A5079926795- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Plant and animal studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
Zoological Society of London
2015-2024
Google (United States)
2022
University College London
2020-2021
Natural History Museum
2004-2018
University of Reading
2005-2011
There is a concerted global effort to digitize biodiversity occurrence data from herbarium and museum collections that together offer an unparalleled archive of life on Earth over the past few centuries. The Global Biodiversity Information Facility provides largest single gateway these data. Since 2004 it has provided point access specimen databases biological surveys collections. Biologists now have rapid more than 120 million observations, for use in many analyses. We investigate quality...
Abstract Protected areas ( PA s) are intended to provide native biodiversity and habitats with a refuge against the impacts of global change, particularly acting as natural filters biological invasions. In practice, however, it is unknown how effective s will be in shielding species from invasions under projected climate change. Here, we investigate current future potential distributions 100 most invasive terrestrial, freshwater, marine Europe. We use this information evaluate combined...
Abstract Aim Three‐quarters of Octocorallia species are found in deep waters. These cold‐water octocoral colonies can form a major constituent structurally complex habitats. The global distribution and the habitat requirements deep‐sea octocorals poorly understood given expense difficulties sampling at depth. Habitat suitability models useful tools to extrapolate distributions provide an understanding ecological requirements. Here, we present maps for seven suborders Octocorallia:...
The Chagos Archipelago was designated a no-take marine protected area (MPA) in 2010; it covers 550 000 km2, with more than 60 km2 shallow limestone platform and reefs. This has doubled the global cover of such MPAs.It contains 25-50% Indian Ocean reef remaining excellent condition, as well world's largest contiguous undamaged area. It suffered from warming episodes, but after most severe mortality event 1998, coral restored 10 years.Coral fishes are orders magnitude abundant other locations,...
Bayesian, maximum-likelihood, and maximum-parsimony phylogenies, constructed using nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene region trnK-matK, are employed to investigate relationships within Cactaceae. These phylogenies sample 666 plants representing 532 of 1438 species recognized in family. All four subfamilies, all nine tribes, 69% currently genera Cactaceae sampled. We found strong support for three although between subfamilies were not well defined. Major clades recovered largest...
Abstract Aim The distribution of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the deep sea is poorly understood. This has led to emergence modelling methods predict occurrence suitable habitat for conservation planning data‐sparse areas. Recent global analyses cold‐water corals a high probability along slopes continental margins, offshore banks and seamounts north‐eastern Atlantic, but tend overestimate extent do not provide detail needed finer‐scale assessments protected area planning. Using Lophelia...
We investigate the impact of past climates on plant diversification by tracking "footprint" climate change a phylogenetic tree. Diversity within cosmopolitan carnivorous genus Drosera (Droseraceae) is focused Mediterranean regions. explore whether this diversity temporally linked to Mediterranean-type climatic shifts mid-Miocene and preferences are conservative over timescales. Phyloclimatic modeling combines environmental niche (bioclimatic) with phylogenetics in order study evolutionary...
The impact of global climate change on plant distribution, speciation and extinction is current concern. Examining species climatic preferences via bioclimatic niche modelling a key tool to study this impact. There an established link between models phylogenetic diversification. A next step examine future distribution predictions from perspective. We present such using Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae), group which demonstrates morphological phenological adaptations its seasonal Mediterranean-type...
Recent habitat suitability models used to predict the occurrence of vulnerable marine species, particularly framework building cold-water corals, have identified terrain attributes such as slope and bathymetric position index important predictive parameters. Due their scale-dependent nature, a realistic representation is crucial for development reliable models. In this paper, three known coral areas noncoral control area off west coast Ireland were chosen assess quantitative distributional...
Species in the ivesioid clade of Potentilla (Rosaceae) are endemic to western North America, an area that underwent widespread aridification during global temperature decrease following Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum. Several morphological features interpreted as adaptations drought found clade, and many species occupy extremely dry habitats. Recent phylogenetic analyses have shown sister group this is section Rivales, a with distinct moist habitat preferences. This has led hypothesis...
Abstract Aim Highly dynamic ocean environments can experience dramatic changes over relatively short timeframes, affecting the spatial distribution of resources and therefore presence or absence highly mobile species. We use simulation studies to investigate how different temporal resolutions might affect results species models for (e.g. cetaceans) in marine environments. Location Azores archipelago, Portugal. Methods developed three virtual with habitat preferences influenced by (1) only...
Kelps, fucoids and other large brown seaweeds are common important features of temperate coastal zones. The British Isles is a centre for seaweed diversity in the NE Atlantic, but, despite numerous surveys, an incomplete picture distribution remains. Survey data herbarium specimens were used to examine environmental preference 15 species seaweeds, covering orders Laminariales (kelps), Fucales (wracks) one Tilopteridales. Habitat suitability models developed estimate broad-scale area habitat...
Arctic environments are changing rapidly. To assess climate change impacts and guide conservation, there is a need to effectively monitor areas of high biodiversity that difficult access, such as the deep sea. Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), like many remote countries with large deep-sea exclusive economic zones (EEZs), lacks consistent access funding logistics required maintain advanced expensive technologies for seafloor exploration. fill this need, video camera imaging have been adapted...
Abstract. Warm-water coral reefs are facing unprecedented human-driven threats to their continued existence as biodiverse functional ecosystems upon which hundreds of millions people rely. These impacts may drive past critical thresholds, beyond the system reorganises, often abruptly and potentially irreversibly; this is what Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2022) define a tipping point. Determining point thresholds for reef requires robust assessment multiple stressors...
Abstract Aim The Mediterranean region is a species‐rich area with complex geographical history. Geographical barriers have been removed and restored due to sea level changes local climatic change. Such proposed as plausible mechanism driving the high levels of speciation endemism in basin. This raises fundamental question: allopatric isolation by which occurs? study explores potential influence palaeo‐geographical events on Cyclamen (Myrsinaceae), group most species endemic region. shown...
We present the first documented complete mitogenomes of deep-sea Pennatulacea, representing nine genera and eight families. These include one species each Funiculina, Halipteris, Protoptilum Distichoptilum, four Umbellula Pennatula, three Kophobelemnon two Anthoptilum, as well epi- mesobenthic genus Virgularia. Seventeen circular genomes ranged from 18,513 bp (Halipteris cf. finmarchica) to 19,171 (Distichoptilum gracile) contained all genes standard octocoral mitochondrial (14...
Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) are an ecologically and culturally important group of deep-sea cnidarians. However, as the majority species inhabit depths >50 m, they relatively understudied. The inaccessibility well-preserved tissue for interest has limited scope molecular analysis, a result only small number antipatharian mitochondrial genomes have been published. Using next generation sequencing, eighteen complete five partial were assembled, increasing to twenty-two. This includes...
We consider the opportunities and challenges associated with organizing a conference online, using case study of medium-sized (approx. 400 participants) international held virtually in August 2020. In addition, we present quantifiable evidence participants' experience results from an online post-conference questionnaire. Although virtual meeting was not able to replicate in-person some aspects (e.g. less engagement between overwhelming majority respondents found enjoyable would join similar...
Management of deep-sea fisheries in areas beyond national jurisdiction by Regional Fisheries Organizations/Arrangements (RFMO/As) requires identification with Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). Currently, data, including trawl and longline bycatch are used many RFMO/As to inform the VMEs. However, collection such data creates impacts there is a need collect non-invasive for VME monitoring purposes. Imagery from scientific surveys satisfies this requirement, but currently no established...