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Depth Related Brachiopod Faunas From The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation Of Southern Labrador And Western Newfoundland, Canada, Cb Skovsted, I Knight, Ku Balthasar, Wd Boyce Jan 2017

Depth Related Brachiopod Faunas From The Lower Cambrian Forteau Formation Of Southern Labrador And Western Newfoundland, Canada, Cb Skovsted, I Knight, Ku Balthasar, Wd Boyce

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

A diverse fauna of organophosphatic brachiopods is described from the late early Cambrian (Series 2, Stage 3-4) Forteau Formation of southern Labrador and western Newfoundland. The total fauna includes 11 species representing a wide selection of Cambrian brachiopod groups. Three distinct assemblages are recognized: Assemblages 1 and 2 are found in shallow water carbonates in association with archaeocyathans in southern Labrador and the western side of the Great Northern Peninsula of western Newfoundland. Assemblage 3 is found in a distal shelf setting of Gros Morne National Park. Assemblages 1 and 2 are found in stratigraphic continuity and define two brachiopod …


‘A Fluctuating Relationship With Nature’: Tom Raworth's Ecopoetics, Mandy Bloomfield Jan 2017

‘A Fluctuating Relationship With Nature’: Tom Raworth's Ecopoetics, Mandy Bloomfield

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

No abstract provided.


Playing In The Dark With Online Games For Girls, Rebecca Sinker, Mike Phillips, Victoria De Rijke Jan 2017

Playing In The Dark With Online Games For Girls, Rebecca Sinker, Mike Phillips, Victoria De Rijke

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Pregnant Rapunzel Emergency is part of a series of online free games aimed at young girls ( forhergames.com or babygirlgames.com ), where dozens of characters from fairy tales, children’s toys and media feature in recovery settings, such as ‘Barbie flu’. The range of games available to choose from includes not only dressing, varnishing nails or tidying messy rooms, but also rather more troubling options such as extreme makeovers, losing weight, or a plethora of baby showers, cravings, hospital pregnancy checks, births (including caesarean), postnatal ironing, washing and baby care. Taking the online game Pregnant Rapunzel Emergency as an exemplar of …


Storm Overwash Of A Gravel Barrier: Field Measurements And Xbeach-G Modelling, Luis Pedro Almeida, Gerd Masselink, Robert Mccall, Paul Russell Jan 2017

Storm Overwash Of A Gravel Barrier: Field Measurements And Xbeach-G Modelling, Luis Pedro Almeida, Gerd Masselink, Robert Mccall, Paul Russell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Correcting Wave Reflection Estimates In The Coastal Zone, Kris Inch, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell Jan 2017

Correcting Wave Reflection Estimates In The Coastal Zone, Kris Inch, Mark Davidson, Gerd Masselink, Paul Russell

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds, Jazmin J. Hernandez-Kantun, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Jacques Grall, Walter Adey, Fabio Rindi, Christine A. Maggs, Ignacio Bárbara, Viviana Peña Jan 2017

North Atlantic Rhodolith Beds, Jazmin J. Hernandez-Kantun, Jason M. Hall-Spencer, Jacques Grall, Walter Adey, Fabio Rindi, Christine A. Maggs, Ignacio Bárbara, Viviana Peña

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Aggregations of living unattached corallines, previously often referred to as nodules, were given the name rhodoliths by Bosselini and Ginsburg ( 1971 ). Adey and MacIntyre ( 1973 ) provided an early discussion of their genesis and distribution. Such aggregations have long been known as maerl in the North East Atlantic, a Breton term for unattached thalli that lack a shell or pebble core (Irvine and Chamberlain 1994 ). Here, we provide an overview of rhodolith/maerl occurrence in the colder/temperate waters of the North Atlantic and summarize the distribution, species composition, biodiversity and ecological importance of these habitats.


Does Sex Really Matter? Explaining Intraspecies Variation In Ocean Acidification Responses, Robert P. Ellis, William Davison, Ana M. Queirós, Kristy J. Kroeker, Piero Calosi, Sam Dupont, John I. Spicer, Rod W. Wilson, Steve Widdicombe, Mauricio A. Urbina Jan 2017

Does Sex Really Matter? Explaining Intraspecies Variation In Ocean Acidification Responses, Robert P. Ellis, William Davison, Ana M. Queirós, Kristy J. Kroeker, Piero Calosi, Sam Dupont, John I. Spicer, Rod W. Wilson, Steve Widdicombe, Mauricio A. Urbina

