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Expanding known dinoflagellate distributions : investigations of slurry cultures from Caspian Sea sediment (2017)
Journal Article
Lewis, J., Taylor, J., Neale, K., & Leroy, S. (2017). Expanding known dinoflagellate distributions : investigations of slurry cultures from Caspian Sea sediment. Botanica Marina, 61(1), 21-31. https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2017-0041

To investigate the disparity between plankton and cyst records, sediment slurry cultures were used to isolate the motile stage of dinoflagellates from Caspian Sea sediment. This has resulted in new records for this area of Kryptoperidinium foliaceum,... Read More about Expanding known dinoflagellate distributions : investigations of slurry cultures from Caspian Sea sediment.

Exposing the Luxury Effect (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Scaletta, K., Dennis, M., Hardman, M., Griffiths, A., & James, P. (2017, December). Exposing the Luxury Effect. Poster presented at British Ecological Society Annual Meeting, Ghent

Probiotic consortia are not uniformly effective against different amphibian chytrid pathogen isolates (2017)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., & Harrison, X. (2018). Probiotic consortia are not uniformly effective against different amphibian chytrid pathogen isolates. Molecular Ecology, 27(2), 577-589. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14456

Symbiotic bacterial communities can protect their hosts from infection by pathogens. Treatment of wild individuals with protective bacteria (probiotics) isolated from hosts can combat the spread of emerging infectious diseases. However, it is unclear... Read More about Probiotic consortia are not uniformly effective against different amphibian chytrid pathogen isolates.

Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA : panmixia or complex stock structure? (2017)
Journal Article

Background
The blue shark (Prionace glauca, Linnaeus 1758) is one of the most abundant epipelagic shark inhabiting all the oceans except the poles, including the Mediterranean Sea, but its genetic structure has not been confirmed at basin and inter... Read More about Genetic differentiation and phylogeography of Mediterranean-North Eastern Atlantic blue shark (Prionace glauca, L. 1758) using mitochondrial DNA : panmixia or complex stock structure?.

Total evidence phylogeny and evolutionary timescale for Australian faunivorous marsupials (Dasyuromorphia) (2017)
Journal Article
Kealy, S., & Beck, R. (2017). Total evidence phylogeny and evolutionary timescale for Australian faunivorous marsupials (Dasyuromorphia). BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(240), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1090-0

Background
The order Dasyuromorphia is a diverse radiation of faunivorous marsupials, comprising >80 modern species in Australia and New Guinea. It includes dasyurids, the numbat (the myrmecobiid Myrmecobius fasciatus) and the recently extinct thyl... Read More about Total evidence phylogeny and evolutionary timescale for Australian faunivorous marsupials (Dasyuromorphia).

How many Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella Gray, 1870) species are there? A taxonomic re-appraisal based on new molecular evidence (2017)
Journal Article

The pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea, the smallest of the New World monkeys, has one of the largest geographical distributions of the Amazonian primates. Two forms have been recognized: Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea (Spix, 1823), and C. p. niveiventris Lö... Read More about How many Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella Gray, 1870) species are there? A taxonomic re-appraisal based on new molecular evidence.

The chronology of a sediment core from incised valley of the Yangtze River delta : comparative OSL and AMS 14C dating (2017)
Journal Article
Nian, X., Zhang, W., Wang, Z., Sun, Q., Chen, Z., & Hutchinson, S. (2017). The chronology of a sediment core from incised valley of the Yangtze River delta : comparative OSL and AMS 14C dating. Marine Geology, 395, 320-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2017.11.008

Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating has gained increased use in dating deltatic deposits, however, its application can be hindered by the problem of incomplete bleaching. To address this limitation, we test the single-grain OSL method for... Read More about The chronology of a sediment core from incised valley of the Yangtze River delta : comparative OSL and AMS 14C dating.

Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes (2017)
Journal Article
Joynson, R., Pritchard, L., Ekenakema, O., & Ferry, N. (2017). Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes. Frontiers in Microbiology, 8, 2181. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02181

Some eukaryotes are able to gain access to well-protected carbon sources in plant biomass by exploiting microorganisms in the environment or harbored in their digestive system. One is the land pulmonate Arion ater, which takes advantage of a gut micr... Read More about Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes.

