Professor Colin Bean

Honorary Professor (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)

Scottish Natural Heritage, Clydebank Business Park, Clydebank, G81 2nr

Biography

Professor Colin Bean is a fisheries biologist with over 25 years of research experience with the Universities of Ulster, Stirling and Glasgow. He has also held post-doctoral research fellowship positions at two internationally renowned institutions: the Freshwater Biological Association at Windermere and the Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University. He is currently working as a Senior Science and Policy Adviser within the Ecosystems & Biodiversity Unit of Scottish Natural Heritage.

Interests

Colin joined SNH in 1999 and has maintained formal links with the University of Glasgow since that date, delivering lectures, field courses and supervising both MSc and PhD research students. Colin's particular interest is in evolutionary processes within rare fish populations and the development of conservation strategies for rare and endangered fish species (including conservation genetics). He is also involved in research programmes related to the control of invasive non-native species and the impact of freshwater and marine renewable technologies on fish.

His expertise in these areas is well recognised and he has carried out scientific peer-review tasks for a range of bodies, including NERC, Defra and Marine Scotland Science, as well as a wide range of international journals. He also has extensive experience of working overseas and is an active member of the IUCN Freshwater Fish Specialist Group formerly held a British Council-funded visiting Professorship to the Universidad Austral in Chile.

In recognition of his long-standing academic relationship with the University of Glasgow Colin was awarded an Honorary Professorship within the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine in October 2014. Colin is delighted to be appointed to this role and is determined to maintain, and increase, his involvement within the Institute, and particularly the University’s .

Research interests

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Publications

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2024

Elmer, K. R. , Fenton, S. , Jacobs, A. , Bean, C. W. and Adams, C. E. (2024) Genomic underpinnings of head and body shape in Arctic charr ecomorph pairs. Molecular Ecology, (doi: 10.1111/mec.17305) (Early Online Publication)

Koene, J. P., Kristjánsson, B., Leblanc, C. A.-L., Adams, C. , Bean, C. and Skúlason, S. (2024) Patterns, processes, and conservation management consequences of intraspecific diversity, illustrated by fishes from recently glaciated lakes. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 34(2), e4076. (doi: 10.1002/aqc.4076)

Lilly, J. M. et al. (2024) Migration patterns and navigation cues of Atlantic salmon post‐smolts migrating from 12 rivers through the coastal zones around the Irish Sea. Journal of Fish Biology, 104(1), pp. 265-283. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15591) (PMID:37843923)

2023

Di Muri, C., Lawson Handley, L., Bean, C. W. , Benucci, M., Harper, L. R., James, B., Li, J., Winfield, I. J. and Hänfling, B. (2023) Spatio-temporal monitoring of lake fish spawning activity using environmental DNA metabarcoding. Environmental DNA, 5(5), pp. 849-860. (doi: 10.1002/edn3.343)

ICES, et al. (2023) The Second ICES/NASCO Workshop on Salmon Mortality at Sea (WKSalmon2; outputs from 2022 meeting) The Second ICES/NASCO Workshop on Salmon Mortality at Sea (WKSalmon2; outputs from 2022 meeting). Project Report. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea, Copenhagen. (doi: 10.17895/ices.pub.22560790.v1).

Hancock, M. H., Klein, D., Hughes, R., Stagg, P., Byrne, P., Smith, T. D., MacLennan, A., Gaffney, P. P. J. and Bean, C. W. (2023) Testing whether reducing brown trout biomass in peatland lakes increases macro-invertebrate biomass and invertivorous waterbird occurrence. Aquatic Ecology, 57(1), pp. 217-240. (doi: 10.1007/s10452-022-10000-y)

Fenton, S. , Elmer, K. R. , Bean, C. W. and Adams, C. E. (2023) How glaciation impacted evolutionary history and contemporary genetic diversity of flora and fauna in the British Isles. Scottish Geographical Journal, 139(3-4), pp. 445-465. (doi: 10.1080/14702541.2023.2231407)

2022

Bean, C. W. (2022) Assessing the risks posed by pink salmon to UK waters. In: Whelan, K. and Mo, T. A. (eds.) Pink Salmon and Red Skin Disease: Emerging Threats for Atlantic Salmon. Series: Blue book series (40). Atlantic Salmon Trust: Perth, pp. 17-23.

