Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2018
Establishment and long-term maintenance of primary intestinal epithelial cells cultured from the rainbow trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss., Laura M. Langan, Stewart F. Owen, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Redefining ‘Clean’ Sand By Integrating Field And Laboratory Data On Mixed Sand–Clay–EPS Rippled-Bed Transport, J Baas, M Baker, J Malarkey, S Bass, A Manning, J Hope, J Peakall, I Lichtman, L Ye, and A Davies
Submesoscale Rossby waves on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, John R. Taylor, Scott Bachman, Megan Stamper, Phil Hosegood, Katherine Adams, Jean Baptiste Sallee, and Ricardo Torres
Ecophysiological and metabolic responses to interactive exposure to nutrients and copper excess in the brown macroalga Cystoseira tamariscifolia, P Celis-Pla, M Brown, A Santillan-Sarmiento, and FL Figueroa
Is Europe ready for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture? A survey on the perspectives of European farmers and scientists with IMTA experience, P Kleitou, D Kletou, and J David
Transformation of C60 fullerene aggregates suspended and weathered under realistic environmental conditions, Josep Sanchís, Yann Aminot, Esteban Abad, Awadhesh N. Jha, James W. Readman, and Marinella Farré
A comparison of life-history traits in calcifying Spirorbinae polychaetes living along natural pH gradients, Noelle M. Lucey, Chiara Lombardi, Maurizio Florio, Simon D. Rundle, Piero Calosi, and Maria Cristina Gambi
The Effect of Dietary Wheat Gluten Products on Gut Morphology, Non-Specific Immune Parameters, and Allochthonous Intestinal Microbial Population of Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Fed with a High Plant Protein Diet, SW Voller, Daniel Merrifield, and E Apper
Immune function and the decision to deploy weapons during fights in the beadlet anemone Actinia equina., Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
An Effective Protocol for the Production of Primary and Secondary Somatic Embryos in Cauliflower (Brassica Oleraceae Var. Botrytis), H Rihan and M Fuller
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition on petals enhances seed quality of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa., Frenne P. De, H. Blondeel, J. Brunet, Caron M Mercedes, O. Chabrerie, M. Cougnon, S. A.O. Cousins, G. Decocq, M. Diekmann, B. J. Graae, M. E. Hanley, T. Heinken, M. Hermy, A. Kolb, J. Lenoir, J. Liira, A. Orczewska, A. Shevtsova, T. Vanneste, and K. Verheyen
The Relationship between Yield Parameters and Morphological Characters for Barley: Evaluating linear and Non-linear models, H Rihan and A Abdullah
A new humicolous Parhydraena d’Orchymont, 1937 from South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
Current status of deepwater oil spill modelling in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Northeast Atlantic, and future challenges, Alejandro Gallego, Murray R O'Hara, Barbara Berx, William R. Turrell, C. J. Beegle-Krause, Mark Inall, Toby Sherwin, John Siddorn, Sarah Wakelin, Vasyl Vlasenko, Lars R. Hole, Knut Frode Dagestad, John Rees, Lucy Short, Petter Rønningen, Charlotte E. Main, Sebastien Legrand, Tony Gutierrez, Ursula Witte, and Nicole Mulanaphy
Hidden in plain sight: species richness and habitat characterisation of sublittoral pebble beds, Julian Evans, Martin J. Attrill, Joseph A. Borg, Peter A. Cotton, and Patrick J. Schembri
Infragravity waves: From driving mechanisms to impacts, X Bertin and MA Davidson
Ingestion and fragmentation of plastic carrier bags by the amphipod Orchestia gammarellus: Effects of plastic type and fouling load, D. J. Hodgson, A. L. Bréchon, and R. C. Thompson
Plankton as prevailing conditions: A surveillance role for plankton indicators within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, David Johns, Simon Greenstreet, and Jacob Bedford
Role of mTOR in autophagic and lysosomal reactions to environmental stressors in molluscs, Susanna Sforzini, Michael N. Moore, Caterina Oliveri, Anna Volta, Awadhesh Jha, Mohamed Banni, and Aldo Viarengo
Elucidating the small regulatory RNA repertoire of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis based on whole genome and small RNA sequencing, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Temporal changes in phytoplankton biomass and cellular properties; implications for the IMO Ballast Water Convention, MCT Castro and M Veldhuis
The Role of Bed Roughness in Wave Transformation Across Sloping Rock Shore Platforms, Tim Poate, Gerd Masselink, Martin J. Austin, Mark Dickson, and Robert McCall
