Christina M. Preston

Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

37h-index9.2kcitations69works6.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(47), Marine and coastal ecosystems(22), Protist diversity and phylogeny(20), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies(12), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies(11)

Publications69 total

A digital PCR assay for the dabA gene involved in domoic acid biosynthesis by Pseudo-nitzschia spp
Harmful Algae·2025Open Access
Coordinated and Collaborative Sampling by Two Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Underway measurement of cyanobacterial microcystins using a surface plasmon resonance sensor on an autonomous underwater vehicle
Limnology and Oceanography Methods·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Using a long‐range autonomous underwater vehicle to find and sample harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie
Limnology and Oceanography Methods·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Weak lensing combined with the kinetic Sunyaev Zel'dovich effect: A study of baryonic feedback
arXiv (Cornell University)·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
High Resolution Biological and Physical Sampling Reveals Expression of Domoic Acid Biosynthetic Genes at Frontal Zones
2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Autonomous eDNA collection using an uncrewed surface vessel over a 4200‐km transect of the eastern Pacific Ocean
Environmental DNA·2023· 26 citedOpen Access
Ecological divergence of syntopic marine bacterial species is shaped by gene content and expression
The ISME Journal·2023· 10 citedOpen Access
Lake Erie field trials to advance autonomous monitoring of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms
Frontiers in Marine Science·2022· 30 citedOpen Access
Expanding the temporal and spatial scales of environmental DNA research with autonomous sampling
Environmental DNA·2022· 44 citedOpen Access
High‐frequency and long‐term observations of eDNA from imperiled salmonids in a coastal stream: Temporal dynamics, relationships with environmental factors, and comparisons with conventional observations
Environmental DNA·2022· 27 citedOpen Access
A system of coordinated autonomous robots for Lagrangian studies of microbes in the oceanic deep chlorophyll maximum
Science Robotics·2021· 61 cited
Remote, autonomous real-time monitoring of environmental DNA from commercial fish
Scientific Reports·2020· 64 citedOpen Access
Persistent Sampling of Vertically Migrating Biological Layers by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Within the Beam of a Seabed-Mounted Echosounder
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering·2020· 14 citedOpen Access
DNA metabarcoding reveals organisms contributing to particulate matter flux to abyssal depths in the North East Pacific ocean
Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography·2019· 76 citedOpen Access
Unprecedented DMSP Concentrations in a Massive Dinoflagellate Bloom in Monterey Bay, CA
Geophysical Research Letters·2019· 36 cited
Identification of microbial key-indicators of oil contamination at sea through tracking of oil biotransformation: An Arctic field and laboratory study
The Science of The Total Environment·2019· 34 cited
The Extent of Fault-Associated Modern Authigenic Barite Deposits Offshore Northern Baja California Revealed by High-Resolution Mapping
Frontiers in Marine Science·2019· 7 citedOpen Access
Autonomous Tracking and Sampling of the Deep Chlorophyll Maximum Layer in an Open-Ocean Eddy by a Long-Range Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering·2019· 44 citedOpen Access
Microbial metagenomes and metatranscriptomes during a coastal phytoplankton bloom
Scientific Data·2019· 53 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Christopher A. Scholin(23), Edward F. DeLong(22), James M. Birch(18), Roman Marin(16), Brent Roman(14), John P. Ryan(11), Scott Jensen(10), Douglas Pargett(10), Steven Hallam(6), Kevan M. Yamahara(6), Yanwu Zhang(6), David M. Karl(5), William Ussler(5), Brett Hobson(5), Brian Kieft(5), Tracy J. Mincer(4), Paul M. Richardson(4), Christa Schleper(4), Marcelino T. Suzuki(4), Eugene Massion(4)