Lilly, J., Honkanen, H. M., Bailey, D. M. , Bean, C. W. , Forrester, R., Rodger, J. and Adams, C. E. (2022) Investigating the behaviour of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) post-smolts during their early marine migration through the Clyde Marine Region. Journal of Fish Biology, 101(5), pp. 1285-1300. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15200) (PMID:36053776)

2021

Crotti, M., Bean, C. W. , Gowans, A. R.D., Winfield, I. J., Butowska, M., Wanzenböck, J., Bondarencko, G., Præbel, K., Adams, C. E. and Elmer, K. R. (2021) Complex and divergent histories gave rise to genome-wide divergence patterns amongst European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 34(12), pp. 1954-1969. (doi: 10.1111/jeb.13948) (PMID:34653264) (PMCID:PMC9251650)

Needham, R. J., Gaywood, M., Tree, A., Sotherton, N., Roberts, D., Bean, C. W. and Kemp, P. S. (2021) The response of a brown trout (Salmo trutta) population to reintroduced Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) habitat modification. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 78(11), pp. 1650-1660. (doi: 10.1139/cjfas-2021-0023)

Rodriguez‐Ezpeleta, N. et al. (2021) Trade‐offs between reducing complex terminology and producing accurate interpretations from environmental DNA: comment on “Environmental DNA: what's behind the term?” by Pawlowski et al., (2020). Molecular Ecology, 30(19), pp. 4601-4605. (doi: 10.1111/mec.15942) (PMID:34036646) (PMCID:PMC8698002)

Præbel, K., Bean, C. W. , Dodd, J. A., Etheridge, E. C., Gowans, A. R.D., Knudsen, R., Lyle, A. A., Maitland, P. S., Winfield, I. J. and Adams, C. E. (2021) Allelic losses and gains during translocations of a high conservation value fish, Coregonus lavaretus. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(9), pp. 2575-2585. (doi: 10.1002/aqc.3623)

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. , Pilakouta, N. and Parsons, K. J. (2021) Evolvability under climate change: bone development and shape plasticity are heritable and correspond with performance in Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). Evolution and Development, 23(4), pp. 333-350. (doi: 10.1111/ede.12379) (PMID:34010514)

2020

Di Muri, C., Lawson Handley, L., Bean, C. W. , Li, J., Peirson, G., Sellers, G. S., Walsh, K., Watson, H. V., Winfield, I. J. and Hänfling, B. (2020) Read counts from environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding reflect fish abundance and biomass in drained ponds. Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 4, pp. 97-112. (doi: 10.3897/mbmg.4.56959)

Bean, C. (2020) Atlantic Salmon and Non-Native Species: Is There an Issue? In: NASCO Symposium for the International Year of the Salmon: Managing the Atlantic Salmon in a Rapidly Changing Environment – Management Challenges and Possible Responses, Tromsø, Norway, 03-04 Jun 2019, pp. 105-116. ISBN 9780951412992

Crotti, M. et al. (2020) Geographic hierarchical population genetic structuring in British European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) and its implications for conservation. Conservation Genetics, 21, pp. 927-939. (doi: 10.1007/s10592-020-01298-y)

Hollingsworth, P.M. et al. (2020) Scotland’s Biodiversity Progress to 2020 Aichi targets: Aichi target 13 - Genetic Diversity Maintained - Supplementary Report 2020. Technical Report. Scottish Natural Heritage, Inverness.

2019

Skulason, S. et al. (2019) A way forward with eco evo devo: an extended theory of resource polymorphism with postglacial fishes as model systems. Biological Reviews, 94(5), pp. 1786-1808. (doi: 10.1111/brv.12534) (PMID:31215138) (PMCID:PMC6852119)

Peyton, J. et al. (2019) Horizon scanning for invasive alien species with the potential to threaten biodiversity and human health on a Mediterranean island. Biological Invasions, 21(6), pp. 2107-2125. (doi: 10.1007/s10530-019-01961-7)

Peay, S., Johnsen, S. I., Bean, C. W. , Dunn, A. M., Sandodden, R. and Edsman, L. (2019) Biocide treatment of invasive signal crayfish: successes, failures and lessons learned. Diversity, 11(3), 29. (doi: 10.3390/d11030029)

Dodd, J. A., Vilizzi, L., Bean, C. W. , Davison, P. I. and Copp, G. H. (2019) At what spatial scale should risk screenings of translocated freshwater fishes be undertaken - river basin district or climo-geographic designation? Biological Conservation, 230, pp. 122-130. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.12.002)