An adaptive grid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of modelling underwater noise from shipping, Leah E. Trigg, Feng Chen, Georgy I. Shapiro, Simon N. Ingram, and Clare B. Embling
Assessing the impact of benzo[a]pyrene with the in vitro fish gut model: An integrated approach for eco-genotoxicological studies., Awadhesh N. Jha, Laura M. Langan, Silvia Arossa, and Stewart F. Owen
Espeletia giant rosette plants are reliable biological indicators of time since fire in Andean grasslands, MA Zomer and PM Ramsay
Exploring public views on marine litter in Europe: Perceived causes, consequences and pathways to change, Bonny L. Hartley, Sabine Pahl, Joana Veiga, Thomais Vlachogianni, Lia Vasconcelos, Thomas Maes, Tom Doyle, Ryan d'Arcy Metcalfe, Ayaka Amaha Öztürk, Mara Di Berardo, and Richard C. Thompson
Fine-scale hydrodynamic metrics underlying predator occupancy patterns in tidal stream environments, Lilian Lieber, Smith WAM Nimmo, James J. Waggitt, and Louise Kregting
Indications of future performance of native and non-native adult oysters under acidification and warming, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Stephen Fletcher, Samuel Provstgaard-Morys, and Antony M. Knights
Investigation of flocculation dynamics under changing hydrodynamic forcing on an intertidal mudflat, C Guo, Qing He, Prooijen BC van, L Guo, Andrew J. Manning, and Sarah Bass
Partial replacement of cement for waste aggregates in concrete coastal and marine infrastructure: A foundation for ecological enhancement?, Louise B. Firth, Ryan S. McManus, Nicholas Archibald, Sean Comber, Antony M. Knights, and Richard C. Thompson
Processes influencing differences in Arctic and Antarctic Trough Mouth Fan sedimentology, J Gales, C-D Hillenbrand, R Larter, J-S Laberg, M Melles, S Benetti, and S Passchier
The effects of elevated CO2 on shell properties and susceptibility to predation in mussels Mytilus edulis, Antony M. Knights, Daniel E. Sadler, and Anaëlle J. Lemasson
The role of teacher-student relationships in supporting student engagement and lecturer motivation, Anne Plessis, Alison Stokes, and Mark Farnworth
Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Baroclinic Tides Over a Seamount, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk, and W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith
Turning the tide on trash: Empowering European educators and school students to tackle marine litter, Bonny L. Hartley, Sabine Pahl, Matthew Holland, Iro Alampei, Joana M. Veiga, and Richard C. Thompson
Using agent-based models to understand the role of individuals in the song evolution of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ), Michael Mcloughlin, Luca Lamoni, Ellen C. Garland, Simon Ingram, Alexis Kirke, Michael J. Noad, Luke Rendell, and Eduardo Miranda
Submissions from 2017
A decline in primary production in the North Sea over 25 years, associated with reductions in zooplankton abundance and fish stock recruitment, Elisa Capuzzo, Christopher P. Lynam, Jon Barry, David Stephens, Rodney M. Forster, Naomi Greenwood, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Tiago Silva, Leeuwen SM van, and Georg H. Engelhard
Does plasticity in thermal tolerance trade off with inherent tolerance? The influence of setal tracheal gills on thermal tolerance and its plasticity in a group of European diving beetles., W. C.E.P. Verberk, P. Calosi, J. I. Spicer, S. Kehl, and D. T. Bilton
Assessing the presence of marine toxins in bivalve molluscs from southwest India, AD Turner, Monika Dhanji-Rapkova, Stephanie Rowland-Pilgrim, LM Turner, Ashwin Rai, Moleyur N. Venugopal, Indrani Karunasagar, and Anna Godhe
The role of beach morphology on coastal cliff erosion under extreme waves, Claire Earlie, Gerhard Masselink, and Paul Russell
The Effect of Drought on Phytochemical active Compounds Content in Chamomile and Yarrow, H Rihan, B Mahmood, M Foulkes, and S Burchett
Lost, but found with Nile red; a novel method to detect and quantify small microplastics (20 µm–1 mm) in environmental samples, Gabriel Erni-Cassola, Matthew I. Gibson, Richard C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Christie-Oleza
Tidal Conversion and Mixing Poleward of the Critical Latitude (an Arctic Case Study), Tom P. Rippeth, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk, Brian D. Scannell, J. A.Mattias Green, Ben J. Lincoln, and Sheldon Bacon
Algal polysaccharide utilisation by saprotrophic planktonic marine fungi, Michael Cunliffe, Anita Hollingsworth, Cal Bain, Vikram Sharma, and Joe D. Taylor
Annual prediction of shoreline erosion and subsequent recovery, Mark A. Davidson, Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, and Mitchel D. Harley
