Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2016
Predicting bee community responses to land-use changes: Effects of geographic and taxonomic biases, Palma A De, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Marcelo A. Aizen, Matthias Albrecht, Yves Basset, Adam Bates, Robin J. Blake, Céline Boutin, Rob Bugter, Stuart Connop, Leopoldo Cruz-López, Saul A. Cunningham, Ben Darvill, Tim Diekötter, Silvia Dorn, Nicola Downing, Martin H. Entling, Nina Farwig, Antonio Felicioli, Steven J. Fonte, Robert Fowler, Markus Franzén, Dave Goulson, Ingo Grass, Mick E. Hanley, Stephen D. Hendrix, Farina Herrmann, Felix Herzog, Andrea Holzschuh, Birgit Jauker, Michael Kessler, M. E. Knight, Andreas Kruess, Patrick Lavelle, Féon V Le, Pia Lentini, Louise A. Malone, Jon Marshall, Eliana Martínez Pachón, Quinn S. McFrederick, Carolina L. Morales, Sonja Mudri-Stojnic, Guiomar Nates-Parra, Sven G. Nilsson, Erik Öckinger, Lynne Osgathorpe, Alejandro Parra-H, Carlos A. Peres, Anna S. Persson, Theodora Petanidou, Katja Poveda, Eileen F. Power, Marino Quaranta, Carolina Quintero, Romina Rader, Miriam H. Richards, Tai Roulston, Laurent Rousseau, Jonathan P. Sadler, Ulrika Samnegård, Nancy A. Schellhorn, Christof Schüepp, Oliver Schweiger, Allan H. Smith-Pardo, Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter, Jane C. Stout, Rebecca K. Tonietto, Teja Tscharntke, Jason M. Tylianakis, Hans A.F. Verboven, Carlos H. Vergara, Jort Verhulst, Catrin Westphal, Hyung Joo Yoon, and Andy Purvis
A high-resolution map of the gut microbiota in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): A basis for comparative gut microbial research, K Garjardo, Trond M. Kortner, TM, Åshild Krogdahl, Anne Marie Bakke, Daniel L. Merrifield, and S Henning
Bird pollinators, seed storage and cockatoo granivores explain large woody fruits as best seed defense in Hakea, Byron B. Lamont, Mick E. Hanley, Philip K. Groom, and Tianhua He
Reconstructing ancient Mediterranean crossroads in Deronectes diving beetles, Ignacio Ribera, David García-Vázquez, David T. Bilton, Rocío Alonso, Cesar J. Benetti, Josefina Garrido, and Luis F. Valladares
Ocean acidification affects fish spawning but not paternity at CO2 seeps, Marco Milazzo, Carlo Cattano, Suzanne H. Alonzo, Andrew Foggo, Michele Gristina, Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Mauro Sinopoli, Davide Spatafora, Kelly A. Stiver, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
A new species of Anacaena Thomson, 1859 from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), David T. Bilton and Albrecht Komarek
Two new water beetles from the South African Cape (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
Temporal patterns in habitat use by small cetaceans at an oceanographically dynamic marine renewable energy test site in the Celtic Sea, S. L. Cox, M. J. Witt, C. B. Embling, B. J. Godley, P. J. Hosegood, P. I. Miller, S. C. Votier, and S. N. Ingram
An experimental comparison of three towed underwater video systems using species metrics, benthic impact and performance, Emma V. Sheehan, Sandrine Vaz, Erin Pettifer, Nicola L. Foster, Sarah J. Nancollas, Sophie Cousens, Luke Holmes, Jean Valery Facq, Gregory Germain, and Martin J. Attrill
A lionfish (Pterois miles) invasion has begun in the Mediterranean Sea, Demetris Kletou, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Periklis Kleitou
Optical closure in marine waters from in situ inherent optical property measurements, Ina Lefering, Fethi Bengil, Charles Trees, Rüdiger Röttgers, David Bowers, Alex Nimmo-Smith, Jill Schwarz, and David McKee
After the Ice Age: The Impact of Post-Glacial Dispersal on the Phylogeography of a Small Mammal, Muscardinus avellanarius, W. Edwin Harris, Fraser J. Combe, Jonathan S. Ellis, Kirsty L. Lloyd, Bradley Cain, and C. Philip Wheater
Amphiesma stolatum (striped keelback): Habitat and reproduction, D Pryce, C Thorpe, S Kulkarni, and T Lewis
A critical evaluation of the fish early-life stage toxicity test for engineered nanomaterials: experimental modifications and recommendations, BJ Shaw, CC Liddle, KM Windeatt, and RD Handy
Differential responses of three coastal grassland species to seawater flooding, Mick E. Hanley, Tom L. Gove, Gregory R. Cawthray, and Timothy D. Colmer
