Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2019
Cadmium and/or copper excess induce interdependent metal accumulation, DNA methylation, induction of metal chelators and antioxidant defences in the seagrass Zostera marina, M Greco, CA Saez, RA Contreras, and et al
Chronosequence of former kaolinite open cast mines suggests active intervention is required for the restoration of Atlantic heathland, Mary Lane, Mick E. Hanley, Paul Lunt, Mairi E. Knight, Charlotte B. Braungardt, and Jonathan S. Ellis
New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (April, 2019), V Kousteni, R Bakiu, A Benhmida, and et al
Integrating local ecological knowledge, citizen science and long‐term historical data for endangered species conservation: Additional records of angel sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squatinidae) in the Mediterranean Sea, I Giovos, V Stoilas, SAA Al‐Mabruk, N Doumpas, and et al
Tools and rules for modelling uptake and bioaccumulation of nanomaterials in invertebrate organisms, den Brink NW van, Kokalj A Jemec, PV Silva, E Lahive, K Norrfors, M Baccaro, Z Khodaparast, S Loureiro, D Drobne, G Cornelis, S Lofts, RD Handy, C Svendsen, D Spurgeon, and Gestel CAM van
Behavioural interdependence in a shrimp‐goby mutualism, A. L. Burns, A. D.M. Wilson, and A. J.W. Ward
Storm Waves at the Shoreline: When and Where Are Infragravity Waves Important?, Oliver Billson, Paul Russell, and Mark Davidson
Ocean acidification impacts on coastal ecosystem services due to habitat degradation, Ben P. Harvey and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Preferential Parasitism of Native Oyster Ostrea edulis Over Non-Native Magallana gigas by a Polydorid Worm, A. J. Lemasson and A. M. Knights
Ocean acidification at a coastal CO2 vent induces expression of stress-related transcripts and transposable elements in the sea anemone Anemonia viridis, Ilona Urbarova, Sylvain Forêt, Mikael Dahl, Åse Emblem, Marco Milazzo, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Steinar D. Johansen
Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period, Imogen E. Napper and Richard C. Thompson
Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding Our Feature “Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris”, Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson, Martin Hassellöv, Anja Verschoor, Anders E. Daugaard, Sinja Rist, Therese Karlsson, Nicole Brennholt, Matthew Cole, Maria P. Herrling, Maren C. Hess, Natalia P. Ivleva, Amy L. Lusher, and Martin Wagner
Distracted decision makers: ship noise and predation risk change shell choice in hermit crabs, Svenja Tidau and Mark Briffa
Experimental Size‐Selective Harvesting Affects Behavioral Types of a Social Fish, Robert Arlinghaus, Valerio Sbragaglia, Josep Alós, Kim Fromm, Christopher T. Monk, C Díaz‐Gil, S Uusi‐Heikkilä, Andrew E. Honsey, and Alexander D.M. Wilson
Sediment microbial assemblage structure is modified by marine polychaete gut passage, Michael Cunliffe, Harriet Dale, Martin Solan, and Phyllis Lam
Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems, Amy S. Gladfelter, Anthony Amend, Gaetan Burgaud, Michael Cunliffe, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Cassandra L. Ettinger, M. H. Gutiérrez, Joseph Heitman, Erik F.Y. Hom, Giuseppe Ianiri, Adam C. Jones, Maiko Kagami, Kathryn T. Picard, C. Alisha Quandt, Seshagiri Raghukumar, Mertixell Riquelme, Jason Stajich, José Vargas-Muñiz, Allison K. Walker, and Oded Yarden
North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register, S Rees and M Ashley
Protection of Critical Oil and Gas Infrastructure via the Skilful Prediction of Coastal Erosion at Short Lead Times, Edward Steele, Mark Davidson, Andrew Saulter, Nicolas Fournier, and Jon Upton
North Devon Marine Pioneer 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register., S Rees, M Ashley, and A Cameron
A pinch of salt: Response of coastal grassland plants to simulated seawater inundation treatments, Mick E. Hanley, Shareen K.D. Sanders, Hannah Marie Stanton, Richard A. Billington, and Rich Boden
