Browse research from the School of Biological and Marine Sciences.
Submissions from 2018
Chemolithoheterotrophy: Means to Higher Growth Yields from this Widespread Metabolic Trait, R Boden and LP Hutt
Nanomaterials in the Environment: Behavior, Fate, Bioavailability, and Effects-An Updated Review., JR Lead, GE Batley, PJJ Alvarez, M-N Croteau, RD Handy, MJ McLaughlin, JD Judy, and K Schirmer
Baseline screening for the presence of antimicrobial resistance in E. coli isolated from Kuwait's marine environment, HA Al-Sarawi, Awadhesh N. Jha, Craig Baker-Austin, MA Al-Sarawi, and Brett P. Lyons
Micro-habitat distribution drives patch quality for sub-tropical rocky plateau amphibians in the northern Western Ghats, India., Christopher J. Thorpe, Todd R. Lewis, Siddharth Kulkarni, S., Aparna Watve, A., Nikhil Gaitonde, N., David Pryce, D., Lewis Davies, David T. Bilton, Mairi E. Knight, and M.E.
A single fungal MAP kinase controls plant cell-to-cell invasion by the rice blast fungus, Wasin Sakulkoo, Miriam Osés-Ruiz, Garcia E Oliveira, Darren M. Soanes, George R. Littlejohn, Christian Hacker, Ana Correia, Barbara Valent, and Nicholas J. Talbot
Thermal strategies vary with life history stage., Manuela Truebano, Phillip Fenner, Oliver Tills, Simon D. Rundle, and Enrico L. Rezende
Establishment and long-term maintenance of primary intestinal epithelial cells cultured from the rainbow trout,Oncorhynchus mykiss., Laura M. Langan, Stewart F. Owen, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Redefining ‘Clean’ Sand By Integrating Field And Laboratory Data On Mixed Sand–Clay–EPS Rippled-Bed Transport, J Baas, M Baker, J Malarkey, S Bass, A Manning, J Hope, J Peakall, I Lichtman, L Ye, and A Davies
Submesoscale Rossby waves on the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, John R. Taylor, Scott Bachman, Megan Stamper, Phil Hosegood, Katherine Adams, Jean Baptiste Sallee, and Ricardo Torres
Transformation of C60 fullerene aggregates suspended and weathered under realistic environmental conditions, Josep Sanchís, Yann Aminot, Esteban Abad, Awadhesh N. Jha, James W. Readman, and Marinella Farré
A comparison of life-history traits in calcifying Spirorbinae polychaetes living along natural pH gradients, Noelle M. Lucey, Chiara Lombardi, Maurizio Florio, Simon D. Rundle, Piero Calosi, and Maria Cristina Gambi
Immune function and the decision to deploy weapons during fights in the beadlet anemone Actinia equina., Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
An Effective Protocol for the Production of Primary and Secondary Somatic Embryos in Cauliflower (Brassica Oleraceae Var. Botrytis), H Rihan and M Fuller
Atmospheric nitrogen deposition on petals enhances seed quality of the forest herb Anemone nemorosa., Frenne P. De, H. Blondeel, J. Brunet, Caron M Mercedes, O. Chabrerie, M. Cougnon, S. A.O. Cousins, G. Decocq, M. Diekmann, B. J. Graae, M. E. Hanley, T. Heinken, M. Hermy, A. Kolb, J. Lenoir, J. Liira, A. Orczewska, A. Shevtsova, T. Vanneste, and K. Verheyen
The Relationship between Yield Parameters and Morphological Characters for Barley: Evaluating linear and Non-linear models, H Rihan and A Abdullah
Assessing the impact of benzo[a]pyrene with the in vitro fish gut model: An integrated approach for eco-genotoxicological studies., Laura M. Langan, Silvia Arossa, Stewart F. Owen, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Current status of deepwater oil spill modelling in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Northeast Atlantic, and future challenges, Alejandro Gallego, Murray R O'Hara, Barbara Berx, William R. Turrell, C. J. Beegle-Krause, Mark Inall, Toby Sherwin, John Siddorn, Sarah Wakelin, Vasyl Vlasenko, Lars R. Hole, Knut Frode Dagestad, John Rees, Lucy Short, Petter Rønningen, Charlotte E. Main, Sebastien Legrand, Tony Gutierrez, Ursula Witte, and Nicole Mulanaphy
Hidden in plain sight: species richness and habitat characterisation of sublittoral pebble beds, Julian Evans, Martin J. Attrill, Joseph A. Borg, Peter A. Cotton, and Patrick J. Schembri
Infragravity waves: From driving mechanisms to impacts, X Bertin and MA Davidson
Ingestion and fragmentation of plastic carrier bags by the amphipod Orchestia gammarellus, D. J. Hodgson, A. L. Bréchon, and R. C. Thompson