Observed shifts in the contact zone between two forms of the diving beetle Hydroporus memnonius are consistent with predictions from sexual conflict., David T. Bilton and Garth N. Foster
Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications, Matthew S. Bird, Renzo Perissinotto, and David T. Bilton
Amphiesma stolatum (striped keelback): Habitat and reproduction, D Pryce, CJ Thorpe, S Kulkarni, and TR Lewis
Corrigendum: A physics-enabled flow restoration algorithm for sparse PIV and PTV measurements (2015 Meas. Sci. Technol . 26 065301), Andrey Vlasenko, Edward C.C. Steele, and W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith
DERMOPHIS GLANDULOSUS (Glandular Caecilian) DIET, R Puschendorf and G Chaves
Sediment transport dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions, Daniel Conley, Andrea Ruju, Gerd Masselink, and Jack Puleo
The integration of alien plants in mutualistic plant-hummingbird networks across the Americas: the importance of species traits and insularity, PK Maruyama, J Vizentin-Bugoni, J Sonne, González AM Martín, M Schleuning, AC Araujo, AC Baquero, J Cardona, P Cardona, PA Cotton, G Kohler, C Lara, T Malucelli, OH Marín-Gómez, J Ollerton, AM Rui, A Timmermann, IG Varassin, TB Zanata, C Rahbek, M Sazima, and B Dalsgaard
Understanding and predicting the temporal variability of sediment grain size characteristics on high-energy beaches, Sam Prodger, Paul Russell, Mark Davidson, Jon Miles, and Tim Scott
Prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli from raw vegetables in Lebanon, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Victor Kuri, Sukayna Fadlallah, and Ghassan M. Matar
Endemicity of chytridiomycosis features pathogen overdispersion, Laura F. Grogan, Andrea D. Phillott, Benjamin C. Scheele, Lee Berger, Scott D. Cashins, Sara C. Bell, Robert Puschendorf, and Lee F. Skerratt
Innovations and best practice in undergraduate education, GR Littlejohn, G Scott, and M Williams
Focusing of baroclinic tidal energy in a canyon, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk, Mark E. Inall, Marie Porter, and Dmitry Aleynik
Seasonal biochemical and photophysiological responses in the intertidal macroalga Cystoseira tamariscifolia (Ochrophyta), PSM Celis-Pla, Zenilda L. Bouzon, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Eder C. Schmidt, Nathalie Korbee, and Félix L. Figueroa
Video-based nearshore bathymetry estimation in macro-tidal environments, E. W.J. Bergsma, D. C. Conley, M. A. Davidson, and T. J. O'Hare
Something in the air? The impact of volatiles on mollusc attack of oilseed rape seedlings, Mick E. Hanley, Roger W.R. Shannon, Anne Emmanuelle Félix, Guy M. Poppy, Philip L. Newland, and Dam NM van
Extreme wave activity during 2013/2014 winter and morphological impacts along the Atlantic coast of Europe, Gerd Masselink, Bruno Castelle, Tim Scott, Guillaume Dodet, Serge Suanez, Derek Jackson, and France Floc'H
The need for speed in a crisis discipline: perspectives on peer-review duration and implications for conservation science, Steven J. Cooke, Vivian M. Nguyen, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Michael R. Donaldson, Austin J. Gallagher, Neil Hammerschlag, and Neal R. Haddaway
Beach response to consecutive extreme storms using LiDAR along the SW coast of England, Olivier Burvingt, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Tim Scott
Expected Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on Mediterranean Marine Life, Laura Bray, Sofia Reizopoulou, Evangelos Voukouvalas, Takvor Soukissian, Carme Alomar, M Vazquez-Luis, Salud Deudero, Martin J. Attrill, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
MARINE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ASSESSMENT OF ST. HELENA, SE Rees
Use and perception of collars for companion cats in New Zealand, M Harrod, AJ Keown, and MJ Farnworth
Temporal fluctuations in seawater pCO2 may be as important as mean differences when determining physiological sensitivity in natural systems, Daniel P. Small, Marco Milazzo, Camilla Bertolini, Helen Graham, Chris Hauton, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Samuel P.S. Rastrick
