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Publications

Authored and edited books

Spicer JI: Biodiversity: A beginner's guide. Oneworld Books, Oxford (2006)
Burggren WW, Pelster B, Reiber CL, Spicer JI, Warburton S (eds) New Directions in Developmental Physiology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2005)

Gaston KJ, Spicer JI: Biodiversity: An introduction. Blackwells (2nd ed) (2003)

Barnes RSK, Calow P, Olive PJW, Golding DW, Spicer JI: The invertebrates: a new synthesis (3rd ed). Blackwell Scientific, Oxford (2001)

Spicer JI, Gaston KJ: Physiological diversity and its ecological implications. Blackwells Science, Oxford (1999)

Gaston KJ, Spicer JI: Biodiversity: An introduction. Blackwells (1998)

Primary Literature in peer-reviewed journals (1998-present)
 

Spicer JI, Rundle SD: Plasticity in the timing of physiological development: Physiological heterokairy - what is it, how frequent is it, and does it matter? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A (in press)

86. Calosi, P., D. Bilton, Spicer, J.I. and A. Atfield: Thermal tolerance and geographic range size in the Agabus brunneus group of European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Journal of Biogeography (in press)
Bibby, R., Cleall-Harding, P., Rundle, S., Widdicombe, S. and J.I. Spicer: Ocean acidification disrupts induced defences. Biology Letters (submitted 27^th March 2007. RSBL-2007-0181, invited resubmission May 2007).
Calosi, P., D. Bilton and J.I. Spicer: The diving response of the diving beetle Ilybius montanus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): the effects of temperature and acidification. Journal of Zoology (in press) Spicer, J.I., A. Raffo and S. Widdicombe: Influence of CO₂-related sea water acidification on extracellular acid-base balance in velvet fiddler crab Necora puber. Marine Biology (Berlin), in press (Nov 2006).
Sanders, J., M. Kendell, A.J.S. Hawkins and J.I. Spicer: Can functional groups be used to indicate estuarine ecological status. Hydrobiologia, (in press).
Smirthwaite J, Rundle SD, Bininda-Emonds ORP,  Spicer: An integrative approach identifies sequence heterochronies in pulmonate snails. Evolution and Development, Volume 9, pages 122-130 (2007).
Spicer JI, Rundle SD: Out of place and out of time: Towards a more integrative approach to heterochrony. Anim Biol  57, 487 - 502 (2006).

Miles H, Widdicombe S, Spicer JI, Hall-Spencer J: Effects of anthropogenic seawater acidification on acid-base balance in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris. Mar Poll Bull 54, 89 – 96 (2007)

Spicer JI: Gut-reaction by heartless shrimps: Experimental evidence for the role of the gut in circulation before cardiac ontogeny. Biol Lett 2, 580-582 (2006)
Rundle, S.D., J.I. Spicer, R.A. Coleman, J. Vosper and J. Soane: Environmental calcium modifies induced defences in snails. Proceedings of the Royal Society (Supplement, Biological Letters) DOI 10.1098/rsbl2003.0106 (2004).

Cowling J, Weeks JM, Spicer JI, Gaston KJ: Physiological tolerances of the euterrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) as a key to its geographical distribution?: a test using mesocosms. Comp Biochem Physiol, in press

Camus L, Davies PE, Spicer JI, Jones MB: Temperature dependent physiological response of Carcinus maenas exposed to copper. Mar Envir Res, 58, 781-785 (2004)

Cowling J, Spicer JI, Gaston KJ, Weeks JM: Current status of an amphipod invader, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt, 1925), in Britain. J Nat Hist 38,1665-1675 (2004)

Rundle SD, Spicer JI, Coleman RA, Vosper J, Soane J: Environmental calcium modifies induced defences in snails. Proc R Soc (Suppl, Biol Lett) DOI 10.1098/rsbl2003.0106 (2004)

Spicer JI, Hodgson E: Structural basis for salinity-induced alteration in oxygen binding by haemocyanin from the estuarine amphipod Chaetogammarus marinus (L.) Physiol Biochem Zool 76, 26-32 (2004)

Baden SP, Håkansson CLJ, Spicer JI: Between-individual variation in haemocyanin concentrations in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus following exposure to hypoxia and manganese. Mar Biol 143,267-273 (2003)

Cowling JE, Spicer JI, Weeks JM, Gaston KJ: Environmental tolerances of an invasive terrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) in Britain. Comp Biochem Physiol 136A,735-747 (2003)

