Publications

2012

Ho, K., Chariton, A., Portis, L., Proestou, D., Cantwell, M.G., Baguley, J., Burgess, R.M., Simpson, S.L., Pelletier, M.C., Perron, M., Gunsch, C., Bik, H. & Kamikawa, A. (in press) Use of a Novel Sediment Exposure to Determine the Effects of Triclosan on Estuarine Benthic Communities, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry  PDF

Bik, H.M. & Thomas, W.K. (advance online) Metagenomics will highlight and drive links to taxonomic data: reply to Murray, Trends in Ecology and Evolution doi:10.1016/j.tree.2012.09.005  PDF

Robbins, R.J., Amaral-Zettler, L, Bik, H., Blum, S. et al. (2012) RCN4GSC Workshop Report: Managing data at the interface of biodiversity and (meta) genomics, March 2011. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 7(1): doi:10.4056/sigs.3156511 open access PDF

Bik H.M., Halanych K.M., Sharma J., Thomas W.K. (2012) Dramatic Shifts in Benthic Microbial Eukaryote Communities following the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PLoS ONE, 7(6):e38550. open access PDF  Data available at  

Bik, H.M., Porazinska, D.L, Creer, S., Caporaso, J.G., Knight, R. & Thomas, W.K. (2012) Sequencing our way towards understanding global eukaryotic biodiversity. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27(4):233 243. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2011.11.010  PDF

Bik, H.M., Sung, W., De Ley, P., Baldwin, J.G., Sharma, J., Rocha-Olivares, A. & Thomas, W.K.T. (2012) Metagenetic community analysis of microbial eukaryotes illuminates biogeographic patterns in deep-sea and shallow water sediments. Molecular Ecology, 21(5):1048-1059 doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05297.x (“From the Cover”)  PDF  Data available at   

2011

Bhadury, P., Bik, H., Lambshead, P.J.D., Austen, M.C., Smerdon, G.R., Rogers, A.D. (2011) Molecular Diversity of Fungal Phylotypes Co-Amplified Alongside Nematodes from Coastal and Deep-sea Marine Enviornments. PLoS One, 6 (10), e26445. open access PDF

2010

Bik, H.M., Lunt, D.H., Thomas, W.K.T., & Lambshead, P.J.D. (2010) Low endemism, continued deep-shallow interchanges, and evidence for cosmopolitan distributions in free-living marine nematodes (order Enoplida).  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10:389. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-389  PDF

Bik, H.M., Thomas, W.K.T., Lambshead, P.J.D., & Lunt, D.H. (2010) Moving towards a complete molecular framework of the Nematoda: A focus on the Enoplida and early-branching clades.  BMC Evoltuoinary Biology, 10:353. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-353  PDF

Bik, H. M. (2010) Small worms, big ideas: Evolutionary inferences from nematode DNA. Journal of Biogeography. 37(1):1-2 DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02219.x  PDF

2009

Bik, H. M., Hawkins, L. E., Hughes, J. A. & Lambshead, P. J. D. (2009) Rapid decline of PCR amplification from genomic extracts of DESS-preserved, slide-mounted nematodes. Nematology, 11(6), 827-834.  DOI:100.1163/156854109X422922  PDF

Bik, H. M. (2009) Unraveling post-glacial colonization through molecular techniques: new insight from estuarine invertebrates. Journal of Biogeography, 36, 16-17.  DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02037.x  PDF


Book Chapters

Bik, H.M. & Thomas W.K. (in press) Biodiversity and the (data) Beast. In: Hughes J., Cotton, J., and Olson, P. (eds.) Next Generation Systematics: Studying Evolution and Diversity in the Era of Ubiquitous Genomics, Cambridge University Press, UK.

Thaler, A.D., Zelnio, K.A., Freitag, A., MacPherson, R., Shiffman, D., Bik, H., Goldstein, M.C., McClain, C. (2012) Digital Environmentalism: Tools and strategies for the evolving online ecosystem. In: D. Gallagher (ed.) Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, SAGE Reference. Pre-print PDF


PhD Thesis

Bik, H.M. (2010) Resolving phylogenetic relationships within the order Enoplida (Phylum Nematoda). PhD Thesis, University of Southampton, UK.

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Other Publications

NSF RAPID project highlighted, US National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling: Report to the President (2011)

Online writing was selected for inclusion in the print anthology “Open Lab 2010: Best Science Writing on the Web”