Plankton as prevailing conditions: A surveillance role for plankton indicators within the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, David Johns, Simon Greenstreet, and Jacob Bedford
Role of mTOR in autophagic and lysosomal reactions to environmental stressors in molluscs, Susanna Sforzini, Michael N. Moore, Caterina Oliveri, Anna Volta, Awadhesh Jha, Mohamed Banni, and Aldo Viarengo
Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Baroclinic Tides Over a Seamount, Vasiliy Vlasenko, Nataliya Stashchuk, and W. Alex M. Nimmo-Smith
Elucidating the small regulatory RNA repertoire of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis based on whole genome and small RNA sequencing, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
The Role of Bed Roughness in Wave Transformation Across Sloping Rock Shore Platforms, Tim Poate, Gerd Masselink, Martin J. Austin, Mark Dickson, and Robert McCall
Investigation of flocculation dynamics under changing hydrodynamic forcing on an intertidal mudflat, C Guo, Qing He, Prooijen BC van, L Guo, Andrew J. Manning, and Sarah Bass
Processes influencing differences in Arctic and Antarctic Trough Mouth Fan sedimentology, J Gales, C-D Hillenbrand, R Larter, J-S Laberg, M Melles, S Benetti, and S Passchier
Using agent-based models to understand the role of individuals in the song evolution of humpback whales ( Megaptera novaeangliae ), Michael Mcloughlin, Luca Lamoni, Ellen C. Garland, Simon Ingram, Alexis Kirke, Michael J. Noad, Luke Rendell, and Eduardo Miranda
Submissions from 2017
A decline in primary production in the North Sea over 25 years, associated with reductions in zooplankton abundance and fish stock recruitment, Elisa Capuzzo, Christopher P. Lynam, Jon Barry, David Stephens, Rodney M. Forster, Naomi Greenwood, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Tiago Silva, Leeuwen SM van, and Georg H. Engelhard
Does plasticity in thermal tolerance trade off with inherent tolerance? The influence of setal tracheal gills on thermal tolerance and its plasticity in a group of European diving beetles., W. C.E.P. Verberk, P. Calosi, J. I. Spicer, S. Kehl, and D. T. Bilton
Assessing the presence of marine toxins in bivalve molluscs from southwest India, AD Turner, Monika Dhanji-Rapkova, Stephanie Rowland-Pilgrim, LM Turner, Ashwin Rai, Moleyur N. Venugopal, Indrani Karunasagar, and Anna Godhe
The role of beach morphology on coastal cliff erosion under extreme waves, Claire Earlie, Gerhard Masselink, and Paul Russell
The Effect of Drought on Phytochemical active Compounds Content in Chamomile and Yarrow, H Rihan, B Mahmood, M Foulkes, and S Burchett
Lost, but found with Nile red; a novel method to detect and quantify small microplastics (20 µm–1 mm) in environmental samples, Gabriel Erni-Cassola, Matthew I. Gibson, Richard C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Christie-Oleza
Algal polysaccharide utilisation by saprotrophic planktonic marine fungi, Michael Cunliffe, Anita Hollingsworth, Cal Bain, Vikram Sharma, and Joe D. Taylor
Annual prediction of shoreline erosion and subsequent recovery, Mark A. Davidson, Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, and Mitchel D. Harley
Artificial Seeds (Principle, Aspects and Applications), Hail Z. Rihan, Fakhriya Kareem, Mohammed E. El-Mahrouk, and Michael P. Fuller
Nutrient Pumping by Submesoscale Circulations in the Mauritanian Upwelling System, P. J. Hosegood, P. D. Nightingale, A. P. Rees, C. E. Widdicombe, E. M.S. Woodward, D. R. Clark, and R. J. Torres
Pelagic habitat: exploring the concept of good environmental status, M Dickey-Collas, A McQuatters-Gollop, E Bresnan, AC Kraberg, JP Manderson, RDM Nash, SA Otto, AF Sell, JF Tweddle, and VM Trenkel
The Deposition and Accumulation of Microplastics in Marine Sediments and Bottom Water from the Irish Continental Shelf, Jake Martin, Amy Lusher, Richard C. Thompson, and Audrey Morley
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations., Simon N. Ingram, Isabel Baker, Joanne O'Brien, Katherine McHugh, and Simon Berrow
BIOMEDIATION OF SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW DYNAMICS, M Craig, J Baas, K Amos, L Strachan, A Manning, D Paterson, J Hope, S Nodder, and M Baker
