Mary Anne Sewell (born 1963) is a New Zealand marine biology academic. She is currently a full professor at the
University of Auckland.
In 2024 she was elected as a Fellow of the
Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Academic career
After a 1993
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titled '' 'Reproductive cycle, sex change, and mortality during brooding of a viviparous sea cucumber Leptosynapta clarki' '' at the
University of Alberta, she moved to the
University of Auckland, rising to full professor.
Sewell has spoken publicly on a number of marine issues, including
shark finning and
microbeads and
plastic pollution
In 2024 Sewell was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.
Selected works
* Levitan, Don R., Mary A. Sewell, and Fu-Shiang Chia. "How distribution and abundance influence fertilization success in the sea urchin Strongylocentotus franciscanus."
Ecology 73, no. 1 (1992): 248–254.
* Fendall, Lisa S., and Mary A. Sewell. "Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face:
microplastics in facial cleansers."
Marine pollution bulletin
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58, no. 8 (2009): 1225–1228.
* Hofmann, Gretchen E., James P. Barry, Peter J. Edmunds, Ruth D. Gates, David A. Hutchins, Terrie Klinger, and Mary A. Sewell. "The effect of
ocean acidification on calcifying organisms in marine ecosystems: an organism-to-ecosystem perspective."
Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
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41 (2010): 127–147.
* Levitan, Don R., Mary A. Sewell, and Fu-Shiang Chia. "Kinetics of fertilization in the sea urchin Strongylocentrotus franciscanus: interaction of gamete dilution, age, and contact time."
The Biological Bulletin 181, no. 3 (1991): 371–378.
* O’Donnell, Michael J., Anne E. Todgham, Mary A. Sewell, LaTisha M. Hammond, Katya Ruggiero, Nann A. Fangue, Mackenzie L. Zippay, and Gretchen E. Hofmann. "Ocean acidification alters skeletogenesis and gene expression in larval sea urchins." Marine Ecology Progress Series 398 (2010): 157–171.
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Living people
New Zealand women academics
University of Alberta alumni
Academic staff of the University of Auckland
New Zealand marine biologists
1963 births
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