Melania Cristescu

Melania Cristescu

McGill University

H-index: 49

North America-Canada

About Melania Cristescu

Melania Cristescu, With an exceptional h-index of 49 and a recent h-index of 32 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at McGill University, specializes in the field of ecological genomics.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Density-dependent effects of exotic brook trout on aquatic communities in mountain lakes revealed by environmental DNA and morphological taxonomy

Environmental DNA for assessing impact and recovery of aquatic communities in an invaded mountain lake

Revealing population demographics with environmental RNA

Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation

Ecosystem connectivity and configuration can mediate instability at a distance in metaecosystems

Environmental transcriptomics under heat stress: Can environmental RNA reveal changes in gene expression of aquatic organisms?

Freshwater connectivity transforms spatially integrated signals of biodiversity

Assessing the degradation of environmental DNA and RNA based on genomic origin in a metabarcoding context

Melania Cristescu Information

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Citations(all)

6479

Citations(since 2020)

3610

Cited By

4161

hIndex(all)

49

hIndex(since 2020)

32

i10Index(all)

82

i10Index(since 2020)

78

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Melania Cristescu Skills & Research Interests

ecological genomics

Top articles of Melania Cristescu

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Density-dependent effects of exotic brook trout on aquatic communities in mountain lakes revealed by environmental DNA and morphological taxonomy

Hydrobiologia

Daphné Trépanier-Leroux

Matthew C Yates

Louis Astorg

Dylan J Fraser

Shelley Humphries

...

2024/3

Environmental DNA for assessing impact and recovery of aquatic communities in an invaded mountain lake

Lake and Reservoir Management

J Beaulieu

MC Yates

L Astorg

D Trépanier-Leroux

H Jeon

...

2024/1/30

Revealing population demographics with environmental RNA

Molecular Ecology Resources

Robert M Hechler

Melania E Cristescu

2024/3/18

Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation

Biological Conservation

Marie-Eve Monchamp

Zofia E Taranu

Rebecca E Garner

Tessa Rehill

Olivier Morissette

...

2023/4/1

Ecosystem connectivity and configuration can mediate instability at a distance in metaecosystems

bioRxiv

Christina P Tadiri

Jorge O Negrín Dastis

Melania E Cristescu

Andrew Gonzalez

Gregor F Fussmann

2023/3/6

Environmental transcriptomics under heat stress: Can environmental RNA reveal changes in gene expression of aquatic organisms?

Molecular Ecology

Robert M Hechler

Matthew C Yates

Frédéric JJ Chain

Melania E Cristescu

2023/10/4

Freshwater connectivity transforms spatially integrated signals of biodiversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Joanne E Littlefair

José S Hleap

Vince Palace

Michael D Rennie

Michael J Paterson

...

2023/9/13

Assessing the degradation of environmental DNA and RNA based on genomic origin in a metabarcoding context

Environmental DNA

Kaushar Kagzi

Katie L Millette

Joanne E Littlefair

Xavier Pochon

Susanna A Wood

...

2023/9

Genotype diversity promotes the persistence of Daphnia populations exposed to severe copper stress

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Alessandra Loria

Melania E Cristescu

Andrew Gonzalez

2022/2/1

Towards reproducible metabarcoding data: Lessons from an international cross‐laboratory experiment

Molecular Ecology Resources

Anastasija Zaiko

Paul Greenfield

Cathryn Abbott

Ulla von Ammon

Jaret Bilewitch

...

2022/2

Environmental nucleic acids: A field‐based comparison for monitoring freshwater habitats using eDNA and eRNA

Molecular Ecology Resources

Joanne E Littlefair

Michael D Rennie

Melania E Cristescu

2022/11

Comparative analysis of zooplankton diversity in freshwaters: What can we gain from metagenomic analysis?

Environmental DNA

Marie‐Ève Monchamp

David A Walsh

Rebecca E Garner

Susanne A Kraemer

Beatrix E Beisner

...

2022/11

Environmental RNA degrades more rapidly than environmental DNA across a broad range of pH conditions

Molecular Ecology Resources

Kaushar Kagzi

Robert M Hechler

Gregor F Fussmann

Melania E Cristescu

2022/10

Thermal stratification and fish thermal preference explain vertical eDNA distributions in lakes

Molecular ecology

Joanne E Littlefair

Lee E Hrenchuk

Paul J Blanchfield

Michael D Rennie

Melania E Cristescu

2021/7

The relationship between eDNA particle concentration and organism abundance in nature is strengthened by allometric scaling

Molecular Ecology

Matthew C Yates

DM Glaser

John R Post

Melania E Cristescu

Dylan J Fraser

...

2021/7

Landscape modification and nutrient‐driven instability at a distance

Ecology Letters

Kevin S McCann

Kevin Cazelles

Andrew S MacDougall

Gregor F Fussmann

Carling Bieg

...

2021/3

Integrating physiology and environmental dynamics to operationalize environmental DNA (eDNA) as a means to monitor freshwater macro‐organism abundance

Molecular Ecology

Matthew C Yates

Melania E Cristescu

Alison M Derry

2021/12

Speciation in Daphnia

Tiffany A Chin

Melania E Cristescu

2021/3

Assessment of current taxonomic assignment strategies for metabarcoding eukaryotes

Molecular Ecology Resources

Jose S Hleap

Joanne E Littlefair

Dirk Steinke

Paul DN Hebert

Melania E Cristescu

2021/10

Environmental RNA: a revolution in ecological resolution?

Matthew C Yates

Alison M Derry

Melania E Cristescu

2021/7/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 134
Paul DN Hebert

Paul DN Hebert

University of Guelph

H-index: 122
Michael Lynch

Michael Lynch

Arizona State University

H-index: 84
Hugh J. MacIsaac

Hugh J. MacIsaac

University of Windsor

H-index: 75
Andrew Gonzalez

Andrew Gonzalez

McGill University

H-index: 46
G. Douglas Haffner

G. Douglas Haffner

University of Windsor

H-index: 39
Teresa Crease

Teresa Crease

University of Guelph

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