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- J.I.Spicer@plymouth.ac.uk
Profiles
Professor John Spicer
Professor
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
John can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Biodiversity
- Ocean acidification
- Oxygen in marine environment
- Sandhoppers and strandlines
- Evolution and development
- Science and faith
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Professor of Marine Zoology
Professor John Spicer is a marine zoologist at the University’s Marine Institute with expertise in ecophysiology.
His research interests focus on the innermost workings of marine organisms in a quest to understand how the work and evolve in the wild, and how they adapt to climate change.
An eminent scientist renowned for his expertise in ocean acidification and hypoxia, he has contributed a substantial wealth of knowledge to the field over three decades, resulting in over 180 research papers, multiple academic books, writing for popular culture, and advising national and international policymakers.
Qualifications
BSc (Hons) Zoology, Glasgow 1982
PhD in Zoology, Glasgow 1987
PGCE(S) (with distinctions), Jordanhill College, Glasgow 1991
Highlights
Research
Research
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2021) 'Synthesis of thresholds of ocean acidification impacts on decapods' Frontiers in Marine Science , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Facing up to climate change: Community composition varies with aspect and surface temperature in the rocky intertidal' Marine Environmental Research 172, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Synthesis of Thresholds of Ocean Acidification Impacts on Echinoderms' Frontiers in Marine Science 8, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Spectral phenotyping of embryonic development reveals integrative thermodynamic responses' BMC Bioinformatics 22, (1) , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Effects of handling during experimental procedures on stress indices in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas (L)' Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 54, (2) 65-86 , DOI
(2021) 'Do aquatic ectotherms perform better under hypoxia after warm acclimation?' The Journal of Experimental Biology 224, (3) jeb232512-jeb232512 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Transcriptional frontloading contributes to cross‐tolerance between stressors' Evolutionary Applications , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Evidence for physiological niche expansion of an intertidal flatworm: evolutionary rescue in the wild' Marine Ecology Progress Series 651, (0) 85-95 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Universal metabolic constraints shape the
evolutionary ecology of diving in animals' Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , DOI Open access
(2020) 'The effects of elevated temperature and PCO2 on the energetics and haemolymph pH homeostasis of juveniles of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus' The Journal of Experimental Biology 223, (8) jeb209221-jeb209221 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Exoskeleton dissolution with mechanoreceptor damage in larval Dungeness crab related to severity of present-day ocean acidification vertical gradients' Science of The Total Environment 716, (0) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Ontogeny of osmoregulation in the brackishwater amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 524, 151312-151312 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Both maternal and embryonic exposure to mild hypoxia influence embryonic development of the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)' Journal of Experimental Biology 223, (20) , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Both maternal and embryonic exposure to mild hypoxia influence embryonic development of the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea (Linnaeus, 1758)' J Exp Biol , DOI
(2019) 'Moderate reductions in dissolved oxygen may compromise performance in an ecologically-important estuarine invertebrate' Science of the Total Environment 693, 133444-133444 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Physiological diversity, biodiversity patterns and global climate change: testing key hypotheses involving temperature and oxygen' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, (1778) 20190032-20190032 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Will giant polar amphipods be first to fare badly in an oxygen-poor ocean? Testing hypotheses linking oxygen to body size' Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 374, (1778) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'Quantifying susceptibility of marine invertebrate biocomposites to dissolution in reduced pH' Royal Society Open Science 6, (6) 190252-190252 , DOI Open access
(2019) 'The importance of inter‐individual variation in predicting species' responses to global change drivers' Ecology and Evolution 9, (8) 4327-4339 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'A high-throughput and open-source platform for embryo phenomics' PLOS Biology 16, (12) , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Effects of oil and global environmental drivers on two keystone marine invertebrates' Scientific Reports 8, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Density-dependent responses of the brittlestar Amphiura filiformis to moderate hypoxia and consequences for nutrient fluxes' Marine Ecology Progress Series 594, 175-191 , DOI Open access
(2018) 'Short-term acclimation in adults does not predict offspring acclimation potential to hypoxia' Scientific Reports 8, (1) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Does plasticity in thermal tolerance trade off with inherent tolerance? The influence of setal tracheal gills on thermal tolerance and its plasticity in a group of European diving beetles' J Insect Physiol , DOI Open access
(2017) 'De novo transcriptome assembly of the amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi exposed to chronic hypoxia' Marine Genomics 33, 17-19 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Does sex really matter? Explaining intraspecies variation in ocean acidification responses' Biology Letters 13, (2) 0-0 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Disentangling the counteracting effects of water content and carbon mass on zooplankton growth' Journal of Plankton Research , DOI
