Dr Davide Thambithurai
- Affiliate Researcher (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
Publications
2026
Thambithurai, Davide, Lenfant, Philippe, Hereu, Bernat, Mignucci, Alexandre, Villeneuve, Remi, Derridj, Olivier, Bonhomme, Patrick, Charbonnel, Eric and Bourjea, Jérôme (2026) Social and spatial dynamics of the key herbivore Sarpa salpa across coastal habitats in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 341, 110171. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2026.110171)
2025
Adams, C. E. et al. (2025) Inshore marine coastal zone migration patterns in Atlantic salmon post-smolts emigrating from eight rivers in north-east Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology, (doi: 10.1111/jfb.70280) (PMID:41263450) (Early Online Publication)
2022
Adams, Colin E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-9754, Chavarie, Louise, Rodger, Jessica R., Honkanen, Hannele M., Thambithurai, Davide and Newton, Matthew P.
(2022)
An opinion piece: the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changing selection pressures on marine migration in Atlantic salmon.
Journal of Fish Biology, 100(4),
pp. 860-867.
(doi: 10.1111/jfb.15024)
(PMID:35212396)
Thambithurai, Davide, Racz, Anita, Lindstrom, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2022)
Simulated trapping and trawling exert similar selection on fish morphology.
Ecology and Evolution, 12(2),
e8596.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.8596)
(PMID:35169454)
(PMCID:PMC8840878)
2021
Racz, Anita, Allan, Brooke, Dwyer, Toni, Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amelie and Killen, Shaun S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2021)
Summary of the housing and husbandry conditions of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) at University of Glasgow.
[Protocols]
Rácz, Anita, Allan, Brooke, Dwyer, Toni, Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amélie and Killen, Shaun S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2021)
Identification of individual zebrafish (Danio rerio): a refined protocol for VIE tagging whilst considering animal welfare and the principles of the 3Rs.
Animals, 11(3),
616.
(doi: 10.3390/ani11030616)
(PMID:33652779)
(PMCID:PMC7996851)
2019
Hollins, J.P.W., Thambithurai, D., Van Leeuwen, T.E., Allan, B., Koeck, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-364X, Bailey, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-8823 and Killen, S.S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2019)
Shoal familiarity modulates effects of individual metabolism on vulnerability to capture by trawling.
Conservation Physiology, 7(1),
coz043.
(doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz043)
(PMID:31380110)
(PMCID:PMC6661965)
Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amelie, Norin, Tommy, Racz, Anita, Lindstrom, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2019)
Hypoxia alters vulnerability to capture and the potential for trait-based selection in a scaled-down trawl fishery.
Conservation Physiology, 7(1),
coz082.
(doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz082)
(PMID:31803472)
(PMCID:PMC6880855)
2018
Thambithurai, Davide, Hollins, Jack, Van Leeuwen, Travis, Rácz, Anita, Lindström, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2018)
Shoal size as a key determinant of vulnerability to capture under a simulated fishery scenario.
Ecology and Evolution, 8(13),
pp. 6505-6514.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.4107)
(PMID:30038752)
(PMCID:PMC6053581)
Hollins, Jack, Thambithurai, Davide, Köeck, Barbara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-364X, Crespel, Amelie, Bailey, David M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-8823, Cooke, Steven J., Lindström, Jan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2018)
A physiological perspective on fisheries-induced evolution.
Evolutionary Applications, 11(5),
pp. 561-576.
