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Christopher Meyer
Research Zoologist and Curator of MollusksDepartment / Division
Education
- M.A., University of California, Berkeley
- B.A., Colgate University
- Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Collections Areas
- Bryozoa
- Fluid preserved specimens
- Dry specimens - Antarctic
- Chordata
- Urochordates
- Echinodermata
- Mollusca
- Aplacophora
- Monoplacophora
- Polyplacophora
- Scaphopoda
- Gastropoda
- Patellogastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Neritimorpha (marine)
- higher Caenogastropoda
- Naticoidea, Ficoidea, Tonnoidea, Neogastropoda
- Cypraeoidea, Velutinoidea, Heterobranchia (marine)
Research Interests
Marine biodiversity, speciation, diversification, biogeography and phylogeography; the history, assembly and maintenance of tropical reef communities; DNA barcoding and metabarcoding; environmental DNA; data and metadata standards, phylogeny and systematics of Cypraeidae and other diverse, reef-associated groups
Publications
Journal Article
- Kelly, Ryan P., Lodge, David M., Lee, Kai N., Theroux, Susanna, Sepulveda, Adam J., Scholin, Christopher A., Craine, Joseph M., Andruszkiewicz Allan, Elizabeth, Nichols, Krista M., Parsons, Kim M., Goodwin, Kelly D., Gold, Zachary, Chavez, Francisco P., Noble, Rachel T., Abbott, Cathryn L., Baerwald, Melinda R., Naaum, Amanda M., Thielen, Peter M., Simons, Ariel Levi, Jerde, Christopher L., Duda, Jeffrey J., Hunter, Margaret E., Hagan, John A., Meyer, Rachel Sarah, Steele, Joshua A. et al. 2024. "Toward a national eDNA strategy for the United States." Environmental DNA, 6, (1). https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.432.
- McIlroy, Shelby E., Guibert, Isis, Archana, Anand, Chung, Wing Yi Haze, Duffy, J. E., Gotama, Rinaldi, Hui, Jerome, Knowlton, Nancy, Leray, Matthieu, Meyer, Christopher, Panagiotou, Gianni, Paulay, Gustav, Russell, Bayden, Thompson, Philip D., and Baker, David M. 2024. "Life goes on: Spatial heterogeneity promotes biodiversity in an urbanized coastal marine ecosystem." Global Change Biology, 30, (4). https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17248.
- Samimi-Namin, Kaveh, Lotufo, Tito Monteiro Da Cruz, Hoeksema, Bert W., Tweedt, Sarah M., Meyer, Christopher P., and Paulay, Gustav. 2024. "Unique Aggregations of a Large Undescribed Solitary Tunicate in the Arabian Sea." Diversity, 16, (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/d16040221.
- Williams, Jake, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Dowell, Rosalie, Macdonald, Kenneth, Meyer, Christopher, Steyaert, Margaux, Tweedt, Sarah, and Ransome, Emma. 2024. "SimpleMetaPipeline: Breaking the bioinformatics bottleneck in metabarcoding." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14434.
- Williams, Jake, Pettorelli, Nathalie, Hartmann, Aaron C., Quinn, Robert A., Plaisance, Laetitia, O’Mahoney, Michael J. V. l., Meyer, Christopher P., Fabricius, Katharina E., Knowlton, Nancy, and Ransome, Emma. 2024. "Decline of a distinct coral reef holobiont community under ocean acidification." Microbiome, 12, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-023-01683-y.
- Hoban, Mykle L., Whitney, Jonathan, Collins, Allen G., Meyer, Christopher, Murphy, Katherine R., Reft, Abigail J., and Bemis, Katherine E. 2022. "Skimming for barcodes: rapid production of mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal repeat reference markers through shallow shotgun sequencing." PeerJ, 10. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13790.
- Meyer, Raissa, Davies, Neil, Pitz, Kathleen J., Meyer, Christopher, Samuel, Robyn, Anderson, Jane, Appeltans, Ward, Barker, Katharine, Chavez, Francisco P., Duffy, J. Emmett, Goodwin, Kelly D., Hudson, Maui, Hunter, Margaret E., Karstensen, Johannes, Laney, Christine M., Leinen, Margaret, Mabee, Paula, Macklin, James A., Muller-Karger, Frank, Pade, Nicolas, Pearlman, Jay, Phillips, Lori, Provoost, Pieter, Santi, Ioulia, Schigel, Dmitry et al. 2022. "The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON)." Gigascience, 12. https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giad068.