Regionally-Coherent Embayment Rotation: Behavioural Response to Bi-Directional Waves and Atmospheric Forcing, Mark Wiggins, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Nieves G. Valiente
Selection of carbohydrate-active probiotics from the gut of carnivorous fish fed plant-based diets, Cláudia R. Serra, Eduarda M. Almeida, Inês Guerreiro, Rafaela Santos, Daniel L. Merrifield, Fernando Tavares, Aires Oliva-Teles, and Paula Enes
Automated identification of benthic epifauna with computer vision, Nils Piechaud, Christopher Hunt, Phil F. Culverhouse, Nicola L. Foster, and Kerry L. Howell
Assessing the impact of introduced infrastructure at sea with cameras: A case study for spatial scale, time and statistical power, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Emma V. Sheehan, Brendan J. Godley, Philip D. Doherty, and Matthew J. Witt
Cryptic diversity and ranavirus infection of a critically endangered Neotropical frog before and after population collapse, R. Puschendorf, M. Wallace, M. M. Chavarría, A. J. Crawford, F. Wynne, M. Knight, D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, C. V. Palmer, and S. J. Price
Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity and human health on a Mediterranean island, J Peyton, AF Martinou, and et al
The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series, Clare Ostle, Richard C. Thompson, Derek Broughton, Lance Gregory, Marianne Wootton, and David G. Johns
Abundance drives broad patterns of generalisation in plant–hummingbird pollination networks, BI Simmons, J Vizentin‐Bugoni, PK Maruyama, PA Cotton, OH Marín‐Gómez, C Lara, L Rosero‐Lasprilla, MA Maglianesi, R Ortiz‐Pulido, MA Rocca, LC Rodrigues, B Tinoco, MF Vasconcelos, M Sazima, AMM González, J Sonne, C Rahbek, LV Dicks, B Dalsgaard, and WJ Sutherland
Silicon isotopic systematics of deep-sea sponge grounds in the North Atlantic, Katharine R. Hendry, Lucie Cassarino, Stephanie L. Bates, Timothy Culwick, Molly Frost, Claire Goodwin, and Kerry L. Howell
Cryptic diversity in Lithobates warszewitschii (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae), Robert Puschendorf, James Cryer, Felicity Wynne, and Stephen J. Price
Morphological divergence and reduced ectoparasite prevalence in an introduced population of a Caribbean anole, V. Bodden and R. Puschendorf
Integrating field and laboratory approaches for ripple development in mixed sand–clay–EPS, Jaco H. Baas, Megan L. Baker, Jonathan Malarkey, Sarah J. Bass, Andrew J. Manning, Julie A. Hope, Jeffrey Peakall, Ian D. Lichtman, Leiping Ye, Alan G. Davies, Daniel R. Parsons, David M. Paterson, and Peter D. Thorne
Localised anthropogenic wake generates a predictable foraging hotspot for top predators, Lilian Lieber, Smith WAM Nimmo, James J. Waggitt, and Louise Kregting
On the importance of citizen-science: the first record of Goniobranchus obsoletus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) from Cyprus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia), P Kleitou, I Giovos, W Wolf, and F Crocetta
Toxic Algae Silence Physiological Responses to Multiple Climate Drivers in a Tropical Marine Food Chain, LM Turner, Jonathan N. Havenhand, Christian Alsterberg, AD Turner, GS K, Ashwin Rai, M. N. Venugopal, Indrani Karunasagar, and Anna Godhe
Conformity in the collective: differences in hunger affect individual and group behavior in a shoaling fish, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Alicia L.J. Burns, Emanuele Crosato, Joseph Lizier, Mikhail Prokopenko, Timothy M. Schaerf, and Ashley J.W. Ward
An ecological partition of the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas, G Beaugrand, M Edwards, and P Hélaouët
Temporal stability of Orbicella annularis symbioses: A case study in the Bahamas, Emma V. Kennedy, Linda Tonk, Nicola L. Foster, Peter J. Mumby, and Jamie R. Stevens
Risk balancing through selective use of social and physical information: a case study in the humbug damselfish, M. I.A. Kent, A. L. Burns, W. F. Figueira, G. P.F. Mazue, A. G. Porter, A. D.M. Wilson, and A. J.W. Ward
