Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2023
Phytochemical Composition of Combretum molle (R. Br. ex G. Don.) Engl. & Diels Leaf and Stem Extracts, Myuri Parusnath, Yougasphree Naidoo, Moganavelli Singh, Hail Rihan, and Yaser Hassan Dewir
Impact of Global Warming on the Severity of Viral Diseases: A Potentially Alarming Threat to Sustainable Aquaculture Worldwide, Marine Combe, Miriam Reverter, Domenico Caruso, Elodie Pepey, and Rodolphe Elie Gozlan
Sustainability Evaluation of Pastoral Livestock Systems, Mohamed Ouali, Fathi Abdellatif Belhouadjeb, Walid Soufan, and Hail Z. Rihan
Review of Antimicrobial Nanocoatings in Medicine and Dentistry: Mechanisms of Action, Biocompatibility Performance, Safety, and Benefits Compared to Antibiotics, James Butler, Richard D. Handy, Mathew Upton, and Alexandros Besinis
Integrated ecosystem assessment around islands of the tropical South Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Amanda R. Rodrigues, Sergio R. Floeter, Vicente Gomes, Débora S. Ferrari, Vinicius J. Giglio, Fernanda C. Silva, Ana M.R. Liedke, Carlos E.L. Ferreira, Kerry Howell, and Maria A. Gasalla
Rethinking North–South Research Partnerships Amidst Global Uncertainties: Leveraging Lessons Learned from UK GCRF Projects during COVID-19, Daniela Anghileri, Matt Kandel, Melanie C. Austen, Vikki V. Cheung, Helen Coskeran, Adam J.M. Devenish, Patrick S.M. Dunlop, Mawuli Dzodzomenyo, Hong C. Goh, Sithembile Mwamakamba, Vanessa Ross, John Spafford, Precious Yeki, and Genevieve Agaba
The effect of performance capacity and decision-making speed on skilful fighting, Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
Projected effects of climate change on marine ecosystems in Southeast Asian seas, Susan Kay, Arlene L Avillanosa, Vikki Cheung, Hung N Dao, Benjamin Jareta Gonzales, Herminie P Palla, Radisti A Praptiwi, Ana M Queirós, Sévrine F Sailley, Joel D C Sumeldan, Wan Mohd Syazwan, Amy Yee-Hui Then, and Hin Boo Wee
Experimental warming increases the vulnerability of high‐elevation plant populations to a specialist herbivore, James Buckley, Alex Widmer, Mark C. Mescher, and Moraes CM De
Nest material preferences in wild hazel dormice Muscardinus avellanarius: testing predictions from optimal foraging theory, SA Collins, SM Lane, M Ishibashi, and T Hamston
Ocean acidification increases the impact of typhoons on algal communities, Callum J. Hudson, Sylvain Agostini, Shigeki Wada, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Sean D. Connell, and Ben P. Harvey
Two new species of Hydraena Kugelann, 1794 from São Tomé Island—an apparent adaptive radiation (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
Chatting and cheating: Ensuring academic integrity in the era of ChatGPT, DRE Cotton, PA Cotton, and JR Shipway
Exploration of Social Proximity and Behavior in Captive Malayan Tigers and Their Cubs, Aimee Holland, Elena Giulia Galardi, Martina Fabbroni, Anita Hashmi, Jerome Catinaud, Richard Preziosi, James Edward Brereton, and Pastorino G Quintavalle
Science paper or big data? Assessing invasion dynamics using observational data, Charlotte H. Clubley, Louise B. Firth, Louisa E. Wood, David T. Bilton, Tiago A.M. Silva, and Antony M. Knights
New species and new records of minute moss beetles from East Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton
Protect Earth’s orbit: Avoid high seas mistakes, Imogen E. Napper, Alasdair J. Davies, Moriba Jah, Kimberley R. Miner, Richard C. Thompson, Melissa Quinn, and Heather J. Koldewey
Thermodynamic effects drive countergradient responses in the thermal performance of Littorina saxatilis across latitude, Christopher Dwane, Enrico L. Rezende, Oliver Tills, Juan Galindo, Emilio Rolán-Alvarez, Simon Rundle, and Manuela Truebano