- Thurber, Rebecca Vega, Schmeltzer, Emily R., Grottoli, Andréa G., Van Woesik, Robert, Toonen, Robert J., Warner, Mark, Dobson, Kerri L., McLachlan, Rowan H., Barott, Katie, Barshis, Daniel J., Baumann, Justin, Chapron, Leila, Combosch, David J., Correa, Adrienne M. S., DeCarlo, Thomas M., Hagedorn, Mary, Hédouin, Laetitia, Hoadley, Kenneth, Felis, Thomas, Ferrier-Pagès, Christine, Kenkel, Carly, Kuffner, Ilsa B., Matthews, Jennifer, Medina, Mónica, Meyer, Christopher et al. 2022. "Unified methods in collecting, preserving, and archiving coral bleaching and restoration specimens to increase sample utility and interdisciplinary collaboration." Peerj, 10. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.14176.
- Casey, Jordan M., Ransome, Emma, Collins, Allen G., Mahardini, Angka, Kurniasih, Eka M., Sembiring, Andrianus, Schiettekatte, Nina M. D., Cahyani, Ni Kadek Dita, Wahyu Anggoro, Aji, Moore, Mikaela, Uehling, Abby, Belcaid, Mahdi, Barber, Paul H., Geller, Jonathan B., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2021. "DNA metabarcoding marker choice skews perception of marine eukaryotic biodiversity." Environmental DNA, 3, (6) 1229–1246. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.245.
- Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Kansa, Eric C., Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Kunze, John, Meyer, Christopher, Orrell, Thomas, Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Vieglais, Dave, Walls, Ramona L., and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples (iSamples): Toward an interdisciplinary cyberinfrastructure for material samples." GigaScience, 10, (5). https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giab028.
- Plaisance, Laetitia, Matterson, Kenan, Fabricius, Katharina, Drovetski, Sergei V., Meyer, Christopher P., and Knowlton, Nancy. 2021. "Effects of low pH on the coral reef cryptic invertebrate communities near CO2 vents in Papua New Guinea." PLOS ONE, 16, (12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258725.
- Vieglais, Dave, Gan, Quan, Zhou, Yuxuan, Richard, Stephen, Cui, Hong, Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Kansa, Eric, Kansa, Sarah, Kunze, John, Mandel, Danny, Meyer, Christopher P., Orrell, Thomas M., Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Walls, Ramona, and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples: Creating and Mapping Controlled Vocabularies for Specimen Type, Material Type, and Sampled Feature." Earth and Space Science, 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10509093.1.
- Marwayana, Onny N., Gold, Zachary, Barber, Paul H., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2021. "Environmental DNA in a global biodiversity hotspot: Lessons from coral reef fish diversity across the Indonesian archipelago." Environmental DNA, https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.257.
- Richard, Stephen M., Vieglais, Dave, Cui, Hong, Davies, Neil, Deck, John, Gan, Quan, Kansa, Eric C., Kansa, Sarah Whitcher, Kunze, John, Mandel, Danny, Meyer, Christopher P., Orrell, Thomas M., Ramdeen, Sarah, Snyder, Rebecca A., Walls, Ramona L., Zhou, Yuxuan, and Lehnert, Kerstin. 2021. "Internet of Samples." Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 58, (1) 813–815. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.572.
- Collins, Allen G., Paulay, Gustav, Meyer, Christopher P., Duffy, J. Emmett, and Wetzer, Regina. 2021. "The U.S. Ocean Biocode." Marine Technology Society Journal, 55, (3) 140–141. https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.55.3.33.
- Samuel, Robyn M., Meyer, Raissa, Buttigieg, Pier Luigi, Davies, Neil, Jeffery, Nicholas W., Meyer, Christopher P., Pavloudi, Christina, Pitz, Kathleen Johnson, Sweetlove, Maxime, Theroux, Susanna, van de Kamp, Jodie, and Watts, Alison. 2021. "Toward a Global Public Repository of Community Protocols to Encourage Best Practices in Biomolecular Ocean Observing and Research." Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.758694.
- Varney, Rebecca M., Brenzinger, Bastian, Malaquias, Manuel António E., Schrödl, Michael, Meyer, Christopher P., and Kocot, Kevin M. 2021. "Assessment of mitochondrial genomes for heterobranch gastropod phylogenetics." BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-020-01728-y.