Artificial Seeds (Principle, Aspects and Applications), Hail Z. Rihan, Fakhriya Kareem, Mohammed E. El-Mahrouk, and Michael P. Fuller
Genetics reveal the identity and origin of the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean Sea, M Bariche, P Kleitou, S Kalogirou, and G Bernardi
Nutrient Pumping by Submesoscale Circulations in the Mauritanian Upwelling System, P. J. Hosegood, P. D. Nightingale, A. P. Rees, C. E. Widdicombe, E. M.S. Woodward, D. R. Clark, and R. J. Torres
Pelagic habitat: exploring the concept of good environmental status, M Dickey-Collas, A McQuatters-Gollop, E Bresnan, AC Kraberg, JP Manderson, RDM Nash, SA Otto, AF Sell, JF Tweddle, and VM Trenkel
Phaeoviruses discovered in kelp (Laminariales), DA McKeown, K Stevens, AF Peters, P Bond, and et al
The Deposition and Accumulation of Microplastics in Marine Sediments and Bottom Water from the Irish Continental Shelf, Jake Martin, Amy Lusher, Richard C. Thompson, and Audrey Morley
To Group or Not to Group? Good Practice for Housing Male Laboratory Mice, S Kappel, P Hawkins, and M Mendl
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations., Simon N. Ingram, Isabel Baker, Joanne O'Brien, Katherine McHugh, and Simon Berrow
BIOMEDIATION OF SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW DYNAMICS, M Craig, J Baas, K Amos, L Strachan, A Manning, D Paterson, J Hope, S Nodder, and M Baker
Upregulation of CBF/DREB1 and cold tolerance in artificial seeds of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Michael P. Fuller, Hail Z. Rihan, and Mohammed Al-Issawi
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive ontogeny of early-life at-sea behaviour in a marine top predator, Matt I.D. Carter, Deborah J.F. Russell, Clare B. Embling, Clint J. Blight, David Thompson, Philip J. Hosegood, and Kimberley A. Bennett
Assessing altimetry close to the coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, and S. Abdalla
Coupling cross-shore and longshore sediment transport to model storm response along a mixed sand-gravel coast under varying wave directions, Rafael J. Bergillos, Gerd Masselink, and Miguel Ortega-Sánchez
Increasing habitat complexity on seawalls: Investigating large‐ and small‐scale effects on fish assemblages, RL Morris, MG Chapman, LB Firth, and RA Coleman
Investigations to extend viability of a rainbow trout primary gill cell culture, Richard J. Maunder, Matthew G. Baron, Stewart F. Owen, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Sensory qualities of oysters unaltered by a short exposure to combined elevated pCO2 and temperature, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Victor Kuri, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Stephen Fletcher, Roy Moate, and Antony M. Knights
Three new species of Crenitis Bedel, 1881 from South Africa, with a revised key to African species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), David T. Bilton
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
Classification of beach response to extreme storms, Olivier Burvingt, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Tim Scott
Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Boldness is for rookies: prefight boldness and fighting success in a sea anemone, Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
Do glucocorticoids predict fitness? Linking environmental conditions, corticosterone and reproductive success in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, L. J. Henderson, N. P. Evans, B. J. Heidinger, K. A. Herborn, and K. E. Arnold
Fishway passage success for migratory rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax is not dictated by behavioural type, S. J. Landsman, A. D.M. Wilson, S. J. Cooke, and den Heuvel MR van
Land reclamation and artificial islands: Walking the tightrope between development and conservation, L Firth and S-Y Chee
Sub-lethal effects of waterborne exposure to copper nanoparticles compared to copper sulphate on the shore crab ( Carcinus maenas ), Lisa M. Rossbach, Benjamin J. Shaw, Dawid Piegza, William F. Vevers, Andrew J. Atfield, and Richard D. Handy
Data are inadequate to test whale falls as chemosynthetic stepping-stones using network analysis: faunal overlaps do support a stepping-stone role, CR Smith, DJ Amon, ND Higgs, AG Glover, and EL Young
The role of skill in animal contests: a neglected component of fighting ability, Mark Briffa and Sarah M. Lane
A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology, David T. Bilton and Ignacio Ribera
Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review, Emma Mellor, Ben Brilot, and Sarah Collins
