A5038552168- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Heavy metals in environment
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
2013-2022
Saudi Aramco (Saudi Arabia)
2022
Weymouth Community Hospital
2013-2017
Cancer Research UK
2006
University of Birmingham
2006
University of Sussex
2005
Lowestoft Hospital
2003-2004
Suffolk University
2003-2004
University of Wales
1997
Swansea University
1997
Microplastics contaminate global oceans and are accumulating in sediments at levels thought sufficient to leave a permanent layer the fossil record. Despite this, processes that vertically transport buoyant polymers from surface waters benthos poorly understood. Here we demonstrate laboratory generated marine snows can microplastics of different shapes, sizes, away water enhance their bioavailability benthic organisms. Sinking rates all tested increased when incorporated into snows, with...
Abstract The Water Framework Directive (WFD), 2000/60/EC, requires an integrated approach to the monitoring and assessment of quality surface water bodies. chemical status is based on compliance with legally binding Environmental Quality Standards (EQSs) for selected pollutants (priority substances) EU-wide concern. In context mandate period 2010 2012 subgroup Chemical Monitoring Emerging Pollutants (CMEP) under Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) WFD, a specific task was established...
Marine litter presents a global problem, with increasing quantities documented in recent decades. The distribution and abundance of marine on the seafloor off United Kingdom's (UK) coasts were quantified during 39 independent scientific surveys conducted between 1992 2017. Widespread items, especially plastics, found seabed North Sea, English Channel, Celtic Sea Irish Sea. High variation ranging from 0 to 1835 pieces km-2 seafloor, was observed. Plastic tems such as bags, bottles fishing...
AB Aquatic Biology Contact the journal Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 2:1-15 (2008) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/ab00031 Mussel histopathology: effects of season, disease and species J. P. Bignell, M. Dodge, S. W. Feist, B. Lyons, D. Martin, N. G. H. Taylor, Stone, L. Travalent, Stentiford* Centre for Environment, Fisheries Aquaculture Science (Cefas), Barrack Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 8UB, UK...
Abstract Martínez-Gómez, C., Vethaak, A. D., Hylland, K., Burgeot, T., Köhler, A., Lyons, B. P., Thain, J., Gubbins, M. and Davies, I. 2010. A guide to toxicity assessment monitoring effects at lower levels of biological organization following marine oil spills in European waters. – ICES Journal Marine Science, 67: 1105–1118. The usefulness applying biological-effects techniques (bioassays biomarkers) as tools assist evaluating damage the health ecosystems produced by has been demonstrated...
The acquisition and analysis of datasets including multi-level omics physiology from non-model species, sampled field populations, is a formidable challenge, which so far has prevented the application systems biology approaches. If successful, these could contribute enormously to improving our understanding how populations living organisms adapt environmental stressors relating to, for example, pollution climate. Here we describe first network inference approach integrating transcriptional,...
Nuclear receptors are a superfamily of transcription factors important in key biological, developmental and reproductive processes. Several these ligand- activated through their ability to bind endogenous exogenous ligands, potentially vulnerable xenobiotics. Molluscs ecological species defining aquatic terrestrial habitats sensitive xenobiotic compounds the environment. However, understanding nuclear receptor presence, function disruption phylum Mollusca is limited. Here, forty-three...
Currently, little is known about the impact of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) on ecologically important microorganisms such as ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB). We performed a multi-analytical approach to demonstrate effects uncapped nanosilver (uAgNP), capped (cAgNP) and Ag2SO4 activities AOB: Nitrosomonas europaea, Nitrosospira multiformis Nitrosococcus oceani, growth Escherichia coli Bacillus subtilis model bacterial systems in relation AgNP type concentration. All Ag treatments caused...
A geographically extensive baseline survey of sediment contamination was undertaken at twenty nine locations around Kuwait. Samples were assessed in relation to a wide range industrial pollutants, including metals, PAHs, PCBs, PBDEs and HBCDs. The data generated indicated that levels pollutants generally low below commonly applied quality guidelines (SQGs). However, naturally high background concentrations certain metals present from the region may prohibit direct assessment against some...
Abstract Intricate links between aquatic animals and their environment expose them to chemical pathogenic hazards, which can disrupt seafood supply. Here we outline a risk schema for assessing potential impacts of microbial hazards on discrete subsectors aquaculture—and control measures that may protect As national governments develop strategies achieve volumetric expansion in production from aquaculture meet increasing demand, propose an urgent need simultaneous focus controlling those...
Fish play host to viral, bacterial, and parasitic diseases in addition non-infectious conditions such as cancer. The National Marine Monitoring Programme (NMMP) provides information the U.K. Government on health status of marine fish stocks. An aspect this work relates presence tumors other pathologies liver offshore sentinel flatfish species, dab (Limanda limanda). Using internationally agreed quality assurance criteria, pre-tumors are diagnosed using histopathology. current study has...
Microbial water quality and concentrations of faecal sterols in sediment have been used to assess the degree sewage contamination Kuwait's marine environment. A review microbial (faecal coliform, streptococci Escherichia coli) data identified temporal spatial sources pollution around coastline. Results indicated that bacterial counts regularly breach regional guidelines. Sediments collected from a total 29 sites contained detectable levels coprostanol with values ranging 2420 ng g(-1) (dry...
Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) enter estuaries via wastewater treatment effluents, where they can inhibit microorganisms, because of their antimicrobial properties. Ammonia-oxidising bacteria (AOB) and archaea (AOA) are involved in the first step nitrification important to ecosystem function, especially effluent discharge results high nitrogen inputs. Here, we investigated effect a pulse addition AgNPs on AOB AOA ammonia monooxygenase (amoA) gene abundances benthic potential rates (NPR)...