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Turning Off The Drip (‘Data-Rich, Information-Poor’) – Rationalising Monitoring With A Focus On Marine Renewable Energy Developments And The Benthos, Thomas A. Wilding, Andrew B. Gill, Arjen Boon, Emma Sheehan, Jean Claude Dauvin, Jean Philippe Pezy, F O’Beirn, Urszula Janas, Liis Rostin, Mesel I De Jan 2017

Turning Off The Drip (‘Data-Rich, Information-Poor’) – Rationalising Monitoring With A Focus On Marine Renewable Energy Developments And The Benthos, Thomas A. Wilding, Andrew B. Gill, Arjen Boon, Emma Sheehan, Jean Claude Dauvin, Jean Philippe Pezy, F O’Beirn, Urszula Janas, Liis Rostin, Mesel I De

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


An Analysis Of The Development Of Cauliflower Seed As A Model To Improve The Molecular Mechanism Of Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Cauliflower Artificial Seeds, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, Michael P. Fuller Jan 2017

An Analysis Of The Development Of Cauliflower Seed As A Model To Improve The Molecular Mechanism Of Abiotic Stress Tolerance In Cauliflower Artificial Seeds, Hail Z. Rihan, Mohammed Al-Issawi, Michael P. Fuller

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Metagenomic Analysis Of The Complex Microbial Consortium Associated With Cultures Of The Oil‐Rich Alga Botryococcus Braunii, Christine Sambles, Karen Moore, Thomas M. Lux, Katy Jones, George R. Littlejohn, João D. Gouveia, Stephen J. Aves, David J. Studholme, Rob Lee, John Love Jan 2017

Metagenomic Analysis Of The Complex Microbial Consortium Associated With Cultures Of The Oil‐Rich Alga Botryococcus Braunii, Christine Sambles, Karen Moore, Thomas M. Lux, Katy Jones, George R. Littlejohn, João D. Gouveia, Stephen J. Aves, David J. Studholme, Rob Lee, John Love

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

AbstractMicroalgae are widely viewed as a promising and sustainable source of renewable chemicals and biofuels. Botryococcus braunii synthesizes and secretes significant amounts of long‐chain (C30‐C40) hydrocarbons that can be subsequently converted into gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel. B. braunii cultures are not axenic and the effects of co‐cultured microorganisms on B. braunii growth and hydrocarbon yield are important, but sometimes contradictory. To understand the composition of the B. braunii microbial consortium, we used high throughput Illumina sequencing of metagenomic DNA to profile the microbiota within a well established, stable B. braunii culture and characterized the demographic changes in the microcosm …


Coupling Cross-Shore And Longshore Sediment Transport To Model Storm Response Along A Mixed Sand-Gravel Coast Under Varying Wave Directions, Rafael J. Bergillos, Gerd Masselink, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez Jan 2017

Coupling Cross-Shore And Longshore Sediment Transport To Model Storm Response Along A Mixed Sand-Gravel Coast Under Varying Wave Directions, Rafael J. Bergillos, Gerd Masselink, Miguel Ortega-Sánchez

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Development Of An Advanced Vertical Discretisation Scheme For A Regional Ocean Model, D Bruciaferri, G Shapiro, F Wobus Jan 2017

The Development Of An Advanced Vertical Discretisation Scheme For A Regional Ocean Model, D Bruciaferri, G Shapiro, F Wobus

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


The City As A Refuge For Insect Pollinators, Damon M. Hall, Gerardo R. Camilo, Rebecca K. Tonietto, Jeff Ollerton, Karin Ahrné, Mike Arduser, John S. Ascher, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Robert Fowler, Gordon Frankie, Dave Goulson, Bengt Gunnarsson, Mick E. Hanley, Janet I. Jackson, Gail Langellotto, David Lowenstein, Emily S. Minor, Stacy M. Philpott, Simon G. Potts, Muzafar H. Sirohi, Edward M. Spevak, Graham N. Stone, Caragh G. Threlfall Jan 2017

The City As A Refuge For Insect Pollinators, Damon M. Hall, Gerardo R. Camilo, Rebecca K. Tonietto, Jeff Ollerton, Karin Ahrné, Mike Arduser, John S. Ascher, Katherine C.R. Baldock, Robert Fowler, Gordon Frankie, Dave Goulson, Bengt Gunnarsson, Mick E. Hanley, Janet I. Jackson, Gail Langellotto, David Lowenstein, Emily S. Minor, Stacy M. Philpott, Simon G. Potts, Muzafar H. Sirohi, Edward M. Spevak, Graham N. Stone, Caragh G. Threlfall