- Brandl, Simon J., Casey, Jordan M., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2020. "Dietary and habitat niche partitioning in congeneric cryptobenthic reef fish species." Coral Reefs, 39 305–317. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01892-z.
- Obst, Matthias, Exter, Katrina, Allcock, A. Louise, Arvanitidis, Christos, Axberg, Alizz, Bustamante, Maria, Cancio, Ibon, Carreira-Flores, Diego, Chatzinikolaou, Eva, Chatzigeorgiou, Giorgos, Chrismas, Nathan, Clark, Melody S., Comtet, Thierry, Dailianis, Thanos, Davies, Neil, Deneudt, Klaas, de Cerio, Oihane Diaz, Fortic, Ana, Gerovasileiou, Vasilis, Hablutzel, Pascal, I., Keklikoglou, Kleoniki, Kotoulas, Georgios, Lasota, Rafal, Leite, Barbara R., Loisel, Stephane et al. 2020. "A Marine Biodiversity Observation Network for Genetic Monitoring of Hard-Bottom Communities (ARMS-MBON)." Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.572680.
- Riginos, Cynthia, Crandall, Eric D., Liggins, Libby, Gaither, Michelle R., Ewing, Rodney B., Meyer, Christopher, Andrews, Kimberly R., Euclide, Peter T., Titus, Benjamin M., Overgaard Therkildsen, Nina, Salces‐Castellano, Antonia, Stewart, Lucy C., Toonen, Robert J., and Deck, John. 2020. "Building a global genomics observatory: Using GEOME (the Genomic Observatories Metadatabase) to expedite and improve deposition and retrieval of genetic data and metadata for biodiversity research." Molecular Ecology Resources, 20, (6) 1458–1469. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13269.
- Titus, Benjamin M., Laroche, Robert, Rodríguez, Estefanía, Wirshing, Herman H., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2020. "Host identity and symbiotic association affects the taxonomic and functional diversity of the clownfish-hosting sea anemone microbiome." Biology Letters, 16, (2). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2019.0738.
- Andersen, Jeremy C., Oboyski, Peter, Davies, Neil, Charlat, Sylvain, Ewing, Curtis, Meyer, Christopher, Krehenwinkel, Henrik, Lim, Jun Ying, Suzuki, Noriyuki, Ramage, Thibault, Gillespie, Rosemary G., and Roderick, George K. 2019. "Categorization of species as native or nonnative using DNA sequence signatures without a complete reference library." Ecological Applications: A Publication of the Ecological Society of America, 29, (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1914.
- Casey, Jordan M., Meyer, Christopher P., Morat, Fabien, Brandl, Simon J., Planes, Serge, and Parravicini, Valeriano. 2019. "Reconstructing hyperdiverse food webs: Gut content metabarcoding as a tool to disentangle trophic interactions on coral reefs." Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, (8) 1157–1170. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13206.
- Delrieu-Trottin, Erwan, Williams, Jeffrey T., Pitassy, Diane, Driskell, Amy, Hubert, Nicolas, Viviani, Jérémie, Cribb, Thomas H., Espiau, Benoit, Galzin, René, Kulbicki, Michel, Lison, de Loma, Meyer, Christopher, Mourier, Johann, Mou-Tham, Gérard, Parravicini, Valeriano, Plantard, Patrick, Sasal, Pierre, Siu, Gilles, Tolou, Nathalie, Veuille, Michel, Weigt, Lee, and Planes, Serge. 2019. "A DNA barcode reference library of French Polynesian shore fishes." Scientific Data, 6, (1) 114. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0123-5.
- Leray, Matthieu, Alldredge, Alice L., Yang, Joy Y., Meyer, Christopher P., Holbrook, Sally J., Schmitt, Russell J., Knowlton, Nancy, and Brooks, Andrew J. 2019. "Dietary partitioning promotes the coexistence of planktivorous species on coral reefs." Molecular ecology, 28, (10) 2694–2710. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15090.
- Titus, Benjamin M., Benedict, Charlotte, Laroche, Robert, Gusmão, Luciana C., Van Deusen, Vanessa, Chiodo, Tommaso, Meyer, Christopher P., Berumen, Michael L., Bartholomew, Aaron, Yanagi, Kensuke, Reimer, James D, Fujii, Takuma, Daly, Marymegan, and Rodríguez, Estefanía. 2019. "Phylogenetic relationships among the clownfish-hosting sea anemones." Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 139 Article 106526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106526.