Upregulation of CBF/DREB1 and cold tolerance in artificial seeds of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis), Michael P. Fuller, Hail Z. Rihan, and Mohammed Al-Issawi
Intrinsic and extrinsic factors drive ontogeny of early-life at-sea behaviour in a marine top predator, Matt I.D. Carter, Deborah J.F. Russell, Clare B. Embling, Clint J. Blight, David Thompson, Philip J. Hosegood, and Kimberley A. Bennett
Assessing altimetry close to the coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, and S. Abdalla
Coupling cross-shore and longshore sediment transport to model storm response along a mixed sand-gravel coast under varying wave directions, Rafael J. Bergillos, Gerd Masselink, and Miguel Ortega-Sánchez
Investigations to extend viability of a rainbow trout primary gill cell culture, Richard J. Maunder, Matthew G. Baron, Stewart F. Owen, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Three new species of Crenitis Bedel, 1881 from South Africa, with a revised key to African species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), David T. Bilton
Development and optimization of a standard method for extraction of microplastics in mussels by enzyme digestion of soft tissues, Ana I. Catarino, Richard Thompson, William Sanderson, and Theodore B. Henry
Classification of beach response to extreme storms, Olivier Burvingt, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell, and Tim Scott
Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries, Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Boldness is for rookies: prefight boldness and fighting success in a sea anemone, Sarah M. Lane and Mark Briffa
Do glucocorticoids predict fitness? Linking environmental conditions, corticosterone and reproductive success in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus, L. J. Henderson, N. P. Evans, B. J. Heidinger, K. A. Herborn, and K. E. Arnold
Fishway passage success for migratory rainbow smelt Osmerus mordax is not dictated by behavioural type, S. J. Landsman, A. D.M. Wilson, S. J. Cooke, and den Heuvel MR van
Sub-lethal effects of waterborne exposure to copper nanoparticles compared to copper sulphate on the shore crab ( Carcinus maenas ), Lisa M. Rossbach, Benjamin J. Shaw, Dawid Piegza, William F. Vevers, Andrew J. Atfield, and Richard D. Handy
Data are inadequate to test whale falls as chemosynthetic stepping-stones using network analysis: faunal overlaps do support a stepping-stone role, CR Smith, DJ Amon, ND Higgs, AG Glover, and EL Young
The role of skill in animal contests: a neglected component of fighting ability, Mark Briffa and Sarah M. Lane
A revision of Meladema diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae), with the description of a new species from the central Mediterranean based on molecules and morphology, David T. Bilton and Ignacio Ribera
Abnormal repetitive behaviours in captive birds: a Tinbergian review, Emma Mellor, Ben Brilot, and Sarah Collins
A microsatellite baseline for genetic stock identification of European Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), John Gilbey, Jamie Coughlan, Vidar Wennevik, P Prodohl, Jamie R. Stevens, de Leaniz C Garcia, Dennis Ensing, Eef Cauwelier, Corrine Cherbonnel, Sofia Consuegra, Mark W. Coulson, Tom F. Cross, Walter Crozier, Eileen Dillane, Jonathan S. Ellis, E Garcia-Vazquez, Andrew M. Griffiths, Sigurdur Gudjonsson, Kjetil Hindar, Sten Karlsson, David Knox, Gonzalo Machado-Schiaffino, Dorte Meldrup, EE Nielsen, K Olafsson, Craig R. Primmer, Sergey Prusov, Lee Stradmeyer, J-P Vaha, Alexey Je Veselov, Lucy M.I. Webster, Philip McGinnity, and Eric Verspoor
Reclassification of Thiomicrospira hydrogeniphila (Watsuji et al. 2016) to Thiomicrorhabdus hydrogenophila comb. nov., with emended description of Thiomicrorhabdus (Boden et al., 2017), Rich Boden, Kathleen M. Scott, Alexander W. Rae, and Lee P. Hutt
The chicken or the egg? Adaptation to desiccation and salinity tolerance in a lineage of water beetles, Susana Pallarés, Paula Arribas, David T. Bilton, Andrés Millán, Josefa Velasco, and Ignacio Ribera
