Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2015
Frost Hardiness of Iraqi Wheat genotypes, M Al-Issawi, HZ Rihan, UH Mahdi, and MP Fuller
How clumpy is my image?, Hugo Hutt, Richard Everson, Murray Grant, John Love, and George Littlejohn
Parasites and personality in periwinkles (Littorina littorea): Infection status is associated with mean-level boldness but not repeatability., Ben Seaman and Mark Briffa
Time-related expression profiles for heat shock protein gene transcripts (HSP40, HSP70) in the central nervous system of Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to thermal stress, NL Foster, K Lukowiak, and TB Henry
Use of a seagrass residency index to apportion commercial fishery landing values and recreation fisheries expenditure to seagrass habitat service., Emma L. Jackson, Siân E. Rees, Catherine Wilding, and Martin J. Attrill
Vertical structure of near-bed cross-shore flow velocities in the swash zone of a dissipative beach, Kris Inch, Gerd Masselink, Jack A. Puleo, Paul Russell, and Daniel C. Conley
Biological impact assessment of nanomaterial used in nanomedicine. Introduction to the NanoTEST project, L Juillerat-Jeanneret, M Dusinska, LM Fjellsbø, AR Collins, RD Handy, and M Riediker
Health effects of selected nanoparticlesin vivo: liver function and hepatotoxicity following intravenous injection of titanium dioxide and Na-oleate-coated iron oxide nanoparticles in rodents, K Volkovova, RD Handy, M Staruchova, J Tulinska, A Kebis, J Pribojova, O Ulicna, J Kucharská, and M Dusinska
Towards an alternative testing strategy for nanomaterials used in nanomedicine: Lessons from NanoTEST, M Dusinska, S Boland, M Saunders, L Juillerat-Jeanneret, L Tran, G Pojana, A Marcomini, K Volkovova, J Tulinska, LE Knudsen, L Gombau, M Whelan, AR Collins, F Marano, C Housiadas, D Bilanicova, Kenzaoui B Halamoda, Carreira S Correia, Z Magdolenova, LM Fjellsbø, A Huk, R Handy, L Walker, M Barancokova, A Bartonova, E Burello, J Castell, H Cowie, M Drlickova, R Guadagnini, G Harris, M Harju, ES Heimstad, M Hurbankova, A Kazimirova, Z Kovacikova, M Kuricova, A Liskova, A Milcamps, E Neubauerova, T Palosaari, P Papazafiri, M Pilou, MS Poulsen, B Ross, E Runden-Pran, K Sebekova, M Staruchova, D Vallotto, and A Worth
Macroalgal responses to ocean acidification depend on nutrient and light levels, PSM Celis-Plá, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Paulo Antunes Horta, Marco Milazzo, Nathalie Korbee, Christopher E. Cornwall, and Félix L. Figueroa
The role of advection in the distribution of plankton populations at a moored 1-D coastal observatory, Jaimie Cross, W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith, Philip J. Hosegood, and Ricardo Torres
Lateritic Plateaus in the Northern Western Ghats, India; a Review of Bauxite Mining Restoration Practices, C Thorpe and A Watve
In Vivo Chemical and Structural Analysis of Plant Cuticular Waxes Using Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy, George R. Littlejohn, Jessica C. Mansfield, David Parker, Rob Lind, Sarah Perfect, Mark Seymour, Nicholas Smirnoff, John Love, and Julian Moger
PLANT ABIOTIC STRESS TOLERANCE ANALYSIS IN CAULIFLOWER USING A CURD MICROPROPAGATION SYSTEM, H. Z. Rihan, M. Al-Issawi, M. Al-Shamari, M. Elmahrouk, and M. P. Fuller
Physiological advantages of dwarfing in surviving extinctions in high-CO2 oceans, Vittorio Garilli, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Danilo Scuderi, Lorenzo Brusca, Daniela Parrinello, Samuel P.S. Rastrick, Andy Foggo, Richard J. Twitchett, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Marco Milazzo
The comparative osmoregulatory ability of two water beetle genera whose species span the fresh-hypersaline gradient in inland waters (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae)., Susana Pallarés, Paula Arribas, David T. Bilton, Andrés Millán, and Josefa Velasco
Individual differences in activity and habitat selection of juvenile queen conch evaluated using acceleration biologgers, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Emma Samson, Liane Nowell, Steven J. Cooke, and Andy J. Danylchuk
