Profiles
Professor John Spicer
Professor
School of Biological & Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science & Engineering)
Role
Professor of Marine Zoology
Qualifications
B.Sc.(Hons) Zoology, Glasgow 1982
Ph.D. in Zoology, Glasgow 1987
P.G.C.E.(S) (with distinctions), Jordanhill College
Glasgow 1991
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2016
'Application of computer-aided tomography techniques to visualize kelp holdfast structure reveals the importance of habitat complexity for supporting marine biodiversity'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
477,
47-56
, DOI
2016
'Differences in the timing of cardio-respiratory development determine whether marine gastropod embryos survive or die in hypoxia'
The Journal of Experimental Biology
219,
(Pt 7)
1076-1085
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Embryonic transcriptome of the brackishwater amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi'
Marine Genomics
28,
5-6
, DOI
2016
'Heterokairy: a significant form of developmental plasticity?'
BIOLOGY LETTERS
12,
(9)
, DOI
PEARL
2016
'Multi-generational responses of a marine polychaete to a rapid change in seawater p CO 2'
Evolutionary Applications
9,
(9)
1082-1095
, DOI
2016
'Reduced pH affects pulsing behaviour and body size in ephyrae of the moon jellyfish, Aurelia aurita'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
480,
54-61
, DOI
2016
'The sensitivity of the early benthic juvenile stage of the European lobster Homarus gammarus (L.) to elevated pCO2 and temperature'
Marine Biology
163,
(3)
, DOI
2015
'A mesocosm study investigating the effects of hypoxia and population density on respiration and reproductive biology in the brittlestar Amphiura filiformis'
Marine Ecology Progress Series
534,
135-147
, DOI
2015
'Antioxidant capacity of polychaetes occurring at a natural CO2 vent system: Results of an in situ reciprocal transplant experiment'
Marine Environmental Research
112,
44-51
, DOI
2015
'Benthic Assemblages of the Anton Dohrn Seamount (NE Atlantic): Defining Deep-Sea Biotopes to Support Habitat Mapping and Management Efforts with a Focus on Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems'
PLOS ONE
10,
(5)
e0124815-e0124815
, DOI
PEARL
2015
'Pathogenic challenge reveals immune trade-off in mussels exposed to reduced seawater pH and increased temperature'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
462,
83-89
, DOI
2015
'Stage-Specific Changes in Physiological and Life-History Responses to Elevated Temperature and P co 2 during the Larval Development of the European Lobster Homarus gammarus (L.)'
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
88,
(5)
494-507
, DOI
2014
'1 H NMR Metabolomics Reveals Contrasting Response by Male and Female Mussels Exposed to Reduced Seawater pH, Increased Temperature, and a Pathogen'
Environmental Science & Technology
48,
(12)
7044-7052
, DOI
2014
'Combining motion analysis and microfluidics--a novel approach for detecting whole-animal responses to test substances'
PLoS One
9,
(12)
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Environmental hypoxia but not minor shell damage affects scope for growth and body condition in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.)'
Mar Environ Res
95,
74-80
, DOI
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
2014
'What can an ecophysiological approach tell us about the physiological responses of marine invertebrates to hypoxia?'
J Exp Biol
217,
(Pt 1)
46-56
, DOI
2013
'A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development'
BMC Bioinformatics
14,
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development'
BMC Bioinformatics
14,
, DOI
2013
'A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development'
BMC Bioinformatics
14,
37-37
Publisher Site
, DOI
2013
'Adaptation and acclimatization to ocean acidification in marine ectotherms: an in situ transplant experiment with polychaetes at a shallow CO2 vent system'
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
368,
(1627)
, DOI
2013
'Assessing the environmental consequences of CO2 leakage from geological CCS: generating evidence to support environmental risk assessment'
Mar Pollut Bull
73,
(2)
399-401
, DOI
2013
'Biological impacts of enhanced alkalinity in Carcinus maenas'
Mar Pollut Bull
71,
(1-2)
190-198
, DOI
2013
'Distribution of sea urchins living near shallow water CO2 vents is dependent upon species acid-base and ion-regulatory abilities'
Mar Pollut Bull
73,
(2)
470-484
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'Effects of elevated CO2 on the reproduction of two calanoid copepods'
Mar Pollut Bull
73,
(2)
428-434
, DOI
2013
'Elevated temperature elicits greater effects than decreased pH on the development, feeding and metabolism of northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis) larvae'
MARINE BIOLOGY
160,
(8)
2037-2048
, DOI
2013
'Multiple physiological responses to multiple environmental challenges: an individual approach'
Integr Comp Biol
53,
(4)
660-670
, DOI
2013
'Parent--offspring similarity in the timing of developmental events: an origin of heterochrony?'
