Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2015
Internal tides near the Celtic Sea shelf break: A new look at a well known problem, Vasiliy Vlasenko and Nataliya Stashchuk
Mapping the stray domestic cat (Felis catus) population in New Zealand: Species distribution modelling with a climate change scenario and implications for protected areas, GD Aguilar, MJ Farnworth, and L Winder
The maternal social environment shapes offspring growth, physiology, and behavioural phenotype in guinea pigs., N von Engelhardt, GJ Kowalski, and A Guenther
Does Angling Technique Selectively Target Fishes Based on Their Behavioural Type?, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Brittany Sullivan, Sofia Jain-Schlaepfer, and Steven J. Cooke
Ocean acidification bends the Mermaid’s Wineglass, Laura A. Newcomb, Marco Milazzo, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Emily Carrington
Observation and prediction of three-dimensional morphology at a high-energy macrotidal beach, Christopher Stokes, Mark Davidson, and Paul Russell
How Long Is Too Long in Contemporary Peer Review? Perspectives from Authors Publishing in Conservation Biology Journals, Vivian M. Nguyen, Neal R. Haddaway, Lee F.G. Gutowsky, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Austin J. Gallagher, Michael R. Donaldson, Neil Hammerschlag, and Steven J. Cooke
Modelling the morphodynamics of gravel beaches during storms with XBeach-G, R. T. McCall, G. Masselink, T. G. Poate, J. A. Roelvink, and L. P. Almeida
Marine governance in the English Channel (La Manche): Linking science and management., G. Glegg, R. Jefferson, and S. Fletcher
Two new species of madicolous water beetle from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
New species and new records of Mesoceration Janssens, 1967 from South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
A physics-enabled flow restoration algorithm for sparse PIV and PTV measurements, Andrey Vlasenko, Edward C.C. Steele, and W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith
Frost Hardiness of Iraqi Wheat genotypes, M Al-Issawi, HZ Rihan, UH Mahdi, and MP Fuller
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
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
A review of the Canthyporus exilis group, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), David T. Bilton
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
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
Ocean acidification: how will marine life cope?, JM Hall-Spencer
Evaluation of ecosystem-based marine management strategies based on risk assessment, GJ Piet, RH Jongbloed, AM Knights, JE Tamis, and et al
Lactobacillus rhamnosus lowers zebrafish lipid content by changing gut microbiota and host transcription of genes involved in lipid metabolism., Oliana Carnevali, Silvia Falcinelli, Simona Picchietti, Ana Rodiles, Lina Cossignani, Daniel L. Merrifield, Anna Rita Taddei, Francesca Maradonna, Ike Olivotto, and Giorgia Gioacchini
Individual quality and personality: bolder males are less fecund in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus., Mark Briffa, Danielle Bridger, and Simon J. Bonner
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
Effects of Emergence Time and Early Social Rearing Environment on Behaviour of Atlantic Salmon: Consequences for Juvenile Fitness and Smolt Migration, Martin H. Larsen, Jörgen I. Johnsson, Svante Winberg, Alexander D.M. Wilson, David Hammenstig, Per Ove Thörnqvist, Jonathan D. Midwood, Kim Aarestrup, and Erik Höglund
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
Fundamental formulae for wave-energy conversion, J Falnes and A Kurniawan
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
An exposure-effect approach for evaluating ecosystem-wide risks from human activities, AM Knights, GJ Piet, RH Jongbloed, and et al
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
Developmental telomere attrition predicts impulsive decision-making in adult starlings, M Bateson, BO Brilot, R Gillespie, P Monaghan, and D Nettle
A new species of Yola Gozis, 1886 from the Western Cape of South Africa (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini), David T. Bilton
An experimental demonstration that early-life competitive disadvantage accelerates telomere loss, D Nettle, P Monaghan, R Gillespie, and et al