- Al Malik, Muhammad Danie, Kholilah, Nenik, Kurniasih, Eka Maya, Sembiring, Andrianus, Pertiwi, Ni Putu Dian, Ambariyanto, Ambariyanto, Munasik, Munasik, and Meyer, Christopher. 2018. "Biodiversity of Cryptofauna (Decapods) and Their Correlation with Dead Coral Pocillopora sp. Volume at Bunaken Island, North Sulawesi." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 116 012053. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/116/1/012053.
- Pertiwi, N. P. D., Malik, M. D. A., Kholilah, N., Kurniasih, E. M., Sembiring, A., Anggoro, A. W., Ambariyanto, and Meyer, Christopher. 2018. "Community Structure of Decapod Inhabit Dead Coral Pocillopora sp. in Pemuteran, Bali." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 116 012055. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/116/1/012055.
- Deck, John, Gaither, Michelle R., Ewing, Rodney, Bird, Christopher E., Davies, Neil, Meyer, Christopher, Riginos, Cynthia, Toonen, Robert J., and Crandall, Eric D. 2017. "The Genomic Observatories Metadatabase (GeOMe): A new repository for field and sampling event metadata associated with genetic samples." PLoS biology, 15, (8) 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2002925.
- Meyer, Christopher P. and Lorenz, Felix. 2017. "Descriptions of new subspecies of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)." Acta Conchyliorum, 16 5–27.
- Meyer, Christopher P. and Tweedy, Sarah M. 2017. "A new subspecies of Cypraea tigris LINNAEUS 1758 (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)." Acta Conchyliorum, 16 59–68.
- Ransome, Emma, Geller, Jonathan B., Timmers, Molly, Leray, Matthieu, Mahardini, Angka, Sembiring, Andrianus, Collins, Allen Gilbert, and Meyer, Christopher P. 2017. "The importance of standardization for biodiversity comparisons: A case study using autonomous reef monitoring structures (ARMS) and metabarcoding to measure cryptic diversity on Mo'orea coral reefs, French Polynesia." PLOS ONE, 12, (4). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0175066.
- Tawakkal, Muhammad, Devira, Cut Nandi, Ulfah, Maria, Sembiring, Andrianus, Kurniasih, Eka Maya, Ambariyanto, and Meyer, Christopher P. 2017. "Komposisi Organisme Kriptik Brachyura (Krustasea) Pada Karang Mati Pocillopora di Perairan Sabang." Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Kelautan dan Perikanan Unsyiah, 2, (4) 547–555.
- Davies, Neil, Field, Dawn, Gavaghan, David, Holbrook, Sally J., Planes, Serge, Troyer, Matthias, Bonsall, Michael, Claudet, Joachim, Roderick, George, Schmitt, Russell J., Zettler, Linda Amaral, Berteaux, Vé, Bossin, Hervé C., Cabasse, Charlotte, Collin, Antoine, Deck, John, Dell, Tony, Dunne, Jennifer, Gates, Ruth, Harfoot, Mike, Hench, James L., Hopuare, Marania, Kirch, Patrick, Kotoulas, Georgios, Kosenkov, Alex et al. 2016. "Simulating social-ecological systems: the Island Digital Ecosystem Avatars (IDEA) consortium." GigaScience, 5, (1) s13742-016-0118-5. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13742-016-0118-5.
- Mulcahy, Daniel G., Macdonald, Kenneth S., Brady, Seán G., Meyer, Christopher, Barker, Katharine B., and Coddington, Jonathan. 2016. "Greater than X kb: a quantitative assessment of preservation conditions on genomic DNA quality, and a proposed standard for genome-quality DNA." PeerJ, 4 e2528. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2528.
- Ng, Peter K. L. and Meyer, Christopher. 2016. "A new species of pea crab of the genus Serenotheres Ahyong & Ng, 2005 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Pinnotheridae) from the date mussel Leiosolenus Carpenter, 1857 (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Mytilidae, Lithophaginae) from the Solomon Islands." ZooKeys, (623) 31–41. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.623.10272.
- Hubert, Nicolas, Espiau, Benoit, Meyer, Christopher P., and Planes, Serge. 2015. "Identifying the ichthyoplankton of a coral reef using DNA barcodes." Molecular Ecology Resources, 15, (1) 57–67. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12293.
