Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2019
Storm Waves at the Shoreline: When and Where Are Infragravity Waves Important?, Oliver Billson, Paul Russell, and Mark Davidson
Physiological diversity, biodiversity patterns and global climate change: testing key hypotheses involving temperature and oxygen, John I. Spicer, Simon A. Morley, and Francisco Bozinovic
Fear alone reduces energy processing by resident ‘keystone’ prey threatened by an invader; a non-consumptive effect of ‘killer shrimp’ invasion of freshwater ecosystems is revealed, Calum MacNeil and Mark Briffa
North Devon Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register, S Rees and M Ashley
North Devon Marine Pioneer 2: A Natural Capital Asset and Risk Register., S Rees, M Ashley, and A Cameron
Response to the Letter to the Editor Regarding Our Feature “Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris”, Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson, Martin Hassellöv, Anja Verschoor, Anders E. Daugaard, Sinja Rist, Therese Karlsson, Nicole Brennholt, Matthew Cole, Maria P. Herrling, Maren C. Hess, Natalia P. Ivleva, Amy L. Lusher, and Martin Wagner
Regionally-Coherent Embayment Rotation: Behavioural Response to Bi-Directional Waves and Atmospheric Forcing, Mark Wiggins, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Nieves G. Valiente
Assessing the impact of introduced infrastructure at sea with cameras: A case study for spatial scale, time and statistical power, Anthony W.J. Bicknell, Emma V. Sheehan, Brendan J. Godley, Philip D. Doherty, and Matthew J. Witt
Tools and rules for modelling uptake and bioaccumulation of nanomaterials in invertebrate organisms, den Brink NW van, Kokalj A Jemec, PV Silva, E Lahive, K Norrfors, M Baccaro, Z Khodaparast, S Loureiro, D Drobne, G Cornelis, S Lofts, RD Handy, C Svendsen, D Spurgeon, and Gestel CAM van
Distracted decision makers: ship noise and predation risk change shell choice in hermit crabs, Svenja Tidau and Mark Briffa
Motion in the ocean – paradigm shift in movement ecology requires “sedentary” organisms to be redefined, Emma V. Sheehan
Particle toxicology and health - where are we?, M Riediker, D Zink, W Kreyling, G Oberdörster, A Elder, U Graham, I Lynch, A Duschl, G Ichihara, S Ichihara, T Kobayashi, N Hisanaga, M Umezawa, T-J Cheng, R Handy, M Gulumian, S Tinkle, and F Cassee
Ocean acidification at a coastal CO2 vent induces expression of stress-related transcripts and transposable elements in the sea anemone Anemonia viridis, Ilona Urbarova, Sylvain Forêt, Mikael Dahl, Åse Emblem, Marco Milazzo, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Steinar D. Johansen
Ocean acidification impacts on coastal ecosystem services due to habitat degradation, Jason M. Hall-Spencer and Ben P. Harvey
Abundance drives broad patterns of generalisation in plant–hummingbird pollination networks, BI Simmons, J Vizentin‐Bugoni, PK Maruyama, PA Cotton, OH Marín‐Gómez, C Lara, L Rosero‐Lasprilla, MA Maglianesi, R Ortiz‐Pulido, MA Rocca, LC Rodrigues, B Tinoco, MF Vasconcelos, M Sazima, AMM González, J Sonne, C Rahbek, LV Dicks, B Dalsgaard, and WJ Sutherland
Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic Carrier Bags in the Sea, Soil, and Open-Air Over a 3-Year Period, Imogen E. Napper and Richard C. Thompson
Sediment microbial assemblage structure is modified by marine polychaete gut passage, Harriet Dale, Martin Solan, Phyllis Lam, and Michael Cunliffe