Community responses to seawater warming are conserved across diverse biological groupings and taxonomic resolutions, Dan A. Smale, Joe D. Taylor, Steve H. Coombs, Gerald Moore, and Michael Cunliffe
Natural acidification changes the timing and rate of succession, alters community structure, and increases homogeneity in marine biofouling communities, Norah E.M. Brown, Marco Milazzo, Samuel P.S. Rastrick, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Thomas W. Therriault, and Christopher D.G. Harley
Mainstreaming marine biodiversity into the SDGs: The role of other effective area-based conservation measures (SDG 14.5), Daniela Diz, David Johnson, Michael Riddell, Sian Rees, Jessica Battle, Kristina Gjerde, Sebastian Hennige, and J. Murray Roberts
Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers, RJW Brewin, Mora L de, Oliver Billson, Thomas Jackson, Paul Russell, TG Brewin, Jamie D. Shutler, Peter I. Miller, Benjamin H. Taylor, Tim J. Smyth, and James R. Fishwick
Evaluation of salt marsh restoration by means of self-regulating tidal gate – Avon estuary, South Devon, UK, Gerd Masselink, Mick E. Hanley, Anissa C. Halwyn, Will Blake, Ken Kingston, Thomas Newton, and Mike Williams
From microscope to management, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, David G. Johns, Eileen Bresnan, Jennifer Skinner, Isabelle Rombouts, Rowena Stern, Anaïs Aubert, Marie Johansen, Jacob Bedford, and Antony Knights
Pleistocene range shifts, refugia and the origin of widespread species in Western Palaearctic water beetles., David García-Vázquez, David T. Bilton, Garth N. Foster, and I. Ribera
Proposal to designate Methylothermus subterraneus Hirayama et al. 2011 as the type species of the genus Methylothermus. Request for an Opinion., Rich Boden and Aharon Oren
Mesoscale and Submesoscale Effects on Mixed Layer Depth in the Southern Ocean, S. D. Bachman, J. R. Taylor, K. A. Adams, and P. J. Hosegood
Effects of ocean acidification on the shells of four Mediterranean gastropod species near a CO 2 seep, Ashley Duquette, James B. McClintock, Charles D. Amsler, Alberto Pérez-Huerta, Marco Milazzo, and Jason M. Hall-Spencer
The Effect of Exogenous Applications of Salicylic Acid and Molybdenum on the Tolerance of Drought in Wheat, N/A Kareem, F, H Rihan, and M Fuller
Overwintering individuals of the Arctic krill Thysanoessa inermis appear tolerant to short-term exposure to low pH conditions, Theresa A. Venello, Piero Calosi, Lucy M. Turner, and Helen S. Findlay
Animal behaviour: a very short introduction, M Briffa
Does capture method or the presence of aquatic protected areas influence the selective harvest of behavioural types in largemouth bass?, ELL Cooke, Alexander D.M. Wilson, Chris K. Elvidge, and SJ Cooke
Global patterns of interaction specialization in bird-flower networks, TB Zanata, B Dalsgaard, FC Passos, PA Cotton, JJ Roper, PK Maruyama, E Fischer, M Schleuning, González AM Martín, J Vizentin-Bugoni, DC Franklin, S Abrahamczyk, R Alárcon, AC Araujo, FP Araújo, SMD Azevedo-Junior, AC Baquero, K Böhning-Gaese, DW Carstensen, H Chupil, AG Coelho, RR Faria, D Hořák, TT Ingversen, Š Janeček, G Kohler, C Lara, FMG Las-Casas, AV Lopes, AO Machado, CG Machado, IC Machado, MA Maglianesi, TS Malucelli, J Mohd-Azlan, AC Moura, GM Oliveira, PE Oliveira, JF Ornelas, J Riegert, LC Rodrigues, L Rosero-Lasprilla, AM Rui, M Sazima, B Schmid, O Sedláček, A Timmermann, MGR Vollstädt, Z Wang, S Watts, C Rahbek, and IG Varassin
Metagenomic analysis of the complex microbial consortium associated with cultures of the oil‐rich alga Botryococcus braunii, Christine Sambles, Karen Moore, Thomas M. Lux, Katy Jones, George R. Littlejohn, João D. Gouveia, Stephen J. Aves, David J. Studholme, Rob Lee, and John Love
Photoprotective responses in a brown macroalgae Cystoseira tamariscifolia to increases in CO2 and temperature., Paula S.M. Celis-Plá, Brezo Martínez, Nathalie Korbee, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Félix L. Figueroa
Dietary lipid content reorganizes gut microbiota and probiotic L. rhamnosus attenuates obesity and enhances catabolic hormonal milieu in zebrafish, Silvia Falcinelli, Ana Rodiles, Azadeh Hatef, Simona Picchietti, Lina Cossignani, Daniel L. Merrifield, Suraj Unniappan, and Oliana Carnevali