Simulated seawater flooding reduces oilseed rape growth, yield, and progeny performance, Mick E. Hanley, Francesca C. Hartley, Louise Hayes, and Miguel Franco
Synchrony is more than its top-down and climatic parts: interacting Moran effects on phytoplankton in British seas, LW Sheppard, EJ Defriez, PC Reid, and DC Reuman
Evolution of the eyes of vipers with and without infrared-sensing pit organs, David J. Gower, Filipa L. Sampaio, Leo Peichl, Hans Joachim Wagner, Ellis R. Loew, William McLamb, Ronald H. Douglas, Nikolai Orlov, Michael S. Grace, Nathan S. Hart, David M. Hunt, Julian C. Partridge, and Bruno F. Simões
Urban blue: A global analysis of the factors shaping people's perceptions of the marine environment and ecological engineering in harbours., EMA Strain, KA Alexander, S Kienker, and et al
The application of the sustainable livelihood approach to small scale-fisheries: The case of mud crab Scylla serrata in South west India, Elina Apine, Lucy M. Turner, Lynda D. Rodwell, and Ramachandra Bhatta
From Science to Evidence – How Biodiversity Indicators Can Be Used for Effective Marine Conservation Policy and Management, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Jacob Bedford, and Holly J. Niner
The distribution of deep-sea sponge aggregations (Porifera) in relation to oceanographic processes in the Faroe-Shetland Channel., Kerry L. Howell, Joshua J. Davison, Haren H van, Phil Hosegood, and Nils Piechaud
Deep sea sediments of the Arctic Central Basin: A potential sink for microplastics, La Daana K. Kanhai, Carina Johansson, J. P.G.L. Frias, Katarina Gardfeldt, Richard C. Thompson, and Ian O'Connor
Storm event to seasonal evolution of nearshore bathymetry derived from shore-based video imagery, Erwin W.J. Bergsma, Daniel C. Conley, Mark A. Davidson, Tim J. O'Hare, and Rafael Almar
Connecting organic to mineral: How the physiological state of an ecosystem-engineer is linked to its habitat structure, A Curd, F Pernet, C Corporeau, L Delisle, and et al
Genetic analysis of a recently established Undaria pinnatifida (Laminariales: Alariaceae) population in the northern Wadden Sea reveals close proximity between drifting thalli and the attached population, Tifeng Shan, Shaojun Pang, Xuemei Wang, Jing Li, Li Su, Jessica Schiller, Dagmar Lackschewitz, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Kai Bischof
Prediction of unprecedented biological shifts in the global ocean, G Beaugrand, A Conversi, A Atkinson, J Cloern, and et al
The Lyme Bay experimental potting study, A Rees
Use of Species Distribution Modeling in the Deep Sea, E Kenchington, O Callery, F Davidson, A Grehan, T Morato, J Appiott, A Davis, P Dunstan, Preez C Du, J Finney, JM González-Irusta, K Howell, A Knudby, M Lacharité, J Lee, FJ Murillo, L Beazley, JM Roberts, M Roberts, C Rooper, A Rowden, E Rubidge, R Stanley, D Stirling, KR Tanaka, J Vanhatalo, B Weigel, S Woolley, and C Yesson
Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error., Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Michael Balke, Rolf G. Beutel, Alexander Donath, Lars Podsiadlowski, James M. Pflug, Robert M. Waterhouse, Karen Meusemann, Ralph S. Peters, Hermes E. Escalona, Christoph Mayer, Shanlin Liu, Lars Hendrich, Yves Alarie, David T. Bilton, Fenglong Jia, Xin Zhou, David R. Maddison, Oliver Niehuis, and Bernhard Misof
Coastal embayment rotation: Response to extreme events and climate control, using full embayment surveys, Mark Wiggins, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Robert Jak McCarroll
Differing effects of age and starvation on reproductive performance in Drosophila melanogaster, ER Churchill, C Dytham, and MDF Thom
Two new Mesoceration Janssens, 1967 from the Piketberg, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton and Musa C. Mlambo
Within‐generation consequences of post‐settlement mortality for trait composition in wild populations: An experimental test, Benjamin J. Ciotti and Serge Planes
Plankton lifeforms as a biodiversity indicator for regional-scale assessment of pelagic habitats for policy, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Jacob Bedford