A microsatellite baseline for genetic stock identification of European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), John Gilbey, Jamie Coughlan, Vidar Wennevik, P Prodohl, Jamie R. Stevens, de Leaniz C Garcia, Dennis Ensing, Eef Cauwelier, Corrine Cherbonnel, Sofia Consuegra, Mark W. Coulson, Tom F. Cross, Walter Crozier, Eileen Dillane, Jonathan S. Ellis, E Garcia-Vazquez, Andrew M. Griffiths, Sigurdur Gudjonsson, Kjetil Hindar, Sten Karlsson, David Knox, Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino, Dorte Meldrup, EE Nielsen, K Olafsson, Craig R. Primmer, Sergey Prusov, Lee Stradmeyer, J-P Vaha, Alexey Je Veselov, Lucy M.I. Webster, Philip McGinnity, and Eric Verspoor
Comparative metagenomics approaches to characterize the soil fungal communities of western coastal region, Saudi Arabia, TAA Moussa, HS Al-Zahrani, OA Almaghrabi, TS Abdelmoneim, and MP Fuller
Reclassification of Thiomicrospira hydrogeniphila (Watsuji et al. 2016) to Thiomicrorhabdus hydrogenophila comb. nov., with emended description of Thiomicrorhabdus (Boden et al., 2017), Rich Boden, Kathleen M. Scott, Alexander W. Rae, and Lee P. Hutt
Lateralized behaviour as indicator of affective state in dairy cows, S Kappel, MT Mendl, DC Barrett, JC Murrell, and HR Whay
Modified inertial mass from information loss, ME McCulloch and J Giné
The chicken or the egg? Adaptation to desiccation and salinity tolerance in a lineage of water beetles, Susana Pallarés, Paula Arribas, David T. Bilton, Andrés Millán, Josefa Velasco, and Ignacio Ribera
Community responses to seawater warming are conserved across diverse biological groupings and taxonomic resolutions, Dan A. Smale, Joe D. Taylor, Steve H. Coombs, Gerald Moore, and Michael Cunliffe
Natural acidification changes the timing and rate of succession, alters community structure, and increases homogeneity in marine biofouling communities, Norah E.M. Brown, Marco Milazzo, Samuel P.S. Rastrick, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Thomas W. Therriault, and Christopher D.G. Harley
Mainstreaming marine biodiversity into the SDGs: The role of other effective area-based conservation measures (SDG 14.5), Daniela Diz, David Johnson, Michael Riddell, Sian Rees, Jessica Battle, Kristina Gjerde, Sebastian Hennige, and J. Murray Roberts
A marker of biological age explains individual variation in the strength of the adult stress response, C Andrews, D Nettle, M Larriva, R Gillespie, and et al
Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers, RJW Brewin, Mora L de, Oliver Billson, Thomas Jackson, Paul Russell, TG Brewin, Jamie D. Shutler, Peter I. Miller, Benjamin H. Taylor, Tim J. Smyth, and James R. Fishwick
Evaluation of salt marsh restoration by means of self-regulating tidal gate – Avon estuary, South Devon, UK, Gerd Masselink, Mick E. Hanley, Anissa C. Halwyn, Will Blake, Ken Kingston, Thomas Newton, and Mike Williams
From microscope to management: The critical value of plankton taxonomy to marine policy and biodiversity conservation, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, David G. Johns, Eileen Bresnan, Jennifer Skinner, Isabelle Rombouts, Rowena Stern, Anaïs Aubert, Marie Johansen, Jacob Bedford, and Antony Knights
Galaxy rotations from quantised inertia and visible matter only, ME McCulloch
Pleistocene range shifts, refugia and the origin of widespread species in Western Palaearctic water beetles., David García-Vázquez, David T. Bilton, Garth N. Foster, and I. Ribera
Proposal to designate Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2011 as the type species of the genus Methylothermus. Request for an Opinion., Rich Boden and Aharon Oren
Mesoscale and Submesoscale Effects on Mixed Layer Depth in the Southern Ocean, S. D. Bachman, J. R. Taylor, K. A. Adams, and P. J. Hosegood
Effects of ocean acidification on the shells of four Mediterranean gastropod species near a CO 2 seep, Ashley Duquette, James B. McClintock, Charles D. Amsler, Alberto Pérez-Huerta, Marco Milazzo, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
The Effect of Exogenous Applications of Salicylic Acid and Molybdenum on the Tolerance of Drought in Wheat, N/A Kareem, F, H Rihan, and M Fuller
High-resolution IKONOS satellite imagery for normalized difference vegetative index-related assessment applied to land clearance studies, CR Lavers and T Mason
Overwintering individuals of the Arctic krill Thysanoessa inermis appear tolerant to short-term exposure to low pH conditions, Theresa A. Venello, Piero Calosi, Lucy M. Turner, and Helen S. Findlay
Species specific anaesthetics for fish anaesthesia and euthanasia, GD Readman, SF Owen, TG Knowles, and JC Murrell
Animal behaviour: a very short introduction, M Briffa
