Miss Mariel ten Doeschate

Lecturer in Veterinary Anatomy (Veterinary Science & Education )

telephone: 07979245893
email: Mariel.tendoeschate@glasgow.ac.uk

Research interests

My research focuses on reproductive biology, with a particular interest in the factors that drive fertility and fecundity. I am currently focused on developing markers of reproductive history, as well as assessing the reproductive potential of species for which we do not automatically have information on their life history - such as marine mammals and other species that are difficult to monitor in the wild. In particular, I use detailed observations of ovarian tissue to generate insights into reproductive function, fertility, and fecundity, contributing to broader knowledge of population dynamics and health. Taking a comparative approach, we are drawing on diverse animal systems to explore and contrast reproductive anatomy and physiology.

More broadly, I am interested in maximising the information that can be gained from individual specimens to inform population-level assessments of status and health. This interest stems from my background in marine mammal science, where insights are often derived from stranded animals; a constraint that for me has highlighted the value of extracting detailed, multi-layered data from limited and opportunistic samples and the potential of using comparative frameworks and statistical methods to integrate such data and generate robust inferences that improve understanding across systems.

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 41.

2026

Schotanus, E. T. et al. (2026) Spatiotemporal and demographic variability in body condition of North Sea harbour porpoises. Global Ecology and Conservation, 69, e04275. (doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2026.e04275)

Kebke, A. S. et al. (2026) The application of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Scotland. PLoS ONE, 21(4), e0346340. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0346340) (PMID:42054285)

McCarthy, Ryan, Gade, Christoph, Kershaw, Joanna, ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Brownlow, Andrew and von Hellfeld, Rebecca (2026) Exploring the use of skin biopsies to infer organ mercury burden in long-finned pilot whales. Marine Mammal Science, 42(2), e70170. (doi: 10.1111/mms.70170)

Arnold, Matthew J., Bergner, Laura M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4169-7169, Malik, Haris, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Mollentze, Nardus ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2452-6416, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 and Streicker, Daniel G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7475-2705 (2026) Drivers of viral diversity and sharing in marine mammals. Molecular Ecology, 35(6), e70294. (doi: 10.1111/mec.70294) (PMID:41837347) (PMCID:PMC12990167)

2025

Lennon, Rachel L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-6487, Storm, Jennifer, Koger, Rylyn, Thompson, Elleigh, Williams, Rosie S., Dagleish, Mark P., Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117, ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 and Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2025) The dead do tell tales: using pathology data from cetacean necropsy reports to gain insights into animal health. Ecology and Evolution, 15(9), e72119. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.72119) (PMID:40936597) (PMCID:PMC12422810)

Lennon, Rachel L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3511-6487, Williams, Rosie S., Allan, Kathryn J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-889X, ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Babayan, Simon A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4949-1117 and Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2025) An approach to using stranding data to monitor cetacean population trends and guide conservation strategies. Scientific Reports, 15, 28417. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-12928-1)

Williams, R. S. et al. (2025) Sea temperature and pollution are associated with infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins. Communications Biology, 8(1), p. 557. (doi: 10.1038/s42003-025-07858-7) (PMID:40217089) (PMCID:PMC11992094)

Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., Foster, Geoffrey, Ridley, Anne, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282 and Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2025) Fatal systemic bacterial infections in two harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) secondary to bite wounds from grey seals (Halichoerus grypus). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 216, pp. 50-56. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2024.12.002)

2024

Wessels, Mark E., ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Fox, Richard, Squirrell, Elise and Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2024) Intravascular central nervous system T-cell lymphoma in a common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) with cerebral infarction. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 215, pp. 37-41. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2024.09.004) (PMID:39427470)

Cipriani, Paolo, Palomba, Marialetizia, Giulietti, Lucilla, Aco-Alburqueque, Renato, Andolfi, Roberta, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Davison, Nick J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 and Mattiucci, Simonetta (2024) Anisakid parasite diversity in a pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Cetacea: Kogiidae) stranded at the edge of its distribution range in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Parasite, 31, 43. (doi: 10.1051/parasite/2024042) (PMID:39082879) (PMCID:PMC11290333)