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Research on urban insect pollinators is changing views on the biological value and ecological importance of cities. The abundance and diversity of native bee species in urban landscapes that are absent in nearby rural lands evidence the biological value and ecological importance of cities and have implications for biodiversity conservation. Lagging behind this revised image of the city are urban conservation programs that historically have invested in education and outreach rather than programs designed to achieve high-priority species conservation results. We synthesized research on urban bee species diversity and abundance to determine how urban conservation could be repositioned to better …


How Do Anthropogenic Contaminants (Acs) Affect Behaviour? Multi-Level Analysis Of The Effects Of Copper On Boldness In Hermit Crabs, Stephen J. White, Mark Briffa Jan 2017

How Do Anthropogenic Contaminants (Acs) Affect Behaviour? Multi-Level Analysis Of The Effects Of Copper On Boldness In Hermit Crabs, Stephen J. White, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Response To Diatom-Derived Polysaccharide Microgels, Joe D. Taylor, Michael Cunliffe Jan 2017

Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Response To Diatom-Derived Polysaccharide Microgels, Joe D. Taylor, Michael Cunliffe

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Phytoplankton-derived polysaccharide microgels, including transparent exopolymer particles (TEP), are a major component of the marine organic carbon pool. Previous studies have made correlative links between phytoplankton material and bacterioplankton, and performed experiments that assess general responses to phytoplankton, yet there is a lack of direct empirical evidence of specific bacterioplankton responses to natural phytoplankton polysaccharide microgels. In this study, we used diatom produced TEP in controlled incubation experiments to determine the impact of polysaccharide microgels on a coastal bacterioplankton community. Quantification of bacterial 16S rRNA gene transcripts showed that the addition of TEP caused an increase in bacterioplankton activity. Similarly, …


An Annotated Draft Genome For Radix Auricularia (Gastropoda, Mollusca), T Schell, B Feldmeyer, H Schmidt, B Greshake, O Tills, M Truebano, Sd Rundle, J Paule, I Ebersberger, M Pfenninger Jan 2017

An Annotated Draft Genome For Radix Auricularia (Gastropoda, Mollusca), T Schell, B Feldmeyer, H Schmidt, B Greshake, O Tills, M Truebano, Sd Rundle, J Paule, I Ebersberger, M Pfenninger

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Abandoning Animal Personality Would Cause Obfuscation: A Comment On Beekman And Jordan, Mark Briffa Jan 2017

Abandoning Animal Personality Would Cause Obfuscation: A Comment On Beekman And Jordan, Mark Briffa

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Annual Prediction Of Shoreline Erosion And Subsequent Recovery, Mark A. Davidson, Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, Mitchel D. Harley Jan 2017

Annual Prediction Of Shoreline Erosion And Subsequent Recovery, Mark A. Davidson, Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, Mitchel D. Harley

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Do Glucocorticoids Predict Fitness? Linking Environmental Conditions, Corticosterone And Reproductive Success In The Blue Tit, Cyanistes Caeruleus, L. J. Henderson, N. P. Evans, B. J. Heidinger, K. A. Herborn, K. E. Arnold Jan 2017

Do Glucocorticoids Predict Fitness? Linking Environmental Conditions, Corticosterone And Reproductive Success In The Blue Tit, Cyanistes Caeruleus, L. J. Henderson, N. P. Evans, B. J. Heidinger, K. A. Herborn, K. E. Arnold

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Glucocorticoids, including corticosterone (CORT), have been suggested to provide a physiological link between ecological conditions and fitness. Specifically, CORT, which is elevated in response to harsh conditions, is predicted to be correlated with reduced fitness. Yet, empirical studies show that CORT can be non-significantly, positively and negatively linked with fitness. Divergent environmental conditions between years or study systems may influence whether CORT is linked to fitness. To test this, we monitored free-living blue tits ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) during breeding over 3 years. We quantified foraging conditions during brood rearing, and examined whether they were correlated with parental baseline CORT …


Estimating The Ecological, Economic And Social Impacts Of Ocean Acidification And Warming On Uk Fisheries, Jose A. Fernandes, Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Caroline Hattam, Ana M. Queirós, William W.W.L. Cheung, Andrew Yool, Yuri Artioli, Edward C. Pope, Kevin J. Flynn, Gorka Merino, Piero Calosi, Nicola Beaumont, Melanie C. Austen, Stephen Widdicombe, Manuel Barange Jan 2017

