Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2017
The genomic basis of eco-evolutionary dynamics, Alejandra Rodríguez-Verdugo, James Buckley, and Jessica Stapley
Assessing larval connectivity for marine spatial planning in the Adriatic, L. Bray, D. Kassis, and J. M. Hall-Spencer
Application of multiple linear regression and Bayesian belief network approaches to model life risk to beach users in the UK, Christopher Stokes, Gerhard Masselink, Matthew Revie, Timothy Scott, David Purves, and Thomas Walters
On the hindered settling of sand-mud suspensions, J Spearman and AJ Manning
The price of attack: Rethinking damage costs in animal contests, Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
The city as a refuge for insect pollinators, Damon M. Hall, Gerardo R. Camilo, Rebecca K. Tonietto, Jeff Ollerton, Karin Ahrné, Mike Arduser, John S. Ascher, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Robert Fowler, Gordon Frankie, Dave Goulson, Bengt Gunnarsson, Mick E. Hanley, Janet I. Jackson, Gail Langellotto, David Lowenstein, Emily S. Minor, Stacy M. Philpott, Simon G. Potts, Muzafar H. Sirohi, Edward M. Spevak, Graham N. Stone, and Caragh G. Threlfall
A new climate index controlling winter wave activity along the Atlantic coast of Europe: The West Europe Pressure Anomaly, Bruno Castelle, Guillaume Dodet, Gerd Masselink, and Tim Scott
Ecological Role of Submarine Canyons and Need for Canyon Conservation: A Review, Ulla Fernandez-Arcaya, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Jacopo Aguzzi, A. Louise Allcock, Jaime S. Davies, Awantha Dissanayake, Peter Harris, Kerry Howell, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Miles Macmillan-Lawler, Jacobo Martín, Lenaick Menot, Martha Nizinski, Pere Puig, Ashley A. Rowden, Florence Sanchez, and den Beld IMJ Van
An adaptive grid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of modelling underwater noise from shipping ,, LE Trigg, F Chen, GI Shapiro, S Ingram, and C Embling
An adaptive grid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of shipping noise modelling, F Chen, LE Trigg, GI Shapiro, SN Ingram, and CB Embling
Cascading of high salinity bottom waters from the Arabian/Persian Gulf to the northern Arabian Sea, GI Shapiro, F Wobus, V Solovyev, X Francis, P Hyder, F Chen, and M Asif
Environment: A journey on plastic seas, Richard Thompson
Exchanges between the shelf and the deep Black Sea: an integrated analysis of physical mechanisms, GI Shapiro, F Wobus, A Zatsepin, T Akivis, and F Zhou
Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats, Eliza C. Heery, Melanie J. Bishop, Lincoln P. Critchley, Ana B. Bugnot, Laura Airoldi, Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Emma V. Sheehan, Ross A. Coleman, Lynette H.L. Loke, Emma L. Johnston, Valeriya Komyakova, Rebecca L. Morris, Elisabeth M.A. Strain, Larissa A. Naylor, and Katherine A. Dafforn
Nested high resolution models for the coastal areas of the North Indian Ocean, F Wobus and G Shapiro
On the harmonization of methods for measuring the occurrence, fate and effects of microplastics, Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan, and Richard C. Thompson
The development of an advanced vertical discretisation scheme for a regional ocean model, D Bruciaferri, G Shapiro, and F Wobus
Submissions from 2016
Infestation of shore crab gills by a free-living mussel species, Rowan Poulter, P. Graham Oliver, Chris Hauton, Trystan Sanders, and Benjamin J. Ciotti
Does sex really matter? Explaining intraspecies variation in ocean acidification responses, Robert P. Ellis, William Davison, Ana M. Queirós, Kristy J. Kroeker, Piero Calosi, Sam Dupont, John I. Spicer, Rod W. Wilson, Steve Widdicombe, and Mauricio A. Urbina
Assessing the ecological coherence of a marine protected area network in the Celtic Seas, Nicola L. Foster, Sian Rees, Olivia Langmead, Charly Griffiths, Jenny Oates, and Martin J. Attrill
Assessment of microplastic-sorbed contaminant bioavailability through analysis of biomarker gene expression in larval zebrafish, Victoria A. Sleight, Adil Bakir, Richard C. Thompson, and Theodore B. Henry
