University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Life Sciences - Undergraduate Study - Undergraduate Degrees - Animal Biology

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

Greener MS, Hutton E, Pollock CJ, Wilson A, Lam CY, Nokhbatolfoghahai M, Jowers MJ, Downie JR (2020). Sexual dichromatism in the neotropical genus Mannophryne (Anura: Aromobatidae). PLOS ONE 15(7): e0223080. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223080
Burns, T.J., Thomson, R.R., McLaren, R.A., Rawlinson, J., McMillan, E., Davidson, H. and Kennedy, M.W. (2020) Buried treasure - Marine turtles do not ‘disguise’ or ‘camouflage’ their nests but avoid them and create a decoy trail. Royal Society Open Science, in press.

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.

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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.