Education for Sustainable Development: Towards the Sustainable University, S DeAmicis, G Crust, C Mikhail, J Davidson, C Gristy, R Cutting, A Consorte-McCrea, K Kosta, S Bessant, C Willmore, P Ofei-Manu, K Herweg, A Zimmermann, P Bray, L Wyness, and P Rands
Bone-eating Osedax worms lived on Mesozoic marine reptile deadfalls., S Danise and ND Higgs
Ocean acidification: how will marine life cope?, JM Hall-Spencer
Lactobacillus rhamnosus lowers zebrafish lipid content by changing gut microbiota and host transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism., Silvia Falcinelli, Simona Picchietti, Ana Rodiles, Lina Cossignani, Daniel L. Merrifield, Anna Rita Taddei, Francesca Maradonna, Ike Olivotto, Giorgia Gioacchini, and Oliana Carnevali
Individual quality and personality: bolder males are less fecund in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus., Danielle Bridger, Simon J. Bonner, and Mark Briffa
Photosynthetic and biochemical characterization of in vitro-derived African violet (Saintpaulia ionantha H. Wendl) plants to ex vitro conditions, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Mohammed El Sayed El-Mahrouk, Hanady Salim Al-Shmgani, Hail Z. Rihan, Silva JAT da, and Michael P. Fuller
Coastal cliff ground motions and response to extreme storm waves, Claire S. Earlie, Adam P. Young, Gerd Masselink, and Paul E. Russell
Public Understanding and Knowledge of Rip Currents and Beach Safety, Eleanor Woodward, Emily Beaumont, Paul Russell, and Ross MacLeod
Investigating a link of two different types of food business management to the food safety knowledge, attitudes and practices of food handlers in Beirut, Lebanon, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Victor Kuri, and Ewen Todd
Animal personality as a cause and consequence of contest behaviour., Mark Briffa, Lynne U. Sneddon, and Alastair J. Wilson
Visions for the North Sea: The Societal Dilemma Behind Specifying Good Environmental Status, Alison J. Gilbert, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Olivia Langmead, Laurence Mee, and Jan Vermaat
Metagenomics Reveals Planktonic Bacterial Community Shifts across a Natural CO2 Gradient in the Mediterranean Sea., Ashvini Chauhan, Ashish Pathak, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Marco Milazzo, Stefan J. Green, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Copper-induced intra-specific oxidative damage and antioxidant responses in strains of the brown alga Ectocarpus siliculosus with different pollution histories., CA Sáez, F Roncarati, A Moenne, AJ Moody, and MT Brown
Understanding the gender and ethnicity attainment gap in UK higher education, DRE Cotton, M Joyner, R George, and PA Cotton
ASSESSMENT OF CORALLINE ALGAL SPECIES DIVERSITYAND COMPOSITION AT EUROPEAN CO2 SEEPS USING DNA BARCODING, V Pena, P Range, M Milazzo, Clerck O De, Gall L Le, and JM Hall-Spencer
Challenges of achieving Good Environmental Status in the Northeast Atlantic, Karen A. Alexander, Peter Kershaw, Philip Cooper, Alison J. Gilbert, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Johanna J. Heymans, Andreas Kannen, Hans J. Los, Tim O'Higgins, Cathal O'Mahony, Paul Tett, Tineke A. Troost, and Beusekom J van
EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION VARY DEPENDING ON LIGHT AND NUTRIENT LEVELS, PSM Celis-Pla, JM Hall-Spencer, P Horta, M Milazzo, N Korbee, CE Cornwall, and FL Figueroa
Effects of reduced pH on shell mineral composition and integrity of three common gastropods from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy, AM Duquette, JB Mcclintock, CD Amsler, A Perez-Huerta, JM Hall-Spencer, and M Milazzo
Evaluating shoreline identification using optical satellite images, G Garcia-Rubio, David Huntley, and Paul Russell
Evidence for distinct coastal and offshore communities of bottlenose dolphins in the north east Atlantic., Machiel G. Oudejans, Fleur Visser, Anneli Englund, Emer Rogan, and Simon N. Ingram
HOW WILL MARINE LIFE COPE WITH OCEAN ACIDIFICATION?, J Hall-Spencer
Integrating network analysis, sensor tags, and observation to understand shark ecology and behavior, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Jacob W. Brownscombe, J Krause, S Krause, Lee F.G. Gutowsky, Edward J. Brooks, and Steven J. Cooke
IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN SEAWEED TO DEALWITH OCEAN ACIDIFICATION, JM Hall-Spencer, LR Pettit, LA Newcomb, E Carrington, CW Smart, MB Hart, and M Milazzo
Marine spatial planning and Good Environmental Status: a perspective on spatial and temporal dimensions, Alison J. Gilbert, Karen Alexander, Rafael Sardá, Raminta Brazinskaite, Christian Fischer, Kira Gee, Mark Jessopp, Peter Kershaw, Hans J. Los, Morla D March, Cathal O'Mahony, Mia Pihlajamäki, Siân Rees, and Riku Varjopuro
Observations of gravel beach dynamics during high energy wave conditions using a laser scanner, L. P. Almeida, G. Masselink, P. E. Russell, and M. A. Davidson
Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory, Brian Gaylord, Kristy J. Kroeker, Jennifer M. Sunday, Kathryn M. Anderson, James P. Barry, Norah E. Brown, Sean D. Connell, Sam Dupont, Katharina E. Fabricius, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Terrie Klinger, Marco Milazzo, Philip L. Munday, Bayden D. Russell, Eric Sanford, Sebastian J. Schreiber, Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Megan L.H. Vaughan, Steven Widdicombe, and Christopher D.G. Harley
On the verge? Preferential use of road-facing hedgerow margins by bumblebees in agro-ecosystems, Mick E. Hanley and Joshua P. Wilkins
PHOTOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CO2 AND TEMPERATURE LEVELS ON CYSTOSEIRA TAMARISCIFOLIA, COLLECTED ON SOUTHERN SPAIN, PSM Celis-Pla, B Martinez, JM Hall-Spencer, N Korbee, and FL Figueroa
Phylogenetic analysis of rhodolith formation in the Corallinales (Rhodophyta), JJ Hernandez-Kantun, Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, V Pena, Christine A. Maggs, and Fabio Rindi
The extreme 2013/2014 winter storms: hydrodynamic forcing and coastal response along the southwest coast of England, Gerd Masselink, Tim Scott, Tim Poate, Paul Russell, Mark Davidson, and Daniel Conley
Submissions from 2014
Salt and water balance in the land crabs of Christmas Island: a review, LM Turner
Functional imaging in living plants—cell biology meets physiology, George R. Littlejohn, Tobias Meckel, M Schwarzländer, and Alex Costa
Modelling storm response on gravel beaches using XBeach-G, G Masselink, R McCall, T Poate, and Geer P van
Social networks in elasmobranchs and teleost fishes, A. D.M. Wilson, D. P. Croft, and J. Krause
The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris, Lucy C. Woodall, Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Miquel Canals, Gordon L.J. Paterson, Rachel Coppock, Victoria Sleight, Antonio Calafat, Alex D. Rogers, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, and Richard C. Thompson
Comparison of intermittent and continuous exposures to inorganic mercury in the mussel, Mytilus edulis: accumulation and sub-lethal physiological effects., D Amachree, AJ Moody, and RD Handy
Fermentation and antimicrobial characteristics of Lactobacillus plantarum and Candida tropicalis from Nigerian fermented maize (akamu), Patience C. Obinna-Echem, Victor Kuri, and Jane Beal
Thermal niche evolution and geographical range expansion in a species complex of western Mediterranean diving beetles., Amparo Hidalgo-Galiana, David Sánchez-Fernández, David T. Bilton, Alexandra Cieslak, and Ignacio Ribera
Modelling storm hydrodynamics on gravel beaches with XBeach-G, R. T. McCall, G. Masselink, T. G. Poate, J. A. Roelvink, L. P. Almeida, M. Davidson, and P. E. Russell
Parasitism in early life: environmental conditions shape within‐brood variation in responses to infection, HMV Granroth‐Wilding, Sarah J. Burthe, Sue Lewis, Thomas E. Reed, Katherine A. Herborn, Mark A. Newell, Emi A. Takahashi, Francis Daunt, and Emma J.A. Cunningham
The Personality Behind Cheating: Behavioural Types and the Feeding Ecology of Cleaner Fish, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Jens Krause, JE Herbert‐Read, and Ashley J.W. Ward
What's in a name? What have taxonomy and systematics ever done for us?, David T. Bilton
Fine-scale hydrodynamics influence the spatio-temporal distribution of harbour porpoises at a coastal hotspot, A. R. Jones, P. Hosegood, R. B. Wynn, Boer MN De, S. Butler-Cowdry, and C. B. Embling