Ballantyne, L., Baum, D., Bean, C.W. , Long, J. and Whitaker, S. (2019) Successful Eradication of Signal Crayfish (Pacifastacus leniusculus) Using a Non-Specific Biocide in a Small Isolated Water Body in Scotland. In: International Conference on Island Invasives 2017: Scaling Up to Meet the Challenge, Dundee, Scotland, 10-14 Jul 2017, pp. 443-446. ISBN 9782831719610 (doi: 10.2305/iucn.ch.2019.ssc-op.62.en)

Lyle, A.A., Bean, C.W. , Honkanen, H.M., Koene, J.P. and Adams, C.E. (2019) The establishment of Scotland’s rarest freshwater fish, the vendace (Coregonus albula), in conservation refuge sites. Glasgow Naturalist, 27(1),

2018

Hume, J. B., Recknagel, H. , Bean, C. W., , Adams, C. E. and Mable, B. K. (2018) RADseq and mate choice assays reveal unidirectional gene flow among three lamprey ecotypes despite weak assortative mating: Insights into the formation and stability of multiple ecotypes in sympatry. Molecular Ecology, 27(22), pp. 4572-4590. (doi: 10.1111/mec.14881) (PMID:30252984)

Armstrong, J. D., Bean, C. W. and Wells, A. (2018) The Scottish invasion of pink salmon in 2017. Journal of Fish Biology, 93(1), pp. 8-11. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.13680)

Harper, K. J., Anucha, P., Turnbull, J. F., Bean, C. W. and Leaver, M. J. (2018) Searching for a signal: environmental DNA (eDNA) for the detection of invasive signal crayfish, Pacifasticus leniusculus (Dana, 1852). Management of Biological Invasions, 9(2), pp. 137-148. (doi: 10.3391/mbi.2018.9.2.07)

Moore, I., Dodd, J.A., Newton, M., Bean, C.W. , Lindsay, I., Jarosz, P. and Adams, C.E. (2018) The influence of aquaculture unit proximity on the pattern of Lepeophtheirus salmonis infection of anadromous Salmo trutta populations on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(6), pp. 1849-1865. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.13625) (PMID:29603222)

Brackley, R., Lucas, M. C., Thomas, R. , Adams, C. E. and Bean, C. W. (2018) Comparison of damage to live v. euthanized Atlantic salmon Salmo salar smolts from passage through an Archimedean screw turbine. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(5), pp. 1635-1644. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.13596) (PMID:29537067)

2017

Campbell, C. S., Adams, C. E. , Bean, C. W. and Parsons, K. J. (2017) Conservation evo-devo: preserving biodiversity by understanding its origins. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32(10), pp. 746-759. (doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.002) (PMID:28797609)

2016

Bean, C. W. (2016) Freshwater Fisheries Ecology. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(4), pp. 1675-1676. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12937)[Book Review]

Adams, C.E. et al. (2016) Inter and intra-population phenotypic and genotypic structuring in the European whitefish Coregonus lavaretus, a rare freshwater fish in Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology, 88(2), pp. 580-594. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12855) (PMID:26748995)

Bean, C.W. and Yeomans, W.E. (2016) North American signal crayfish. In: Gaywood, M.J., Boon, P.J., Thompson, D.B.A. and Strachan, I.M. (eds.) The Species Action Framework Handbook. Scottish Natural Heritage: Battleby, Perth, pp. 314-324. ISBN 9781783914784

Bean, C. W. , Adams, C. and Winfield, I. (2016) Vendace. In: Gaywood, M.J., Boon, M.J., Thompson, D.B.A. and Strachan, I.M. (eds.) The Species Action Framework Handbook. Scottish Natural Heritage: Battleby, Perth, pp. 123-137. ISBN 9781783914784

Brackley, R., Bean, C. , Lucas, M., Thomas, R. and Adams, C. (2016) Assessment of Scale-Loss to Atlantic Salmon (Salmo Salar L.) Smolts from Passage Through an Archimedean Screw Turbine. In: 11th International Symposium on Ecohydraulics (ISE 2016), Melbourne, Australia, 07-12 Feb 2016, ISBN 9780734053398

Hooker, O.E., Maitland, P.S., Bean, C.W. and Adams, C.E. (2016) Effectiveness of local biodiversity action plans to identify locally rare and endangered fish in Scotland. Scottish Geographical Journal, 132(1), pp. 74-84. (doi: 10.1080/14702541.2015.1077267)

2015

Gaywood, M. et al. (2015) Beavers in Scotland: a Report to the Scottish Government. Project Report. Scottish Natural Heritage.