Integrating field and laboratory approaches for ripple development in mixed sand–clay–EPS, Jaco H. Baas, Megan L. Baker, Jonathan Malarkey, Sarah J. Bass, Andrew J. Manning, Julie A. Hope, Jeffrey Peakall, Ian D. Lichtman, Leiping Ye, Alan G. Davies, Daniel R. Parsons, David M. Paterson, and Peter D. Thorne
Seasonal, annual and decadal change in tadpole populations in tropical Australian streams, Katrin Schmidt, Stephen Richards, Richard G. Pearson, Ross A. Alford, and Robert Puschendorf
Temporal stability of Orbicella annularis symbioses: A case study in the Bahamas, Emma V. Kennedy, Linda Tonk, Nicola L. Foster, Peter J. Mumby, and Jamie R. Stevens
Selection of carbohydrate-active probiotics from the gut of carnivorous fish fed plant-based diets, Cláudia R. Serra, Eduarda M. Almeida, Inês Guerreiro, Rafaela Santos, Daniel L. Merrifield, Fernando Tavares, Aires Oliva-Teles, and Paula Enes
Will giant polar amphipods be first to fare badly in an oxygen-poor ocean? Testing hypotheses linking oxygen to body size, John I. Spicer and Simon A. Morley
Behavioural interdependence in a shrimp‐goby mutualism, A. L. Burns, A. D.M. Wilson, and A. J.W. Ward
Toxic Algae Silence Physiological Responses to Multiple Climate Drivers in a Tropical Marine Food Chain, LM Turner, Jonathan N. Havenhand, Christian Alsterberg, AD Turner, GS K, Ashwin Rai, M. N. Venugopal, Indrani Karunasagar, and Anna Godhe
Fungi in aquatic ecosystems, Hans Peter Grossart, den Wyngaert S Van, Maiko Kagami, Christian Wurzbacher, Michael Cunliffe, and Keilor Rojas-Jimenez
Variation in growth and defence traits among plant populations at different elevations: Implications for adaptation to climate change, James Buckley, Alex Widmer, Mark C. Mescher, and Moraes CM De
Automated identification of benthic epifauna with computer vision, Nils Piechaud, Christopher Hunt, Phil F. Culverhouse, Nicola L. Foster, and Kerry L. Howell
The distribution of deep-sea sponge aggregations (Porifera) in relation to oceanographic processes in the Faroe-Shetland Channel., Joshua J. Davison, Haren H van, Phil Hosegood, Nils Piechaud, and Kerry L. Howell
The rise in ocean plastics evidenced from a 60-year time series, Clare Ostle, Richard C. Thompson, Derek Broughton, Lance Gregory, Marianne Wootton, and David G. Johns
Deep sea sediments of the Arctic Central Basin: A potential sink for microplastics, La Daana K. Kanhai, Carina Johansson, J. P.G.L. Frias, Katarina Gardfeldt, Richard C. Thompson, and Ian O'Connor
Experimental Size‐Selective Harvesting Affects Behavioral Types of a Social Fish, Valerio Sbragaglia, Josep Alós, Kim Fromm, Christopher T. Monk, C Díaz‐Gil, S Uusi‐Heikkilä, Andrew E. Honsey, Alexander D.M. Wilson, and Robert Arlinghaus
Risk balancing through selective use of social and physical information: a case study in the humbug damselfish, M. I.A. Kent, A. L. Burns, W. F. Figueira, G. P.F. Mazue, A. G. Porter, A. D.M. Wilson, and A. J.W. Ward
Conformity in the collective: differences in hunger affect individual and group behavior in a shoaling fish, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Alicia L.J. Burns, Emanuele Crosato, Joseph Lizier, Mikhail Prokopenko, Timothy M. Schaerf, and Ashley J.W. Ward
A pinch of salt: Response of coastal grassland plants to simulated seawater inundation treatments, Mick E. Hanley, Shareen K.D. Sanders, Hannah Marie Stanton, Richard A. Billington, and Rich Boden
The Lyme Bay experimental potting study, A Rees
Use of Species Distribution Modeling in the Deep Sea, E Kenchington, O Callery, F Davidson, A Grehan, T Morato, J Appiott, A Davis, P Dunstan, Preez C Du, J Finney, JM González-Irusta, K Howell, A Knudby, M Lacharité, J Lee, FJ Murillo, L Beazley, JM Roberts, M Roberts, C Rooper, A Rowden, E Rubidge, R Stanley, D Stirling, KR Tanaka, J Vanhatalo, B Weigel, S Woolley, and C Yesson