A two way process – Social capacity as a driver and outcome of equitable marine spatial planning, Céline Jacob, Diederichsen S DuPrey, Liam Fullbrook, Amanda T. Lombard, Siân E. Rees, Nina Rivers, Bernadette Snow, Mia Strand, Rachel Zuercher, and Holly J. Niner
Epibionts provide their basibionts with associational resistance to predation but at a cost, S Downes, L Firth, and AM Knights
Lichen zonation on UK rocky seashores: a trait-based approach to delineating marine and maritime lichens, Beth Tindall-Jones, Michael Cunliffe, and Nathan Chrismas
Measuring DNA modifications with the comet assay: a compendium of protocols, Awadhesh N. Jha
The socio-economic impact of Marine Protected Areas in Jersey: A fishers’ perspective, Samantha R. Blampied, Emma V. Sheehan, Martin J. Attrill, Francis C.T. Binney, and Sian E. Rees
Corrigendum: Strengthened multi-stakeholder linkages in valuation studies is critical for improved decision making outcomes for valuable mangroves – The Malaysian case study, Soon Loong Lee, Amy Yee Hui Then, Hong Ching Goh, Caroline Hattam, Andrew Edwards-Jones, and Melanie C. Austen
Differences in toxicity and accumulation of metal from copper oxide nanomaterials compared to copper sulphate in zebrafish embryos: Delayed hatching, the chorion barrier and physiological effects, SPP Pereira, D Boyle, A Nogueira, and RD Handy
Impact of polyester and cotton microfibers on growth and sublethal biomarkers in juvenile mussels, C Walkinshaw, TJ Tolhurst, PK Lindeque, RC Thompson, and M Cole
Prey resources are equally important as climatic conditions for predicting the distribution of a broad-ranged apex predator, Luke J. Sutton, David L. Anderson, Miguel Franco, Christopher J.W. McClure, Everton B.P. Miranda, F. Hernán Vargas, F. Hernán Vargas, and Robert Puschendorf
Contrasting ecological information content in whaling archives with modern cetacean surveys for conservation planning and identification of historical distribution changes, Tom B. Letessier, Laura Mannocci, Brittney Goodwin, Clare Embling, Vos A de, R. Charles Anderson, Simon N. Ingram, Andy Rogan, and Samuel T. Turvey
Deep seabed mining lacks social legitimacy, A Jaeckel, H Harden-Davies, DJ Amon, der Grient J van, Q Hanich, Leeuwen J van, HJ Niner, and K Seto
A 17-year time-series of fungal environmental DNA from a coastal marine ecosystem reveals long-term seasonal-scale and inter-annual diversity patterns, Nathan Chrismas, R Allen, MJ Allen, Kimberley Bird, and Michael Cunliffe
A Comparison of Stochastic and Deterministic Downscaling in Eddy Resolving Ocean Modelling: The Lakshadweep Sea Case Study, Georgy I. Shapiro, Jose M. Gonzalez-Ondina, Mohammed Salim, and Jiada Tu
Applying landscape metrics to species distribution model predictions to characterize internal range structure and associated changes, A Curd, M Chevalier, M Vasquez, A Boyé, and et al
Development of a computable general equilibrium model based on integrated macroeconomic framework for ocean multi-use between offshore wind farms and fishing activities in Scotland, Yang Qu, Tara Hooper, Melanie C. Austen, Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Junling Huang, and Xiaoyu Yan
Shoreline modelling on timescales of days to decades, E Hunt, M Davidson, E Steele, J Amies, T Scott, and P Russell
A Review of Biodegradable Plastics from Multidisciplinary Perspectives, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Falco F De, and Imogen E. Napper
Persistent reshaping of cohesive sediment towards stable flocs by turbulence, M Yu, X Yu, AJ Mehta, AJ Manning, F Khan, and S Balachandar