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Infragravity Wave Generation and Transformation on Coral Reef Platforms, Gerd Masselink, Megan Tuck, Robert McCall, Dongeren A van, Murray Ford, and Paul Kench
Strengthened scientific support for the Endangerment Finding for atmospheric greenhouse gases, PB Duffy, CB Field, NS Diffenbaugh, SC Doney, and et al
Tackling the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean. the EU-LIFE RELIONMED Project: progress and results, P Kleitou, J Hall-Spencer, S Rees, S Sfenthourakis, A Demetriou, N Chartosia, C Jimenez, L Hadjioannou, A Petrou, Y Christodoulides, A Georgiou, V Andreou, C Antoniou, I Savva, and D Kletou
The effect of feeding a novel multistrain yeast fraction on European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) intestinal health and growth performance, Mark D. Rawling, Nicola Pontefract, Ana Rodiles, Ilektra Anagnostara, Eric Leclercq, Marion Schiavone, Mathieu Castex, and Daniel L. Merrifield
Correction: Popular interest in vertebrates does not reflect extinction risk and is associated with bias in conservation investment, Thomas Davies, Andrew Cowley, Jon Bennie, Catherine Leyshon, Richard Inger, Hazel Carter, Beth Robinson, James P. Duffy, Stefano Casalegno, Gwladys Lambert, and Kevin Gaston
Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris, Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson, Martin Hassellöv, Anja Verschoor, Anders E. Daugaard, Sinja Rist, Therese Karlsson, Nicole Brennholt, Matthew Cole, Maria P. Herrling, Maren C. Hess, Natalia P. Ivleva, Amy L. Lusher, and Martin Wagner
Size-selective harvesting and individual personality in a social fish, V Sbragaglia, J Alós, K Fromm, C Monk, C Díaz-Gil, S Uusi-Heikkilä, A Honsey, A Wilson, and R Arlinghaus
Determination of the bioaccessible fraction of cupric oxide nanoparticles in soils using an in vitro human digestibility simulation, R. D. Handy, J. Vassallo, K. Tatsi, and R. Boden
Polychaete mucopolysaccharide alters sediment microbial diversity and stimulates ammonia-oxidising functional groups, Michael Cunliffe, Harriet Dale, Joe D. Taylor, Martin Solan, and Phyllis Lam
Butterflies embrace maladaptation and raise fitness in colonizing novel host, C Parmesan and M Singer
Internal lee waves and baroclinic bores over a tropical seamount shark ‘hot-spot’, P. J. Hosegood, Smith WAM Nimmo, R. Proud, K. Adams, and A. S. Brierley
Effects of the maternal and current social environment on female body mass and reproductive traits in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica), Esther M.A. Langen, Nikolaus von Engelhardt, and Vivian C. Goerlich-Jansson
Efficient coralline algal psbA mini barcoding and High Resolution Melt (HRM) analysis using a simple custom DNA preparation, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Takeoff temperatures in Melitaea cinxia butterflies from latitudinal and elevational range limits: a potential adaptation to solar irradiance, C Parmesan, M Singer, and N advani
Assessing relative sensitivity of marine and freshwater bivalves following exposure to copper: Application of classical and novel genotoxicological biomarkers, Awadhesh N. Jha and Emily L. Vernon
Beach recovery from extreme storm activity during the 2013–14 winter along the Atlantic coast of Europe, Guillaume Dodet, Bruno Castelle, Gerd Masselink, Timothy Scott, Mark Davidson, France Floc'h, Derek Jackson, and Serge Suanez
INSIdE NANO: a systems biology framework to contextualize the mechanism-of-action of engineered nanomaterials, A Serra, I Letunic, V Fortino, RD Handy, B Fadeel, R Tagliaferri, and D Greco
Changing environments and genetic variation: inbreeding does not compromise short-term physiological responses, J Buckley, R Daly, C Cobbold, K Burgess, and BK Mable
Water beetles as models in ecology and evolution, DT Bilton, I Ribera, and AEZ Short
Divergence in Glucosinolate Profiles between High- and Low-Elevation Populations of Arabidopsis halleri Correspond to Variation in Field Herbivory and Herbivore Behavioral Preferences, James Buckley, Foteini G. Pashalidou, Martin C. Fischer, Alex Widmer, Mark C. Mescher, and Moraes CM De