Suárez-Menéndez, M. et al. (2024) Baleen whale microsatellite panel for individual identification and parentage assignment in Mysticeti. Global Ecology and Conservation, 51, e02947. (doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e02947)

Gose, M.-A. et al. (2024) Population genomics of the white-beaked dolphin (Lagenorhynchus albirostris): Implications for conservation amid climate-driven range shifts. Heredity, 132(4), pp. 192-201. (doi: 10.1038/s41437-024-00672-7) (PMID:38302666) (PMCID:PMC10997624)

von Hellfeld, Rebecca, Gade, Christoph, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Mbadugha, Lenka, Hastings, Astley and Paton, Graeme (2024) High resolution visualisation of tiemannite microparticles, essential in the detoxification process of mercury in marine mammals. Environmental Pollution, 342, 123027. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.123027) (PMID:38016588)

2023

Williams, R.S. et al. (2023) Spatiotemporal trends spanning three decades show toxic levels of chemical contaminants in marine mammals. Environmental Science and Technology, 57(49), pp. 20736-20749. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c01881) (PMID:38011905) (PMCID:PMC10720377)

Plint, Tessa, ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Hantke, Georg, Kitchener, Andrew C., Longstaffe, Fred J., McGill, Rona A.R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288, Simon-Nutbrown, Cornelia and Magill, Clayton R. (2023) Stable isotope ecology and interspecific dietary overlap among dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1111295. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1111295)

Gose, M.-A. et al. (2023) Stranding collections indicate broad-scale connectivity across the range of a pelagic marine predator, the Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(4), pp. 1120-1128. (doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsad050)

Kitchener, Andrew C., Herman, Jeremy S., ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Schwarz, Tobias, Kinze, Carl Chr. and Hantke, Georg (2023) The prevalence of vestigial teeth in two beaked whale species from the North Atlantic. Mammalia, 87(2), pp. 190-200. (doi: 10.1515/mammalia-2022-0099)

Williams, R. S. et al. (2023) Evaluation of a marine mammal status and trends contaminants indicator for European waters. Science of the Total Environment, 866, 161301. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.161301) (PMID:36592909)

2021

IJsseldijk, L. L. et al. (2021) Nutritional status and prey energy density govern reproductive success in a small cetacean. Scientific Reports, 11, 19201. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-98629-x) (PMID:34725464) (PMCID:PMC8560860)

Williamson, Michael J., ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Deaville, Rob, Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 and Taylor, Nicola L. (2021) Cetaceans as sentinels for informing climate change policy in UK waters. Marine Policy, 131, 104634. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104634)

Williams, R. S. et al. (2021) Polychlorinated biphenyls are associated with reduced testes weights in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Environment International, 150, 106303. (doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106303) (PMID:33454091)

Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Dale, Emma-Jane, Foster, Geoffrey, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Dagleish, Mark P. (2021) Neurobrucellosis due to Brucella ceti ST26 in three Sowerby's beaked whales (Mesoplodon bidens). Journal of Comparative Pathology, 182, pp. 1-8. (doi: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2020.10.005) (PMID:33494901)

Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., Dale, Emma-Jane, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2021) First confirmed reports of the isolation of Brucella ceti from a Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus and a killer whale Orcinus orca. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 145, pp. 191-195. (doi: 10.3354/dao03612) (PMID:34263734)

Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Dagleish, Mark P., ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Muchowski, Jakub, Perrett, Lorraine L., Rocchi, Mara, Whatmore, Adrian M. and Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2021) Meningoencephalitis in a common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata associated with Brucella pinnipedialis and gamma-herpesvirus infection. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 144, pp. 231-235. (doi: 10.3354/dao03590) (PMID:34042070)

2020

IJsseldijk, L. L. et al. (2020) Spatiotemporal mortality and demographic trends in a small cetacean: strandings to inform conservation management. Biological Conservation, 249, 108733. (doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108733)

ten Doeschate, Mariel Tineke Irene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Maclennan, Ellie, Walters, Alice, Dyke, Katie and Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2020) SMASS/WDC Marine Forum 2020 Proceedings Report. Other. Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, Inverness. (doi: 10.31219/osf.io/83vtj).