Beaver Salmonid Working Group, (2015) Final Report of the Beaver Salmonid Working Group. Project Report. The National Species Reintroduction Forum, Inverness.

2014

Hume, J.B., Bean, C.W. and Adams, C.E. (2014) Morphological abnormalities in a population of Lampetra planeri, with a short review of petromyzontid teratologies. Journal of Fish Biology, 84(5), pp. 1614-1619. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12369)

Adams, C. E. , Lyle, A. A., Dodd, J. A., Bean, C. W. , Winfield, I. J., Gowans, A. R.D., Stephen, A. and Maitland, P. S. (2014) Translocation as a conservation tool: case studies from rare freshwater fishes in Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(1), pp. 17-24.

2013

Hume, J.B., Adams, C.E. , Bean, C.W. and Maitland, P.S. (2013) Evidence of a recent decline in river lamprey lampetra fluviatilis parasitism of a nationally rare whitefish coregonus lavaretus: is there a diamond in the ruffe gymnocephalus cernuus? Journal of Fish Biology, 82(5), pp. 1708-1716. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12075)

Hume, J.B., Adams, C.E. , Mable, B. and Bean, C.W. (2013) Sneak male mating tactics between lampreys (petromyzontiformes) exhibiting alternative life-history strategies. Journal of Fish Biology, 82(3), pp. 1093-1100. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.12047)

Winfield, I.J., Bean, C.W. , Gorst, J., Gowans, A.R.D., Robinson, M. and Thomas, R. (2013) Assessment and Conservation of Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) in the U.K. In: 11th International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes, Mondsee, Austria, 26-30 Sep 2011, pp. 301-317. ISBN 9783510470662

2012

Mainstone, C.P., Thomas, R., Bean, C.W. and Waterman, T. (2012) The role of the UK conservation agencies in protecting river flows. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 19(6), pp. 557-569. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2400.2011.00812.x)

Etheridge, E.C., Bean, C. , Maitland, P.S., Ballantyne, S. and Adams, C.E. (2012) Discontinuous Infra-specific Variation in Ecological and Morpohological Traits have Consequences for Conservation of Powan (Coregonus lavaretus) in Scotland. In: 10th International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 24-29 Aug 2008, pp. 505-517. ISBN 9783510470655

Hume, J.B., Adams, C.E. , Mable, B. and Bean, C. (2012) Post-zygotic hybrid viability in sympatric species pairs: a case study from European lampreys. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108(2), pp. 378-383. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.02007.x)

Winfield, I. J. et al. (2012) Conservation of the Vendace (Coregonus albula), the U.K.’s Rarest Freshwater Fish. In: 10th International Symposium on the Biology and Management of Coregonid Fishes, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, 24-29 Aug 2008, pp. 547-559. ISBN 9783510470655

2011

Etheridge, E. C., Bean, C. W. and Adams, C. E. (2011) An experimental approach to estimating vulnerability of European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) ova to predation by invasive ruffe (Gymnocephalus cernuus). Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 20(2), pp. 299-307. (doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2011.00496.x)

2010

Winfield, I.J., Hateley, J., Fletcher, J.M., James, J.B., Bean, C.W. and Clabburn, P. (2010) Population trends of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the UK: assessing the evidence for a widespread decline in response to climate change. Hydrobiologia, 650(1), pp. 55-65. (doi: 10.1007/s10750-009-0078-1)

Freeman, M.A., Turnbull, J.F., Yeomans, W.E. and Bean, C.E. (2010) Prospects for management strategies of invasive crayfish populations with an emphasis on biological control. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 20(2), pp. 211-223. (doi: 10.1002/aqc.1065)

Etheridge, E.C., Harrod, C., Bean, C.W. and Adams, C.E. (2010) Has habitat heterogeneity promoted phenotypic and ecological sub-structuring among a Coregonus lavaretus population in a large Scottish lake? Journal of Fish Biology, 77(10), pp. 2391-2404. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02827.x)

2009

Winfield, I. J., Fletcher, J. M., James, J. B. and Bean, C. W. (2009) Assessment of fish populations in still waters using hydroacoustics and survey gill netting: experiences with Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in the UK. Fisheries Research, 96(1), pp. 30-38. (doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.09.013)

2004

Craig, J.F., Halls, A.S., Barr, J.J.F. and Bean, C.W. (2004) The Bangladesh floodplain fisheries. Fisheries Research, 66(2-3), pp. 271-286. (doi: 10.1016/s0165-7836(03)00196-6)

2003

Bean, C.W. (2003) A Standardised Survey and Monitoring Protocol for the Assessment of Arctic charr, Salvelinus alpinus L., Populations in the UK. Technical Report. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.

