Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2013
Methodology for tidal turbine representation in ocean circulation model, Thomas Roc, Daniel C. Conley, and Deborah Greaves
Short Note: Repeated Non-Agonistic Interactions Between a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and Sperm Whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in Azorean Waters, Alexander D.M. Wilson
Future seagrass beds: Can increased productivity lead to increased carbon storage?, Bayden D. Russell, Sean D. Connell, Sven Uthicke, Nancy Muehllehner, Katharina E. Fabricius, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Global environmental changes: setting priorities for Latin American coastal habitats., Alexander Turra, Aldo Cróquer, Alvar Carranza, Andrés Mansilla, Arsenio J. Areces, Camilo Werlinger, Carlos Martínez-Bayón, Cristina Aparecida Gomes Nassar, Estela Plastino, Evangelina Schwindt, Fabrizio Scarabino, Fungyi Chow, Felix Lopes Figueroa, Flávio Berchez, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Luis A. Soto, Marcos Silveira Buckeridge, Margareth S. Copertino, MT Széchy, Natalia Pirani Ghilardi-Lopes, Paulo Horta, Ricardo Coutinho, Simonetta Fraschetti, and Zelinda Margarida de Andrade Nery Leão
Geochemical survey of Levante Bay, Vulcano Island (Italy), a natural laboratory for the study of ocean acidification., F. Boatta, W. D'Alessandro, A. L. Gagliano, M. Liotta, M. Milazzo, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, J. M. Hall-Spencer, and F. Parello
Frost hardiness expression and characterisation in wheat at ear emergence, M. Al-Issawi, H. Z. Rihan, Z H, N. El-Sarkassy, N, M. P. Fuller, and MP
A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development., Oliver Tills, Tabitha Bitterli, Phil Culverhouse, John I. Spicer, and Simon Rundle
Epibenthic Assessment of a Renewable Tidal Energy Site, Emma V. Sheehan, Sarah C. Gall, Sophie L. Cousens, and Martin J. Attrill
Hurricane-Driven Patterns of Clonality in an Ecosystem Engineer: The Caribbean Coral Montastraea annularis, Nicola L. Foster, Iliana B. Baums, Juan A. Sanchez, Claire B. Paris, Iliana Chollett, Claudia L. Agudelo, Mark J.A. Vermeij, and Peter J. Mumby
Marine Renewable Energies: Perspectives and Implications for Marine Ecosystems, Arianna Azzellino, Daniel Conley, Diego Vicinanza, and Jens Peter Kofoed
Responses of marine benthic microalgae to elevated CO2, V. R. Johnson, C. Brownlee, R. E.M. Rickaby, M. Graziano, M. Milazzo, and J. M. Hall-Spencer
Seasonal and depth-driven changes in rhodolith bed structure and associated macroalgae off Arvoredo island (southeastern Brazil), Cecília Pascelli, Pablo Riul, R Riosmena-Rodriguez, Fernando Scherner, Marcos Nunes, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Oliveira EC de, and Paulo Horta
Site fidelity and localised homing behaviour in three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), A. J.W. Ward, R. James, A. D.M. Wilson, and M. M. Webster
Tidally induced lateral dispersion of the Storfjorden overflow plume, F. Wobus, G. I. Shapiro, J. M. Huthnance, M. A.M. Maqueda, and Y. Aksenov
Tolerance of sponge assemblages to temperature anomalies: resilience and proliferation of sponges following the 1997-8 El-Niño southern oscillation., Francisco Kelmo, James J. Bell, and Martin J. Attrill
Towards a Consensus View on Understanding Nanomaterials Hazards and Managing Exposure: Knowledge Gaps and Recommendations, G Hunt, I Lynch, F Cassee, RD Handy, TF Fernandes, M Berges, TAJ Kuhlbusch, M Dusinska, and M Riediker
Towards improved socio-economic assessments of ocean acidification's impacts, Nathalie Hilmi, Denis Allemand, Sam Dupont, Alain Safa, Gunnar Haraldsson, Paulo A.L.D. Nunes, Chris Moore, Caroline Hattam, Stéphanie Reynaud, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Maoz Fine, Carol Turley, Ross Jeffree, James Orr, Philip L. Munday, and Sarah R. Cooley
Submissions from 2012