Dealing with the effects of ocean acidification on coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and Asia, Vicky W.Y. Lam, Suchana Chavanich, Salpie Djoundourian, Sam Dupont, Françoise Gaill, Guillaume Holzer, Kirsten Isensee, Stephen Katua, Frank Mars, Marc Metian, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Characterising the deterioration of different plastics in air and seawater, Nicolas F.A. Biber, Andy Foggo, and Richard C. Thompson
Storm event to seasonal evolution of nearshore bathymetry derived from shore-based video imagery, Erwin W.J. Bergsma, Daniel C. Conley, Mark A. Davidson, Tim J. O'Hare, and Rafael Almar
Cryptic diversity in Lithobates warszewitschii (Amphibia, Anura, Ranidae), James Cryer, Felicity Wynne, Stephen J. Price, and Robert Puschendorf
Phylogenomics of the superfamily Dytiscoidea (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with an evaluation of phylogenetic conflict and systematic error., Alexandros Vasilikopoulos, Michael Balke, Rolf G. Beutel, Alexander Donath, Lars Podsiadlowski, James M. Pflug, Robert M. Waterhouse, Karen Meusemann, Ralph S. Peters, Hermes E. Escalona, Christoph Mayer, Shanlin Liu, Lars Hendrich, Yves Alarie, David T. Bilton, Fenglong Jia, Xin Zhou, David R. Maddison, Oliver Niehuis, and Bernhard Misof
Invasive lionfish in the Mediterranean: Low public awareness yet high stakeholder concerns, Periklis Kleitou, Ioannis Savva, Demetris Kletou, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Charalampos Antoniou, Yiannis Christodoulides, Niki Chartosia, Louis Hadjioannou, Andreas C. Dimitriou, Carlos Jimenez, Antonis Petrou, Spyros Sfenthourakis, and Sian Rees
Cryptic diversity and ranavirus infection of a critically endangered Neotropical frog before and after population collapse, R. Puschendorf, M. Wallace, M. M. Chavarría, A. J. Crawford, F. Wynne, M. Knight, D. H. Janzen, W. Hallwachs, C. V. Palmer, and S. J. Price
From Science to Evidence – How Biodiversity Indicators Can Be Used for Effective Marine Conservation Policy and Management, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Jacob Bedford, and Holly J. Niner
Do alternative reproductive strategies in the Wellington tree weta represent different behavioural types?, Alexander D.M. Wilson and Clint D. Kelly
Silicon isotopic systematics of deep-sea sponge grounds in the North Atlantic, Katharine R. Hendry, Lucie Cassarino, Stephanie L. Bates, Timothy Culwick, Molly Frost, Claire Goodwin, and Kerry L. Howell
Anthropogenic noise pollution reverses grouping behaviour in hermit crabs, Svenja Tidau and Mark Briffa
Effects of historic and projected climate change on the range and impacts of an emerging wildlife disease, Stephen J. Price, William T.M. Leung, Christopher J. Owen, Robert Puschendorf, Chris Sergeant, Andrew A. Cunningham, Francois Balloux, Trenton W.J. Garner, and Richard A. Nichols
Morphological divergence and reduced ectoparasite prevalence in an introduced population of a Caribbean anole, V. Bodden and R. Puschendorf
Simulated seawater flooding reduces oilseed rape growth, yield, and progeny performance, Mick E. Hanley, Francesca C. Hartley, Louise Hayes, and Miguel Franco
Spatiotemporal variability in the structure of seagrass meadows and associated macrofaunal assemblages in southwest England (UK): Using citizen science to benchmark ecological pattern, Dan A. Smale, Graham Epstein, Mark Parry, and Martin J. Attrill