Physiological responses to ocean acidification and warming synergistically reduce condition of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, E. Z. Ong, M. Briffa, T. Moens, and Colen C Van
An analysis of the development of cauliflower seed as a model to improve the molecular mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in cauliflower artificial seeds, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, and Michael P. Fuller
Environment: A journey on plastic seas, Richard Thompson
Identifying the consequences of ocean sprawl for sedimentary habitats, Eliza C. Heery, Melanie J. Bishop, Lincoln P. Critchley, Ana B. Bugnot, Laura Airoldi, Mariana Mayer-Pinto, Emma V. Sheehan, Ross A. Coleman, Lynette H.L. Loke, Emma L. Johnston, Valeriya Komyakova, Rebecca L. Morris, Elisabeth M.A. Strain, Larissa A. Naylor, and Katherine A. Dafforn
Linking the biological impacts of ocean acidification on oysters to changes in ecosystem services, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Stephen Fletcher, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, and Antony M. Knights
Microplastic ingestion in fish larvae in the western English Channel, Madeleine Steer, Matthew Cole, Richard C. Thompson, and Penelope K. Lindeque
Tracking reveals limited interactions between Campbell Albatross and fisheries during the breeding season, LA Sztukowski, Toor ML van, H Weimerskirch, DR Thompson, LG Torres, PM Sagar, PA Cotton, and SC Votier
Turning off the DRIP (‘Data-rich, information-poor’) – rationalising monitoring with a focus on marine renewable energy developments and the benthos, Thomas A. Wilding, Andrew B. Gill, Arjen Boon, Emma Sheehan, Jean Claude Dauvin, Jean Philippe Pezy, F O’Beirn, Urszula Janas, Liis Rostin, and Mesel I De
Assessing the impact of Benzo[a]pyrene on Marine Mussels: Application of a novel targeted low density microarray complementing classical biomarker responses, Mohamed Banni, Susanna Sforzini, Volker M. Arlt, Audrey Barranger, Lorna J. Dallas, Caterina Oliveri, Yann Aminot, Beniamina Pacchioni, Caterina Millino, Gerolamo Lanfranchi, James W. Readman, Michael N. Moore, Aldo Viarengo, and Awadhesh N. Jha
Towards ‘ecological coherence’: Assessing larval dispersal within a network of existing Marine Protected Areas, Rebecca E. Ross, Smith WAM Nimmo, and Kerry L. Howell
Defining the qualitative elements of Aichi Biodiversity Target 11 with regard to the marine and coastal environment in order to strengthen global efforts for marine biodiversity conservation outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 14, Siân E. Rees, Nicola L. Foster, Olivia Langmead, Simon Pittman, and David E. Johnson
Interannual variability in lower trophic levels on the Alaskan Shelf, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Sonia D. Batten, Dionysios E. Raitsos, Seth Danielson, Russell Hopcroft, and Kenneth Coyle
De novo transcriptome assembly of the amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi exposed to chronic hypoxia, Michael Collins, Oliver Tills, John I. Spicer, and Manuela Truebano
Motor pattern during fights in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus: evidence for the role of skill in animal contests, Mark Briffa and Katlyn J. Fortescue
Systematic analysis of rocky shore platform morphology at large spatial scale using LiDAR-derived digital elevation models, Hironori Matsumoto, Mark E. Dickson, and Gerd Masselink
The Ocean's Vital Skin: Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Sea Surface Microlayer, Anja Engel, Hermann W. Bange, Michael Cunliffe, Susannah M. Burrows, Gernot Friedrichs, Luisa Galgani, Hartmut Herrmann, Norbert Hertkorn, Martin Johnson, Peter S. Liss, Patricia K. Quinn, Markus Schartau, Alexander Soloviev, Christian Stolle, Robert C. Upstill-Goddard, Pinxteren M van, and Birthe Zäncker
How does environment influence fighting? The effects of tidal flow on resource value and fighting costs in sea anemones, Alexandre V. Palaoro, Mariana Velasque, Sandro Santos, and Mark Briffa
An adaptive grid to improve the efficiency and accuracy of shipping noise modelling, F Chen, LE Trigg, GI Shapiro, SN Ingram, and CB Embling
Abandoning animal personality would cause obfuscation: a comment on Beekman and Jordan, Mark Briffa