A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution, Fredric M. Windsor, Isabelle Durance, Alice A. Horton, Richard C. Thompson, Charles R. Tyler, and Steve J. Ormerod
A century of change in North Sea plankton communities explored through integrating historical datasets, Jacob Bedford, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, and David Johns
Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs, Svenja Tidau and Mark Briffa
Applying the natural capital approach to decision making for the marine environment, Tara Hooper, Tobias Börger, Olivia Langmead, Oceane Marcone, Siân E. Rees, Olivia Rendon, Nicola Beaumont, Martin J. Attrill, and Melanie Austen
As Blind as a Bat? Opsin Phylogenetics Illuminates the Evolution of Color Vision in Bats, Emma C. Teeling, Bruno F. Simões, Nicole M. Foley, Graham M. Hughes, Huabin Zhao, Shuyi Zhang, and Stephen J. Rossiter
Barnacle cover modifies foraging behaviour of the intertidal limpet Patella vulgata, Giacomo Santini, Richard C. Thompson, Stuart R. Jenkins, Guido Chelazzi, Richard G. Hartnoll, Suzanne M. Kay, and Stephen J. Hawkins
Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: A review., Penelope K. Lindeque, Zara L.R. Botterell, Nicola Beaumont, Tarquin Dorrington, Michael Steinke, and Richard C. Thompson
Can ecosystem functioning be maintained despite climate-driven shifts in species composition? Insights from novel marine forests, A Pessarrodona, A Foggo, and D Smale
Changes in marine phytoplankton diversity: Assessment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, I. Rombouts and A. McQuatters-Gollop
Changes in the biochemical and nutrient composition of seafood due to ocean acidification and warming, A. J. Lemasson, J. M. Hall-Spencer, V. Kuri, and A. M. Knights
Characterising the deterioration of different plastics in air and seawater, Nicolas F.A. Biber, Andy Foggo, and Richard C. Thompson
Climate variation, reproductive frequency and acorn yield in English Oaks, Mick E. Hanley, Benjamin I. Cook, and Michael Fenner
Coexistence and the niche in a nurse-cactus interaction: is cyclic dynamics justified?, Miguel Franco, Arnoldo Flores-Torres, and Carlos Montaña
Dealing with the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and Asia, Vicky W.Y. Lam, Suchana Chavanich, Salpie Djoundourian, Sam Dupont, Françoise Gaill, Guillaume Holzer, Kirsten Isensee, Stephen Katua, Frank Mars, Marc Metian, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Deeper knowledge of shallow waters: reviewing the invertebrate fauna of southern African temporary wetlands, MS Bird, M Mlambo, RJ Wasserman, T Dalu, AJ Holland, JA Day, MH Villet, DT Bilton, HM Barber-James, and L Brendonck
Dietary probiotic Pediococcus acidilactici MA18/5M modulates the intestinal microbiota and stimulates intestinal immunity in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ), Daniel L. Merrifield, A Al‐Hisnawi, Ana Rodiles, Mark D. Rawling, Mathieu Castex, Paul Waines, Georgia Gioacchini, and Oliana Carnevali
Differential immunity as a factor influencing mussel hybrid zone structure, Manuela Truebano, Deryk Tolman, Hannah L. Wood, and David O.F. Skibinski
Diversity in CO2 concentrating mechanisms among chemolithoautotrophs from genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus, and Thiomicrospira, ubiquitous in sulfidic habitats worldwide, Kathleen M. Scott, Juliana M. Leonard, Rich Boden, Dale Chaput, Clare Dennison, Edward Haller, Tara L. Harmer, Abigail Anderson, Tiffany Arnold, Samantha Budenstein, Rikki Brown, Juan Brand, Jacob Byers, Jeanette Calarco, Timothy Campbell, Erica Carter, Max Chase, Montana Cole, Deandra Dwyer, Jonathon Grasham, Christopher Hanni, Ashlee Hazle, C Johnson, R Johnson, Brandi Kirby, Katherine Lewis, Brianna Neumann, Tracy Nguyen, Charari J Nino, Ooreoluwa Morakinyo, Bengt Olsson, Shanetta Roundtree, Emily Skjerve, Ashley Ubaldini, and Robert Whittaker
Do alternative reproductive strategies in the Wellington tree weta represent different behavioural types?, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Clint D. Kelly
