The increase in global aquaculture and the associated protists: opportunities and threats
Journal Article
Rueckert, S., Henriquez, F., Bass, D., & Tsaousis, A. (2021)
The increase in global aquaculture and the associated protists: opportunities and threats. Microbiology Today, 48(1), 20-23
A look into the fast-growing aquaculture industry and how the associated protist ecology is responding to climate change.
Local contributions to beta-diversity in urban pond networks: implications for biodiversity conservation and management
Journal Article
Hill, M., White, J., Biggs, J., Briers, R., Gledhill, D., Ledger, M., …Hassall, C. (2021)
Local contributions to beta-diversity in urban pond networks: implications for biodiversity conservation and management. Diversity and Distributions, 27(5), 887-900. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13239
Aim: An understanding of how biotic communities are spatially organised is necessary to identify and prioritize habitats within landscape-scale biodiversity conservation. Loca...
Grey squirrels: is birth control the solution to Britain’s invasive species problem?
Other
Gilchrist, J. (2021)
Grey squirrels: is birth control the solution to Britain’s invasive species problem?. [Blog post]. https://theconversation.com/grey-squirrels-is-birth-control-the-solution-to-britains-invasive-species-problem-154400
Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems
Journal Article
Cziesielski, M. J., Duarte, C. M., Aalismail, N., Al-Hafedh, Y., Anton, A., Baalkhuyur, F., …Aranda, M. (2021)
Investing in Blue Natural Capital to Secure a Future for the Red Sea Ecosystems. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 603722. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.603722
For millennia, coastal and marine ecosystems have adapted and flourished in the Red Sea’s unique environment. Surrounded by deserts on all sides, the Red Sea is subjected to h...
Insect Pollination and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article
Tolera, K., & Ballantyne, G. (2021)
Insect Pollination and Sustainable Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Pollination Ecology, 27(2), 36-46
We are currently seeing an expansion of pollinator-dependent crops in many parts of the world, but also growing evidence for pollinator population declines and loss of pollina...
Giant panda conservation is failing to revive the wider ecosystem – new study
Other
Gilchrist, J. (2020)
Giant panda conservation is failing to revive the wider ecosystem – new study. [Blog post]. https://theconversation.com/giant-panda-conservation-is-failing-to-revive-the-wider-ecosystem-new-study-143849
Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya
Journal Article
Fortnam, M., Atkins, M., Brown, K., Chaigneau, T., Frouws, A., Gwaro, K., …Sheen, K. (2020)
Multiple Impact Pathways Of The 2015-2016 El Niño In Coastal Kenya. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 50, 174-189. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-020-01321-z
The 2015-2016 El Niño had large impacts globally. The effects were not as great as anticipated in Kenya, however, leading some commentators to call it a 'non-event'. Our study...
First genetic evidence that invasive bullhead (Cottus L. 1758) in Scotland is of English origin and the difficulty of resolving the European Cottus species taxonomy
Journal Article
McLeish, J., Briers, R., Dodd, J., & Rueckert, S. (2020)
First genetic evidence that invasive bullhead (Cottus L. 1758) in Scotland is of English origin and the difficulty of resolving the European Cottus species taxonomy. Journal of Fish Biology, 96(3), 617-630. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14247
The European bullhead (Cottus gobio) is widely distributed across Europe and within the UK is native to England and Wales, where it is protected under the Habitats Directive. ...
Rescued grey squirrels to be killed under new law – but Britain’s ‘invasive’ problem runs much deeper
Other
Gilchrist, J. (2019)
Rescued grey squirrels to be killed under new law – but Britain’s ‘invasive’ problem runs much deeper. [Blog post]. https://theconversation.com/rescued-grey-squirrels-to-be-killed-under-new-law-but-britains-invasive-problem-runs-much-deeper-128270
SDG 14: Life Below Water - Impacts On Mangroves
Book Chapter
Friess, D. A., Aung, T. T., Huxham, M., Lovelock, C., Mukherjee, N., & Sasmito, S. (2019)
SDG 14: Life Below Water - Impacts On Mangroves. In G. Winkel, P. Pacheco, G. Galloway, C. J. Pierce Colfer, W. de Jong, & P. Katila (Eds.), Sustainable Development Goals: Their Impacts on Forests and People, (445-481). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108765015.016
The SDG14 targets cover more than 70 per cent of the planet, including the coastal zone, where a range of forest resources are located. In this chapter we investigate the pote...