Proc Biol Sci
280,
(1769)
, DOI
2013
'Physiological changes accompanying the presence of black gill syndrome in the high shore amphipod Traskorchestia traskiana'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
446,
131-138
, DOI
2013
'Physiological plasticity preserves the metabolic relationship of the intertidal non-calcifying anthozoan-Symbiodinium symbiosis under ocean acidification'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
449,
200-206
, DOI
2013
'Variance in developmental event timing is greatest at low biological levels: implications for heterochrony'
BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY
110,
(3)
581-590
, DOI
2012
'Acute extracellular acid–base disturbance in the burrowing sea urchin Brissopsis lyrifera during exposure to a simulated CO2 release'
Science of The Total Environment
427-428,
203-207
, DOI
2012
'Development of cardiovascular function in the marine gastropod Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus)'
J Exp Biol
215,
(Pt 13)
2327-2333
, DOI
2012
'Reduced pH sea water disrupts chemo-responsive behaviour in an intertidal crustacean'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
412,
134-140
, DOI
2012
'The comparative biology of diving in two genera of European Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)'
J Evol Biol
25,
(2)
329-341
, DOI
2011
'A genetic basis for intraspecific differences in developmental timing?'
EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT
13,
(6)
542-548
, DOI
2011
'Comparing the impact of high CO2 on calcium carbonate structures in different marine organisms'
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
7,
(6)
565-575
, DOI
2011
'Duration tenacity: A method for assessing acclimatory capacity of the Antarctic limpet, Nacella concinna'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
399,
(1)
39-42
, DOI
2011
'Immunological function in marine invertebrates: responses to environmental perturbation'
Fish Shellfish Immunol
30,
(6)
1209-1222
, DOI
2011
'Impact of CO2-acidified seawater on the extracellular acid–base balance of the northern sea urchin Strongylocentrotus dröebachiensis'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
407,
(1)
19-25
, DOI
2011
'Ocean warming and acidification; implications for the Arctic brittlestar Ophiocten sericeum'
POLAR BIOLOGY
34,
(7)
1033-1044
, DOI
2011
'Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns'
Ecology
92,
(8)
1565-1572
2011
'Physiological Correlates of Geographic Range in Animals'
ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, VOL 42
42,
155-179
, DOI
2011
'Predator cues alter the timing of developmental events in gastropod embryos'
Biol Lett
7,
(2)
285-287
, DOI
2011
'Reduced sea water pH disrupts resource assessment and decision making in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus'
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
82,
(3)
495-501
, DOI
2011
'Studying the altered timing of physiological events during development: it's about time…or is it?'
Respir Physiol Neurobiol
178,
(1)
3-12
, DOI
2010
'Alarm substance from adult zebrafish alters early embryonic development in offspring'
Biol Lett
6,
(4)
525-528
, DOI
2010
'Can ocean acidification affect population dynamics of the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides at its southern range edge?'
Ecology
91,
(10)
2931-2940
, DOI
2010
'Effects of hypercapnia on acid–base balance and osmo-/iono-regulation in prawns (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)'
Aquatic Biology
11,
(1)
27-36
, DOI
2010
'Impact of medium-term exposure to CO2 enriched seawater on the physiological functions of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber'
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
10,
(1)
11-21
, DOI
2010
'Interaction of ocean acidification and temperature; the high cost of survival in the brittlestar Ophiura ophiura'
MARINE BIOLOGY
157,
(9)
2001-2013
, DOI
2010
'Physiology and metabolism of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars)'
Adv Mar Biol
57,
91-126
, DOI
2010
'PHYSIOLOGY AND METABOLISM OF NORTHERN KRILL (MEGANYCTIPHANES NORVEGICA SARS)'
ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY, VOL 57
57,
91-126
, DOI
2010
'Post-larval development of two intertidal barnacles at elevated CO2 and temperature'
MARINE BIOLOGY
157,
(4)
725-735
, DOI
2010
'Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles'
PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY
35,
(3)
265-273
, DOI
2010
'Relative influences of ocean acidification and temperature on intertidal barnacle post-larvae at the northern edge of their geographic distribution'
ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE
86,
(4)
675-682
, DOI
2010
'Salinity-induced heterokairy in an upper-estuarine population of the snail Radix balthica (Mollusca: Pulmonata)'
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
9,
(1)
95-105
, DOI
2010
'Seasonal and temperature effects on osmoregulation by the invasive prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 in the Baltic Sea'
MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH
6,
(3)
333-337
, DOI
2010
'Short-term exposure to hypercapnia does not compromise feeding, acid–base balance or respiration of Patella vulgata but surprisingly is accompanied by radula damage'
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
90,
(07)
1379-1384
, DOI
2010
'What determines a species' geographical range? Thermal biology and latitudinal range size relationships in European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)'
J Anim Ecol
79,
(1)
194-204
, DOI
2009
'Effect of an insect juvenile hormone analogue, Fenoxycarb® on development and oxygen uptake by larval lobsters Homarus gammarus (L.)'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology
149,
(3)
393-396
, DOI
2009
'Effect of CO2-related acidification on aspects of the larval development of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus (L.)'