Germination of primed seed under NaCl stress in wheat., MP Fuller, JH Hamza, HZ Rihan, and Issawi M Al
Exogenous application of molybdenum affects the expression of CBF14 and the development of frost tolerance in wheat., Mohammed Al-Issawi, Hail Z. Rihan, Wondwossen Abate Woldie, Stephen Burchett, and Michael P. Fuller
Network position: a key component in the characterization of social personality types, Alexander D.M. Wilson, S Krause, Niels J. Dingemanse, and J Krause
Artificial Seed Production from Encapsulated Microshoots of Cauliflower (Brassica oleraceae var botrytis), HZ Rihan, MP Fuller, M Al-Issawi, and S Burchett
Sea anemones may thrive in a high CO2 world, David J. Suggett, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Toby G. Boatman, Ross Payton, DT Pettay, Vivienne R. Johnson, Mark E. Warner, and Tracy Lawson
The effect of geographical scale of sampling on DNA barcoding., Johannes Bergsten, David T. Bilton, Tomochika Fujisawa, Miranda Elliott, Michael T. Monaghan, Michael Balke, Lars Hendrich, Joja Geijer, Jan Herrmann, Garth N. Foster, Ignacio Ribera, Anders N. Nilsson, Timothy G. Barraclough, and Alfried P. Vogler
The Production of Cauliflower Microshoots using Curd Meristematic Tissues and Hypocotyl–derived Callus., HZ Rihan, M Al-Shamari, and MP Fuller
Temperate and tropical brown macroalgae thrive, despite decalcification, along natural CO2 gradients, Vivienne R. Johnson, Bayden D. Russell, Katharina E. Fabricius, Colin Brownlee, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Community-level response of coastal microbial biofilms to ocean acidification in a natural carbon dioxide vent ecosystem., Ian Lidbury, Vivienne Johnson, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Colin B. Munn, and Michael Cunliffe
Predicting ecosystem shifts requires new approaches that integrate the effects of climate change across entire systems., Bayden D. Russell, Christopher D.G. Harley, Thomas Wernberg, Nova Mieszkowska, Stephen Widdicombe, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Sean D. Connell
Investigation of the calcification response of foraminifera and pteropods to high CO2 environments in the Pleistocene, Paleogene and Cretaceous, M Hart, L Pettit, D Wall-Palmer, J Hall-Spencer, C Smart, A Medina-Sanchez, RM Prol-Ledesma, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, and P Collins
Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), JM Hall-Spencer
Threats to ultraoligotrophic marine ecosystems, D Kletou and JM Hall-Spencer
Numerical simulations of dense water cascading on a steep slope, Fred Wobus, Georgy I. Shapiro, Miguel A.M. Maqueda, and John M. Huthnance
Assessing the congruence of thermal niche estimations derived from distribution and physiological data. A test using diving beetles., David Sánchez-Fernández, Pedro Aragón, David T. Bilton, and Jorge M. Lobo
Effects of ocean acidification on Mediterranean coastal habitats, JM Hall-Spencer and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
Global habitat suitability of cold-water octocorals, Chris Yesson, Michelle L. Taylor, Derek P. Tittensor, Andrew J. Davies, John Guinotte, Amy Baco, Julie Black, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Alex D. Rogers
Influence of climate change and trophic coupling across four trophic levels in the Celtic Sea., Valentina Lauria, Martin J. Attrill, John K. Pinnegar, Andrew Brown, Martin Edwards, and Stephen C. Votier
Marine bivalve shell geochemistry and ultrastructure from modern low pH environments: environmental effect versus experimental bias, S. Hahn, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, E. Griesshaber, W. W. Schmahl, D. Buhl, J. M. Hall-Spencer, C. Baggini, K. T. Fehr, and A. Immenhauser
MOLECULAR DIVERSITY OF MAERL-FORMING CORALLINES (CORALLINALES, RHODOPHYTA), JJ Hernandez-Kantun, F Rindi, R Riosmena-Rodriguez, CA Maggs, JM Hall-Spencer, and V Pena