Derous, Davina, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 and Lusseau, David (2020) Toward new ecologically relevant markers of health for cetaceans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 367. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00367)

Williams, Rosie, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Curnick, David J., Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Barber, Jonathan L., Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Deaville, Robert, Perkins, Matthew, Jepson, Paul D. and Jobling, Susan (2020) Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls are still associated with toxic effects in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) despite having fallen below proposed toxicity thresholds. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(4), pp. 2277-2286. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05453) (PMID:32009388)

IJsseldijk, L. L. et al. (2020) Fatal attraction: The death of a solitary-sociable bottlenose dolphin due to anthropogenic trauma in the Netherlands. Lutra, 63(1-2), pp. 17-32.

2019

Foster, G. et al. (2019) Forensic microbiology reveals that Neisseria animaloris infections in harbour porpoises follow traumatic injuries by grey seals. Scientific Reports, 9, 14338. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50979-3) (PMID:31605019) (PMCID:PMC6789040)

Coombs, E. J. et al. (2019) What can cetacean stranding records tell us? A study of UK and Irish cetacean diversity over the past 100 years. Marine Mammal Science, 35(4), pp. 1527-1555. (doi: 10.1111/mms.12610)

2018

IJsseldijk, Lonneke L., ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Gröne, Andrea and Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 (2018) Crossing boundaries for cetacean conservation: setting research priorities to guide management of harbour porpoises. Marine Policy, 95, pp. 77-84. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2018.07.006)

IJsseldijk, L. L. et al. (2018) Beached bachelors: an extensive study on the largest recorded sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus mortality event in the North Sea. PLoS ONE, 13(8), e0201221. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0201221) (PMID:30086178) (PMCID:PMC6080757)

ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Brownlow, Andrew C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 and Thompson, Paul M. (2018) Dead useful; methods for quantifying baseline variability in stranding rates to improve the ecological value of the strandings record as a monitoring tool. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 98(5), pp. 1205-1209. (doi: 10.1017/s0025315417000698)

Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282 and Davison, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 (2018) Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) Annual Report 2018. Project Report. Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme. (doi: 10.31219/osf.io/qkcwg).

IJsseldijk, Lonneke L., Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, Deaville, Rob, Haelters, Jan, Keijl, Guido, Siebert, Ursula and ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282 (2018) Spatiotemporal trends in white-beaked dolphin strandings along the North Sea coast from 1991–2017. Lutra, 61(1), pp. 153-163.

2017

Tierney, K. M. et al. (2017) Nuclear reprocessing-related radiocarbon (14C) uptake into UK marine mammals. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 124(1), pp. 43-50. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.002) (PMID:28693808)

Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480, ten Doeschate, Mariel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282 and Davison, Nick ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836 (2017) Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS) Annual Report 2017. Project Report. Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme. (doi: 10.31219/osf.io/c2spr).

ten Doeschate, Mariel T.I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, IJsseldijk, Lonneke L., Hiemstra, Sjoukje, de Jong, Els A., Strijkstra, Arjen, Gröne, Andrea and Begeman, Lineke (2017) Quantifying parasite presence in relation to biological parameters of harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena stranded on the Dutch coast. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 127(1), pp. 49-56. (doi: 10.3354/dao03182) (PMID:29256427)

2016

Davison, Nicholas J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7286-1836, ten Doeschate, Mariel T. I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9377-1282, Dagleish, Mark P., Read, Fiona L., Reid, Robert J., Foster, Geoffrey, Brownlow, Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-7480 and Barley, Jason (2016) Twin foetuses in an Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) stranded on the coast of Scotland, UK. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96(4), pp. 841-844. (doi: 10.1017/s0025315415002246)

Jepson, P. D. et al. (2016) PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters. Scientific Reports, 6, 18573. (doi: 10.1038/srep18573) (PMID:26766430) (PMCID:PMC4725908)

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