BIOGEOSCIENCES
6,
(8)
1747-1754
2009
'Embryonic rotational behaviour in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis: influences of environmental oxygen and development stage'
ZOOLOGY
112,
(6)
471-477
, DOI
2009
'Future high CO2 in the intertidal may compromise adult barnacle Semibalanus balanoides survival and embryonic development rate'
MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES
389,
193-202
, DOI
2009
'Subtle but significant effects of CO2 acidified seawater on embryos of the intertidal snail, Littorina obtusata'
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
5,
(1)
41-48
, DOI
PEARL
2009
'The effect of CO2 acidified sea water and reduced salinity on aspects of the embryonic development of the amphipod Echinogammarus marinus (Leach)'
Mar Pollut Bull
58,
(8)
1187-1191
, DOI
2009
'The influence of hypercapnia and the infaunal brittlestar Amphiura filiformis on sediment nutrient flux - will ocean acidification affect nutrient exchange?'
BIOGEOSCIENCES
6,
(10)
2015-2024
2009
'The Use of Developmental Sequences for Assessing Evolutionary Change in Gastropods*'
American Malacological Bulletin
27,
(1-2)
105-111
, DOI
2008
'Does the effect of low temperature on osmoregulation by the prawn Palaemon elegans Rathke, 1837 explain winter migration offshore?'
MARINE BIOLOGY
153,
(5)
937-943
, DOI
2008
'Effects of ocean acidification on the immune response of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis'
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
2,
(1)
67-74
, DOI
2008
'Novel microcosm system for investigating the effects of elevated carbon dioxide and temperature on intertidal organisms'
AQUATIC BIOLOGY
3,
(1)
51-62
, DOI
2008
'Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost'
Proc Biol Sci
275,
(1644)
1767-1773
, DOI
2008
'Predicting the impact of ocean acidification on benthic biodiversity: What can animal physiology tell us?'
JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY
366,
(1-2)
187-197
, DOI
2008
'The role of circulating metal ions during shell fights in the hermit crab Pagurus bernhardus'
ETHOLOGY
114,
(10)
1014-1022
, DOI
2008
'Thermal tolerance, acclimatory capacity and vulnerability to global climate change'
Biology Letters
4,
(1)
99-102
, DOI
2007
'An integrative approach identifies developmental sequence heterochronies in freshwater basommatophoran snails'
Evolution & Development
9,
(2)
122-130
2007
'Can functional groups be used to indicate estuarine ecological status?'
Hydrobiologia
588,
45-58
2007
'Effects of anthropogenic seawater acidification on acid-base balance in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris'
Marine Pollution Bulletin
54,
(1)
89-96
PEARL
2007
'Influence of CO2-related seawater acidification on extracellular acid-base balance in the velvet swimming crab Necora puber'
Marine Biology
151,
(3)
1117-1125
2007
'Just because they can, doesn't mean they do! The importance of field-based ecophysiology'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
146,
(4)
S75-S75
2007
'Ocean acidification disrupts induced defences in the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea'
Biology Letters
3,
(6)
699-701
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 A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
148,
(4)
712-719
2007
'The diving response of a diving beetle: effects of temperature and acidification'
JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
273,
(3)
289-297
, DOI
2007
'The diving response of the diving beetle Ilybius montanus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae): the effects of temperature and acidification'
Journal of Zoology
273,
289-297
2007
'Thermal tolerance and geographic range size in the Agabus brunneus group of European diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)'
Journal of Biogeography
35,
295-305
2007
'What determines a species' geographic range? Thermal biology and geographical range sizerelationships in European diving beetles'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
146,
(4)
S209-S209
2006
'Embryonic larval heart and cardiac response to hypoxia in a prosobanch mollusc'
Integrative and Comparative Biology
46,
E175-E175
2006
'Gut reaction by heartless shrimps: experimental evidence for the role of the gut in generating circulation before cardiac ontogeny'
Biology Letters
2,
(4)
580-582
2006
'Out of place and out of time - towards a more integrated approach to heterochrony'
Animal Biology
56,
(4)
487-502
2006
'The beachflea Platorchestia platensis (Kroyer, 1845): a new addition to the Polish fauna (with a key to Baltic talitrid amphipods)'
Oceanologia
48,
(2)
287-295
2005
'2 cells, 4 cells, 8 cells...... Trochophore, veliger, hippo??'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
141,
(3)
S124-S125
2005
'Effects of oxygen tension on embryonic behavior in the pondsnail, Lymnaea stagnalis'
Integrative and Comparative Biology
45,
(6)
1115-1115
2004
'Current status of an amphipod invader, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt, 1925), in Britain'
Journal of Natural History
38,
(13)
1665-1675
2004
'Environmental calcium modifies induced defences in snails'