Ocean acidification and the loss of phenolic substances in marine plants., Thomas Arnold, Christopher Mealey, Hannah Leahey, A. Whitman Miller, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Marco Milazzo, and Kelly Maers
Personality and metamorphosis: is behavioral variation consistent across ontogenetic niche shifts?, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Jens Krause
210Pb-226Ra chronology reveals rapid growth rate of Madrepora oculata and Lophelia pertusa on world's largest cold-water coral reef, P. Sabatier, J. L. Reyss, J. M. Hall-Spencer, C. Colin, N. Frank, N Tisnerat-Laborde, L. Bordier, and E. Douville
There is no evidence for a temporal link between pathogen arrival and frog extinctions in north-eastern Australia., Ben L. Phillips, Robert Puschendorf, Jeremy VanDerWal, and Ross A. Alford
Submissions from 2011
Evidence of Northeastern Atlantic Ocean Acidification Recorded by Boron Isotopes on Deep-sea Coral Madrepora oculata, C Gonzales-Roubaud, E Douville, L Bordier, P Louvat, J Gaillardet, JM Hall-Spencer, and A Juillett-Leclerc
Seasonal and inter-annual temperature variability in the bottom waters over the western Black Sea shelf, G. I. Shapiro, F. Wobus, and D. L. Aleynik
Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function, JP Barry, JM Hall-Spencer, and S Widdicombe
In situ observations of fish associated with coral reefs off Ireland, M. Söffker, K. A. Sloman, and J. M. Hall-Spencer
Inventory of Environmental Impact Monitoring Activities at Wave & Tidal Energy Sites in Europe, D Conley, R Leeney, D Greaves, B Holmes, AM O’Hagan, B Godley, C McClellan, M Witt, H Mouslim, and J Sundberg
Corals, bryozoans and gastropods are able to calcify in acidified seawater, JM Hall-Spencer and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
Foraminifera resist ocean acidification in the Wagner Basin under conditions similar to high CO2 environments of the Cretaceous-Paleogene, JM Hall-Spencer, L Pettit, MB Hart, A Medina-Sánchez, CW Smart, P Collins, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, and Ledesma RM Prol
The response of foraminifera to modern seawater acidification: A real-time proxy for Paleogene hypothermal events, JM Hall-Spencer, MB Hart, BB Dias, CW Smart, and L Pettit
Deep-water corals along the Norwegian contintental margin: Multidisciplinary studies on Sula Ridge, Traena Reef, Røst Reef, Floholmen and Sotbakken, JM Hall-Spencer, MK Söffker, L Thomsen, and V Unnithan
Encapsulation of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var botrytis) microshoots as artificial seeds and their conversion and growth in commercial substrates, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, Stephen Burchett, and Michael P. Fuller
Assessment of pH variability at a coastal CO2 vent for ocean acidification studies, Philip Kerrison, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, David J. Suggett, Leanne J. Hepburn, and Michael Steinke
Capture technique and fish personality: angling targets timid bluegill sunfish,Lepomis macrochirus, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Thomas R. Binder, Keegan P. McGrath, Steven J. Cooke, and Jean Guy J. Godin
Mitigating amphibian disease: strategies to maintain wild populations and control chytridiomycosis., Douglas C. Woodhams, Jaime Bosch, Cheryl J. Briggs, Scott Cashins, Leyla R. Davis, Antje Lauer, Erin Muths, Robert Puschendorf, Benedikt R. Schmidt, Brandon Sheafor, and Jamie Voyles
Exploring CO2 volcanic vents at Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea, to study the planktonic calcifier response to long-term changes in carbonate chemistry, JM Hall-Spencer, M Passaro, P Ziveri, M Milazzo, and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
Exploring the geochemistry and shell ultrastructure of bivalves as archives of past ocean acidification events: recent Mytilidae in a natural acidic setting in Ischia (Italy, Mediterranean Sea), S Hahn, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, E Griesshaber, WW Schmahl, D Buhl, J Hall-Spencer, C Baggini, and A Immenhauser