Invasive species in the Northeastern and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: A review, Maria Cecilia T.de Castro, Timothy W. Fileman, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Alternative protein sources in the diet modulate microbiota and functionality in the distal intestine of Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ), Karina Gajardo, Alexander Jaramillo-Torres, Trond M. Kortner, Daniel L. Merrifield, John Tinsley, Anne Marie Bakke, and Åshild Krogdahl
Tracking reveals limited interactions between Campbell Albatross and fisheries during the breeding season, LA Sztukowski, Toor ML van, H Weimerskirch, DR Thompson, LG Torres, PM Sagar, PA Cotton, and SC Votier
Tropical CO2 seeps reveal the impact of ocean acidification on coral reef invertebrate recruitment, Ro Allen, Andrew Foggo, Katharina Fabricius, Annalisa Balistreri, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Microplastic abundance, distribution and composition along a latitudinal gradient in the Atlantic Ocean, La Daana K. Kanhai, Rick Officer, Olga Lyashevska, Richard C. Thompson, and Ian O'Connor
Calibration and response of an agarose gel based passive sampler to record short pulses of aquatic organic pollutants, Angel Belles, Claire Alary, Yann Aminot, James W. Readman, and Christine Franke
Coastal bacterioplankton community response to diatom-derived polysaccharide microgels, Joe D. Taylor and Michael Cunliffe
Microplastics Affect the Ecological Functioning of an Important Biogenic Habitat., DS Green, B Boots, NE O'Connor, and R Thompson
Two independent S-phase checkpoints regulate appressorium-mediated plant infection by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae, M Osés-Ruiz, W Sakulkoo, GR Littlejohn, M Martin-Urdiroz, and NJ Talbot
Metabolic and reproductive plasticity of core and marginal populations of the eurythermic saline water bug Sigara selecta (Hemiptera: Corixidae) in a climate change context, J. A. Carbonell, D. T. Bilton, P. Calosi, A. Millán, A. Stewart, and J. Velasco
Grain-size distributions on high energy sandy beaches and their relation to wave dissipation, Sam Prodger, Paul Russell, and Mark Davidson
Ocean sprawl, Louise B. Firth, Antony M. Knights, Danielle Bridger, Ally J. Evans, Nova Mieszkowska, Pippa J. Moore, Nessa E. O'connor, Emma V. Sheehan, Richard C. Thompson, and Stephen J. Hawkins
Regional adaptation defines sensitivity to future ocean acidification, Piero Calosi, Sedercor Melatunan, Lucy M. Turner, Yuri Artioli, Robert L. Davidson, Jonathan J. Byrne, Mark R. Viant, Stephen Widdicombe, and Simon D. Rundle
Pharmaceutical Metabolism in Fish: Using a 3-D Hepatic In Vitro Model to Assess Clearance, Matthew G. Baron, Kate S. Mintram, Stewart F. Owen, Malcolm J. Hetheridge, A. John Moody, Wendy M. Purcell, Simon K. Jackson, and Awadhesh N. Jha
The effects of warming on the ecophysiology of two co-existing kelp species with contrasting distributions, MS Hargrave, A Foggo, A Pessarrodona, and DA Smale
How do anthropogenic contaminants (ACs) affect behaviour? Multi-level analysis of the effects of copper on boldness in hermit crabs, Stephen J. White and Mark Briffa
Divergent demographic strategies of plants in variable environments, Jenni L. McDonald, Miguel Franco, Stuart Townley, Thomas H.G. Ezard, Kim Jelbert, and Dave J. Hodgson
Storm overwash of a gravel barrier: Field measurements and XBeach-G modelling, Luis Pedro Almeida, Gerd Masselink, Robert McCall, and Paul Russell
The extreme 2013/2014 winter storms: Beach recovery along the southwest coast of England, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Tim O'Hare, Andrew Saulter, Tim Poate, Paul Russell, Mark Davidson, and Daniel Conley
Microplastics in Seawater: Recommendations from the Marine Strategy Framework Directive Implementation Process, Jesus Gago, Francois Galgani, Thomas Maes, and Richard C. Thompson
Weaponry and defenses in fighting animals: how allometry can alter predictions from contest theory, Alexandre V. Palaoro and Mark Briffa
Caribbean Spiny Lobster Fishery Is Underpinned by Trophic Subsidies from Chemosynthetic Primary Production, Nicholas D. Higgs, Jason Newton, and Martin J. Attrill
Navigating uncertain waters: a critical review of inferring foraging behaviour from location and dive data in pinnipeds, M Carter, K Bennett, C Embling, PJ Hosegood, and D Russell
Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat, Jennifer M. Sunday, Katharina E. Fabricius, Kristy J. Kroeker, Kathryn M. Anderson, Norah E. Brown, James P. Barry, Sean D. Connell, Sam Dupont, Brian Gaylord, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Terrie Klinger, Marco Milazzo, Philip L. Munday, Bayden D. Russell, Eric Sanford, Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Megan L.H. Vaughan, Stephen Widdicombe, and Christopher D.G. Harley
Symbiodinium biogeography tracks environmental patterns rather than host genetics in a key Caribbean reef-builder, Orbicella annularis, Emma V. Kennedy, Linda Tonk, Nicola L. Foster, Iliana Chollett, Juan Carlos Ortiz, Sophie Dove, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Peter J. Mumby, and Jamie R. Stevens
Does repeatable behaviour in the laboratory represent behaviour under natural conditions? A formal comparison in sea anemones, Andrew Osborn and Mark Briffa
Erratum to: Permanent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, Dimitrios Stamatis, Tatiparthi Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Victor Markowitz, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke, and Nikos Kyrpides
Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Rhodolith/Maërl Beds, Sophie Martin and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds, Jazmin J. Hernandez-Kantun, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Jacques Grall, Walter Adey, Fabio Rindi, Christine A. Maggs, Ignacio Bárbara, and Viviana Peña
Integrated biological responses and tissue-specific expression of p53 and ras genes in marine mussels following exposure to benzo(α)pyrene and C 60 fullerenes, either alone or in combination, Yanan Di, Yann Aminot, Declan C. Schroeder, James W. Readman, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Shipping noise in a dynamic sea: a case study of grey seals in the Celtic Sea, F. Chen, G. I. Shapiro, K. A. Bennett, S. N. Ingram, D. Thompson, C. Vincent, D. J.F. Russell, and C. B. Embling
Correcting wave reflection estimates in the coastal zone, Kris Inch, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, and Paul Russell
EGRINs (Environmental Gene Regulatory Influence Networks) in Rice That Function in the Response to Water Deficit, High Temperature, and Agricultural Environments, Olivia Wilkins, Christoph Hafemeister, Anne Plessis, Meisha Marika Holloway-Phillips, Gina M. Pham, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Glenn B. Gregorio, SVK Jagadish, Endang M. Septiningsih, Richard Bonneau, and Michael Purugganan
Rip current types, circulation and hazard, B. Castelle, T. Scott, R. W. Brander, and R. J. McCarroll
Release of synthetic microplastic plastic fibres from domestic washing machines: Effects of fabric type and washing conditions, Imogen E. Napper and Richard C. Thompson
Metabolic responses to high pCO2 conditions at a CO2 vent site in juveniles of a marine isopod species assemblage, Lucy M. Turner, Elena Ricevuto, Gallucci A Massa, Maurizio Lorenti, Maria Cristina Gambi, and Piero Calosi
Proximate mechanisms of animal personality among-individual behavioural variation in animals, Mark Briffa
Innovation and model organisms for the environmental hazard assessment of engineered nanomaterials, RD Handy
The transfer rate of Salmonella Typhimurium from contaminated parsley to other consecutively chopped batches via cutting boards under different food handling scenarios, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Victor Kuri, and Ewen Todd
Permanent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, Dimitrios Stamatis, Tatiparthi Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Victor Markowitz, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke, and Nikos Kyrpides
Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues, Ana I. Catarino, Richard Thompson, William Sanderson, and Theodore B. Henry
Heterokairy: a significant form of developmental plasticity?, S. D. Rundle and J. I. Spicer
Regulatory ecotoxicity testing of nanomaterials – proposed modifications of OECD test guidelines based on laboratory experience with silver and titanium dioxide nanoparticles, K Hund-Rinke, A Baun, D Cupi, TF Fernandes, R Handy, JH Kinross, JM Navas, W Peijnenburg, K Schlich, BJ Shaw, and JJ Scott-Fordsmand