Johns DG, Edwards M, Richardson A, Spicer JI: Increased blooms of a dinoflagellate in the NW Atlantic. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 265,283-287 (2003)

Spicer JI, Burggren WW: Development of physiological regulatory systems: altering the timing of crucial events. Zoology 106,91 - 99 (2003)

Spicer JI, Eriksson SP: Does the development of respiratory regulation always accompany the transition from pelagic larvae to benthic fossorial postlarvae in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus (L)? J exp Mar Biol Ecol 295,219-243 (2003)

Spicer JI, Hodgson E: Between-population variation in haemocyanin subunit composition of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Crustacea: Amphipoda). J mar Biol Assoc UK 83,945-947 (2003)

Spicer JI, Strömberg JO: Developmental changes in the responses of O2 uptake and ventilation to acutely declining O2 tensions in larval krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. J exp Mar Biol Ecol 295,207-218 (2003)

Spicer JI, Strömberg JO: Metabolic responses to low salinity of the shipworm Teredo navalis (L.) Sarsia 88,302-305 (2003)

Spicer JI, Dando, CL, Maltby L: Anaerobic capacity of a crustacean sensitive to low environmental oxygen tensions, the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.). Hydrobiologia 477,189-194 (2002)

Spicer JI, Strömberg JO: Diel vertical migration and the haemocyanin of Norway krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 238,153–162 (2002)

Strömberg JO, Spicer JI, Liljebladh B, Thomasson MA: Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) come up to see the last eclipse of the millennium? J mar biol Assoc UK. 82,919-920 (2002)

Spicer JI: Development of cardiac function in crustaceans: patterns, processes and implications. Am Zool 41,1068–1077 (2001)

Gaston KJ, Spicer JI: The relationship between range size and niche breadth: a test using five species of Gammarus (Amphipoda). Glob Ecol Biogeogr 10,209–218 (2001).

Hodgson E, Spicer JI: Subunit compositions of crustacean haemocyanins are species-specific: evidence from non-decapod species. Comp Biochem Physiol 128A,873–888 (2001)

Spicer JI, Baden SP: Environmental hypoxia and haemocyanin between-individual variability in Norway lobsters Nephrops norvegicus (L.). Mar Biol 139,727–734 (2001)

Spicer JI, Baden SP: Natural variation in the concentrations of haemocyanin from three decapod crustaceans, Hyas aranaeus, Liocarcinus depurator and Nephrops norvegicus. Mar Biol 136,55–61 (2000)

Strömberg JO, Spicer JI: Cold comfort for krill? Respiratory consequences of diel vertical migration of Meganactyphanes norvegica into deep hypoxic waters. Ophelia 53,213–217 (2000)

Morritt D, Spicer JI: Developmental ecophysiology of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda). III Physiological competency as a possible explanation for timing of hatchling release. J exp mar Biol Ecol 232,275-283 (1999)

Morritt D, Spicer JI: Physiological ecology of talitrid amphipods: an update. Can J Zool 76,1965-1982 1998 (1999)

Spicer JI, El-Gamal MM: Hypoxia accelerates the development of respiratory regulation in brine shrimp - but at a cost. J exp Biol 202,3637-3646 (1999)

Spicer JI, Gaston KJ: Amphipod gigantism dictated by oxygen availability? Ecol Lett 2,397-401 (1999)

Spicer JI, Thomasson MA, Strömberg JO: Possessing a poor anaerobic capacity does not prevent the diel vertical migration of Nordic krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica into hypoxic waters. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 185,181-187 (1999)

Gaston KJ, Blackburn T, Spicer JI: Rapoport’s rule: time for an epitaph? Trends Ecol Evol 13,70-74 (1998)

Gaston KJ, Blackburn T, Spicer JI: Too much latitude for Rapoport’s rule: A reply. Trends Ecol Evol 13,242 (1998)

Gaston KJ, Spicer JI: Do upper thermal tolerances differ in geographically-separated populations of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Crustacea: Amphipoda). J exp mar Biol Ecol 229,265-276 (1998)

Spicer JI: Is reduced metabolism of hypogean amphipods solely a result of food limitation? Hydrobiologia 377,201-204 (1998)

Spicer JI, Morritt D, Maltby L: Effect of water-borne zinc on osmoregulation in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.) from populations that differ in their sensitivity to metal stress. Funct Ecol 12,242-247 (1998)