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- A.Foggo@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Dr Andy Foggo
Associate Professor
School of Biological & Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science & Engineering)
Role
My activities are split between my teaching/admin roles and my research. I lead the MRes in Marine Biology which is delivered in partnership with the Marine Biological Assoociation and currently administer 5 modules related to this course with marking and delivery roles in some of them. I'm also involved in teaching on the newly revalidated Marine Biology undergraduate scheme (2015 onwards), delivering materials related to natural history and taxonomy, biostatistics, and the ecology of biodiversity.
My main research interests are divided into two areas within aquatic ecology. One deals with spatial distributions and macroecology in marine, estuarine and freshwater habitats; indeed we're currently awaiting the start of a large NERC funded project led by my colleague Dr Kerry Howell looking at biodiversity and connectivity in the deep sea. My other interest deals with grazer - alga interactions and in particular the role of induced defences in seaweeds as mediators of trophic interactions in a changing biosphere. I collaborate with Prof. Jason Hall-Spencer here at Plymouth, Dr Pippa Moore at Aberystwyth and Dr Sam Rastrick from Norway in this field. I also have subsidiary interests that stem from application of numerical and statistical techniques to ecological questions, these include studies of diversity patterns in the deep sea (in collaboration with Dr Kerry Howell) and studies of non-native species in coastal habitats such as marinas (in collaboration with Dr John Bishop at the MBA).
Finally, I support research into Parkinson's disease as a patient representative on grant applications and clinical trials management committees.
Qualifications
Associate Professor in Ecology, University of Plymouth (2015 - )
Lecturer in Ecology, University of Plymouth (1996-2015)
Drapers Company Junior Research Fellow, St Anne's College, Oxford (1995-1996)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Oxford (1993-1994)
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of Cambridge (1993)
DPhil, University of Oxford (1992)
Wiener Anspach Research Fellow, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium (1989-1990)
BA, University of Oxford (1987)
Staff serving as external examiners
External Validator: School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey at Roehampton.
External Examining: University of Oxford (D.Phil), University of Surrey (PhD), Bangor University (PhD)
Research interests
Plant and algal interactions with herbivores - applying theories of plant-herbivore interaction developed in the terrestrial realm to marine cases. Especially interested in consequences of environmental change for dynamics of trophic interactions
Marine macroecology - particularly the role of physiology, dispersal and development in determining patterns of distribution and abundance of estuarine and marine organisms.
Spatial pattern in marine and freshwater organisms - determining the distribution of organisms in space and time, how these patterns arise, and what their implications are for population persistance and assemblage dynamics.
Factors affecting the proliferation and spread of non-native species and their ecosystem-level consequences
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
G.M. Prowse. PhD, 2003 (DoS)
M.T. Frost. PhD, 2003 (supervisor)
R. Power. M.Phil. (2004) DoS
L. MacAbendroth PhD 2005 (supervisor)
C.S. Mesher PhD 2009 (DoS)
S.L. deAmicis 2012 (DoS)
N. Biber (current - supervisor)
Grants & contracts
2013: Scaling empirically derived ocean acidification responses to naturally assembled systems. NERC £90,846. Co-I
PI - Rastrick, Co-I's: Solan, Hauton, Mark, Hall-Spencer, Foggo, Whitelely, Steel, Parker & Scott
2013: Influence of population connectivity on depth-dependent diversity of deep-sea marine benthic biota
NERC £1,121,585. Co-I
PI - Howell
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2017
'The effects of warming on the ecophysiology of two co-existing kelp species with contrasting distributions'
Oecologia
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Tropical CO2 seeps reveal the impact of ocean acidification on coral reef invertebrate recruitment'
Marine Pollution Bulletin
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Ocean acidification affects fish spawning but not paternity at CO 2 seeps'
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
283,
(1835)
20161021-20161021
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Individual and population-level responses to ocean acidification'
Scientific Reports
6,
(1)
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Long-Term Field Study Reveals Subtle Effects of the Invasive Alga Sargassum muticum upon the Epibiota of Zostera marina'
PLoS ONE
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Calcification is not the Achilles’ heel of cold-water corals in an acidifying ocean'
Global Change Biology
21,
(6)
2238-2248
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Physiological advantages of dwarfing in surviving extinctions in high-CO2 oceans'
Nature Climate Change
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Living in warmer, more acidic oceans retards physiological recovery from tidal emersion in the velvet swimming crab, Necora puber'
J Exp Biol
217,
(Pt 14)
2499-2508
, DOI
2013
'Distribution patterns and sexual segregation in chimaeras: implications for conservation and management'
ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE
70,
(6)
1198-1205
, DOI
2011
'Coral and mollusc resistance to ocean acidification adversely affected by warming'
NATURE CLIMATE CHANGE
1,
(6)
308-312
, DOI
PEARL
2010
'Mounting evidence: near-slope seamounts are faunally indistinct from an adjacent bank'
MARINE ECOLOGY-AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
31,
52-62
, DOI
2009
'Ecology and conservation status of temporary and fluctuating ponds in two areas of southern England'
AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS
19,
(2)
134-146
, DOI
2009
'Functional diversity predicts overyielding effect of species combination on primary productivity'
OIKOS
118,
(1)
37-44
, DOI
2007
'An enzyme in snail saliva induces herbivore-resistance in a marine alga'
FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY
21,
(1)
101-106
, DOI
2007
'Deep-sea coral distribution on seamounts, oceanic islands, and continental slopes in the Northeast Atlantic'
Conservation and Adaptive Management of Seamount and Deep-Sea Coral Ecosystems
81,
135-146
PEARL
2007
'Do developmental mode and dispersal shape abundance-occupancy relationships in marine macroinvertebrates?'