Seabird diving behaviour reveals the functional significance of shelf-sea fronts as foraging hotspots, S. L. Cox, P. I. Miller, C. B. Embling, K. L. Scales, A. W.J. Bicknell, P. J. Hosegood, G. Morgan, S. N. Ingram, and S. C. Votier
Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species based on muscle contraction time and stride length: a myth revisited, Morten B.S. Svendsen, Paolo Domenici, Stefano Marras, Jens Krause, Kevin M. Boswell, Ivan Rodriguez-Pinto, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers, Paul E. Viblanc, Jean S. Finger, and John F. Steffensen
Ocean acidification reduces demersal zooplankton that reside in tropical coral reefs, Joy N. Smith, G De’ath, Claudio Richter, Astrid Cornils, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Katharina E. Fabricius
Estimating the ecological, economic and social impacts of ocean acidification and warming on UK fisheries, Jose A. Fernandes, Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Caroline Hattam, Ana M. Queirós, William W.W.L. Cheung, Andrew Yool, Yuri Artioli, Edward C. Pope, Kevin J. Flynn, Gorka Merino, Piero Calosi, Nicola Beaumont, Melanie C. Austen, Stephen Widdicombe, and Manuel Barange
Pathogenic marine microbes influence the effects of climate change on a commercially important tropical bivalve, LM Turner, Christian Alsterberg, AD Turner, G SK, Ashwin Rai, Jonathan N. Havenhand, M. N. Venugopal, Indrani Karunasagar, and Anna Godhe
A new parameterisation for runup on gravel beaches, Timothy G. Poate, Robert T. McCall, and Gerd Masselink
Increasing the Depth of Current Understanding: Sensitivity Testing of Deep-Sea Larval Dispersal Models for Ecologists, Rebecca E. Ross, W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith, and Kerry L. Howell
Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem, W. James Grecian, Matthew J. Witt, Martin J. Attrill, Stuart Bearhop, Peter H. Becker, Carsten Egevang, Robert W. Furness, Brendan J. Godley, Jacob González-Solís, David Grémillet, Matthias Kopp, Amélie Lescroël, Jason Matthiopoulos, Samantha C. Patrick, Hans Ulrich Peter, Richard A. Phillips, Iain J. Stenhouse, and Stephen C. Votier
Microbiological quality of ready-to-eat fresh vegetables and their link to food safety environment and handling practices in restaurants, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Ewen C.D. Todd, and Victor Kuri
The distribution of deep-sea sponge aggregations in the North Atlantic and implications for their effective spatial management., Kerry Louise Howell, Nils Piechaud, Anna Leena Downie, and Andrew Kenny
Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases, Palma A. De, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Marcelo A. Aizen, Matthias Albrecht, Yves Basset, Adam Bates, Robin J. Blake, Céline Boutin, Rob Bugter, Stuart Connop, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Saul A. Cunningham, Ben Darvill, Tim Diekötter, Silvia Dorn, Nicola Downing, Martin H. Entling, Nina Farwig, Antonio Felicioli, Steven J. Fonte, Robert Fowler, Markus Franzén, Dave Goulson, Ingo Grass, Mick E. Hanley, Stephen D. Hendrix, Farina Herrmann, Felix Herzog, Andrea Holzschuh, Birgit Jauker, Michael Kessler, M. E. Knight, Andreas Kruess, Patrick Lavelle, Féon V Le, Pia Lentini, Louise A. Malone, Jon Marshall, Eliana Martínez Pachón, Quinn S. McFrederick, Carolina L. Morales, Sonja Mudri-Stojnic, Guiomar Nates-Parra, Sven G. Nilsson, Erik Öckinger, Lynne Osgathorpe, Alejandro Parra-H, Carlos A. Peres, Anna S. Persson, Theodora Petanidou, Katja Poveda, Eileen F. Power, Marino Quaranta, Carolina Quintero, Romina Rader, Miriam H. Richards, Tai Roulston, Laurent Rousseau, Jonathan P. Sadler, Ulrika Samnegård, Nancy A. Schellhorn, Christof Schüepp, Oliver Schweiger, Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jane C. Stout, Rebecca K. Tonietto, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M. Tylianakis, Hans A.F. Verboven, Carlos H. Vergara, Jort Verhulst, Catrin Westphal, Hyung Joo Yoon, and Andy Purvis
A high-resolution map of the gut microbiota in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): A basis for comparative gut microbial research, K Garjardo, Trond M. Kortner, TM, Åshild Krogdahl, Anne Marie Bakke, Daniel L. Merrifield, and S Henning