- Kopf, Anna, Bicak, Mesude, Kottmann, Renzo, Schnetzer, Julia, Kostadinov, Ivaylo, Lehmann, Katja, Fernandez-Guerra, Antonio, Jeanthon, Christian, Rahav, Eyal, Ullrich, Matthias, Wichels, Antje, Gerdts, Gunnar, Polymenakou, Paraskevi, Kotoulas, Giorgos, Siam, Rania, Abdallah, Rehab Z., Sonnenschein, Eva C., Cariou, Thierry, O'Gara, Fergal, Jackson, Stephen, Orlic, Sandi, Steinke, Michael, Busch, Julia, Duarte, Bernardo, Caçador, Isabel et al. 2015. "The ocean sampling day consortium." GigaScience, 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13742-015-0066-5.
- Leray, Matthieu, Meyer, Christopher P., and Mills, Suzanne C. 2015. "Metabarcoding dietary analysis of coral dwelling predatory fish demonstrates the minor contribution of coral mutualists to their highly partitioned, generalist diet." PeerJ, 3. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1047.
- Puillandre, N., Duda, T. F., Meyer, Christopher P., Olivera, B. M., and Bouchet, P. 2015. "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81, (1) 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyu055.
- Bowen, Brian W., Shanker, Kartik, Yasuda, Nina, Malay, Maria Celia (Machel) D., von der Heyden, Sophie, Paulay, Gustav, Rocha, Luiz A., Selkoe, Kimberly A., Barber, Paul H., Williams, Suzanne T., Lessios, Harilaos A., Crandall, Eric D., Bernardi, Giacomo, Meyer, Christopher P., Carpenter, Kent E., and Toonen, Robert J. 2014. "Phylogeography unplugged: comparative surveys in the genomic era." Bulletin of Marine Science, 90, (1) 13–46. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2013.1007.
- Davies, Neil, Field, Dawn, Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Bicak, Mesude, Bourlat, Sarah, Coddington, Jonathan A., Deck, John, Drummond, Alexei, Gilbert, Jack A., Glöckner, Frank Oliver, Kottmann, Renzo, Meyer, Christopher P., Morrison, Norman, Obst, Matthias, Robbins, Robert, Schriml, Lynn, Sterk, Peter, and Stones-Havas, Steven. 2014. "Report of the 14th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting, Oxford, UK, September 17-21, 2012." Standards in Genomic Sciences, 9, (3) 1236–1250. https://doi.org/10.4056/sigs.4319681.
- Davies, Neil, Field, Dawn, Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Clark, Melody S., Deck, John, Drummond, Alexei, Faith, Daniel P., Geller, Jonathan, Gilbert, Jack, Glöckner, Frank Oliver, Hirsch, Penny, Leong, Jo-Ann, Meyer, Christopher P., Obst, Matthias, Planes, Serge, Scholin, Chris, Vogler, Alfried P., Gates, Ruth D., Toonen, Robert J., Berteaux-Lecellier, V., Barbier, Michèle, Barker, Katherine, Bertilsson, Stefan, Bicak, Mesude, Bietz, Matthew J. et al. 2014. "The founding charter of the Genomic Observatories Network." GigaScience, 3, (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-217X-3-2.
- Keyse, Jude, Crandall, Eric D., Toonen, Robert J., Meyer, Christopher P., Treml, Eric A., and Riginos, Cynthia. 2014. "The scope of published population genetic data for Indo-Pacific marine fauna and future research opportunities in the region." Bulletin of Marine Science, 90, (1) 47–78. https://doi.org/10.5343/bms.2012.1107.
- Geller, J., Meyer, Christopher P., Parker, M., and Hawk, H. 2013. "Redesign of PCR primers for mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for marine invertebrates and application in all-taxa biotic surveys." Molecular Ecology Resources, 13, (5) 851–861. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.12138.
- Leray, Matthieu, Agudelo, Natalia, Mills, Suzanne C., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2013. "Effectiveness of Annealing Blocking Primers versus Restriction Enzymes for Characterization of Generalist Diets: Unexpected Prey Revealed in the Gut Contents of Two Coral Reef Fish Species." PLoS ONE, 8, (4) e58076. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058076.
- Leray, Matthieu, Yang, Joy Y., Meyer, Christopher P., Mills, Suzanne C., Agudelo, Natalia, Ranwez, Vincent, Boehm, Joel T., and Machida, Ryuji J. 2013. "A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents." Frontiers in Zoology, 10 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-34.
