A5012762724- Marine and fisheries research
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
University of Nottingham
2024
Operation Wallacea
2024
Bangor University
2019-2023
University of Victoria
2011
For some salmon populations, the individual and population effects of sea lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) transmission from cage farms is probably mediated by predation, which a primary natural source mortality juvenile salmon. We examined how infestation affects predation risk pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) chum (O. keta) salmon, developed mathematical model to assess implications for dynamics conservation. A risk-taking experiment indicated that infected accept higher in order obtain...
Worldwide coral reefs face catastrophic damage due to a series of anthropogenic stressors. Investigating how ecosystems are connected, in particular across depth, will help us understand if deeper harbour distinct communities. Here, we explore changes benthic community structure 15–300 m depths using technical divers and submersibles around Bermuda. We report high levels floral faunal differentiation with assemblages occupying each depth surveyed, except 200–300 m, corresponding the lower...
Abstract Biodiversity is in crisis globally, and we consistently fail to hit global targets stem its loss. Inspired by the Kunming‐Montreal Global Framework, biodiversity credit market offers an avenue for vital funding conservation projects around world. Various methodologies standards are becoming available, most will require measurement monitoring of at scale. Private investment through credits entails specific needs data collection, including need claims be verifiable. We conceptualise...
Abstract Background Land-use is a major driver of changes in biodiversity worldwide, but studies have overwhelmingly focused on above-ground taxa: the effects soil are less well known, despite importance organisms ecosystem functioning. We modelled data from global database to compare how abundance soil-dwelling and responded land use properties. Results found that affects overall differently assemblages. The was markedly lower cropland plantation habitats than primary vegetation pasture....
The spatial structure of ecological communities on tropical coral reefs across seascapes and geographies have historically been poorly understood. Here we addressed this for the first time using spatially expansive thematically resolved benthic community data collected around five uninhabited central Pacific oceanic islands, spanning 6° latitude 17° longitude. Using towed‐diver digital image surveys over ~140 linear km shallow (8–20 m depth) reef, highlight autocorrelated nature reef...
Abstract Marine heatwaves are causing recurring coral bleaching events on tropical reefs that driving ecosystem change. Yet, little is known about how and subsequent mortality impacts the spatial properties of seascapes, such as patterns organism clustering heterogeneity across scales. Changes in these can offer insight into recovery potential following disturbance. Here we repeatedly quantified reef benthic around circumference an uninhabited island central Pacific over a 9‐year period...
Abstract Background Coral reefs are rapidly changing in response to local and global stressors. Research better understand inform the management of these stressors is burgeoning. However, situ studies coral reef ecology constrained by complex logistics limited resources. Many also hampered scale-dependent nature ecological patterns, inferences made on causal relationships within systems scales observation. This because most socio-ecological conducted at relevant phenomenon interest. often...