Predisposition of forests to biotic disturbance : predicting the distribution of Acute Oak Decline using environmental factors (2017)
Journal Article
Brown, N., Vanguelova, E., Parnell, S., Broadmeadow, S., & Denman, S. (2018). Predisposition of forests to biotic disturbance : predicting the distribution of Acute Oak Decline using environmental factors. Forest Ecology and Management, 407(1), 145-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2017.10.054

In the UK, Acute Oak Decline (AOD) has caused much concern, due to its distinctive symptoms and its potential to impact oak species that form the largest component of native broadleaf woodland. Decline complexes involve multiple biotic and abiotic fa... Read More about Predisposition of forests to biotic disturbance : predicting the distribution of Acute Oak Decline using environmental factors.

Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage (2017)
Journal Article
Antwis, R., & Weldon, C. (2017). Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage. Microbiology, 163(12), 1835-1838. https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.000570

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has caused declines and extinctions in hundreds of amphibian species across the world. Virulence varies among and within lineages; the Global Panzootic Lineage (GPL) is the most pathogenic, although... Read More about Amphibian skin defences show variation in ability to inhibit growth of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolates from the Global Panzootic Lineage.

Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia (2017)
Journal Article
Lopez-Baucells, A., Rocha, R., Tavares, V., Moras, L., Silva, S., Bobrowiec, P., & Meyer, C. (2017). Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia. Tropical Zoology, 31(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2017.1382284

Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae are rarely captured Neotropical molossid bats for
which information on taxonomy, natural history, and spatial distribution are scarce.
This translates into a poor understanding of their ecology and limits the delimit... Read More about Molecular, morphological and acoustic identification of Eumops maurus and Eumops hansae (Chiroptera: Molossidae) with new reports from Central Amazonia.

ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees (2017)
Journal Article
Kevill, J., Highfield, A., Mordecai, G., Martin, S., & Schroeder, D. (2017). ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees. Viruses, 9(11), 314. https://doi.org/10.3390/v9110314

Deformed wing virus (DWV) is one of the most prevalent honey bee viral pathogens in the world. Typical of many RNA viruses, DWV is a quasi-species, which is comprised of a large number of different variants, currently consisting of three master varia... Read More about ABC assay : method development and application to quantify the role of three DWV master variants in overwinter colony losses of European honey bees.

Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Anthony, R., Holliman, P., Furnell, L., Connell, A., Jones, E., & Kershaw, C. (2017, October). Development of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells. Poster presented at Dyenamo DSSC Strikes Back, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs (2017)
Thesis
Egejuru, P. Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs. (Thesis). University of Salford

Due to stringent environmental regulations on the disposal and management of the traditional diesel oil-based mud used for drilling difficult formations such as shale, there is the necessity to develop an environmentally friendly drilling mud. Vegeta... Read More about Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs.

Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe (2017)
Journal Article
Shum, P., Moore, L., Pampoulie, C., Di Muri, C., Vandamme, S., & Mariani, S. (2017). Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe. PeerJ, 5, e3746. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3746

Morphology-based identification of North Atlantic Sebastes has long been controversial and misidentification may produce misleading data, with cascading consequences that negatively affect fisheries management and seafood labelling. North Atlantic Se... Read More about Harnessing mtDNA variation to resolve ambiguity in ‘Redfish’ sold in Europe.

The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion (2017)
Book
Martin, S. (2017). The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion. International Bee Research Association (IBRA) & Northern Bee Books

This book by Professor Stephen Martin aims to cover all the key aspects of the hornets’ biology including the impact they have on both people and honey bees. The information presented is gained from various sources during the many years Professor Ma... Read More about The Asian Hornet (vespa velutina) - Threats, Biology & Expansion.

Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys (2017)
Journal Article
of wild black-fronted titi monkeys. Primates, 59(1), 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-017-0629-4

Anthropogenic noise pollution is increasing and
can constrain acoustic communication in animals. Our aim
was to investigate if the acoustic parameters of loud calls
and their diurnal pattern in the black-fronted titi monkey
(Callicebus nigrifrons... Read More about Mining noise affects loud call structures and emission patterns of wild black-fronted titi monkeys.

The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England (2017)
Thesis
Orchard, D. The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England. (Thesis). University of Salford

Triturus cristatus is one of Europe’s most rapidly declining amphibians and has been the subject of conservation concern in the UK since 1975. Despite its widespread decline and continued threats from development, T. cristatus remains widely distribu... Read More about The population structure and demography of Triturus cristatus in agricultural landscapes of North-West England.