- Davies, Neil, Meyer, Christopher P., Gilbert, Jack A., Amaral-Zettler, Linda, Deck, John, Bicak, Mesude, Rocca-Serra, Philippe, Assunta-Sansone, Susanna, Willis, Kathy, and Field, Dawn. 2012. "A call for an international network of genomic observatories (GOs)." GigaScience, 1 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1186/2047-217X-1-5.
- Hubert, Nicolas, Meyer, Christopher P., Bruggemann, Henrich J., Guérin, Fabien, Komeno, Roberto J. L., Espiau, Benoit, Causse, Romain, Williams, Jeffrey T., and Planes, Serge. 2012. "Cryptic Diversity in Indo-Pacific Coral-Reef Fishes Revealed by DNA-Barcoding Provides New Support to the Centre-of-Overlap Hypothesis." PLoS ONE, 7, (3) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028987.
- Leray, Matthieu, Boehm, J. T., Mills, S. C., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2012. "Moorea BIOCODE barcode library as a tool for understanding predator-prey interactions: insights into the diet of common predatory coral reef fishes." Coral Reefs, 31, (2) 383–388. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0845-0.
- Puillandre, N., Kantor, Yu I., Sysoev, A., Couloux, A., Meyer, Christopher P., Rawlings, T., Todd, J. A., and Bouchet, P. 2011. "The dragon tamed? A molecular phylogeny of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)." Journal of Molluscan Studies, 77, (3) 259–272. https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyr015.
- Puillandre, Nicolas, Meyer, Christopher P., Bouchet, Philippe, and Olivera, Baldomero M. 2011. "Genetic divergence and geographical variation in the deep-water Conus orbignyi complex (Mollusca: Conoidea)." Zoologica Scripta, 40, (4) 350–363. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00478.x.
- Hubert, Nicolas, Delrieu-Trottin, Erwan, Irisson, Jean-Olivier, Meyer, Christopher P., and Planes, Serge. 2010. "Identifying coral reef fish larvae through DNA barcoding: a test case with the families Acanthuridae and Holocentridae." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 55, (3) 1195–1203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.02.023.
- Bellwood, David R. and Meyer, Christopher P. 2009. "Searching for heat in a marine biodiversity hotspot." Journal of Biogeography, 36, (4) 569–576. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02029.x.
- Bellwood, David R. and Meyer, Christopher P. 2009. "Endemism and evolution in the Coral Triangle: a call for clarity." Journal of Biogeography, 36, (10) 2010–2012. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02167.x.
- Plaisance, Laetitia, Knowlton, Nancy, Paulay, Gustav, and Meyer, Christopher P. 2009. "Reef-associated crustacean fauna: biodiversity estimates using semi-quantitative sampling and DNA barcoding." Coral Reefs, 28, (4) 977–986. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-009-0543-3.
- Duda, Thomas F., Jr., Bolin, Matthew B., Meyer, Christopher P., and Kohn, Alan J. 2008. "Hidden diversity in a hyperdiverse gastropod genus: Discovery of previously unidentified members of a Conus species complex." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 49, (3) 867–876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2008.08.009.
- Hickerson, Michael J. and Meyer, Christopher P. 2008. "Testing comparative phylogeographic models of marine vicariance and dispersal using a hierarchical Bayesian approach." Bmc Evolutionary Biology, 8 322. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-322.
- Renema, W., Bellwood, D. R., Braga, J. C., Bromfield, K., Hall, Raymond, Johnson, Kenneth G., Lunt, P., Meyer, Christopher P., McMonagle, L. B., Morley, Robert J., O'Dea, Aaron, Todd, Jonathan A., Wesselingh, F. P., Wilson, M. E. J., and Pandolfi, John M. 2008. "Hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity." Science, 321, (5889) 654–657. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1155674.
- Hickerson, Michael J., Meyer, Christopher P., and Moritz, Craig. 2006. "DNA Barcoding Will Often Fail to Discover New Animal Species over Broad Parameter Space." Systematic Biology, 55, (5) 729–739. https://doi.org/10.1080/10635150600969898.
- Paulay, Gustav and Meyer, Christopher P. 2006. "Dispersal and divergence across the greatest ocean region: Do larvae matter?" Integrative and Comparative Biology, 46, (3) 269–281. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icj027.