Changes in marine phytoplankton diversity: Assessment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, A. McQuatters-Gollop and I. Rombouts
Plankton lifeforms as a biodiversity indicator for regional-scale assessment of pelagic habitats for policy, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop and Jacob Bedford
Tackling the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean. the EU-LIFE RELIONMED Project: progress and results, P Kleitou, J Hall-Spencer, S Rees, S Sfenthourakis, A Demetriou, N Chartosia, C Jimenez, L Hadjioannou, A Petrou, Y Christodoulides, A Georgiou, V Andreou, C Antoniou, I Savva, and D Kletou
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Infragravity Wave Generation and Transformation on Coral Reef Platforms, Gerd Masselink, Megan Tuck, Robert McCall, Dongeren A van, Murray Ford, and Paul Kench
Size-selective harvesting and individual personality in a social fish, V Sbragaglia, J Alós, K Fromm, C Monk, C Díaz-Gil, S Uusi-Heikkilä, A Honsey, A Wilson, and R Arlinghaus
Internal lee waves and baroclinic bores over a tropical seamount shark ‘hot-spot’, P. J. Hosegood, Smith WAM Nimmo, R. Proud, K. Adams, and A. S. Brierley
Assessing relative sensitivity of marine and freshwater bivalves following exposure to copper: Application of classical and novel genotoxicological biomarkers, Awadhesh N. Jha and Emily L. Vernon
Changing environments and genetic variation: inbreeding does not compromise short-term physiological responses, J Buckley, R Daly, C Cobbold, K Burgess, and BK Mable
A catchment-scale perspective of plastic pollution, Fredric M. Windsor, Isabelle Durance, Alice A. Horton, Richard C. Thompson, Charles R. Tyler, and Steve J. Ormerod
The effect of feeding a novel multistrain yeast fraction on European seabass (Dicentrachus labrax) intestinal health and growth performance, Mark D. Rawling, Nicola Pontefract, Ana Rodiles, Ilektra Anagnostara, Eric Leclercq, Marion Schiavone, Mathieu Castex, and Daniel L. Merrifield
Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris, Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson, Martin Hassellöv, Anja Verschoor, Anders E. Daugaard, Sinja Rist, Therese Karlsson, Nicole Brennholt, Matthew Cole, Maria P. Herrling, Maren C. Hess, Natalia P. Ivleva, Amy L. Lusher, and Martin Wagner
Correction: Popular interest in vertebrates does not reflect extinction risk and is associated with bias in conservation investment, Thomas Davies, Andrew Cowley, Jon Bennie, Catherine Leyshon, Richard Inger, Hazel Carter, Beth Robinson, James P. Duffy, Stefano Casalegno, Gwladys Lambert, and Kevin Gaston
Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems, Anthony Amend, Gaetan Burgaud, Michael Cunliffe, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Cassandra L. Ettinger, M. H. Gutiérrez, Joseph Heitman, Erik F.Y. Hom, Giuseppe Ianiri, Adam C. Jones, Maiko Kagami, Kathryn T. Picard, C. Alisha Quandt, Seshagiri Raghukumar, Mertixell Riquelme, Jason Stajich, José Vargas-Muñiz, Allison K. Walker, Oded Yarden, and Amy S. Gladfelter
Microplastics in the Environment, Richard C. Thompson and Imogen E. Napper
Plastics, the Environment and Society, Richard C. Thompson and Sabine Pahl
Submissions from 2018
Divergence in Glucosinolate Profiles between High- and Low-Elevation Populations of Arabidopsis halleri Correspond to Variation in Field Herbivory and Herbivore Behavioral Preferences, James Buckley, Foteini G. Pashalidou, Martin C. Fischer, Alex Widmer, Mark C. Mescher, and Moraes CM De
