Profiles
Dr Benjamin Ciotti
Lecturer in Marine Biology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Role
Lecturer in Marine Biology
Qualifications
PhD (2012) University of Delaware
BSc (2002) University of Liverpool (1st class honours)
Teaching interests
Physiology and behaviour of marine animals
Coastal ecology
Fish biology and fisheries
Molecular biology
Experimental design and statistics
Statistical computing
Field techniques in marine biology
Research interests
I take a broad, integrative approach to reveal variation in the performance of marine organisms in nature. My approach builds on physiological fundamentals, modern molecular tools, field surveys, laboratory experiments and statistical analysis to address contemporary ecological concerns.
A major focus of my research is on the development and application of new biochemical and molecular tools to characterize variation in physiological performance in situ. For example, I am applying RNA-based indices to evaluate the importance of coastal areas as nursery habitats for juvenile fishes. Similarly, I am using molecular markers to elucidate long-term impacts of environmental change on physiological and immune performance in crustaceans.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2017
'Infestation of shore crab gills by a free-living mussel species'
Marine Biodiversity
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'No evidence for impacts to the molecular ecophysiology of ion or CO 2 regulation in tissues of selected surface-dwelling bivalves in the vicinity of a sub-seabed CO 2 release'
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
38,
193-201
, DOI
2014
'Growth dynamics of European plaice Pleuronectes platessa L. in nursery areas: A review'
Journal of Sea Research
90,
64-82
, DOI
2014
'Size variation of 0-group plaice: Are earlier influences on growth potential a contributing factor?'
Journal of Sea Research
88,
59-66
, DOI
2013
'Small-scale spatial and temporal heterogeneity in growth and condition of juvenile fish on sandy beaches'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
448,
346-359
, DOI
2013
'Decline in growth rate of juvenile European plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa ) during summer at nursery beaches along the west coast of Scotland'
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
70,
(5)
720-734
, DOI
2013
'Spatial variation in growth rate of early juvenile European plaice Pleuronectes platessa'
Marine Ecology Progress Series
475,
213-232
, DOI
2012
'Temporal dynamics in growth and white skeletal muscle composition of the mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus during chronic hypoxia and hyperoxia'
Journal of Fish Biology
81,
(1)
148-164
, DOI
2010
'Development, validation and field application of an RNA-based growth index in juvenile plaice Pleuronectes platessa'
Journal of Fish Biology
77,
(10)
2181-2209
, DOI
2009
'Nutrient enrichment and fisheries exploitation: interactive effects on estuarine living resources and their management'
Hydrobiologia
629,
(1)
31-47
, DOI
2003
'Protists decrease in size linearly with temperature: ca. 2.5% C-1'
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
270,
(1533)
2605-2611
, DOI