Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2017
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
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
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, James B. McClintock, Ashley Duquette, 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, 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
Characteristics of ex-racing greyhounds in New Zealand and their impact on re-homing, JB Thomas, NJ Adams, and MJ Farnworth
V. Gerovasileiou et al.: New Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (July, 2017), A ARTICLE and C
Eco-engineering urban infrastructure for marine and coastal biodiversity: which interventions have the greatest ecological benefit?, EMA Strain, C Olabarria, M Mayer-Pinto, V Cumbo, and et al
Photoprotective responses in a brown macroalgae Cystoseira tamariscifolia to increases in CO2 and temperature., Paula S.M. Celis-Plá, Brezo Martínez, Nathalie Korbee, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Félix L. Figueroa
Dietary lipid content reorganizes gut microbiota and probiotic L. rhamnosus attenuates obesity and enhances catabolic hormonal milieu in zebrafish, Oliana Carnevali, Silvia Falcinelli, Ana Rodiles, Azadeh Hatef, Simona Picchietti, Lina Cossignani, Daniel L. Merrifield, and Suraj Unniappan
Physiological responses to ocean acidification and warming synergistically reduce condition of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, E. Z. Ong, M. Briffa, T. Moens, and Colen C Van
Assessing the impact of Benzo[a]pyrene on Marine Mussels: Application of a novel targeted low density microarray complementing classical biomarker responses, Mohamed Banni, Susanna Sforzini, Volker M. Arlt, Audrey Barranger, Lorna J. Dallas, Caterina Oliveri, Yann Aminot, Beniamina Pacchioni, Caterina Millino, Gerolamo Lanfranchi, James W. Readman, Michael N. Moore, Aldo Viarengo, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Towards ‘ecological coherence’: Assessing larval dispersal within a network of existing Marine Protected Areas, Rebecca E. Ross, Smith WAM Nimmo, and Kerry L. Howell
Defining the qualitative elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 with regard to the marine and coastal environment in order to strengthen global efforts for marine biodiversity conservation outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, Siân E. Rees, Nicola L. Foster, Olivia Langmead, Simon Pittman, and David E. Johnson
Report on the Marine Imaging Workshop 2017, T Schoening, J Durden, I Preuss, A Branzan Albu, and et al
Interannual variability in lower trophic levels on the Alaskan Shelf, Sonia D. Batten, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Seth Danielson, Russell Hopcroft, and Kenneth Coyle
Motor pattern during fights in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus: evidence for the role of skill in animal contests, Mark Briffa and Katlyn J. Fortescue
Systematic analysis of rocky shore platform morphology at large spatial scale using LiDAR-derived digital elevation models, Hironori Matsumoto, Mark E. Dickson, and Gerd Masselink
The Ocean's Vital Skin: Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Sea Surface Microlayer, Anja Engel, Hermann W. Bange, Michael Cunliffe, Susannah M. Burrows, Gernot Friedrichs, Luisa Galgani, Hartmut Herrmann, Norbert Hertkorn, Martin Johnson, Peter S. Liss, Patricia K. Quinn, Markus Schartau, Alexander Soloviev, Christian Stolle, Robert C. Upstill-Goddard, Pinxteren M van, and Birthe Zäncker
How does environment influence fighting? The effects of tidal flow on resource value and fighting costs in sea anemones, Alexandre V. Palaoro, Mariana Velasque, Sandro Santos, and Mark Briffa
Water beetles from the Bokkeveld Plateau: a semi-arid hotspot of freshwater biodiversity in the Northern Cape of South Africa, David T. Bilton
An adaptive grid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of shipping noise modelling, F Chen, LE Trigg, GI Shapiro, SN Ingram, and CB Embling
Root hydrotropism is controlled via a cortex-specific growth mechanism, JA Roberts
Social environment during egg laying: Changes in plasma hormones with no consequences for yolk hormones or fecundity in female Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica, Esther M.A. Langen, Nikolaus von Engelhardt, and Vivian C. Goerlich-Jansson
Purchasing popular purebreds: investigating the influence of breed-type on the pre-purchase motivations and behaviour of dog owners, RMA Packer, D Murphy, and MJ Farnworth
Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the ‘Proteobacteria’, and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, and Alex W. Rae
Testing quantised inertia on emdrives with dielectrics, ME McCulloch
Tidally induced residual current over the Malin Sea continental slope, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk, Phil Hosegood, and smith W nimmo
An evaluation of Thiomicrospira, Hydrogenovibrio and Thioalkalimicrobium: reclassification of 4 species of Thiomicrospira to each Thiomicrorhabdus gen. nov. and Hydrogenovibrio, and reclassification of all 4 species of Thioalkalimicrobium to Thiomicrospira., R Boden, KM Scott, J Williams, S Russel, K Antonen, AW Rae, and LP Hutt
Frontal circulation and submesoscale variability during the formation of a Southern Ocean mesoscale eddy, Katherine A. Adams, Philip Hosegood, John R. Taylor, JB Sallee, Scott Bachman, Ricardo Torres, and Megan Stamper
Tropidechis carinatus (Rough-scaled Snake) and Pseudechis poryphryriacus (Red-bellied Black Snake). Predation/ Diet, R Puschendorf, Voyles, and J
Erosion characteristics and horizontal variability for small erosion depths in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, California, USA, David H. Schoellhamer, Andrew J. Manning, and Paul A. Work
How accurately are we describing the longline bycatch? The case of the ‘rare’ shark Alopias superciliosus in eastern Mediterranean, P Kleitou, C Antoniou, I Giovos, and D Kletou
Inorganic carbon physiology underpins macroalgal responses to elevated CO2, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Observations of nearshore infragravity wave dynamics under high energy swell and wind-wave conditions, Kris Inch, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, and Paul Russell