Animal personality as a cause and consequence of contest behaviour., Mark Briffa, Lynne U. Sneddon, and Alastair J. Wilson
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
Bone-eating Osedax worms lived on Mesozoic marine reptile deadfalls., S Danise and ND Higgs
Calcification is not the Achilles' heel of cold-water corals in an acidifying ocean., Riccardo Rodolfo-Metalpa, Paolo Montagna, Stefano Aliani, Mireno Borghini, Simonepietro Canese, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Andy Foggo, Marco Milazzo, Marco Taviani, and Fanny Houlbrèque
Capelatus prykei gen. et sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae) - a phylogenetically isolated diving beetle from the Western Cape of South Africa, David T. Bilton, Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint, Clive R. Turner, and Michael Balke
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
Chloroplasts play a central role in plant defence and are targeted by pathogen effectors, Murray Grant, Torres Zabala M de, George Littlejohn, Siddharth Jayaraman, David Studholme, Trevor Bailey, Tracy Lawson, Michael Tillich, Dirk Licht, Bettina Bölter, Laura Delfino, William Truman, John Mansfield, and Nicholas Smirnoff
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
Does lure colour influence catch per unit effort, fish capture size and hooking injury in angled largemouth bass?, Steven J. Cooke, Andrew D. Moraga, and Alexander D.M. Wilson
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
Evaluating Unsupervised Methods to Size and Classify Suspended Particles Using Digital In-Line Holography, Emlyn J. Davies, Daniel Buscombe, George W. Graham, and W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith
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
Exaggerated displays do not improve mounting success in male seaweed flies Fucellia tergina (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), Mark Briffa and Ruth Memmott
Expression of multiple horizontally acquired genes is a hallmark of both vertebrate and invertebrate genomes, Alan Tunnacliffe, Alastair Crisp, Chiara Boschetti, Malcolm Perry, and Gos Micklem
Herbivore diversity improves benthic community resilience to ocean acidification, Cecilia Baggini, Yannis Issaris, Maria Salomidi, and Jason Hall-Spencer
Home advantage? Decomposition across the freshwater-estuarine transition zone varies with litter origin and local salinity, Giulio Franzitta, Mick E. Hanley, Laura Airoldi, Cecilia Baggini, David T. Bilton, Simon D. Rundle, and Richard C. Thompson
Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats, Timothy G. Barraclough, Isobel Eyres, Chiara Boschetti, Alastair Crisp, Thomas P. Smith, Diego Fontaneto, and Alan Tunnacliffe
How clumpy is my image?, Hugo Hutt, Richard Everson, Murray Grant, John Love, and George Littlejohn
How well do protected area networks support taxonomic and functional diversity in non-target taxa? The case of Iberian freshwaters, S. Guareschi, D. T. Bilton, J. Velasco, A Millan, and P Abellan
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
Investigating anhedonia in a non-conventional species: Do some riding horses Equus caballus display symptoms of depression?, C Fureix, C Beaulieu, S Argaud, C Rochais, and et al
In Vivo Chemical and Structural Analysis of Plant Cuticular Waxes Using Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy, Julian Moger, George R. Littlejohn, Jessica C. Mansfield, David Parker, Rob Lind, Sarah Perfect, Mark Seymour, Nicholas Smirnoff, and John Love
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
Long Term Aggresome Accumulation Leads to DNA Damage, p53-dependent Cell Cycle Arrest, and Steric Interference in Mitosis, Alan Tunnacliffe, Meng Lu, and Chiara Boschetti
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
Not So Fast: Swimming Behavior of Sailfish during Predator–Prey Interactions using High-Speed Video and Accelerometry, Paolo Domenici, Stefano Marras, Takuji Noda, John F. Steffensen, Morten B.S. Svendsen, Jens Krause, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Ralf H.J.M. Kurvers, James Herbert-Read, and Kevin M. Boswell
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