The tragedy of the common? A comparative population genomic study of two bumblebee species, Jana V. Huml, Jonathan S. Ellis, Sarah Rustage, Mark J.F. Brown, Richard Billington, and Mairi E. Knight
Spatial memory predicts home range size and predation risk in pheasants, Robert J.P. Heathcote, Mark A. Whiteside, Christine E. Beardsworth, Horik JO Van, Philippa R. Laker, Sivan Toledo, Yotam Orchan, Ran Nathan, and Joah R. Madden
Pelagic connectivity of European sea bass between spawning and nursery grounds, Jennifer A. Graham, Joseph W. Watson, García LM García, K Bradley, R Bradley, Mary Brown, Benjamin J. Ciotti, Derek Goodwin, Richard D.M. Nash, William K. Roche, Ciara Wogerbauer, and Kieran Hyder
The Effect of LED Light Spectra on the Growth, Yield and Nutritional Value of Red and Green Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Abdullah A. Alrajhi, Abdulaziz S. Alsahli, Ibrahim M. Alhelal, Hail Z. Rihan, Michael P. Fuller, Abdullah A. Alsadon, and Abdullah A. Ibrahim
Abiotic stress experiments need a reality check to improve translation to the field, Anne Plessis
Corrigendum: The presence of silver nanoparticles reduces demand for dissolved phosphorus to the benefit of biological nitrogen fixation in the coastal eastern Mediterranean Sea, AP Rees, E Faraggiana, K Tait, M Celussi, E Dafnomilli, V Manna, A Manning, P Pitta, A Tsiola, and S Živanović
Synoptic observations of sediment transport and exchange mechanisms in the turbid Ems Estuary: the EDoM campaign, Maren DS van, C Maushake, J-W Mol, Keulen D van, J Jürges, J Vroom, H Schuttelaars, T Gerkema, K Schulz, TH Badewien, M Gerriets, A Engels, A Wurpts, D Oberrecht, AJ Manning, T Bailey, L Ross, V Mohrholz, DML Horemans, M Becker, D Post, C Schmidt, and PJT Dankers
Artificial reefs built by 3D printing: Systematisation in the design, material selection and fabrication, Adrian I. Yoris-Nobile, Carlos J. Slebi-Acevedo, Esther Lizasoain-Arteaga, Irune Indacoechea-Vega, Elena Blanco-Fernandez, Daniel Castro-Fresno, Alejandro Alonso-Estebanez, Sara Alonso-Cañon, Carlos Real-Gutierrez, Fouad Boukhelf, Mohamed Boutouil, Nassim Sebaibi, Alice Hall, Sam Greenhill, Roger Herbert, Richard Stafford, Bianca Reis, der Linden P van, Oscar Babé Gómez, Hugo Sainz Meyer, João N. Franco, Emanuel Almada, Maria Teresa Borges, Isabel Sousa-Pinto, Miriam Tuaty-Guerra, and Jorge Lobo-Arteaga
A laboratory study on the behavior of estuarine sediment flocculation as function of salinity, EPS and living algae, Z Deng, Q He, AJ Manning, and C Chassagne
A novel 3D volumetric method for directly quantifying porosity and pore space morphology in flocculated suspended sediments, TJ Lawrence, SJ Carr, AJ Manning, JAT Wheatland, AJ Bushby, and KL Spencer
Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic, Kirsty A. McQuaid, Amelia E.H. Bridges, Kerry L. Howell, Tiago B.R. Gandra, Vitor de Souza, Jock C. Currie, Oliver T. Hogg, Tabitha R.R. Pearman, James B. Bell, Lara J. Atkinson, Diane Baum, Jarbas Bonetti, Alvar Carranza, Omar Defeo, Thomas Furey, Maria A. Gasalla, Neil Golding, Shannon L. Hampton, Sebastián Horta, Daniel O.B. Jones, Amanda T. Lombard, Eleonora Manca, Yamandú Marin, Stephanie Martin, Pål Mortensen, Cecilia Passadore, Nils Piechaud, Kerry J. Sink, and Andrew Yool
Challenges of evidence-informed offshore decommissioning: an environmental perspective, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Paul J. Somerfield, Michaela Schratzberger, and Antony M. Knights
COASTAL TYPOLOGIES TO SUPPORT COASTAL CHANGE ADAPTATION MANAGEMENT: A STUDY OF THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF ENGLAND, JA KIRBY, G MASSELINK, T POATE, and T SCOTT