Estimating The Ecological, Economic And Social Impacts Of Ocean Acidification And Warming On Uk Fisheries, Jose A. Fernandes, Eleni Papathanasopoulou, Caroline Hattam, Ana M. Queirós, William W.W.L. Cheung, Andrew Yool, Yuri Artioli, Edward C. Pope, Kevin J. Flynn, Gorka Merino, Piero Calosi, Nicola Beaumont, Melanie C. Austen, Stephen Widdicombe, Manuel Barange

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Assessments of the combined ecological impacts of ocean acidification and warming (OAW) and their social and economic consequences can help develop adaptive and responsive management strategies in the most sensitive regions. Here, available observational and experimental data, theoretical, and modelling approaches are combined to project and quantify potential effects of OAW on the future fisheries catches and resulting revenues and employment in the UK under different CO2 emission scenarios. Across all scenarios, based on the limited available experimental results considered, the bivalve species investigated were more affected by OAW than the fish species considered, compared with ocean warming alone. Projected …


Applied Gaussian Process In Optimizing Unburned Carbon Content In Fly Ash For Boiler Combustion, C Wang, Y Liu, Rm Everson, Aam Rahat, S Zheng Jan 2017

Applied Gaussian Process In Optimizing Unburned Carbon Content In Fly Ash For Boiler Combustion, C Wang, Y Liu, Rm Everson, Aam Rahat, S Zheng

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Recently, Gaussian Process (GP) has attracted generous attention from industry. This article focuses on the application of coal fired boiler combustion and uses GP to design a strategy for reducing Unburned Carbon Content in Fly Ash (UCC-FA) which is the most important indicator of boiler combustion efficiency. With getting rid of the complicated physical mechanisms, building a data-driven model as GP is an effective way for the proposed issue. Firstly, GP is used to model the relationship between the UCC-FA and boiler combustion operation parameters. The hyperparameters of GP model are optimized via Genetic Algorithm (GA). Then, served as the …


Assessing Altimetry Close To The Coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, S. Abdalla Jan 2017

Assessing Altimetry Close To The Coast, G. D. Quartly, F. Nencioli, D. Conley, S. Abdalla

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Oscillatory Neural Models Of The Basal Ganglia For Action Selection In Healthy And Parkinsonian Cases, R Borisyuk Jan 2017

Oscillatory Neural Models Of The Basal Ganglia For Action Selection In Healthy And Parkinsonian Cases, R Borisyuk

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The neuronal circuits of the Basal Ganglia (BG) play an important role in movement control and it is known that without correctly functioning BG, the cortex’s ability to control movements is diminished. Parkinson’s disease (PD), for example, is primarily a disease of the basal ganglia. One aspect of pathological activity in the parkinsonian basal ganglia is an increase in synchronous oscillatory firing patterns


A Modular Architecture For Transparent Computation In Recurrent Neural Networks, Gs Carmantini, P Beim Graben, M Desroches, S Rodrigues Jan 2017

A Modular Architecture For Transparent Computation In Recurrent Neural Networks, Gs Carmantini, P Beim Graben, M Desroches, S Rodrigues

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Computation is classically studied in terms of automata, formal languages and algorithms; yet, the relation between neural dynamics and symbolic representations and operations is still unclear in traditional eliminative connectionism. Therefore, we suggest a unique perspective on this central issue, to which we would like to refer as transparent connectionism, by proposing accounts of how symbolic computation can be implemented in neural substrates. In this study we first introduce a new model of dynamics on a symbolic space, the versatile shift, showing that it supports the real-time simulation of a range of automata. We then show that the Gödelization of …


On The Harmonization Of Methods For Measuring The Occurrence, Fate And Effects Of Microplastics, Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan, Richard C. Thompson Jan 2017

On The Harmonization Of Methods For Measuring The Occurrence, Fate And Effects Of Microplastics, Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan, Richard C. Thompson

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Welcome to this Analytical Methods themed issue on microplastics in the environment, guest edited by Chelsea M. Rochman, Fiona Regan and Richard C. Thompson. The editors hope that this editorial will facilitate discussions that lead toward harmonized methods that are informed by hypotheses, and ultimately produce data that can be synthesized and used to inform effective local and global policies that prevent and mitigate microplastics.