Temporal patterns in habitat use by small cetaceans at an oceanographically dynamic marine renewable energy test site in the Celtic Sea, S. L. Cox, M. J. Witt, C. B. Embling, B. J. Godley, P. J. Hosegood, P. I. Miller, S. C. Votier, and S. N. Ingram
Ocean acidification affects fish spawning but not paternity at CO2 seeps, Marco Milazzo, Carlo Cattano, Suzanne H. Alonzo, Andrew Foggo, Michele Gristina, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Mauro Sinopoli, Davide Spatafora, Kelly A. Stiver, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
After the Ice Age: The Impact of Post-Glacial Dispersal on the Phylogeography of a Small Mammal, Muscardinus avellanarius, Fraser J. Combe, Jonathan S. Ellis, Kirsty L. Lloyd, Bradley Cain, C. Philip Wheater, and W. Edwin Harris
The opposite effects of routine metabolic rate and metabolic rate during startle responses on variation in the predictability of behaviour in hermit crabs, Mariana Velasque and Mark Briffa
Combined effects of exogenous enzymes and probiotic on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) growth, intestinal morphology and microbiome, Daniel Merrifield
Observed shifts in the contact zone between two forms of the diving beetle Hydroporus memnonius are consistent with predictions from sexual conflict., David T. Bilton and Garth N. Foster
Morpho-sedimentary dynamics of a micro-tidal mixed sand and gravel beach, Playa Granada, southern Spain, Rafael J. Bergillos, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez, Gerd Masselink, and Miguel A. Losada
Sexual dimorphism and sexual conflict in the diving beetle Agabus uliginosus (L.) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), David T. Bilton, Jamie W.G. Hayward, Jonathan Rocha, and Garth N. Foster
R-gene variation across Arabidopsis lyrata subspecies: effects of population structure, selection and mating system, James Buckley, Elizabeth Kilbride, Volkan Cevik, Joana G. Vicente, Eric B. Holub, and Barbara K. Mable
Research highlights from Regional Studies in Marine Science, J. M. Hall-Spencer, G. G. Lauenstein, and K. M.Y. Leung
Physiological niche and geographical range in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)., Rebekah Cioffi, A. John Moody, Andrés Millán, Richard A. Billington, and David T. Bilton
A critical evaluation of the fish early-life stage toxicity test for engineered nanomaterials: experimental modifications and recommendations, BJ Shaw, CC Liddle, KM Windeatt, and RD Handy
Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications, Renzo Perissinotto, Matthew S. Bird, and David T. Bilton
Stable isotopes and mtDNA reveal niche segregation but no evidence of intergradation along a habitat gradient in the Lesser Whitethroat complex (Sylvia curruca; Passeriformes; Aves), Stephen C. Votier, Simon Aspinall, Stuart Bearhop, David Bilton, Jason Newton, Per Alström, Paul Leader, Geoff Carey, Robert W. Furnes, and Urban Olsson
Differential responses of three coastal grassland species to seawater flooding, Mick E. Hanley, Tom L. Gove, Gregory R. Cawthray, and Timothy D. Colmer
On the use of the Radon transform to estimate longshore currents from video imagery, Rafael Almar, Stanislas Larnier, Bruno Castelle, Timothy Scott, and France Floc'h
Innovations and best practice in undergraduate education, GR Littlejohn, G Scott, and M Williams
Same-sex sexual behaviour as a dominance display, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, Tom Tregenza, and Clarissa M. House
Understanding and predicting the temporal variability of sediment grain size characteristics on high-energy beaches, Sam Prodger, Paul Russell, Mark Davidson, Jon Miles, and Tim Scott
Bird pollinators, seed storage and cockatoo granivores explain large woody fruits as best seed defense in Hakea, Byron B. Lamont, Mick E. Hanley, Philip K. Groom, and Tianhua He
Extreme wave activity during 2013/2014 winter and morphological impacts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, Gerd Masselink, Bruno Castelle, Tim Scott, Guillaume Dodet, Serge Suanez, Derek Jackson, and France Floc'H
Sediment transport dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions, Andrea Ruju, Daniel Conley, Gerd Masselink, and Jack Puleo