Comparison of toxicity of silver nanomaterials and silver nitrate on developing zebrafish embryos: Bioavailability, osmoregulatory and oxidative stress, SPP Pereira, D Boyle, AJA Nogueira, and RD Handy
CONTRIBUTION OF EXTREME STORMS TO COASTAL SEDIMENT BUDGETS: CAN THEY OFFSET SHORELINE RETREAT DUE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE?, TIM SCOTT, M HARLEY, G MASSELINK, ALEGRÍA-ARZABURU AR DE, and NG VALIENTE
DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A REMOTE BED-LEVEL SENSOR FOR IMPROVED OPERATIONAL COASTAL FLOOD WARNINGS, T POATE, C STOKES, G MASSELINK, L BRODIE, P GANDERTON, and M SYMONS
Do you see what I see?: Testing horses' ability to recognise real-life objects from 2D computer projections, S Kappel, MARM De Oca, S Collins, K Herborn, M Mendl, and C Fureix
Economic trade-offs in marine resource use between offshore wind farms and fisheries in Scottish waters, Yang Qu, J. Kim Swales, Tara Hooper, Melanie C. Austen, Xinhao Wang, Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Junling Huang, and Xiaoyu Yan
Effects of preservation by ethanol on δ13C and δ15N of three tissues of the critically endangered European eel Anguilla anguilla, Rose M. Boardman, Adrian C. Pinder, Adam T. Piper, Catherine Gutmann Roberts, Rosalind M. Wright, and John Robert Britton
Examining the release of synthetic microfibres to the environment via two major pathways: Atmospheric deposition and treated wastewater effluent, I. E. Napper, F. N.F. Parker-Jurd, S. L. Wright, and R. C. Thompson
Ocean acidification has a strong effect on communities living on plastic in mesocosms, Xin Lin, X Zhang, P Zhang, Zichao Deng, Ruiping Huang, D Zhang, Yang Tian, N Wang, He Li, X Wang, Xiaowen Jiang, Jiazhen Sun, Qianqian Fu, Xiangqi Yi, Liming Qu, Cong Zhou, Yuming Rao, Xiaorong Zeng, JM Hall‐Spencer, G Gao, and K Gao
On the importance of temporal floc size statistics and yield strength for population balance equation flocculation model, JA Penaloza-Giraldo, T-J Hsu, AJ Manning, L Ye, B Vowinckel, and E Meiburg
On the role of organic matter composition in fresh-water kaolinite flocculation, C Guo, L Guo, Sarah Bass, Andrew J. Manning, Zhongwu Jin, and Yinjun Zhou
REMEDIATION TECHNIQUE FOR CADMIUM CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, Nadia M.T. Jebril, R. Boden, and C. Braungardt
SATELLITE-BASED SHORELINE DETECTION FOR MACRO-TIDAL COASTS: IMPACTS OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND HYDRODYNAMIC SETTING, A KONSTANTINOU, T SCOTT, G MASSELINK, C STOKES, D CONLEY, and B CASTELLE
TALE OF TWO BEACHES: CORRELATION BETWEEN DECADAL BEACH DYNAMICS AND CLIMATE INDICES, G MASSELINK, T SCOTT, T POATE, C STOKES, M WIGGINS, N VALIENTE, and A KONSTANTINOU
The microbiomes of wildlife and chemical pollution: Status, knowledge gaps and challenges, R. D. Handy, N. J. Clark, L. P. Hutt, and R. Bescós
The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health, Philip J. Landrigan, Hervé Raps, Maureen Cropper, Caroline Bald, Manuel Brunner, Elvia Maya Canonizado, Dominic Charles, Thomas C. Chiles, Mary J. Donohue, Judith Enck, Patrick Fenichel, Lora E. Fleming, Christine Ferrier-Pages, Richard Fordham, Aleksandra Gozt, Carly Griffin, Mark E. Hahn, Budi Haryanto, Richard Hixson, Hannah Ianelli, Bryan D. James, Pushpam Kumar, Amalia Laborde, Kara Lavender Law, Keith Martin, Jenna Mu, Yannick Mulders, Adetoun Mustapha, Jia Niu, and Sabine Pahl
UNDERSTANDING COASTAL CHANGE FROM NOISY SATELLITE-DERIVED SHORELINE DATASETS: INFLUENCE OF TIDE AND RUNUP CORRECTION AND SPATIAL AVERAGING, B CASTELLE, V MARIEU, A RITZ, G MASSELINK, TIM SCOTT, C STOKES, A KONSTANTINOU, AN LERMA, M VANDENHOVE, and S BUJAN