Microplastic Ingestion In Fish Larvae In The Western English Channel, Madeleine Steer, Matthew Cole, Richard C. Thompson, Penelope K. Lindeque Jan 2017

Microplastic Ingestion In Fish Larvae In The Western English Channel, Madeleine Steer, Matthew Cole, Richard C. Thompson, Penelope K. Lindeque

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Microplastics have been documented in marine environments worldwide, where they pose a potential risk to biota. Environmental interactions between microplastics and lower trophic organisms are poorly understood. Coastal shelf seas are rich in productivity but also experience high levels of microplastic pollution. In these habitats, fish have an important ecological and economic role. In their early life stages, planktonic fish larvae are vulnerable to pollution, environmental stress and predation. Here we assess the occurrence of microplastic ingestion in wild fish larvae. Fish larvae and water samples were taken across three sites (10, 19 and 35 km from shore) in the …


Global Patterns Of Interaction Specialization In Bird-Flower Networks, Tb Zanata, B Dalsgaard, Fc Passos, Pa Cotton, Jj Roper, Pk Maruyama, E Fischer, M Schleuning, González Am Martín, J Vizentin-Bugoni, Dc Franklin, S Abrahamczyk, R Alárcon, Ac Araujo, Fp Araújo, Smd Azevedo-Junior, Ac Baquero, K Böhning-Gaese, Dw Carstensen, H Chupil, Ag Coelho, Rr Faria, D Hořák, Tt Ingversen, Š Janeček, G Kohler, C Lara, Fmg Las-Casas, Av Lopes, Ao Machado, Cg Machado, Ic Machado, Ma Maglianesi, Ts Malucelli, J Mohd-Azlan, Ac Moura, Gm Oliveira, Pe Oliveira, Jf Ornelas, J Riegert, Lc Rodrigues, L Rosero-Lasprilla, Am Rui, M Sazima, B Schmid, O Sedláček, A Timmermann, Mgr Vollstädt, Z Wang, S Watts, C Rahbek, Ig Varassin Jan 2017

Global Patterns Of Interaction Specialization In Bird-Flower Networks, Tb Zanata, B Dalsgaard, Fc Passos, Pa Cotton, Jj Roper, Pk Maruyama, E Fischer, M Schleuning, González Am Martín, J Vizentin-Bugoni, Dc Franklin, S Abrahamczyk, R Alárcon, Ac Araujo, Fp Araújo, Smd Azevedo-Junior, Ac Baquero, K Böhning-Gaese, Dw Carstensen, H Chupil, Ag Coelho, Rr Faria, D Hořák, Tt Ingversen, Š Janeček, G Kohler, C Lara, Fmg Las-Casas, Av Lopes, Ao Machado, Cg Machado, Ic Machado, Ma Maglianesi, Ts Malucelli, J Mohd-Azlan, Ac Moura, Gm Oliveira, Pe Oliveira, Jf Ornelas, J Riegert, Lc Rodrigues, L Rosero-Lasprilla, Am Rui, M Sazima, B Schmid, O Sedláček, A Timmermann, Mgr Vollstädt, Z Wang, S Watts, C Rahbek, Ig Varassin

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Tracking Reveals Limited Interactions Between Campbell Albatross And Fisheries During The Breeding Season, La Sztukowski, Toor Ml Van, H Weimerskirch, Dr Thompson, Lg Torres, Pm Sagar, Pa Cotton, Sc Votier Jan 2017

Tracking Reveals Limited Interactions Between Campbell Albatross And Fisheries During The Breeding Season, La Sztukowski, Toor Ml Van, H Weimerskirch, Dr Thompson, Lg Torres, Pm Sagar, Pa Cotton, Sc Votier

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


The Deposition And Accumulation Of Microplastics In Marine Sediments And Bottom Water From The Irish Continental Shelf, Jake Martin, Amy Lusher, Richard C. Thompson, Audrey Morley Jan 2017

The Deposition And Accumulation Of Microplastics In Marine Sediments And Bottom Water From The Irish Continental Shelf, Jake Martin, Amy Lusher, Richard C. Thompson, Audrey Morley

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.


Evaluating Operational Avhrr Sea Surface Temperature Data At The Coastline Using Surfers, Rjw Brewin, Mora L De, Oliver Billson, Thomas Jackson, Paul Russell, Tg Brewin, Jamie D. Shutler, Peter I. Miller, Benjamin H. Taylor, Tim J. Smyth, James R. Fishwick Jan 2017

Evaluating Operational Avhrr Sea Surface Temperature Data At The Coastline Using Surfers, Rjw Brewin, Mora L De, Oliver Billson, Thomas Jackson, Paul Russell, Tg Brewin, Jamie D. Shutler, Peter I. Miller, Benjamin H. Taylor, Tim J. Smyth, James R. Fishwick

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.