The impact of ocean acidification and warming on the skeletal mechanical properties of the sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus from laboratory and field observations, Marie Collard, Samuel P.S. Rastrick, Piero Calosi, Yoann Demolder, Jean Dille, Helen S. Findlay, Jason Michael Hall-Spencer, Marco Milazzo, Laure Moulin, Steve Widdicombe, Frank Dehairs, and Philippe Dubois
Direct measurement of hairpin‐like vortices in the bottom boundary layer of the coastal ocean, Edward C.C. Steele, W. Alex M. Nimmo‐Smith, and Andrey Vlasenko
High proportion of smaller ranged hummingbird species coincides with ecological specialization across the Americas, Jesper Sonne, Ana M. Martín González, Pietro K. Maruyama, Brody Sandel, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Matthias Schleuning, Stefan Abrahamczyk, Ruben Alarcón, Andréa C. Araujo, Francielle P. Araújo, Severino Mendes de Azevedo, Andrea C. Baquero, Peter A. Cotton, Tanja Toftemark Ingversen, Glauco Kohler, Carlos Lara, Flor Maria Guedes Las-Casas, Adriana O. Machado, Caio Graco Machado, María Alejandra Maglianesi, Alan Cerqueira Moura, David Nogués-Bravo, Genilda M. Oliveira, Paulo E. Oliveira, Juan Francisco Ornelas, Licléia Da Cruz Rodrigues, Liliana Rosero-Lasprilla, Ana Maria Rui, Marlies Sazima, Allan Timmermann, IG Varassin, Z Wang, S Watts, J Fjeldså, J-C Svenning, C Rahbek, and B Dalsgaard
Detecting horses’ sickness: In search of visible signs, M Hausberger, C Fureix, and C Lesimple
Responses to threat in a freshwater invader: Longitudinal data reveal personality, habituation and robustness to changing water temperatures in the ‘killer shrimp’ Dikerogammarus villosus (Crustacea: Amphipoda)., M Briffa, N Jones, and C MacNeil
Offspring Hormones Reflect the Maternal Prenatal Social Environment: Potential for Foetal Programming?, Kristine Meise, Nikolaus von Engelhardt, Jaume Forcada, and Joseph Ivan Hoffman
The influence of pre-wash chopping and storage conditions of parsley on the efficacy of disinfection against S. Typhimurium, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Victor Kuri, and Ewen C.D. Todd
Weak rappers rock more: Hermit crabs assess their own agonistic behaviour., Mark Briffa and Elizabeth Edmonds
Probiotic treatment reduces appetite and glucose level in the zebrafish model, Oliana Carnevali, Silvia Falcinelli, Ana Rodiles, Suraj Unniappan, Simona Picchietti, Giorgia Gioacchini, and Daniel Lee Merrifield
An evaluation framework to determine the impact of the Lyme Bay Fisheries and Conservation Reserve and the activities of the Lyme Bay Consultative Committee on ecosystem services and human wellbeing., SE Rees, M Ashley, L Evans, S Mangi, L Rodwell, M Attrill, O Langmead, E Sheehan, and A Rees
A new parameterisation for runup on gravel beaches, Timothy G. Poate, Robert T. McCall, and Gerd Masselink
Assessing walking posture with geometric morphometrics: Effects of rearing environment in pigs, C Tallet, E Sénèque, C Mégnin, S Morisset, and et al
Boa constrictor (Common Boa). Reproduction / Courtship, R Puschendorf and G Chaves
Boundary layer dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions, Andrea Ruju, Daniel Conley, Gerd Masselink, Martin Austin, Jack Puleo, Thijs Lanckriet, and Diane Foster
Dietary administration of a commercial mixed-species probiotic improves growth performance and modulates the intestinal immunity of tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, B. T. Standen, D. L. Peggs, M. D. Rawling, A. Foey, S. J. Davies, G. A. Santos, and D. L. Merrifield
Differences in the timing of cardio-respiratory development determine whether marine gastropod embryos survive or die in hypoxia., Simon D. Rundle, Tabitha S. Rudin-Bitterli, and John I. Spicer
Dynamics of rip currents associated with groynes — field measurements, modelling and implications for beach safety, Tim Scott, Martin Austin, Gerd Masselink, and Paul Russell
Effect of photosynthetic photon flux density on growth, photosynthetic competence and antioxidant enzymes activity during ex vitro acclimatization of Dieffenbachia cultivars, Y. H. Dewir, M. E. El-Mahrouk, H. N. Murthy, H. Z. Rihan, H. S. Al-Shmgani, and M. P. Fuller
EGRINs (Environmental Gene Regulatory Influence Networks) in Rice That Function in the Response to Water Deficit, High Temperature, and Agricultural Environments, Michael Purugganan, Olivia Wilkins, Christoph Hafemeister, Anne Plessis, Meisha Marika Holloway-Phillips, Gina M. Pham, Adrienne B. Nicotra, Glenn B. Gregorio, SVK Jagadish, Endang M. Septiningsih, and Richard Bonneau
