School of Life Sciences

A select list of Zoology and Marine & Freshwater Biology undergraduate student research papers that have been published in scientific journals

These publications are the result of honours projects, summer internships, and expedition work associated with the courses.

Student Publications

Apostolopoulou N. G., Smeti E., Lamorgese M., Varkitzi I., Whitfield P., Regnault C., Spatharis S., (2022). Microalgae show a range of responses to exometabolites of foreign species, Algal Research, 62, 102627. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2021.102627 .
Stone, D. W., Gunn, C., Nord, A., Phillips, R. A. and McCafferty, D. J. (2021) Plumage development and environmental factors influence surface temperature gradients and heat loss in wandering albatross chicks. Journal of Thermal Biology, 97, 102777. (doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2020.102777)

McInnes MG, Burns NM, Hopkins CR, Henderson GP, McNeill DC, Bailey DM (2020). A new model study species: high accuracy of discrimination between individual freckled hawkfish (Paracirrhites forsteri) using natural markings. J Fish Biol. 2020; 96: 831– 834.

Parsons KJ, Rigg A, Conith AJ, Kitchener AC, Harris S, and Haoyu Zhu (2020). Skull morphology diverges between urban and rural populations of red foxes mirroring patterns of domestication and macroevolution. Proc. R. Soc. B 287: 20200763.

Theonest N.O., Carter R.W., Amani N., Doherty S.L., Hugho E., Keyyu J.D., Mable B.K., Shirima G.M., Tarimo R., Thomas K.M., Haydon D.T., Buza J.J., Allan K.J. and Halliday J.E.B. (2019) Molecular detection and genetic characterization of Bartonella species from rodents and their associated ectoparasites from northern Tanzania. PLoS One 14(10): e0223667.

Peters, L., Spatharis, S. , Dario, M. A., Dwyer, T., Roca, I. J.T., Kintner, A., Kanstad-Hanssen, Ø., Llewellyn, M. S. and Praebel, K. (2018) Environmental DNA: a new low-cost monitoring tool for pathogens in salmonid aquaculture. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, 3009. (doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03009) (PMID:30581425) (PMCID:PMC6292926)

Elliott SAM, Allan BA, Turrell WR, Heath MR, Bailey DM (2018) Survival of the fittest: Explanations for gadoid imbalance in heavily fished seas. Aquatic Conserv: Mar Freshw Ecosyst. 2018; 28: 1192– 1199.

Recknagel H, Layton M, Carey R, Leitão H, Sutherland M, Elmer KR (2018). Melanism in common lizards (Squamata: Lacertidae: Zootoca vivipara): new evidence for a rare but widespread ancestral polymorphism. Herpetology Notes, volume 11: 607-612

Stewart R.A., Jarrett C., Scott C., White S.A. & McCafferty D.J. (2018) Water vole (Arvicola amphibious) abundance in grassland habitats of Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 29(1).

Lowe AD, Bawazeer S, Watson DG, McGill S, Burchmore RJS, Pomeroy PP, Kennedy MW (2017) Rapid changes in Atlantic grey seal milk from birth to weaning – immune factors and indicators of metabolic strain. Scientific Reports. 7, 16093. (10.1038/s41598-017-16187-7)

Mulvey L, Sands WA, Salin K, Carr AE, Selman C (2017). Disentangling the effect of dietary restriction on mitochondrial function using recombinant inbred mice. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2017 Nov 5;455:41-53. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.09.001. Epub 2016 Sep 3.PMID: 27597651

Paton RS and Matthiopoulos J, 2016. Defining the scale of habitat availability for models of habitat selection. Ecology. doi:10.1890/14-2241

Bakuza JS, Gillespie R, Nkwngulila G, Adam A, Kilbride E and Mable BK, 2016. Comparison of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and microscopy-based assessment of the prevalence of Schistosoma mansoni from snails in the Gombe ecosystem in Tanzania. Parasites & Vectors volume 10, Article number: 584 (2017)

Burns TJ, Davidson H, Kennedy MW (2016). Large-scale investment in the excavation and ‘camouflaging’ phases by nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Canadian Journal of Zoology 2016, 94(6): 443-448.

Ahti PA, Coleman RR, DiBattista JD, Berumen ML, Rocha LA, Bowen BW, (2016). Phylogeography of Indo-Pacific reef fishes: sister wrasses Coris gaimard and C. cuvieri in the Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. Journal of Biogeography. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12712

Elliott SAM, Ahti PA, Heath MR, Turrell WR, Bailey DM, (2016). An assessment of juvenile Atlantic cod distribution and growth using diver operated stereo-video surveys. Journal of Fish Biology. ISSN 0022-1112.

Greener MS, Shepherd R, Hoskisson PA, Asmath H and Downie JR, (2016). How many Trinidad stream frogs (Mannophryne trinitatis) are there, and should they be regarded as vulnerable to extinction? Herpetological Journal 26. pp. 5-11

Harper LR, Downie JR, Muir M, White SA, (2016). What can expeditions do for students… and for science? An investigation into the impact of University of Glasgow Exploration Society expeditions. Journal of Biological Education. 51:1, 3-16, DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2016.1150871

Freer JJ, Mable BK, Clucas G, Rogers A, Polito M, Dunn M, Naveen R, Levy H, Hart T (2015). Limited genetic differentiation among chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) colonies in the Scotia Arc and Western Antarctic Peninsula. Polar Biology 38(9): 1493-1502

Burns TJ, McCafferty DJ, Kennedy MW (2015). Core and body surface temperatures of nesting leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea). Journal of Thermal Biology, 51: 15-22

Millins C, Magierecka A, Gilbert L, Edoff A, Brereton A, Kilbride E, Denwood M, Birtles R, and Biek R (2015). An invasive mammal (grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) commonly hosts diverse and atypical genotypes of the zoonotic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Applied and Environmental Microbiology AEM 00109-15

Nokhbatolfoghahai M, Pollock CJ, Downie JR (2015). Oviposition and development in the glass frog Hyalinobatrachium orientale tabagoense (Anura: Centrolenidae). Phyllomedusa 14, 3-17.

Walker G, Cawley B, Pepe H, Robb A, Livingstone SR, Downie JR (2015). The creation of a map of hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys imbricate nesting in Tobago, West Indies. Marine Turtle Newsletter 144, 3-9.

Downie JR, Nokhbatolfoghahai M, Bruce D, Smith JM, Orthmann-Brask N, MacDonald-Allan I (2013). Nest structure, incubation and hatching in the Trinidadian leaf-frog Phyllomedusa trinitatis(Anura: Hylidae). Phyllomedusa 11,13-32.

Gouraguine A, Hidalgo M, Moranta J, Bailey DM, Ordines F, Guijarro B, Valls M, Barberá C, De Mesa A (2011). Elasmobranch spatial segregation in the western Mediterranean. Scientia Marina 75(4), doi:10.3989/scimar.2011.75n4653

Downie J.R., Smith J, & White S (2008). Undergraduate Expeditions as a vehicle for final year projects. In: Luck, M. Student Research Projects: Guidance on Practice in the Biosciences.HEA Centre for Bioscience, Leeds.

McBean M.C., White S.A. & McGregor J.A. (2005) Foraging behaviour of the damselfly larva Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer)(Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae) in response to predator presence. Odonatologica 34(2): 155-164.

A select list of Zoology and Marine & Freshwater Biology undergraduate student research papers that have been published in scientific journals

These publications are the result of honours projects, summer internships, and expedition work associated with the courses.