlled, preformatted, and regularly updated reference databases for taxonomic assignment of eukaryotic mitochondrial sequences M Leray, N Knowlton, RJ Machida Environmental DNA 4 (4), 894-907, 2022 | 80 | 2022 |
| Rapid ecosystem-scale consequences of acute deoxygenation on a Caribbean coral reef MD Johnson, JJ Scott, M Leray, N Lucey, LMR Bravo, WL Wied, AH Altieri Nature communications 12 (1), 4522, 2021 | 78 | 2021 |
| MIDORI server: a webserver for taxonomic assignment of unknown metazoan mitochondrial-encoded sequences using a curated database M Leray, SL Ho, IJ Lin, RJ Machida Bioinformatics 34 (21), 3753–3754, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Moorea BIOCODE barcode library as a tool for understanding predator–prey interactions: insights into the diet of common predatory coral reef fishes M Leray, JT Boehm, SC Mills, CP Meyer Coral reefs 31, 383-388, 2012 | 74 | 2012 |
| Complex patterns of population structure and recruitment of Plectropomus leopardus (Pisces: Epinephelidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: implications for fisheries … L Van Herwerden, J Howard Choat, SJ Newman, M Leray, G Hillersøy Marine biology 156, 1595-1607, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Housekeeping mutualisms: do more symbionts facilitate host performance? AC Stier, MA Gil, CS McKeon, S Lemer, M Leray, SC Mills, CW Osenberg PLoS One 7 (4), e32079, 2012 | 63 | 2012 |
Nancy KnowltonSant Chair of Marine Science Emerita, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian InstitutionVerified email at si.edu