Securing effective and equitable coverage of marine protected areas: The UK's progress towards achieving Convention on Biological Diversity commitments and lessons learned for the way forward, David E. Johnson, Siân E. Rees, Daniela Diz, Peter J.S. Jones, Callum Roberts, and Froján C Barrio
The application of the sustainable livelihood approach to small scale-fisheries: The case of mud crab Scylla serrata in South west India, Elina Apine, Lucy M. Turner, Lynda D. Rodwell, and Ramachandra Bhatta
Determination of the bioaccessible fraction of cupric oxide nanoparticles in soils using an in vitro human digestibility simulation, J. Vassallo, K. Tatsi, R. Boden, and R. D. Handy
Within‐generation consequences of post‐settlement mortality for trait composition in wild populations: An experimental test, Benjamin J. Ciotti and Serge Planes
Polychaete mucopolysaccharide alters sediment microbial diversity and stimulates ammonia-oxidising functional groups, Harriet Dale, Joe D. Taylor, Martin Solan, Phyllis Lam, and Michael Cunliffe
Exposure to microplastics reduces attachment strength and alters the haemolymph proteome of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis), Dannielle S. Green, Thomas J. Colgan, Richard C. Thompson, and James C. Carolan
Model vs. experiment to predict crop losses, Camille Parmesan, Michael E. Hanley, and Michael C. Singer
Climatic niche of the Saker Falcon Falco cherrug: predicted new areas to direct population surveys in Central Asia, Luke J. Sutton and Robert Puschendorf
INSIdE NANO: a systems biology framework to contextualize the mechanism-of-action of engineered nanomaterials, A Serra, I Letunic, V Fortino, RD Handy, B Fadeel, R Tagliaferri, and D Greco
Methanotrophy, Methylotrophy, the Human Body and Disease, R Boden
Efficient coralline algal psbA mini barcoding and High Resolution Melt (HRM) analysis using a simple custom DNA preparation, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Nondestructive 3D Imaging and Quantification of Hydrated Biofilm-Sediment Aggregates Using X-ray Microcomputed Tomography., N Zhang, CEL Thompson, IH Townend, KE Rankin, DM Paterson, and AJ Manning
Climate variation, reproductive frequency and acorn yield in English Oaks, Mick E. Hanley, Benjamin I. Cook, and Michael Fenner
Coastal embayment rotation: Response to extreme events and climate control, using full embayment surveys, Mark Wiggins, Tim Scott, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Robert Jak McCarroll
Effects of oil and global environmental drivers on two keystone marine invertebrates, Maj Arnberg, Piero Calosi, John I. Spicer, Ingrid C. Taban, Shaw D. Bamber, Stig Westerlund, Sjur Vingen, Thierry Baussant, Renée K. Bechmann, and Sam Dupont
Diversity in CO2 concentrating mechanisms among chemolithoautotrophs from genera Hydrogenovibrio, Thiomicrorhabdus, and Thiomicrospira, ubiquitous in sulfidic habitats worldwide, Kathleen M. Scott, Juliana M. Leonard, Rich Boden, Dale Chaput, Clare Dennison, Edward Haller, Tara L. Harmer, Abigail Anderson, Tiffany Arnold, Samantha Budenstein, Rikki Brown, Juan Brand, Jacob Byers, Jeanette Calarco, Timothy Campbell, Erica Carter, Max Chase, Montana Cole, Deandra Dwyer, Jonathon Grasham, Christopher Hanni, Ashlee Hazle, C Johnson, R Johnson, Brandi Kirby, Katherine Lewis, Brianna Neumann, Tracy Nguyen, Charari J Nino, Ooreoluwa Morakinyo, Bengt Olsson, Shanetta Roundtree, Emily Skjerve, Ashley Ubaldini, and Robert Whittaker
Molecular detection of equine trypanosomiasis in the Riyadh Province of Saudi Arabia., AD Alanazi, Robert Puschendorf, Bashir Salim, Mohamed S. Alyousif, IO Alanazi, and Hajri R. Al-shehri
Water beetles as models in ecology and evolution, DT Bilton, I Ribera, and AEZ Short