Submissions from 2022
Correction: Evidence for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems globally: a systematic map (Environmental Evidence, (2022), 11, 1, (35), 10.1186/s13750-022-00285-9), Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Paul J. Somerfield, Michaela Schratzberger, Caroline Louise McNeill, Joana Nunes, Christine Pascoe, Stephen C.L. Watson, Murray S.A. Thompson, Elena Couce, and Antony M. Knights
Effects of Artificial Light Spectra and Sucrose on the Leaf Pigments, Growth, and Rooting of Blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) Microshoots, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Ali Mohsen Al-Ali, Hail Z. Rihan, Thobayet Alshahrani, Mona S. Alwahibi, Khalid F. Almutairi, Yougasphree Naidoo, and Michael P. Fuller
Density and climate effects on age‐specific survival and population growth: consequences for hibernating mammals, F. J. Combe, R. Juškaitis, R. C. Trout, S. Bird, J. S. Ellis, J. Norrey, N Al‐Fulaij, I. White, and W. E. Harris
Assessing the influence of behavioural parameterisation on the dispersal of larvae in marine systems, M. K. James, J. A. Polton, C. G. Mayorga-Adame, K. L. Howell, and A. M. Knights
The restoration potential of offshore mussel farming on degraded seabed habitat, D Bridger, MJ Attrill, BFR Davies, LA Holmes, A Cartwright, SE Rees, LM Cabre, and EV Sheehan
Ecological niche modeling of the Macedonian mouse, Mus macedonicus (Mammalia, Rodentia), under climate change conditions, S Dermitas, NE Gunduz, and David T. Bilton
Editorial: An ombar perspective on the united nations' decade of ocean science for sustainable development, A. Louise Allcock, Louise B. Firth, Peter A. Todd, Peter J. Mumby, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Cathy H. Lucas, Maria Byrne, Bayden D. Russell, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, and Stephen J. Hawkins
Remote reef cryptobenthic diversity: Integrating autonomous reef monitoring structures and in situ environmental parameters, M Steyaert, M Lindhart, A Khrizman, RB Dunbar, MB Bonsall, DA Mucciarone, E Ransome, N Santodomingo, P Winslade, and CEI Head
Minute moss beetles in the Southern Hemisphere: Molecular phylogeny, historical biogeography and habitat shifts (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), David T. Bilton, MA Jaech, Ignacio Ribera, and Emmanuel F.A. Toussaint
Detection and characterisation of microplastics and microfibres in fishmeal and soybean meal, Christopher Walkinshaw, Trevor J. Tolhurst, Penelope K. Lindeque, Richard Thompson, and Matthew Cole
Disruption of marine habitats by artificial light at night from global coastal megacities, T. W. Davies, T. J. Smyth, A. E. Wright, A. Edwards-Jones, A Queiros, O. Rendon, S. Tidau, and D. McKee
Individual and collective behaviour of fish subject to differing risk-level treatments with a sympatric predator, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Timothy M. Schaerf, and Ashley J.W. Ward
Mangrove diversity is more than fringe deep, Steven W.J. Canty, John Paul Kennedy, Graeme Fox, Kenan Matterson, Vanessa L. González, Mayra L. Núñez-Vallecillo, Richard F. Preziosi, and Jennifer K. Rowntree
Plastic pollution requires an integrative systems approach to understand and mitigate risk, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Nathaniel J. Clark, and Richard C. Thompson
Plastic pollution: the science we need for the planet we want, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Nathaniel J. Clark, and Richard C. Thompson
