Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2019
An ecological partition of the Atlantic Ocean and its adjacent seas, G Beaugrand, M Edwards, and P Hélaouët
Characterising the deterioration of different plastics in air and seawater, Nicolas F.A. Biber, Andy Foggo, and Richard C. Thompson
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
Spatiotemporal variability in the structure of seagrass meadows and associated macrofaunal assemblages in southwest England (UK): Using citizen science to benchmark ecological pattern, Dan A. Smale, Graham Epstein, Mark Parry, and Martin J. Attrill
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
The importance of inter‐individual variation in predicting species' responses to global change drivers, Ella Guscelli, John I. Spicer, and Piero Calosi
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., Joshua J. Davison, Haren H van, Phil Hosegood, Nils Piechaud, and Kerry L. Howell
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
Exposure to microplastics reduces attachment strength and alters the haemolymph proteome of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), Dannielle S. Green, Thomas J. Colgan, Richard C. Thompson, and James C. Carolan
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
Impacts of the mycotoxin zearalenone on growth and photosynthetic responses in laboratory populations of freshwater macrophytes (Lemna minor) and microalgae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata)., EJ Eagles, R Benstead, S MacDonald, R Handy, and TH Hutchinson
Prediction of unprecedented biological shifts in the global ocean, G Beaugrand, A Conversi, A Atkinson, J Cloern, and et al
The Effect of Exogenous Applications of Salicylic Acid on Drought Tolerance and Up-Regulation of the Drought Response Regulon of Iraqi Wheat, Fakhriya Kareem, Hail Rihan, and Michael P. Fuller
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
Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: A review., Zara L.R. Botterell, Nicola Beaumont, Tarquin Dorrington, Michael Steinke, Richard C. Thompson, and Penelope K. Lindeque
Determination of the bioaccessible fraction of cupric oxide nanoparticles in soils using an in vitro human digestibility simulation, J. Vassallo, K. Tatsi, R. Boden, and R. D. Handy
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
Polychaete mucopolysaccharide alters sediment microbial diversity and stimulates ammonia-oxidising functional groups, Harriet Dale, Joe D. Taylor, Martin Solan, Phyllis Lam, and Michael Cunliffe
What controls submarine channel development and the morphology of deltas entering deep-water fjords?, Jenny A. Gales, Peter J. Talling, Matthieu J.B. Cartigny, Clarke J Hughes, Gwyn Lintern, Cooper Stacey, and Michael A. Clare
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 century of change in North Sea plankton communities explored through integrating historical datasets, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Jacob Bedford, and David Johns
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
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 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
Coexistence and the niche in a nurse-cactus interaction: is cyclic dynamics justified?, Arnoldo Flores-Torres, Carlos Montaña, and Miguel Franco
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
From ocean sprawl to blue-green infrastructure – A UK perspective on an issue of global significance, Ally J. Evans, Louise B. Firth, Stephen J. Hawkins, Alice E. Hall, Joseph E. Ironside, Richard C. Thompson, and Pippa J. Moore
GRAVEL BEACH CROSS- AND ALONGSHORE RESPONSE TO AN EXTREME EVENT: BEACH LENGTH AND HEADLAND PROXIMITY CONTROLS, RJ McCARROLL, G MASSELINK, M WIGGINS, TIM SCOTT, O BILLSON, and D CONLEY
Integrated ecosystem analysis in Irish waters; Providing the context for ecosystem-based sheries management, D Pedreschi, P Bouch, M Moriarty, and et al
Marine Ecological Field MethodsSalvanes, A. G. V., Devine, J., Jensen, K. H., Hestetun, J. T., Sjotun, K., & Glenner, H, Wiley and Sons, 2018, 218 pp., A McQuatters‐Gollop
Microplastics in the Environment, Richard C. Thompson and Imogen E. Napper
OBSERVATIONS OF INFRAGRAVITY DOMINANCE IN THE SWASH ZONE OF A STEEP GRAVEL BEACH, O BILLSON, P RUSSELL, M DAVIDSON, M WIGGINS, JAK McCARROLL, T POATE, and N LEONARDI
Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another, A. Townsend Peterson, Robert P. Anderson, Maria Beger, Janine Bolliger, Lluís Brotons, Christopher P. Burridge, Marlon E. Cobos, Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo, Minin E Di, Jeffrey Diez, Jane Elith, Clare B. Embling, Luis E. Escobar, Franz Essl, Kenneth J. Feeley, Lucy Hawkes, D Jimenez-Garcia, Laura Jimenez, David M. Green, Eva Knop, I Kuehn, José J. Lahoz-Monfort, Andres Lira-Noriega, Jorge M. Lobo, Rafael Loyola, Nally R Mac, Fernando Machado-Stredel, E Martinez-Meyer, Michael McCarthy, Cory Merow, Javier Nori, C Nunez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, P Pysek, M Rejmanek, Anthony Ricciardi, Mark Robertson, Soto O Rojas, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Núria Roura-Pascual, and Luca Santini
Patchiness in habitat distribution can enhance biological diversity of coastal engineering structures, Eva Cacabelos, Richard C. Thompson, Afonso C.L. Prestes, José Manuel N. Azevedo, Ana I. Neto, and Gustavo M. Martins
Phototactic tails: Evolution and molecular basis of a novel sensory trait in sea snakes, JM Crowe‐Riddell, Bruno F. Simões, Julian C. Partridge, David M. Hunt, Steven Delean, Julian G. Schwerdt, James Breen, Alastair Ludington, David J. Gower, and Kate L. Sanders
