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Staff details Simon Rundle
Simon Rundle has not published any more information Teaching interests My teaching includes contributions to first and second year modules in pure and applied aquatic ecology plus third year lectures on phenotypic plasticity and the role of predation in aquatic ecosystems. I also play an active role in second and third year field courses. Research interests
The Developmental Biology of Aquatic Organisms 1. The importance of developmental sequences in the evolution of aquatic invertebrates. I am interested in investigating the role that variation in the sequence of developmental events (i.e. the way an organism puts itself together) within species (i.e. heterokairy) has played in the evolution of sequence variation among species (i.e. heterochrony). 2. Fitness consequences of developmental plasticity in aquatic embryos. Recent research has revealed that the environmental conditions during early (embryonic) development can have profound implications for offspring fitness and survival. I am using marine and freshwater invertebrate models to investigate the consequences from such developmental plasticity. 3. Consequences of anthropogenic disturbance (e.g. ocean acidification, hypoxia, saline intrusion) for early development. Many of the environmental variables that I use to investigate developmental plasticity are those currently posing major threats to the aquatic biodiversity. Hence, as well as providing important advances in our fundamental understanding of the evolutionary ecology of aquatic invertebrates, this work also provides important information for protection ecosystems from environmental damage. Induced defences in aquatic organisms Using aquatic gastropods as model organisms I have investigated trade offs between defensive traits, the influence of environmental parameters on plasticity (induced defences) and the developmental basis for plasticity. I am particularly interested in using phylogenetically controlled, interspecific comparisons for unravelling evolutionary patterns in developmental plasticity and behaviour. Publications
Smirthwaite, J.J., Rundle, S.D. & Spicer, J.I. (2009) The use of developmental sequences for assessing evolutionary change in gastropods. American Malacological Bulletin. – in press Dalesman S., Rundle S.D. & Cotton P. (2009) Anti-predator behaviour in an aquatic gastropod: insights from artificial selection. Evolutionary Ecology – in press. Byrne, R.A., Rundle S.D., Smirthwaite, J. & Spicer, J.I. (2009) Rotational behaviour and recovery in embryonic pond snails (Lymnaea stagnalis) exposed to hypoxia and hyperoxia. Zoology – in press. Egilsdottir, H., Spicer, J.I. & Rundle, S.D. (2009) The effect of CO2 acidified sea water and reduced salinity on aspects of the embryonic development of the amphipod Echinogammarus marinus (Leach). Marine Pollution – in press Attrill, M.J., Rundle, S.D., Fraser, A. & Power, M. (2009) Oligochaetes as a possible entry route for terrigenous organic carbon into estuarine benthic food webs. Marine Ecology Progress Series – in press Bilton D.T., McAbendroth L.C., Nicolet P., Bedford A., Rundle S.D., Foggo, A & Ramsay P. (2009) Ecology and conservation status of temporary and fluctuating ponds in two areas of southern England. Aquatic Conservation 19:134-146. Ellis, R.P., Bersey, J., Rundle, S.D., Hall-Spencer, J., and Spicer, J.I. (2009) Subtle but significant effects of CO2 acidified sea water on embryos of the intertidal snail, Littorina obtusata. Aquatic Biology 5: 41-48. Briffa M, Rundle S.D. & Fryer A. (2008) Comparing the strength of behavioural plasticity and consistency across situations: Animal personalities in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 275: 1305-1311. Jackson A.C. & Rundle S.D. (2008) Diet shifts by an estuarine goby (Potamoschistus microps) in the face of variable prey availability. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 361: 1-7. Foggo A., Bilton D.T. & Rundle S.D. (2007) Do development and dispersal shape abundance-occupancy relationships in marine macroinvertebrates? Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 695-702.
Dalesman, S., Cotton, P.A., Bilton, D.T. & Rundle S.D. (2007) Phylogenetic relatednessand ecological interactions determine antipredator behaviour. Ecology 88:2462–2467.
Spicer J.I. & Rundle S.D. (2007) Plasticity in the timing of physiological development: Physiological heterokairy – what is it, how frequent is it, and does it matter? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A, 148: 712-719.
Dalesman S., Rundle S.D. & Cotton P. (2007) Predator regime influences innate anti-predator behaviour in the freshwater gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis. Freshwater Biology 52: 2134-2140.
Bibby, R., Cleall- Harding P., Rundle S.D., Widdicombe S. & Spicer J.I. (2007) Ocean acidification induced defences in the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea. Biology Letters 3: 699-701. Rundle, S.D., Bilton, D.T., Abbott, J.C. & Foggo, A. (2007) Range size in North American Enallagma damselflies correlates with wing size. Freshwater Biology 52: 471-477.
Smirthwaite J.J., Rundle S.D., Bininda-Emonds O.R.P. & Spicer J.I. (2007) An integrative approach identifies sequence heterochronies in pulomonate snails. Evolution and Development 9: 122-130.
Spicer J.I. & Rundle S.D. (2006) Out of place and out of time – towards a more integrated approach to heterochrony. Animal Biology 56: 487-502. Rundle S.D., Spicer J.I., Coleman R.A., Vosper J. & Soane J. (2004) Environmental calcium modifies induced defenses in a freshwater gastropod. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B (Suppl.) 271: S67-S70.
Jackson A.C., Rundle S.D., Attrill M.J. & Cotton P.A. (2004) Ontogenetic changes in metabolism may determine diet shifts for a sit-and –wait predator. Journal of Animal Ecology 73: 536-545.
Cotton P.A., Rundle S.D. & Smith K.E. (2004) Trait compensation in marine gastropods: shell shape, anti-predator behaviour and susceptibility. Ecology 85: 1581-1584.
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