Oxygen-limited thermal tolerance is seen in a plastron-breathing insect and can be induced in a bimodal gas exchanger., Wilco C.E.P. Verberk and David T. Bilton
Parasites and personality in periwinkles (Littorina littorea): Infection status is associated with mean-level boldness but not repeatability., Mark Briffa and Ben Seaman
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
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
Predictive habitat suitability models to aid conservation of elasmobranch diversity in the central Mediterranean Sea, V. Lauria, M. Gristina, M. J. Attrill, F. Fiorentino, and G. Garofalo
Puffed and bothered: Personality, performance, and the effects of stress on checkered pufferfish, Naomi Pleizier, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Aaron D. Shultz, and Steven J. Cooke
Septin-Dependent Assembly of the Exocyst Is Essential for Plant Infection by Magnaporthe oryzae, Nicholas J. Talbot, Yogesh K. Gupta, Yasin F. Dagdas, Ana Lilia Martinez-Rocha, Michael J. Kershaw, George R. Littlejohn, Lauren S. Ryder, Jan Sklenar, and Frank Menke
Social networks in changing environments, A. D.M. Wilson, S Krause, I. W. Ramnarine, K. K. Borner, R. J.G. Clément, R. H.J.M. Kurvers, and J Krause
The Continuous Plankton Recorder survey: How can long-term phytoplankton datasets contribute to the assessment of Good Environmental Status?, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Martin Edwards, Pierre Helaouët, David G. Johns, Nicholas J.P. Owens, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Declan Schroeder, Jennifer Skinner, and Rowena F. Stern
THE EFFECT OF SUGAR TYPE, SOURCE AND CONCENTRATION ON CAULIFLOWER (BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS) MICROSHOOT PRODUCTION, H. Z. Rihan, M. Al-Shamari, F. Al-Swedi, S. Burchett, and M. P. Fuller
The exotic weevil Stenopelmus rufinasus Gyllenhal, 1835 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) across a "host-free" pond network, M Florencio, R Fernandez-Zamudio, DT Bilton, and C Diaz-Paniagua
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
The global importance of regional studies in marine science: Trans-boundary pollutants matter, Gunnar G. Lauenstein, Kenneth M.Y. Leung, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
The socio-economic effects of a Marine Protected Area on the ecosystem service of leisure and recreation, Siân E. Rees, Stephen C. Mangi, Caroline Hattam, Sarah C. Gall, Lynda D. Rodwell, Frankie J. Peckett, and Martin J. Attrill
Transcriptional Dynamics Driving MAMP-Triggered Immunity and Pathogen Effector-Mediated Immunosuppression in Arabidopsis Leaves Following Infection with Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato DC3000, Murray Grant, Laura A. Lewis, Krzysztof Polanski, Torres-Zabala M de, Siddharth Jayaraman, Laura Bowden, Jonathan Moore, Christopher A. Penfold, Dafyd J. Jenkins, Claire Hill, Laura Baxter, Satish Kulasekaran, William Truman, George Littlejohn, Justyna Prusinska, Andrew Mead, Jens Steinbrenner, Richard Hickman, David Rand, David L. Wild, Sascha Ott, Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston, Nick Smirnoff, Jim Beynon, and Katherine Denby
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
Utility of biological sensor tags in animal conservation, ADM Wilson, M. Wikelski, RP Wilson, and S. J. Cooke
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
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
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, Alex Costa, George R. Littlejohn, Tobias Meckel, and M Schwarzländer
The influence of water temperature and accelerometer-determined fight intensity on physiological stress and reflex impairment of angled largemouth bass, Jacob W. Brownscombe, Kelsey Marchand, Kathryn Tisshaw, Victoria Fewster, Olivia Groff, Melissa Pichette, Marian Seed, Lee F.G. Gutowsky, Alexander D.M. Wilson, and Steven J. Cooke
A spatially resolved pressure-based approach to evaluate combined effects of human activities and management in marine ecosystems, F Goodsir, HJ Bloomfield, AD Judd, and et al
Modelling storm response on gravel beaches using XBeach-G, G Masselink, R McCall, T Poate, and Geer P van
Ultraviolet radiation and cyanobacteria, RP Rastogi, RP Sinha, SH Moh, TK Lee, and et al