(2016) 'Heterokairy: a significant form of developmental plasticity?' BIOLOGY LETTERS 12, (9) , DOI Open access
(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) '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 Open access
(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
(2016) 'Embryonic transcriptome of the brackishwater amphipod Gammarus chevreuxi' Marine Genomics 28, 5-6 , DOI
(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
(2015) 'Multi-generational responses of a marine polychaete to a rapid change in seawater p CO 2' Evolutionary Applications 9, (9) 1082-1095 , 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) 'Stage-Specific Changes in Physiological and Life-History Responses to Elevated Temperature and Pco2 during the Larval Development of the European Lobster Homarus gammarus (L.)' Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 88, (5) 494-507 , 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) '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 Open access
(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
(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) '(1)H NMR metabolomics reveals contrasting response by male and female mussels exposed to reduced seawater pH, increased temperature, and a pathogen' Environ Sci Technol 48, (12) 7044-7052 , DOI
(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) 'Combining motion analysis and microfluidics--a novel approach for detecting whole-animal responses to test substances' PLoS One 9, (12) , DOI Open access
(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) '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
(2013) 'Parent--offspring similarity in the timing of developmental events: an origin of heterochrony?' Proc Biol Sci 280, (1769) , 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) '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) '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) 'Biological impacts of enhanced alkalinity in Carcinus maenas' Mar Pollut Bull 71, (1-2) 190-198 , DOI
(2013) 'Multiple Physiological Responses to Multiple Environmental Challenges: An Individual Approach' Integrative and Comparative Biology 53, (4) 660-670 , DOI
(2013) 'Distribution of sea urchins living near shallow water CO(2) vents is dependent upon species acid-base and ion-regulatory abilities' Mar Pollut Bull , DOI Open access
(2013) 'A novel application of motion analysis for detecting stress responses in embryos at different stages of development' BMC Bioinformatics 14, , DOI Open access
(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
(2012) 'Development of cardiovascular function in the marine gastropod Littorina obtusata (Linnaeus)' J Exp Biol 215, (Pt 13) 2327-2333 , DOI
(2012) 'Acute extracellular acid-base disturbance in the burrowing sea urchin Brissopsis lyrifera during exposure to a simulated CO2 release' Sci Total Environ 427-428, 203-207 , DOI
(2012) 'The comparative biology of diving in two genera of European Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)' J Evol Biol 25, (2) 329-341 , 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
(2011) 'Physiological Correlates of Geographic Range in Animals' ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION, AND SYSTEMATICS, VOL 42 42, 155-179 , DOI
(2011) 'A genetic basis for intraspecific differences in developmental timing?' EVOLUTION & DEVELOPMENT 13, (6) 542-548 , DOI
(2011) 'Impact of CO2-acidified seawater on the extracellular acid-base balance of the northern sea urchin Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis' JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 407, (1) 19-25 , 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
(2011) 'Oxygen supply in aquatic ectotherms: partial pressure and solubility together explain biodiversity and size patterns' Ecology 92, (8) 1565-1572 , DOI
(2011) 'Ocean warming and acidification; implications for the Arctic brittlestar Ophiocten sericeum' POLAR BIOLOGY 34, (7) 1033-1044 , DOI
(2011) 'Immunological function in marine invertebrates: responses to environmental perturbation' Fish Shellfish Immunol 30, (6) 1209-1222 , DOI
(2011) 'Predator cues alter the timing of developmental events in gastropod embryos' Biol Lett 7, (2) 285-287 , 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) 'Comparing the impact of high CO2 on calcium carbonate structures in different marine organisms' MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH 7, (6) 565-575 , 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, (7) 1379-1384 , 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) 'Interaction of ocean acidification and temperature; the high cost of survival in the brittlestar Ophiura ophiura' MARINE BIOLOGY 157, (9) 2001-2013 , DOI
(2010) 'Reduced salinities compromise the thermal tolerance of hypersaline specialist diving beetles' PHYSIOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY 35, (3) 265-273 , DOI
(2010) 'Alarm substance from adult zebrafish alters early embryonic development in offspring' Biol Lett 6, (4) 525-528 , DOI
(2010) 'Post-larval development of two intertidal barnacles at elevated CO2 and temperature' MARINE BIOLOGY 157, (4) 725-735 , 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) '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) '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) '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) '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) '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 use of developmental sequences for assessing evolutionary change in gastropods' AMERICAN MALACOLOGICAL BULLETIN 27, (1-2) 105-111 , DOI
(2009) 'Effect of an insect juvenile hormone analogue, Fenoxycarb on development and oxygen uptake by larval lobsters Homarus gammarus (L.)' Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 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 , DOI
(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 Open access
(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 , 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) 'Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost' Proc Biol Sci 275, (1644) 1767-1773 , DOI
(2008) 'Thermal tolerance, acclimatory capacity and vulnerability to global climate change' Biology Letters 4, (1) 99-102 , 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