Journal of Animal Ecology
76,
(4)
695-702
2007
'Herbivore-induced infochemicals influence foraging behaviour in two intertidal predators'
Oecologia
151,
(3)
454-463
, DOI
2007
'Herbivore-induced infochemicals influence foraging behaviour in two intertidal predators (vol 151, pg 454, 2007)'
OECOLOGIA
152,
(4)
805-805
, DOI
2007
'Range size in North American Enallagma damselflies correlates with wing size'
Freshwater Biology
52,
(3)
471-477
2007
'Tri-trophic consequences of UV-B exposure: plants, herbivores and parasitoids'
Oecologia
154,
(3)
505-512
2006
'Impact of fish farms on maerl beds in strongly tidal areas'
Marine Ecology-Progress Series
326,
1-9
PEARL
2006
'Soil microbial and faunal community responses to bt maize and insecticide in two soils'
J Environ Qual
35,
(3)
734-741
, DOI
2005
'Does macrophyte fractal complexity drive invertebrate diversity, biomass and body size distributions?'
Oikos
111,
(2)
279-290
2005
'Insecticidal activity of garlic juice in two dipterian pests'
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
7,
1-6
2005
'Unravelling nestedness and spatial pattern in pond assemblages'
Journal of Animal Ecology
74,
(1)
41-49
2004
'Abundance-occupancy relationships in macrofauna on exposed sandy beaches: patterns and mechanisms'
Ecography
27,
(5)
643-649
2004
'Induced resistance in intertidal macroalgae modifies feeding behaviour of herbivorous snails'
Oecologia
140,
(2)
328-334
2003
'Abundance-occupancy patterns in British estuarine macroinvertebrates'
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser
265,
297-302
, DOI
2003
'Estimating marine species richness: an evaluation of six extrapolative techniques'
Marine Ecology-Progress Series
248,
15-26
2003
'The net result: evaluating species richness extrapolation techniques for littoral pond invertebrates'
Freshwater Biology
48,
(10)
1756-1764
2002
'Are distribution patterns linked to dispersal mechanism? An investigation using pond invertebrate assemblages'
Freshwater Biology
47,
(9)
1571-1581
2001
'Edge effects and tropical forest canopy invertebrates'
Plant Ecology
153,
(1-2)
347-359
2001
'Size, permanence and the proportion of predators in ponds'
Archiv fur Hydrobiologie
151,
(3)
451-458
1998
'Horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis) (Homoptera : Coccidae) and urban host tree environment'
ECOLOGY
79,
(5)
1503-1513
1996
'Patterns of herbivory by the ash bud moth Prays fraxinella: Implications for the silviculture of ash in Europe'
FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
84,
(1-3)
231-240
, DOI
1996
'Long- and short-term changes in plant growth following simulated herbivory: Adaptive responses to damage?'
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
21,
(2)
198-202
, DOI
1995
'Factors affecting choice of buds by larvae of the ash bud moth Prays fraxinella Bjerk. (Lep., Yponomeutidae), and the implications for ash dieback'
Journal of Applied Entomology
119,
(1-5)
29-34
, DOI
1995
'Factors affecting choice of buds by larvae of the ash bud moth Prays fraxinella Bjerk. (Lep., Yponomeutidae), and the implications for ash dieback'
Journal of Applied Entomology
119,
(1-5)
29-34
, DOI
1994
'ROOT DISTURBANCE OF COMMON ASH, FRAXINUS-EXCELSIOR (OLEACEAE), LEADS TO REDUCED FOLIAR TOUGHNESS AND INCREASED FEEDING BY A FOLIVOROUS WEEVIL, STEREONYCHUS-FRAXINI (COLEOPTERA, CURCULIONIDAE)'
ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
19,
(4)
344-348
, DOI
1993
'ROOT DAMAGE AND WATER-STRESS - TREATMENTS AFFECTING THE EXPLOITATION OF THE BUDS OF COMMON ASH FRAXINUS-EXCELSIOR L, BY LARVAE OF THE ASH BUD MOTH PRAYS FRAXINELLA BJERK (LEP, YPONOMEUTIDAE)'
OECOLOGIA
96,
(1)
134-138
, DOI
Reviews
2014
'The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world'
Ecology and Evolution
4,
(13)
2787-2798
Publisher Site
, DOI
PEARL
Chapters
2007
'Body size, range size and dispersal in aquatic invertebrates'
in Hildrew AG; Raffaelli DG; Edmunds-Brown R
Body size: the structure and function of aquatic ecosystems
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
186-209
2001
'Edge effects and tropical canopy invertebrates'
in Linsenmair KE; Davis AJ; Fiala B; Speight MR
Tropical Forest Canopies: Ecology and Management
347-359
Conference Papers
2009
'Understanding physiological tolerance through thermal limits of three amphipod species'
S170-S170
, DOI