A revision of the South African riffle beetle genus Leielmis Delève, 1964 (Coleoptera: Elmidae), David T. Bilton
Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy, LV Weatherdon, W Appeltans, N Bowles-Newark, TM Brooks, and et al
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
The price of attack: Rethinking damage costs in animal contests, Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
Advances in physiological and molecular aspects of plant cold tolerance, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, and Michael P. Fuller
Transporting ideas between marine and social sciences: experiences from interdisciplinary research programs., Lucy M. Turner, Ramachandra Bhatta, Louise Eriander, Lena Gipperth, Kerstin Johannesson, Alin Kadfak, I Karunasagar, Per Knutsson, Kristjan Laas, Per Olav Moksnes, and Anna Godhe
A downslope propagating thermal front over the continental slope, Haren H van and Phil J. Hosegood
Characterisation of microsatellites for Litoria nannotis (Amphibia : Hylidae), an endangered waterfall frog endemic to the Australian Wet Tropics, R Puschendorf, EV Todd, and MG Gardner
A global map of saltmarshes, C Mcowen, L Weatherdon, J-W Bochove, E Sullivan, and et al
Near-surface distribution of pollutants in coastal waters as assessed by novel polyethylene passive samplers, Yann Aminot, Angel Belles, Claire Alary, and James W. Readman
Ecophysiological responses to elevated CO2 and temperature in Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Phaeophyceae), Paula S.M. Celis-Plá, Brezo Martínez, Nathalie Korbee, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Félix L. Figueroa
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
Frequent discordance between morphology and mitochondrial DNA in a species group of European water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)., David T. Bilton, Lucy Turner, and Garth N. Foster
Editorial: Why microbiologists are not barophiles, Rich Boden
Factors affecting the prevalence of the trematode parasite Echinostephilla patellae (Lebour, 1911) in the limpet Patella vulgata (L.), Louise B. Firth, Lisa M. Grant, Tasman P. Crowe, Jonathan S. Ellis, Christena Wiler, Christopher Convery, and Nessa E. O'Connor
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
Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa, Matthew S. Bird, David T. Bilton, and Renzo Perissinotto
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
Ten years of Brazilian ballast water management, Maria Cecilia Trindade Castro, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Cecília Fonseca Poggian, and Timothy W. Fileman
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
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
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
Obtaining accurate glucose measurements from wild animals under field conditions: comparing a hand held glucometer with a standard laboratory technique in grey seals, Kimberley A. Bennett, Lucy M. Turner, Sebastian Millward, Simon E.W. Moss, and Ailsa J. Hall
Effects of the social environment during adolescence on the development of social behaviour, hormones and morphology in male zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata), Stefanie Bölting and N von Engelhardt
Infestation of shore crab gills by a free-living mussel species, Benjamin J. Ciotti, Rowan Poulter, P. Graham Oliver, Chris Hauton, and Trystan Sanders
Invasive species in the Northeastern and Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: A review, Maria Cecilia T.de Castro, Timothy W. Fileman, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Does repeatable behaviour in the laboratory represent behaviour under natural conditions? A formal comparison in sea anemones, Mark Briffa and Andrew Osborn
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
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
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
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
The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project, Lawrence N. Hudson, Tim Newbold, Sara Contu, Samantha L.L. Hill, Igor Lysenko, Palma A De, Helen R.P. Phillips, Tamera I. Alhusseini, Felicity E. Bedford, Dominic J. Bennett, Hollie Booth, Victoria J. Burton, Charlotte W.T. Chng, Argyrios Choimes, David L.P. Correia, Julie Day, Susy Echeverría-Londoño, Susan R. Emerson, Di Gao, Morgan Garon, Michelle L.K. Harrison, Daniel J. Ingram, M Jung, Victoria Kemp, Lucinda Kirkpatrick, Callum D. Martin, Yuan Pan, Gwilym D. Pask-Hale, Edwin L. Pynegar, and AN Robinson
Microplastics Affect the Ecological Functioning of an Important Biogenic Habitat., DS Green, B Boots, NE O'Connor, and R Thompson
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
Abandoning animal personality would cause obfuscation: a comment on Beekman and Jordan, Mark Briffa
Algal polysaccharide utilisation by saprotrophic planktonic marine fungi, Michael Cunliffe, Anita Hollingsworth, Cal Bain, Vikram Sharma, and Joe D. Taylor
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 analysis of the development of cauliflower seed as a model to improve the molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in cauliflower artificial seeds, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, and Michael P. Fuller
An Annotated Draft Genome for Radix auricularia (Gastropoda, Mollusca), T Schell, B Feldmeyer, H Schmidt, B Greshake, O Tills, M Truebano, SD Rundle, J Paule, I Ebersberger, and M Pfenninger
Animal behaviour: a very short introduction, M Briffa
Annual prediction of shoreline erosion and subsequent recovery, Mark A. Davidson, Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, and Mitchel D. Harley
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
Artificial Seeds (Principle, Aspects and Applications), Hail Z. Rihan, Fakhriya Kareem, Mohammed E. El-Mahrouk, and Michael P. Fuller
Assessing altimetry close to the coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, and S. Abdalla
Assessing larval connectivity for marine spatial planning in the Adriatic, L. Bray, D. Kassis, and J. M. Hall-Spencer
Bottom trapped internal waves over the Malin Sea continental slope, Vasiliy Vlasenko and Nataliya Stashchuk
