Liggan L.M., Rolheiser K.C., Pontier O., Ramírez-Ibaceta B., Giménez I., Alberto F. 2025. Beyond presence and absence: using eDNA and microsatellite genotyping to estimate densities of microscopic life forms in wild populations. Molecular Ecology Resources. http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14116
Liggan, L.M., & Martone, P. T. (2020). Gas composition of developing pneumatocysts in bull kelp Nereocystis luetkeana (Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology.
Liggan, L.M., & Martone, P.T. (2018). Under pressure: biomechanical limitations of developing pneumatocysts in the bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana, Phaeophyceae). Journalof Phycology. 54:608–15. *journal cover
Therriault, T.W., Nelson, J.C., Carlton, J.T., Liggan, L., Otani, M., Kawai, H., Scriven, D. et al. (2018). The invasion risk of species associated with Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris in Pacific North America and Hawaii. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 132:82–9. *special edition
Liggan, L.M. (2016). Under pressure: biomechanics of buoyancy in Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). MSc diss., University of British Columbia.
Reports
Liggan, L.M., and Clark, J. (2020) Seasonal Pyropia abbottiae productivity surveys from 2017-2019 collected at Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada. Development Version 1.0. Hakai Institute. Dataset.
Sanders, S.R., Hunt, B., Liggan, L.M., and Monteith, Z. (2019). Supportive Environmental Data for the Calvert Area Nearshore Monitoring Program from Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2018. Version 1.0. Hakai Institute. Dataset.
Nelson J.C., Murray C.C., Otani M., Liggan L.M., Kawai H., Ruiz G.M., Hansen G. & Carlton J.T. (2016) PICES Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (JTMD) database. http://invasions.si.edu/nemesis/jtmd/. Accession Date: 28-Nov-2016
Coding and Statistical Packages
AmplicomSat R package
A bioinformatic pipeline to score microsatellite genotypes from high-throughput amplicon sequencing and eDNA samples
https://github.com/UWMAlberto-Lab/Amplicomsat
Citation: Liggan L.M., Rolheiser K.C., Pontier O., Ramírez-Ibaceta B., Giménez I., Alberto F. 2025. Beyond presence and absence: using eDNA and microsatellite genotyping to estimate densities of microscopic life forms in wild populations. Molecular Ecology Resources. http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14116
GenotypeQuant R package
Using microsatellites to estimate the number of different genotypes from a single species in an eDNA sample
https://github.com/UWMAlberto-Lab/GenotypeQuant
Citation: Liggan L.M., Rolheiser K.C., Pontier O., Ramírez-Ibaceta B., Giménez I., Alberto F. 2025. Beyond presence and absence: using eDNA and microsatellite genotyping to estimate densities of microscopic life forms in wild populations. Molecular Ecology Resources. http://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.14116
Lauran Liggan 