Bean, C.W. (2003) A Standardised Survey and Monitoring Protocol for the Assessment of Spine-deficient Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus, Populations in the UK. Technical Report. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.

Bean, C.W. (2003) A Standardised Survey and Monitoring Protocol for the Assessment of Whitefish, Coregonus albula (L.) and C. lavaretus (L.), Populations in the UK. Technical Report. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough.

2002

Winfield, I. J., Bean, C. W. and Hewitt, D. P. (2002) The relationship between spatial distribution and diet of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Loch Ness, U.K. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 64(1-3), pp. 63-73. (doi: 10.1023/a:1016009408315)

1999

Deverill, J.I., Adams, C.E. and Bean, C.W. (1999) Prior residence, aggression and territory acquisition in hatchery-reared and wild brown trout. Journal of Fish Biology, 55(4), pp. 868-875. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1999.tb00723.x)

Deverill, J., Bean, C.W. and Adams, C.E. (1999) Last one to the freeze-dried chironomid is …probably a stockie. Salmo Trutta, 2, pp. 62-63.

1998

Bean, C.W. (1998) Stocking and Introduction of Fish. Edited by I.G. Cowx. 456pp. Fishing News Books. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 25. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1998) Anadromous fish conservation. In: Calow, P. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management. Blackwell Science: Oxford, pp. 34-35. ISBN 9780632055463 (doi: 10.1002/9781444313253.ch1)

Bean, C.W. (1998) Fisheries management. In: Calow, P. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management. Blackwell Science: Oxford, pp. 279-280. ISBN 9780632055463 (doi: 10.1002/9781444313253.ch6)

1997

Bean, C.W. (1997) Early Life History And Recruitment In Fish Populations. Edited by R. C. Chambers & E. A. Trippel. Fish and Fisheries Series 21. 596pp. Published by Chapman and Hall Publ. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 24. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1997) Fish Farming In Ponds in the Tropics. Published for the VSO by STOAS, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 172pp. Aquaculture News, 23, p. 47. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1997) Integrated Fish Farming In The Tropics. Published for the VSO by STOAS, Wageningen, The Netherlands. 57pp. Aquaculture News, 23, p. 47. [Book Review]

Bean, C. (1997) Population Dynamics of Commercial Fish in Reservoirs Edited by L. A. Kuderskii. Aquaculture Research, 28(5), p. 383. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1997.d01-1066.x)[Book Review]

Bean, C.W. and Kirkwood, R.C. (1997) First record of Ligula intestinalis from stone loach. Journal of Fish Biology, 50(2), pp. 455-456. (doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1997.tb01374.x)

Barr, J.J.F. and Bean, C.W. (1997) Systems Approaches to Understanding Floodplain Livelihoods - DFID Fisheries in Bangladesh. Project Report. Department for International Development, East Kilbride.

1996

Bean, C.W. (1996) Reef Fisheries. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 12. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) River Biota. G. Petts & P. Calow. (eds.) 257pp. Blackwell Science Publ. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 14. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) River Flows and Channel Forms. G. Petts & P. Calow (eds.). 262pp. Blackwell Science Publ. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 14. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) River Restoration. G. Petts & P. Calow. 231pp. Blackwell Science Publ. Aquaculture News, 22, p. 14. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) Pike: Biology and Exploitation. Fish and Fisheries Series 19. Edited by John F. Craig Chapman and Hall. Aquaculture Research, 27(9), p. 721. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.1996.tb01307.x)[Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) Stock Assessment in Inland Fisheries. Aquaculture News, 21, p. 51. [Book Review]

Bean, C.W. (1996) The Potential for Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus L.) Aquaculture in Scotland. Project Report. Highlands & Islands Enterprise.

Bean, C.W. , Winfield, I.J. and Fletcher, J.W. (1996) Stock assessment of the Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) population of Loch Ness, U.K. In: Cowx, I.G. (ed.) Stock Assessment in Inland Fisheries. Fishing News Books: Oxford, pp. 206-223. ISBN 9780852382240