- Asami, Ryuji, Yamada, Tsutomu, Yasufumi, Iryu, Quinn, Terrence M., and Meyer, Christopher P. 2005. "Interannual and decadal variability of the western Pacific sea surface condition for the years 1787–2000: Reconstruction based on stable isotope record from a Guam coral." Journal of Geophysical Research, 110 Article–C05018. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004JC002555.
- Meyer, Christopher P., Geller, Jonathan B., and Paulay, Gustav. 2005. "Fine Scale Endemism on Coral Reefs: Archipelagic Differentiation in Turbinid Gastropods." Evolution, 59, (1) 113–125. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb00899.x.
- Meyer, Christopher P. and Paulay, Gustav. 2005. "DNA Barcoding: Error Rates Based on Comprehensive Sampling." PLoS Biology, 3, (12) Article–e422. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0030422.
- Asami, Ryuki, Yamada, Tsutomu, Iryu, Yasufumi, Meyer, Christopher P., Quinn, Terrence M., and Paulay, Gustav. 2004. "Carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of a Guam coral and their relationships to environmental variables in the western Pacific." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 212, (1-2) 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-0182(04)00301-3.
- Kirkendale, Lisa A. and Meyer, Christopher P. 2004. "Phylogeography of the Patelloida profunda group (Gastropoda: Lottidae): diversification in a dispersal-driven marine system." Molecular ecology, 13, (9) 2749–2762. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02284.x.
- Meyer, Christopher P. 2004. "Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications." Malacologia, 46, (1) 127–156.
- Meyer, Christopher P. 2003. "Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 79, (3) 401–459. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1095-8312.2003.00197.x.
- Castilla, J. C., Collins, Allen Gilbert, Meyer, Christopher P., Guinez, R., and Lindberg, D. R. 2002. "Recent introduction of the dominant tunicate, Pyura praeputialis (Urochordata, Pyuridae) to Antofagasta, Chile." Molecular ecology, 11 1579–1584.
- Meyer, Christopher. 2002. "Anthropogenic biotic interchange in a coral reef ecosystem: a case study from Guam." Pacific Science, 56, (4) 403–422.
- Paulay, Gustav and Meyer, Christopher P. 2002. "Diversification in the Tropical Pacific: Comparisons Between Marine and Terrestrial Systems and the Importance of Founder Speciation." Integrative and Comparative Biology, 42, (5) 922–934. https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/42.5.922.
- Myers, Marilyn J., Meyer, Christopher P., and Resh, Vincent H. 2000. "Neritid and thiarid gastropods from French Polynesian streams: how reproduction (sexual, parthenogenetic) and dispersal (active, passive) affect population structure." Freshwater Biology, 44, (3) 535–545. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2427.2000.00599.x.
- Valentine, James W., Collins, Allen Gilbert, and Meyer, Christopher P. 1994. "Morphological complexity increase in metazoans." Paleobiology, 20, (2) 131–142.
Book Chapter
- Meyer, Christopher P. 2015. "Pluralism explains diversity in the Coral Triangle." In Ecology of fishes on coral reefs. Mora, Camilo, editor. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
- Deck, John, Gross, Joyce, Stones-Havas, Steven, Davies, Neil, Shapley, Rebecca, and Meyer, Christopher. 2012. "Field Information Management Systems for DNA Barcoding." In DNA Barcodes. Kress, W. John and Erickson, David L., editors. 255–267. Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press. 858 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-591-6_12.
- Parker, Meaghan, Stones-Havas, Steven, Starger, Craig, and Meyer, Christopher P. 2012. "Laboratory information management systems for DNA barcoding." In DNA Barcodes: Methods and Protocols. 269–310. Humana Press. In Methods in molecular biology, 858. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-591-6_13.
- Weigt, Lee A., Driskell, Amy C., Ormos, Andrea, Meyer, Christopher P., and Collins, Allen Gilbert. 2012. "Introduction to animal DNA barcoding protocols." In DNA Barcodes: Methods and Protocols. 11–16. In Methods in molecular biology, 858. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-591-6_2.
- Meyer, Christopher P. 2010. "Challenges and solutions for planning and implementing large-scale biotic inventories." In Manuel of field recording techniques and protocols for All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories and Monitoring. Eymann, J. C., editor. Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Development Cooperation. In ABC Taxa; 8.
- Meyer, Christopher P. 2010. "Sampling the Marine Realm." In Manual on field recording techniques and protocols for All Taxa Biodiversity Inventories and monitoring. Eymann, J. C., editor. Brussels, Belgium: Belgian Development Cooperation. In ABC Taxa; 8.