Erratum to: Permanent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, Dimitrios Stamatis, Tatiparthi Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Victor Markowitz, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke, and Nikos Kyrpides
European Red List of Habitats Part 1. Marine habitats, S Gubbay and JM Hall-Spencer
Individual and population-level responses to ocean acidification, Ben P. Harvey, Niall J. McKeown, Samuel P.S. Rastrick, Camilla Bertolini, Andy Foggo, Helen Graham, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Marco Milazzo, Paul W. Shaw, Daniel P. Small, and Pippa J. Moore
Innovation and model organisms for the environmental hazard assessment of engineered nanomaterials, RD Handy
Long-term modifications of coastal defences enhance marine biodiversity, Gustavo M. Martins, Stuart R. Jenkins, Ana I. Neto, Stephen J. Hawkins, and Richard C. Thompson
Making microscopy count: quantitative light microscopy of dynamic processes in living plants, Michael J. Deeks, Mark D. Fricker, Julian Moger, and George R. Littlejohn
Material type and roughness influence structure of inter-tidal communities on coastal defenses, Eva Cacabelos, Gustavo M. Martins, Richard Thompson, Afonso C.L. Prestes, José Manuel N. Azevedo, and Ana I. Neto
Metabolic responses to high pCO2 conditions at a CO2 vent site in juveniles of a marine isopod species assemblage, Lucy M. Turner, Elena Ricevuto, Gallucci A Massa, Maurizio Lorenti, Maria Cristina Gambi, and Piero Calosi
Microbiological quality of ready-to-eat fresh vegetables and their link to food safety environment and handling practices in restaurants, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Ewen C.D. Todd, and Victor Kuri
Modelling the alongshore variability of optimum rip current escape strategies on a multiple rip-channelled beach, Bruno Castelle, R. Jak McCarroll, Robert W. Brander, Timothy Scott, and Benjamin Dubarbier
Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae), Michael Balke, Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint, Rolf G. Beutel, J Moriniere, Fenglong Jia, Shengquan Xu, Mariano C. Michat, Xin Zhou, David T. Bilton, Ignacio Ribera, and J Hajek
Nanomaterials in the aquatic environment: A European Union-United States perspective on the status of ecotoxicity testing, research priorities, and challenges ahead, H Selck, RD Handy, TF Fernandes, SJ Klaine, and EJ Petersen
On the use of the Radon transform to estimate longshore currents from video imagery, Rafael Almar, Stanislas Larnier, Bruno Castelle, Timothy Scott, and France Floc'h
Permanent draft genome of Thermithiobacillus tepidarius DSM 3134T, a moderately thermophilic, obligately chemolithoautotrophic member of the Acidithiobacillia, Rich Boden, Lee P. Hutt, Marcel Huntemann, Alicia Clum, Manoj Pillay, Krishnaveni Palaniappan, Neha Varghese, Natalia Mikhailova, Dimitrios Stamatis, Tatiparthi Reddy, Chew Yee Ngan, Chris Daum, Nicole Shapiro, Victor Markowitz, Natalia Ivanova, Tanja Woyke, and Nikos Kyrpides
Physiological niche and geographical range in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)., Rebekah Cioffi, A. John Moody, Andrés Millán, Richard A. Billington, and David T. Bilton
Preliminary Results From A Computational Multi Agent Modelling Approach To Study Humpback Whale Song Cultural Transmission, M Mcloughlin, L Lamoni, E Garland, S Ingram, A Kirke, M Noad, L Rendell, and ER Miranda
Research highlights from Regional Studies in Marine Science, J. M. Hall-Spencer, G. G. Lauenstein, and K. M.Y. Leung
R-gene variation across Arabidopsis lyrata subspecies: effects of population structure, selection and mating system, James Buckley, Elizabeth Kilbride, Volkan Cevik, Joana G. Vicente, Eric B. Holub, and Barbara K. Mable
Same-sex sexual behaviour as a dominance display, Clarissa M. House, Sarah M. Lane, Alice E. Haughan, Daniel Evans, and Tom Tregenza
Seabird diversity hotspot linked to ocean productivity in the Canary Current Large Marine Ecosystem, W. James Grecian, Matthew J. Witt, Martin J. Attrill, Stuart Bearhop, Peter H. Becker, Carsten Egevang, Robert W. Furness, Brendan J. Godley, Jacob González-Solís, David Grémillet, Matthias Kopp, Amélie Lescroël, Jason Matthiopoulos, Samantha C. Patrick, Hans Ulrich Peter, Richard A. Phillips, Iain J. Stenhouse, and Stephen C. Votier
