Sabit, M. B., & Lopez, M. L. (2023). Exploring Life Through Science Series: Capstone Research Project Senior High School Learning Guide (2nd ed.). Quezon City, Philippines: Phoenix Publishing. ISBN 978-971-06-5877-0.
Sabit, M. B., & Lopez, M. L. (2017). Exploring Life Through Science Series: Capstone Research Project Senior High School Learning Guide (1st ed.). Quezon City, Philippines: Phoenix Publishing. ISBN 978-971-06-4772-9.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Picard, M., Von Eggers, J., Brasell, K. A., Yan, D., Klaminder, J., Alsos, I. G., Barouillet, C., Cheng, Y., Dommain, R., Dulias, K., Duxbury, L., Edwards, M. E., Pastor, S. G., Harning, D., Hudson, S. M., Huston, G., Kaynar, S., Kurte, L., Leunda, M., Lopez, M.L., Capo, E. (2024). Using DNA archived in lake sediments to reconstruct past ecosystems. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99931-1.00171-9 Link
SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES
Lopez, MLD, Bonderud, M, Allison, MJ, MacDermid, F, Ussery, EJ, McMaster, ME, Dersch, A, Staniszewska, KJ, Cooke, CA, Drevnick, P, & Helbing, CC. (2023). QPCR-based eDNA workflow for humic-rich lake sediments: Combined use of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) and Indigenous Knowledge in reconstructing historical fish records. Ecological Indicators, 155, 111014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.111014 Link
*Huston, G. P., *Lopez, M. L. D., Cheng, Y., King, L., Duxbury, L. C., Picard, M., Thomson-Laing, G., Myler, E., Helbing, C. C., Kinnison, M. T., Saros, J. E., Gregory-Eaves, I., Monchamp, E., Wood, S. A., Armbrecht, L., Ficetola, G. F., Kurte, L., Eggers, J. V., Brahney, J., . . . Capo, E. (2023). Detection of fish sedimentary DNA in aquatic systems: A review of methodological challenges and future opportunities. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.467 Link
Allison MJ, Warren, RL, Lopez, MLD, Acharya-Patel, N, Imbery, JJ, Coombe, L, Yang., CL, Birol, I, and Helbing, CC. (2023). Enabling robust environmental DNA assay design with “unikseq” for the identification of taxon-specific regions within whole mitochondrial genomes. Environmental DNA. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.438. Link
Lopez MLD, Lin YY, Schneider SQ, Hsieh CH, Shiah FK, and Machida RJ (2022). Allometric scaling of interspecific RNA transcript abundance to extend the use of metatranscriptomics in characterizing complex communities. Molecular Ecology Resources, 23(1): 52-63. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13711. Link
Lopez MLD, Lin, Y., Sato M, Shiah FK, Hsieh CH, Machida R. (2021). Using metatranscriptomics to estimate the diversity and composition of zooplankton communities. Molecular Ecology Resources, 22(2): 638-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13506. Link
Lopez MLD and Papa RDS. (2019). Diversity and distribution of copepods (Class: Maxillopoda, Subclass: Copepoda) in groundwater habitats across Southeast Asia. Marine and Freshwater Research 71, 374–383. Link
Dela Paz ES, Lopez MLD, David CIH, Dela Cruz DR, Viernes GA, Wong JF, Papa RDS. (2018). Freshwater microcrustaceans (Cladocera: Anomopoda and Ctenopoda, Copepoda: Cyclopoida and Calanoida) in the highly urbanized Metropolitan Manila area (Luzon, Philippines). Check List 14(5): 751-762. Link
Velasco, RU, Lopez MLD, Devanadera MK. (2018). Gastropod diversity in the Riparian Zone of BalingasayRiver, Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippine. Acta Manilana 66, 45–5. Link
Lopez MLD, Pascual JA, Dela Paz ES, Rizo EZ, Tordesillas D, Guinto SK, Dumont H, Mamaril AC, Papa RDS. (2017) .Annotated checklist and insular distribution of freshwater microcrustaceans (Copepoda: Calanoida & Cyclopoida; Cladocera: Anomopoda & Ctenopoda) in the Philippines. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65:623–654. Link
Lopez MLD, Magbanua F, Mamaril AC, Papa RDS. (2017). Variations in microcrustacean (Crustacea: Cladocera, Copepoda) assemblages from selected groundwater-dependent ecosystems in the greater Luzon and Mindoro Island faunal regions (Philippines): insights to tropical groundwater ecology. Inland Waters 7(454). Link
Cavite YG, Juan J, Koh MI, Lopez MLD, Papa RDS. (2017). Species composition of freshwater zooplankton fauna from selected groundwater-dependent ecosystems in Bulacan Province (Philippines) with taxonomic notes on new locality record of harpacticoid species in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 11(1). Link
Devanadera MK, Velasco RU, Lopez MLD. (2015) . Diversity, Exploitation, and Conservation Status of Commercially Impotant Sea Cucumber (Class Holothuria) Species in Southeast Asia. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology IX:33-45. Link
Under review
Lopez, MLD, Bonderud, M, Allison, MJ, MacDermid, F, Ussery, EJ, McMaster, ME, Dersch, A, Drevnick, P, & Helbing, CC (under review). Reconstructing historical fish occurrences and documenting human-mediated introductions in lakes using sedimentary DNA. Biological Conservation
Jameson, BD, Lopez, MLD, Bonderud, M, Stevens, CJ, Juniper, K, Helbing, C, Grundle, DS. (under review). The magnitude and direction of N2O flux from marine sediments are linked to the community structure and gene expression of atypical nosZII-type reductases. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosicences
Larson, ER, Abbott, CL, Helbing, CC, Lopez, MLD, Williams, BW. (under review). Genome Skimming Supports Two New Crayfish Species from the Genus Pacifastacus (Bott, 1950). Zootaxa
Lopez, MLD, Del Rosario KIP, and Papa RDS. (under review). Updated taxonomic checklist and distribution of freshwater harpacticoid copepod (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) fauna in the Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology
In preparation
Bicaldo, IE, Padilla, KSA, Tu, TH, Chen, WT, Mendoza-Pascual, MU, Vicera, CV, de Leon, J, Poblete, K, Austria, ES, Lopez, MLD, Kobayashi, Y, Shiah, FW, Papa, RDS, Okuda, N, Wang, PL, Lin, LH. (in prep). The methane-oxidizing microbial communities of three maar lakes in tropical monsoon Asia. Frontiers in Microbiology
Lopez, MLD, Crichton, E, Allison, MJ, Dema, A, Bonderud, A, Helbing, C (in prep). Effects of storage conditions on the stability of qPCR reagents: Implications for environmental DNA detection. BMC Research Notes