Aerobic Bacterial Catabolism of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, R Boden and LP Hutt
Bacterial Metabolism of C1 Sulfur Compounds, R Boden and L Hutt
The bZIP transcription factor SPA Heterodimerizing Protein represses glutenin synthesis in Triticum aestivum, Anne Plessis, Julie Boudet, Jean Charles Gaudin, Marielle Merlino, Mireille Dardevet, Sibille Perrochon, David Alvarez, Thierry Risacher, Pierre Martre, and Catherine Ravel
Impacts of the mycotoxin zearalenone on growth and photosynthetic responses in laboratory populations of freshwater macrophytes (Lemna minor) and microalgae (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata)., EJ Eagles, R Benstead, S MacDonald, R Handy, and TH Hutchinson
Bacterial Community Composition in the Sea Surface Microlayer Off the Peruvian Coast, Birthe Zäncker, Michael Cunliffe, and Anja Engel
The imprint of microfibres in southern European deep seas, Anna Sanchez-Vidal, Richard C. Thompson, Miquel Canals, and Haan WP de
Role of waves and tides on depth of closure and potential for headland bypassing, Nieves G. Valiente, Gerd Masselink, Tim Scott, Daniel Conley, and Robert Jak McCarroll
Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks and Blood Samples Collected from Camels in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia, Abdullah Daria Alanazi, Swaid Abdullah, Chris Helps, Richard Wall, Robert Puschendorf, Samir Abdelkreem Alharbi, Sobhy Abdel-Shafy, and Raafat Mohamed Shaapan
Bioavailability and effects of microplastics on marine zooplankton: A review., Zara L.R. Botterell, Nicola Beaumont, Tarquin Dorrington, Michael Steinke, Richard C. Thompson, and Penelope K. Lindeque
Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another, A. Townsend Peterson, Robert P. Anderson, Maria Beger, Janine Bolliger, Lluís Brotons, Christopher P. Burridge, Marlon E. Cobos, Angela P. Cuervo-Robayo, Minin E Di, Jeffrey Diez, Jane Elith, Clare B. Embling, Luis E. Escobar, Franz Essl, Kenneth J. Feeley, Lucy Hawkes, D Jimenez-Garcia, Laura Jimenez, David M. Green, Eva Knop, I Kuehn, José J. Lahoz-Monfort, Andres Lira-Noriega, Jorge M. Lobo, Rafael Loyola, Nally R Mac, Fernando Machado-Stredel, E Martinez-Meyer, Michael McCarthy, Cory Merow, Javier Nori, C Nunez-Penichet, Luis Osorio-Olvera, P Pysek, M Rejmanek, Anthony Ricciardi, Mark Robertson, Soto O Rojas, Daniel Romero-Alvarez, Núria Roura-Pascual, and Luca Santini
Sensitivity to near-future CO₂ conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change, Nia M. Whiteley, Coleen C. Suckling, Benjamin J. Ciotti, James Brown, Ian D. McCarthy, D. Ian, Luis Gimenez, N/A Luis, Chris Hauton, and N/A Chris
A generalisable integrated natural capital methodology for targeting investment in coastal defence, Katrina J. Davis, Amy Binner, Andrew Bell, Brett Day, Timothy Poate, Siân Rees, Greg Smith, Kerrie Wilson, and Ian Bateman
Different approaches and limitations for testing phytoplankton viability in natural assemblies and treated ballast water, Maria Cecilia T.de Castro, Marcel J.W. Veldhuis, Timothy W. Fileman, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Limited congruence exhibited across microbial, meiofaunal and macrofaunal benthic assemblages in a heterogeneous coastal environment, Sorcha Cronin-O’Reilly, Joe D. Taylor, Ian Jermyn, A. Louise Allcock, Michael Cunliffe, and Mark P. Johnson
Riding on the wind: volatile compounds dictate selection of grassland seedlings by snails., Mick E. Hanley, Roger W.R. Shannon, Damien G. Lemoine, Bethan Sandey, Philip L. Newland, and Guy M. Poppy