Quantifying the 3D structure and function of porosity and pore space in natural sediment flocs, TJ Lawrence, SJ Carr, JAT Wheatland, AJ Manning, and KL Spencer
Synthetic microplastic abundance and composition along a longitudinal gradient traversing the subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean, Winnie Courtene-Jones, Gennip S van, Juliette Penicaud, Emily Penn, and Richard C. Thompson
Tyre particle exposure affects the health of two key estuarine invertebrates, S. L. Garrard, J. I. Spicer, and R. C. Thompson
Standardized multi-omics of Earth’s microbiomes reveals microbial and metabolite diversity, JP Shaffer, L-F Nothias, LR Thompson, and Earth Biome Project 500 Consortium
Tritiated Steel Micro-Particles: Computational Dosimetry and Prediction of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage for In Vitro Cell Culture Exposures, Alice Mentana, Yordenca Lamartinière, Thierry Orsière, Véronique Malard, Mickaël Payet, Danielle Slomberg, Isabella Guardamagna, Leonardo Lonati, Cristian Grisolia, Awadhesh Jha, Laurence Lebaron-Jacobs, Jerome Rose, Andrea Ottolenghi, and Giorgio Baiocco
Strengthened multi-stakeholder linkages in valuation studies is critical for improved decision making outcomes for valuable mangroves – The Malaysian case study, Soon Loong Lee, Amy Yee Hui Then, Hong Ching Goh, Caroline Hattam, Andrew Edwards-Jones, and Melanie C. Austen
How university students are taught about sustainability, and how they want to be taught: the importance of the hidden curriculum, Lucy Millicent Turner, Smitha Hegde, Indrani Karunasagar, and Rebecca Turner
Transposable elements maintain genome-wide heterozygosity in inbred populations, Kort H. De, Sylvain Legrand, Olivier Honnay, and James Buckley
Are plankton nets a thing of the past? An assessment of in situ imaging of zooplankton for large-scale ecosystem assessment and policy decision-making, Sarah L.C. Giering, Phil F. Culverhouse, David G. Johns, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, and Sophie G. Pitois
Sixty Years of Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review (OMBAR) – A Brief Retrospective and Prospective, SJ Hawkins, A Oven, IP Smith, and AJ Lemasson
A new species of Coelometopon Janssens from the Wild Coast of South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), D Bilton and MC Mlambo
Loss of reef roughness increases residence time on an idealized coral reef, M Lindhart
Under the influence of light: How light pollution disrupts personality and metabolism in hermit crabs, M. Velasque, J. A. Denton, and M. Briffa
Selective foraging behavior of seabirds in small‐scale slicks, Lilian Lieber, Cynthia Füchtencordsjürgen, Rebecca L. Hilder, Paula J. Revering, Ina Siekmann, Roland Langrock, and WAM Nimmo‐Smith
Suitability of compensatory saltmarsh habitat for feeding and diet of multiple estuarine fish species, Thomas Stamp, Elizabeth West, Steve Colclough, Shaun Plenty, Benjamin Ciotti, Tim Robbins, and Emma Sheehan
Oceanographic variability drives the distribution but not the density of the aggregation forming deep-sea sponge Pheronema carpenteri, Kyran P. Graves, Amelia E.H. Bridges, Tomasz Dabrowski, Thomas Furey, Kieran Lyons, and Kerry L. Howell
Artificial reefs in the Arabian Gulf: Benefits, challenges and recommendations for policy-makers, A Bartholomew, JA Burt, and LB Firth
Biodeterioration and bioprotection of concrete assets in the coastal environment, Jessica R. Bone, Rick Stafford, Alice E. Hall, and Roger J.H. Herbert
Complex urban environments provide Apis mellifera with a richer plant forage than suburban and more rural landscapes, Graeme Fox, Latha R. Vellaniparambil, Loreto Ros, Joshua Sammy, Richard F. Preziosi, and Jennifer K. Rowntree