Role of wave forcing, storms and nao in outer bar dynamics on a high-energy, macro-tidal beach, Gerd Masselink, Martin Austin, Tim Scott, Tim Poate, and Paul Russell
Variable response of three Trifolium repens ecotypes to soil flooding by seawater., Anissia C. White, Timothy D. Colmer, Greg R. Cawthray, and Mick E. Hanley
The effect of molybdenum on the molecularcontrol of cold tolerance in cauliflower(Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) artificialseeds, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, Wondwossen Abate Woldie, Michele Kiernan, and Michael P. Fuller
The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world, Juliet Brodie, Christopher J. Williamson, Dan A. Smale, Nicholas A. Kamenos, Nova Mieszkowska, Rui Santos, Michael Cunliffe, Michael Steinke, Christopher Yesson, Kathryn M. Anderson, Valentina Asnaghi, Colin Brownlee, Heidi L. Burdett, Michael T. Burrows, Sinead Collins, Penelope J.C. Donohue, Ben Harvey, Andrew Foggo, Fanny Noisette, Joana Nunes, Federica Ragazzola, John A. Raven, Daniela N. Schmidt, David Suggett, Mirta Teichberg, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
How sailfish use their bills to capture schooling prey, P. Domenici, A. D.M. Wilson, R. H.J.M. Kurvers, S. Marras, J. E. Herbert-Read, J. F. Steffensen, S Krause, P. E. Viblanc, P. Couillaud, and J Krause
Controls on macrotidal rip current circulation and hazard, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Martin J. Austin, and Paul Russell
Dynamic social networks in guppies (Poecilia reticulata), Alexander D.M. Wilson, S Krause, Richard James, Darren P. Croft, Indar W. Ramnarine, Karoline K. Borner, Romain J.G. Clement, and J Krause
Response of wave-dominated and mixed-energy barriers to storms, Gerd Masselink and Heteren S van
Social network analysis resolves temporal dynamics of male dominance relationships, David Bierbach, Sophie Oster, Jonas Jourdan, Lenin Arias-Rodriguez, Jens Krause, Alexander D.M. Wilson, and Martin Plath
Stress exposure in early post-natal life reduces telomere length: an experimental demonstration in a long-lived seabird, Katherine A. Herborn, Britt J. Heidinger, Winnie Boner, Jose C. Noguera, Aileen Adam, Francis Daunt, and Pat Monaghan
Uptake of different crystal structures of TiO₂ nanoparticles by Caco-2 intestinal cells., C Gitrowski, AR Al-Jubory, and RD Handy
Shallow water marine sediment bacterial community shifts along a natural CO2 gradient in the Mediterranean Sea off Vulcano, Italy., Dorsaf Kerfahi, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Binu M. Tripathi, Marco Milazzo, Junghoon Lee, and Jonathan M. Adams
An update: improvements in imaging perfluorocarbon-mounted plant leaves with implications for studies of plant pathology, physiology, development and cell biology, George R. Littlejohn, Jessica C. Mansfield, Jacqueline T. Christmas, Eleanor Witterick, Mark D. Fricker, Murray R. Grant, Nicholas Smirnoff, Richard M. Everson, Julian Moger, and John Love
Impaired behavioural response to alarm substance in rainbow trout exposed to copper nanoparticles., T Sovová, D Boyle, KA Sloman, Pérez C Vanegas, and RD Handy
Detailed investigation of overwash on a gravel barrier, Ana Matias, Chris E. Blenkinsopp, and Gerd Masselink
Effects of dietary β-(1,3)(1,6)-D-glucan supplementation on growth performance, intestinal morphology and haemato-immunological profile of mirror carp (Cyprinus carpio L.)., H. Kühlwein, D. L. Merrifield, M. D. Rawling, A. D. Foey, and S. J. Davies
Going native? Flower use by bumblebees in English urban gardens., Mick E. Hanley, Amanda J. Awbi, and Miguel Franco
Morphodynamic variability of high-energy macrotidal beaches, Cornwall, UK, Tim Poate, Gerhard Masselink, Paul Russell, and Martin Austin
Familial strife on the seashore: aggression increases with relatedness in the sea anemone Actinia equina., Nicola L. Foster and Mark Briffa
Ocean acidification impairs vermetid reef recruitment., Marco Milazzo, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Vera Bin San Chan, Maoz Fine, Cinzia Alessi, Vengatesen Thiyagarajan, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Renato Chemello