Response of pteropods and foraminifera to changing pCO2 and pH: Examples from the Mediterranean Sea, M Hart, B Dias, J Hall-Spencer, D Wall-Palmer, and C Smart
Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), JM Hall-Spencer and RJ Brock
Can oxygen set thermal limits in an insect and drive gigantism?, Wilco C.E.P. Verberk and David T. Bilton
Effects of ocean acidification on macroalgal communities, Lucia Porzio, Maria Cristina Buia, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Fresh waters and fish diversity: distribution, protection and disturbance in tropical Australia., Stephanie R. Januchowski-Hartley, Richard G. Pearson, Robert Puschendorf, and Thomas Rayner
High in situ repeatability of behaviour indicates animal personality in the beadlet anemone Actinia equina (Cnidaria)., Mark Briffa and Julie Greenaway
Marine bivalve geochemistry and shell ultrastructure from modern low pH environments, S Hahn, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, E Griesshaber, WW Schmahl, D Buhl, JM Hall-Spencer, C Baggini, KT Fehr, and A Immenhauser
Morphodynamic characteristics and classification of beaches in England and Wales, Tim Scott, Gerhard Masselink, and Paul Russell
No reason for complacency, Jason Hall-Spencer
Short-term exposure to warm microhabitats could explain amphibian persistence with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis., Joshua H. Daskin, Ross A. Alford, and Robert Puschendorf
Specialization in Plant-Hummingbird Networks Is Associated with Species Richness, Contemporary Precipitation and Quaternary Climate-Change Velocity, B Dalsgaard, E Magard, J Fjeldsa, AMM Gonzalez, C Rahbek, JM Olesen, J Ollerton, R Alarcon, AC Araujo, PA Cotton, C Lara, CG Machado, I Sazima, M Sazima, A Timmermann, S Watts, B Sandel, WJ Sutherland, and J-C Svenning
Submissions from 2010
A Quantitative, Non-Destructive Methodology for Habitat Characterisation and Benthic Monitoring at Offshore Renewable Energy Developments, Emma V. Sheehan, Timothy F. Stevens, and Martin J. Attrill
Comparison of two storage methods for the analysis of cholinesterase activities in food animals., KA Askar, AC Kudi, and AJ Moody
Novel variation associated with species range expansion, James Buckley, Jon R. Bridle, and Andrew Pomiankowski
Association between the squat lobster Gastroptychus formosus and cold-water corals in the North Atlantic, Guilloux E. Le, J. M. Hall-Spencer, M. K. Söffker, and K. Olu
MODERN SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION: THE RESPONSE OF FORAMINIFERA TO HIGH CO2 CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND PTEROPODS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, MB Hart, B Dias, CW Smart, D Wall-Palmer, J Hayden, and JM Hall-Spencer
Foraging behaviour and brain morphology in recently emerged brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Robert L. McLaughlin
Herpetological observations from field expeditions to North Karnataka and Southwest Maharashtra, India, T Lewis, S Piggott, R Griffin, P Grieg-Smith, G Martin, G Barretto, K Bajibab, C Thorpe, P Prodromou, M Fordham, D Willis, J Turner, A Radanovic, D Holloway, R Wood, N Hand, S Lloyd, M Clapson, J Hennesy, and G Oldham
Background document for maerl, JM Hall-Spencer, J Kelly, and CA Maggs
Perfluorodecalin enhances in vivo confocal microscopy resolution of Arabidopsis thaliana mesophyll, George R. Littlejohn, João D. Gouveia, Christoph Edner, Nicholas Smirnoff, and John Love
Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), JM Hall-Spencer
In situ perturbation experiments: natural venting sites, spatial/temporal gradients in ocean pH, manipulative in situ pCO2 perturbations, JP Barry, JM Hall-Spencer, and T Tyrell
Effects of ocean acidification and high temperatures on the bryozoan Myriapora truncata at natural CO2 vents, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Chiara Lombardi, Silvia Cocito, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Maria Cristina Gambi