(doi: 10.1111/eva.12597)
(PMID:29875803)
(PMCID:PMC5978952)
Parsons, Kevin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587, Son, Young H., Crespel, Amelie, Thambithurai, Davide, Killen, Shaun
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988, Harris, Matthew P. and Albertson, R. Craig
(2018)
Conserved but flexible modularity in the zebrafish skull: implications for craniofacial evolvability.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877),
20172671.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2671)
(PMID:29669899)
(PMCID:PMC5936725)
Articles
Thambithurai, Davide, Lenfant, Philippe, Hereu, Bernat, Mignucci, Alexandre, Villeneuve, Remi, Derridj, Olivier, Bonhomme, Patrick, Charbonnel, Eric and Bourjea, Jérôme (2026) Social and spatial dynamics of the key herbivore Sarpa salpa across coastal habitats in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 341, 110171. (doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2026.110171)
Adams, C. E. et al. (2025) Inshore marine coastal zone migration patterns in Atlantic salmon post-smolts emigrating from eight rivers in north-east Scotland. Journal of Fish Biology, (doi: 10.1111/jfb.70280) (PMID:41263450) (Early Online Publication)
Adams, Colin E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2470-9754, Chavarie, Louise, Rodger, Jessica R., Honkanen, Hannele M., Thambithurai, Davide and Newton, Matthew P.
(2022)
An opinion piece: the evolutionary and ecological consequences of changing selection pressures on marine migration in Atlantic salmon.
Journal of Fish Biology, 100(4),
pp. 860-867.
(doi: 10.1111/jfb.15024)
(PMID:35212396)
Thambithurai, Davide, Racz, Anita, Lindstrom, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2022)
Simulated trapping and trawling exert similar selection on fish morphology.
Ecology and Evolution, 12(2),
e8596.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.8596)
(PMID:35169454)
(PMCID:PMC8840878)
Rácz, Anita, Allan, Brooke, Dwyer, Toni, Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amélie and Killen, Shaun S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2021)
Identification of individual zebrafish (Danio rerio): a refined protocol for VIE tagging whilst considering animal welfare and the principles of the 3Rs.
Animals, 11(3),
616.
(doi: 10.3390/ani11030616)
(PMID:33652779)
(PMCID:PMC7996851)
Hollins, J.P.W., Thambithurai, D., Van Leeuwen, T.E., Allan, B., Koeck, B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-364X, Bailey, D.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-8823 and Killen, S.S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2019)
Shoal familiarity modulates effects of individual metabolism on vulnerability to capture by trawling.
Conservation Physiology, 7(1),
coz043.
(doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz043)
(PMID:31380110)
(PMCID:PMC6661965)
Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amelie, Norin, Tommy, Racz, Anita, Lindstrom, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2019)
Hypoxia alters vulnerability to capture and the potential for trait-based selection in a scaled-down trawl fishery.
Conservation Physiology, 7(1),
coz082.
(doi: 10.1093/conphys/coz082)
(PMID:31803472)
(PMCID:PMC6880855)
Thambithurai, Davide, Hollins, Jack, Van Leeuwen, Travis, Rácz, Anita, Lindström, Jan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2018)
Shoal size as a key determinant of vulnerability to capture under a simulated fishery scenario.
Ecology and Evolution, 8(13),
pp. 6505-6514.
(doi: 10.1002/ece3.4107)
(PMID:30038752)
(PMCID:PMC6053581)
Hollins, Jack, Thambithurai, Davide, Köeck, Barbara ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7142-364X, Crespel, Amelie, Bailey, David M.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-8823, Cooke, Steven J., Lindström, Jan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-6680, Parsons, Kevin J.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587 and Killen, Shaun S.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2018)
A physiological perspective on fisheries-induced evolution.
Evolutionary Applications, 11(5),
pp. 561-576.
(doi: 10.1111/eva.12597)
(PMID:29875803)
(PMCID:PMC5978952)
Parsons, Kevin J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3355-3587, Son, Young H., Crespel, Amelie, Thambithurai, Davide, Killen, Shaun
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988, Harris, Matthew P. and Albertson, R. Craig
(2018)
Conserved but flexible modularity in the zebrafish skull: implications for craniofacial evolvability.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 285(1877),
20172671.
(doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.2671)
(PMID:29669899)
(PMCID:PMC5936725)
Protocols
Racz, Anita, Allan, Brooke, Dwyer, Toni, Thambithurai, Davide, Crespel, Amelie and Killen, Shaun S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-3988
(2021)
Summary of the housing and husbandry conditions of Zebrafish (Danio rerio) at University of Glasgow.
[Protocols]