Intercolony movement of pre-breeding seabirds over oceanic scales: implications of cryptic age-classes for conservation and metapopulation dynamics, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Mairi E. Knight, David T. Bilton, Maria Campbell, James B. Reid, Jason Newton, and Stephen C. Votier
A generalized equilibriummodel for predicting daily to interannual shoreline response, Kristen D. Splinter, Ian L. Turner, Mark A. Davidson, Patrick Barnard, Bruno Castelle, and Joan Oltman-Shay
A note on the Krone deposition equation and significance of floc aggregation, AJ Mehta, AJ Manning, and YP Khare
Boldness and asymmetric contests: role- and outcome-dependent effects of fighting in hermit crabs, Winnie Courtene-Jones and Mark Briffa
Combined Effect of Rotation and Topography on Shoaling Oceanic Internal Solitary Waves, Roger Grimshaw, Chuncheng Guo, Karl Helfrich, and Vasiliy Vlasenko
Combining motion analysis and microfluidics--a novel approach for detecting whole-animal responses to test substances., Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, Oliver Tills, John I. Spicer, Phil F. Culverhouse, Eric M. Wielhouwer, Michael K. Richardson, and Simon D. Rundle
Cross-shelf exchange in the northwestern Black Sea, Feng Zhou, Georgy Shapiro, and Fred Wobus
Differential responses of emergent intertidal coral reef fauna to a large-scale El-Niño southern oscillation event: sponge and coral resilience., Francisco Kelmo, James J. Bell, Simone Souza Moraes, Rilza Da Costa Tourinho Gomes, Eduardo Mariano-Neto, and Martin J. Attrill
Effects of silver nanoparticles (NM-300K) on Lumbricus rubellus earthworms and particle characterization in relevant test matrices including soil, der Ploeg MJC van, RD Handy, PL Waalewijn-Kool, den Berg JHJ van, ZEH Rivera, J Bovenschen, B Molleman, JM Baveco, P Tromp, RJB Peters, GF Koopmans, IMCM Rietjens, and den Brink NW van
Evaluation of the microbial community, acidity and proximate composition of akamu, a fermented maize food, Patience C. Obinna-Echem, Victor Kuri, and Jane Beal
Factors affecting the levels of protection transferred from mother to offspring following immune challenge, Christina M. Coakley, Vincent Staszewski, Katherine A. Herborn, and Emma J.A. Cunningham
Final Report to OSPAR of the Joint OSPAR/ICES Ocean Acidification Study Group (SGOA), E McGovern and JM Hall-Spencer
Minimal effects of waterborne exposure to single-walled carbon nanotubes on behaviour and physiology of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)., D Boyle, JE Fox, JM Akerman, KA Sloman, TB Henry, and RD Handy
Moving Beyond Too Little, Too Late: Managing Emerging Infectious Diseases in Wild Populations Requires International Policy and Partnerships, Jamie Voyles, A. Marm Kilpatrick, James P. Collins, Matthew C. Fisher, Winifred F. Frick, Hamish McCallum, Craig K.R. Willis, David S. Blehert, Kris A. Murray, Robert Puschendorf, Erica Bree Rosenblum, Benjamin M. Bolker, Tina L. Cheng, Kate E. Langwig, Daniel L. Lindner, Mary Toothman, Mark Q. Wilber, and Cheryl J. Briggs
Overfishing and the replacement of demersal finfish by shellfish: an example from the English Channel., Carlotta Molfese, Doug Beare, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Pharmacological modulation of NAD alters TNF-α responses in macrophage subsets, A Al-Shabany, AJ Moody, AD Foey, and RA Billington
Public perceptions of sharks: Gathering support for shark conservation, Laura A. Friedrich, Rebecca Jefferson, and Gillian Glegg
Seasonality affects macroalgal community response to increases in pCO2., Cecilia Baggini, Maria Salomidi, Emanuela Voutsinas, Laura Bray, Eva Krasakopoulou, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Steps toward a shared governance response for achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean Sea, Sergio Cinnirella, R Sarda, Suarez de Vivero J Luis, Ruth Brennan, Alberto Barausse, John Icely, Tiziana Luisetti, David March, Carla Murciano, Alice Newton, T O'Higgins, Luca Palmeri, Maria Giovanna Palmieri, Pascal Raux, Sian Rees, J Albaiges, Nicola Pirrone, and Kerry Turner
The dispersal of phytoplankton populations by enhanced turbulent mixing in a shallow coastal sea, Jaimie Cross, W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith, Philip J. Hosegood, and Ricardo Torres