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences
271,
S67-S70
2004
'Physiological tolerances of the euterrestrial amphipod Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) as a key to its geographical distribution? A test using mesocosms'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
139,
(2)
251-259
2004
'Temperature-dependent physiological response of Carcinus maenas exposed to copper'
Marine Environmental Research
58,
(2-5)
781-785
2003
'Between-individual variation in haemocyanin concentrations in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus following exposure to hypoxia and manganese'
Marine Biology
143,
(2)
267-273
2003
'Between-population variation in haemocyanin subunit composition of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Crustacea : Amphipoda)'
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
83,
(5)
945-947
2003
'Development of physiological regulatory systems: altering the timing of crucial events'
Zoology
106,
(2)
91-99
2003
'Developmental changes in the responses of O-2 uptake and ventilation to acutely declining O-2 tensions in larval krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
295,
(2)
207-218
2003
'Does the development of respiratory regulation always accompany the transition from pelagic larvae to benthic fossorial postlarvae in the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus (L.)?'
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
295,
(2)
219-243
2003
'Environmental tolerances of an invasive terrestrial amphipod, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) in Britain'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
136,
(3)
735-747
2003
'Following changes in timing during the development of physiological function'
Integrative and Comparative Biology
43,
(6)
967-967
2003
'Increased blooms of a dinoflagellate in the NW Atlantic'
Marine Ecology-Progress Series
265,
283-287
2003
'Metabolic responses to low salinity of the shipworm Teredo navalis (L.)'
Sarsia
88,
(4)
302-305
2003
'Phenotypic plasticity of developmental physiology itineraries: Insights from crustaceans'
Integrative and Comparative Biology
43,
(6)
939-939
2003
'Structural basis for salinity-induced alteration in oxygen binding by haemocyanin from the estuarine amphipod Chaetogammarus marinus (L.)'
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology
76,
(6)
843-849
2002
'Anaerobic capacity of a crustacean sensitive to low environmental oxygen tensions, the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.)'
Hydrobiologia
477,
(1-3)
189-194
2002
'Diel vertical migration and the haemocyanin of Norway krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica'
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
238,
153-162
2002
'Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, come up to see the last eclipse of the millennium?'
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
82,
(5)
919-920
2001
'Development of cardiac function in crustaceans: Patterns and processes'
American Zoologist
41,
(5)
1068-1077
2001
'Environmental hypoxia and haemocyanin between-individual variability in Norway lobsters Nephrops norvegicus (L.)'
Marine Biology
139,
(4)
727-734
2001
'Student perceptions of a virtual field trip to replace a real field trip'
Journal of Computer Assisted Learning
17,
(4)
345-354
2001
'Subunit compositions of crustacean haemocyanins are species-specific: evidence from non-decapod species'
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology
128,
(4)
873-888
2001
'The relationship between range size and niche breadth: a test using five species of Gammarus (Amphipoda)'
Global Ecology and Biogeography
10,
209-218
2000
'Development of cardiac function in crustaceans: patterns, processes and implications'
AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST
40,
(6)
1218-1218
Books
2006
Biodiversity: A beginner's guide.
Oneworld Books, Oxford
Burggren WW; Pelster B; Reiber CL; Spicer JI; Warburton S
2005
New Directions in Developmental Physiology.
Oxford University Press: Oxford
2003
Biodiversity: An introduction. (2nd ed).
Blackwells
2002
BIOPOIKILOTHTA. Mia eisagwgh (Greek Translation of Biodiversity).
2001
The invertebrates: a new synthesis (3rd edition).
Conference Papers
2013
'How oxygen and temperature changes across latitude and elevation determine ecological distribution patterns'
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E219-E219
2013
'The effect of exposure to multiple environmental challenges on multiple physiological responses: an inter-individual approach'
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E28-E28
2009
'Alarm substance alters early embryonic development in two Danio species'
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S105-S105
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2009
'Synergistic effect of ocean acidification and elevated temperature on the physiological ecology of the intertidal crab Porcellana platycheles'
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S169-S169
, DOI
2009
'Understanding physiological tolerance through thermal limits of three amphipod species'
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S170-S170
, DOI