Effects of ocean acidification on invertebrate settlement at volcanic CO2 vents, M. Cigliano, M. C. Gambi, R. Rodolfo-Metalpa, F. P. Patti, and J. M. Hall-Spencer
Seamounts as refugia from ocean acidification for cold-water stony corals, Derek P. Tittensor, Amy R. Baco, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, James C. Orr, and Alex D. Rogers
The ecology of seamounts: structure, function, and human impacts., Malcolm R. Clark, Ashley A. Rowden, Thomas Schlacher, Alan Williams, Mireille Consalvey, Karen I. Stocks, Alex D. Rogers, Timothy D. O'Hara, Martin White, Timothy M. Shank, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
USING VOLCANIC MARINE CO2 VENTS TO STUDY THE EFFECTS OF OCEAN ACIDIFICATION ON BENTHIC BIOTA: HIGHLIGHTS FROM CASTELLO ARAGONESE D’ISCHIA (TYRRHENIAN SEA), MC Gambi, JM Hall-Spencer, M Cigliano, S Cocito, C Lombardi, M Lorenti, FP Patti, L Porzio, R Rodolfo-Metalpa, MC Scipione, and MC Buia
Submissions from 2009
Behavioral correlations across activity, mating, exploration, aggression, and antipredator contexts in the European house cricket, Acheta domesticus, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Emily M. Whattam, Rachel Bennett, Laksanavadee Visanuvimol, Chris Lauzon, and Susan M. Bertram
Boldness and Reproductive Fitness Correlates in the Eastern Mosquitofish,Gambusia holbrooki, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Jean Guy J. Godin, and Ashley J.W. Ward
Boldness and intermittent locomotion in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Jean Guy J. Godin
Background document for carbonate mounds, JM Hall-Spencer, KM Stehfest, and AJ Wheeler
Using scientific diving to investigate the long-term effects of ocean acidification at CO2 vents, JM Hall-Spencer and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
Background document for Lophelia pertusa reefs, JM Hall-Spencer and K Stehfest
Boldness and behavioral syndromes in the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Jean Guy J. Godin
Champagne Seas—Foretelling the Ocean’s Future?, J Hall-Spencer and E Rauer
Design of Marine Protected Areas on high seas and territorial waters of Rockall Bank, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Mark Tasker, Marta Soffker, Sabine Christiansen, Stuart Rogers, Maria Campbell, and Kjartan Hoydal
Long-term evolution of strongly nonlinear internal solitary waves in a rotating channel, JC Sanchez-Garrido and V. Vlasenko
Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts, Derek P. Tittensor, Amy R. Baco, Paul E. Brewin, Malcolm R. Clark, Mireille Consalvey, Jason Hall-Spencer, Ashley A. Rowden, Thomas Schlacher, Karen I. Stocks, and Alex D. Rogers
Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold-water coral disease, J Hall-Spencer, C Munn, and K Hiscock
Subtle but significant effects of CO2 acidified seawater on embryos of the intertidal snail, Littorina obtusata, Robert P. Ellis, Jess Bersey, Simon D. Rundle, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and John I. Spicer
Submissions from 2008
Non-linearities, regime shifts and recovery: The recent influence of climate on Black Sea chlorophyll, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Laurence D. Mee, Dionysios E. Raitsos, and Georgy I. Shapiro
Loss of Mediterranean marine biodiversity in a high-CO2 world, JM Hall-Spencer and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
ECOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF VOLCANIC CO2 VENTS, JM Hall-Spencer and R Rodolfo-Metalpa
The Science behind the Guidelines: A Scientific Guide to the FAO Draft International Guidelines (December 2007) for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and Examples of How the Guidelines may be Practically Implemented., JM Hall-Spencer, AD Rogers, MR Clark, and KM Gjerde