Plastics, the Environment and Society: Current Consensus and Future Directions, Richard C. Thompson and Sabine Pahl
Removal of intertidal grazers by human harvesting leads to alteration of species interactions, community structure and resilience to climate change, Antony M. Knights, Ana Chaverra, Evie Wieters, and Andy Foggo
Role of waves and tides on depth of closure and potential for headland bypassing, Nieves G. Valiente, Gerd Masselink, Tim Scott, Daniel Conley, and Robert Jak McCarroll
Submissions from 2018
Revisiting the role of aggregation in the settling of cohesive flocs in the marine environment, AJ Mehta, WH McAnally, F Samsami, and AJ Manning
Turbulence-resolving numerical simulation of fine sediment transport over bedforms, L Yue, Z Cheng, TJ Hsu, AR Horner-Devine, and AJ Manning
Reappraisal of the toxicity test method using the green alga Ulva pertusa Kjellman (Chlorophyta),, MT Brown
A high-throughput and open-source platform for embryo phenomics, Oliver Tills, John I. Spicer, Andrew Grimmer, Simone Marini, Vun Wen Jie, Ellen Tully, and Simon D. Rundle
Climatic niche of the Saker Falcon Falco cherrug: predicted new areas to direct population surveys in Central Asia, Luke J. Sutton and Robert Puschendorf
Opportunistic seaweeds replace Cystoseira forests on an industrialised coast in Cyprus, Demetris Kletou, Ioannis Savva, Konstantinos Tsiamis, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Model vs. experiment to predict crop losses, Camille Parmesan, Michael E. Hanley, and Michael C. Singer
Application of nuclear techniques to environmental plastics research, CM Lanctot, M Al-Sid-Cheikh, AI Catarino, T Cresswell, and et al
Different approaches and limitations for testing phytoplankton viability in natural assemblies and treated ballast water, Maria Cecilia T.de Castro, Marcel J.W. Veldhuis, Timothy W. Fileman, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Extent and retreat history of the Barra Fan Ice Stream offshore western Scotland and northern Ireland during the last glaciation, S. Louise Callard, Cofaigh C O, Sara Benetti, Richard C. Chiverrell, Landeghem K Van, Margot H. Saher, Jenny A. Gales, David Small, Chris D. Clark, Stephen Livingstone, Derek Fabel, and Steven G. Moreton
Eye region surface temperature reflects both energy reserves and circulating glucocorticoids in a wild bird, Paul Jerem, Susanne Jenni-Eiermann, Katherine Herborn, Dorothy McKeegan, Dominic J. McCafferty, and Ruedi G. Nager
Influence of bioenergy crops on pollinator activity varies with crop type and distance, Nicholas A.J. Berkley, Mick E. Hanley, Rich Boden, Robyn S. Owen, Jordan H. Holmes, Russell D. Critchley, Kathryn Carroll, Daniel G.M. Sawyer, and Camille Parmesan
Ongoing evolution of submarine canyon rockwalls; examples from the Whittard Canyon, Celtic Margin (NE Atlantic), Gareth D.O. Carter, Veerle A.I. Huvenne, Jennifer A. Gales, Iacono C Lo, Leigh Marsh, Audrey Ougier-Simonin, Katleen Robert, and Russell B. Wynn
Relative comparison of tissue specific bioaccumulation and radiation dose estimation in marine and freshwater bivalve molluscs following exposure to phosphorus-32, Emily L. Vernon, Jim T. Smith, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Short-term acclimation in adults does not predict offspring acclimation potential to hypoxia, Manuela Truebano, Oliver Tills, Michael Collins, Charlotte Clarke, Emma Shipsides, Charlotte Wheatley, and John I. Spicer
The effect of supplementary ultraviolet wavelengths on broiler chicken welfare indicators, Charlotte James, Lucy Asher, Katherine Herborn, and Julian Wiseman
Using natural analogues to investigate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on Northern ecosystems, Samuel S.P. Rastrick, Helen Graham, Kumiko Azetsu-Scott, Piero Calosi, Melissa Chierici, Agneta Fransson, Haakon Hop, Jason Hall-Spencer, Marco Milazzo, Peter Thor, and Tina Kutti
Methanotrophy, Methylotrophy, the Human Body and Disease, R Boden
Riding on the wind: volatile compounds dictate selection of grassland seedlings by snails., Mick E. Hanley, Roger W.R. Shannon, Damien G. Lemoine, Bethan Sandey, Philip L. Newland, and Guy M. Poppy
Effects of oil and global environmental drivers on two keystone marine invertebrates, Maj Arnberg, Piero Calosi, John I. Spicer, Ingrid C. Taban, Shaw D. Bamber, Stig Westerlund, Sjur Vingen, Thierry Baussant, Renée K. Bechmann, and Sam Dupont
Nondestructive 3D Imaging and Quantification of Hydrated Biofilm-Sediment Aggregates Using X-ray Microcomputed Tomography., N Zhang, CEL Thompson, IH Townend, KE Rankin, DM Paterson, and AJ Manning
The bZIP transcription factor SPA Heterodimerizing Protein represses glutenin synthesis in Triticum aestivum, Anne Plessis, Julie Boudet, Jean Charles Gaudin, Marielle Merlino, Mireille Dardevet, Sibille Perrochon, David Alvarez, Thierry Risacher, Pierre Martre, and Catherine Ravel
UV-B radiation and the green tide-forming macroalga Ulva, MT Brown
Bacterial Community Composition in the Sea Surface Microlayer Off the Peruvian Coast, Birthe Zäncker, Michael Cunliffe, and Anja Engel
Oceanographic drivers of marine mammal and seabird habitat-use across shelf-seas: A guide to key features and recommendations for future research and conservation management, S. L. Cox, C. B. Embling, P. J. Hosegood, S. C. Votier, and S. N. Ingram
Spatial and temporal patterns of Pseudo-nitzschia genetic diversity in the North Pacific Ocean from the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey, R Stern, SK Moore, VL Trainer, and et al