Sediment transport partitioning in the swash zone of a large-scale laboratory beach, Jack A. Puleo, Thijs Lanckriet, Daniel Conley, and Diane Foster
Sexual dimorphism and sexual conflict in the diving beetle Agabus uliginosus (L.) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), David T. Bilton, Jamie W.G. Hayward, Jonathan Rocha, and Garth N. Foster
Sources, Distribution, and Fate of Microscopic Plastics in Marine Environments, Richard C. Thompson
Sublethal effects of copper sulphate compared to copper nanoparticles in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) at low pH: physiology and metal accumulation, GA Al-Bairuty, D Boyle, TB Henry, and RD Handy
Ten practical realities for institutional animal care and use committees when evaluating protocols dealing with fish in the field, Steven J. Cooke, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Chris K. Elvidge, Robert J. Lennox, Niels Jepsen, Alison H. Colotelo, and Richard S. Brown
The transfer rate of Salmonella Typhimurium from contaminated parsley to other consecutively chopped batches via cutting boards under different food handling scenarios, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Victor Kuri, and Ewen Todd
The Whittard Canyon - A case study of submarine canyon processes, T. Amaro, V. A.I. Huvenne, A. L. Allcock, T. Aslam, J. S. Davies, R. Danovaro, Stigter HC De, G. C.A. Duineveld, C. Gambi, A. J. Gooday, L. M. Gunton, R. Hall, K. L. Howell, J. Ingels, K. Kiriakoulakis, C. E. Kershaw, M. S.S. Lavaleye, K. Robert, H. Stewart, Rooij D Van, M. White, and A. M. Wilson
Understanding the routes of contamination of ready-to-eat vegetables in the Middle East, Dima Faour-Klingbeil, Muhammad Murtada, Victor Kuri, and Ewen C.D. Todd
Visual Pigments, Ocular Filters and the Evolution of Snake Vision, Bruno F. Simões, Filipa L. Sampaio, Ronald H. Douglas, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Nicholas R. Casewell, Robert A. Harrison, Nathan S. Hart, Julian C. Partridge, David M. Hunt, and David J. Gower
Submissions from 2015
Marine Microphytobenthic Assemblage Shift along a Natural Shallow-Water CO2 Gradient Subjected to Multiple Environmental Stressors, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Vivienne R. Johnson, Colin Brownlee, and Marco Milazzo
Permanent draft genome of ‘Rhodopirellula islandica’ strain K833, J Kizina, M Žure, E Rhiel, and et al
Antioxidative capacity and electrolyte leakage in healthy versus phytoplasma infected tissues of Euphorbia coerulescens and Orbea gigantean, YH Dewir, Mahrouk ME El, HZ Rihan, CA Sáez, and MP FULLER
Thermal Imaging to Study Stress Non-invasively in Unrestrained Birds, Ruedi Nager, Paul Jerem, Katherine Herborn, Dominic McCafferty, and Dorothy McKeegan
The impact of CO2 emissions on 'nuisance' marine species, JM Hall-Spencer and R Allen
Plants and climate change: complexities and surprises, Camille Parmesan and Mick E. Hanley
Stereotypic mice are aggressed by their cage-mates, and tend to be poor demonstrators in social learning tasks, L Harper, E Choleris, K Ervin, C Fureix, and et al
The Influence of Data Resolution on Predicted Distribution and Estimates of Extent of Current Protection of Three 'Listed' Deep-Sea Habitats, LK Ross, RE Ross, Heather A. Stewart, and Kerry L. Howell
Impact of Ocean Acidification on Marine Organisms—Unifying Principles and New Paradigms, Sam Dupont, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Mike Thorndyke
Action Cameras: Bringing Aquatic and Fisheries Research into View, Daniel P. Struthers, Andy J. Danylchuk, Alexander D.M. Wilson, and Steven J. Cooke
What can inactivity (in its various forms) reveal about affective states in non-human animals? A review, C Fureix and RK Meagher
Erratum: How long is too long in contemporary peer review? Perspectives from authors publishing in conservation biology journals (PLoS ONE (2015) 10:9 e0139783)), V. M. Nguyen, N. R. Haddaway, L. F.G. Gutowsky, A. D.M. Wilson, A. J. Gallagher, and M. R. Donaldson
Testing the resilience of dead maerl infaunal assemblages to the experimental removal and re-lay of habitat, Martin J. Attrill, Emma V. Sheehan, Danielle Bridger, and Sophie L. Cousens