(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) 'An integrative approach identifies developmental sequence heterochronies in freshwater basommatophoran snails' Evolution & Development 9, (2) 122-130
(2007) 'Effects of anthropogenic seawater acidification on acid-base balance in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris' Marine Pollution Bulletin 54, (1) 89-96 Open access
(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) '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
(2007) 'Can functional groups be used to indicate estuarine ecological status?' Hydrobiologia 588, 45-58
(2006) 'The beachflea Platorchestia platensis (Krøyer, 1845): A new addition to the Polish fauna (with a key to Baltic talitrid amphipods)' Oceanologia 48, (2) 321-329
(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) '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
(2004) 'Environmental calcium modifies induced defences in snails' Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences 271, S67-S70
(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) '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) '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
(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) 'Increased blooms of a dinoflagellate in the NW Atlantic' Marine Ecology-Progress Series 265, 283-287
(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
(2002) 'Anaerobic capacity of a crustacean sensitive to low environmental oxygen tensions, the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.)' Hydrobiologia 477, (1-3) 189-194
(2001) 'The relationship between range size and niche breadth: a test using five species ofGammarus(Amphipoda)' Global Ecology and Biogeography 10, (2) 179-188 , DOI
(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) 'Cold comfort for krill? Respiratory consequences of diel vertical migration byMeganyctiphanes norvegicainto deep hypoxic waters' Ophelia 53, (3) 213-217 , DOI
(2000) 'Development of cardiac function in crustaceans: patterns, processes and implications' AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST 40, (6) 1218-1218
(2000) 'Natural variation in the concentrations of haemocyanin from three decapod crustaceans, Nephrops norvegicus , Liocarcinus depurator and Hyas aranaeus' Marine Biology 136, (1) 55-61 , DOI
(1999) 'Hypoxia accelerates the development of respiratory regulation in brine shrimp - But at a cost' Journal of Experimental Biology 202, (24) 3637-3646
(1999) 'Developmental ecophysiology of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) III. Physiological competency as a possible explanation for timing of hatchling release' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 232, (2) 275-283 , DOI
(1999) 'Possessing a poor anaerobic capacity does not prevent the diel vertical migration of Nordic krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica into hypoxic waters' Marine Ecology Progress Series 185, 181-187 , DOI
(1998) 'Do upper thermal tolerances differ in geographically separated populations of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Crustacea: Amphipoda)?' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 229, (2) 265-276 , DOI
(1998) 'The physiological ecology of talitrid amphipods: an update' Canadian Journal of Zoology 76, (11) 1965-1982 , DOI
(1998) 'Reply from K.J. Gaston, T.M. Blackburn and J.I. Spicer' Trends in Ecology & Evolution 13, (6) 242-242 , DOI
(1998) 'Effect of water-borne zinc on osmoregulation in the freshwater amphipodGammarus pulex(L.) from populations that differ in their sensitivity to metal stress' Functional Ecology 12, (2) 242-247 , DOI
(1996) 'Developmental ecophysiology of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda) II. Embryonic osmoregulation' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 207, (1-2) 205-216 , DOI
(1996) 'Developmental ecophysiology of the beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda). I. Female control of the embryonic environment' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 207, (1-2) 191-203 , DOI
(1996) 'Notes on the occurrence of the introduced landhopperArcitalitrus dorrieni(Hunt, 1925) on Guernsey, Channel Islands' Journal of Natural History 30, (11) 1625-1632 , DOI
(1996) 'Ontogenic changes in cardiac function in crustaceans' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 114, (1) 81-89 , DOI
(1996) 'The Culture of Eggs and Embryos of Amphipod Crustaceans: Implications For Brood Pouch Physiology' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 76, (2) 361-376 , DOI
(1995) 'Effect of water-borne copper on respiratory and cardiac function during the early ontogeny of the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana Kellogg 1908 (Branchiopoda: Anostraca)' Journal of Comparative Physiology B 165, (6) , DOI
(1995) 'Changes in the pattern of osmoregulation in the brackish water amphipodGammarus duebeni Lilljeborg (crustacea) during embryonic development' Journal of Experimental Zoology 273, (4) 271-281 , DOI
(1995) 'Oxygen and acid-base status of the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris during environmental hypoxia' Marine Biology 124, (1) 71-76 , DOI
(1995) 'Ontogeny of respiratory function in crustaceans exhibiting either direct or indirect development' Journal of Experimental Zoology 272, (6) 413-418 , DOI
(1994) 'Ontogeny of cardiac function in the brine shrimpArtemia franciscana Kellogg 1906 (Branchiopoda: Anostraca)' Journal of Experimental Zoology 270, (6) 508-516 , DOI
(1994) 'Acid-base disturbances accompanying emersion in the scallop Pecten maximus (L.)' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 182, (1) 15-25 , DOI
(1994) 'Oxygen-binding by haemocyanins from an ecological series of amphipod crustaceans' Marine Biology 120, (2) 231-237 , DOI
(1994) 'Effect of low temperature on oxygen uptake and haemolymph ions in the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 74, (2) 313-321 , DOI
(1994) 'The origin and metabolic significance of exosomatic water in the semi‐terrestrial beachflea,
Orchestia gammarellus
(Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Journal of Zoology 232, (4) 617-632 , DOI
(1993) 'A brief re-examination of the function and regulation of extracellular magnesium and its relationship to activity in crustacean arthropods' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 106, (1) 19-23 , DOI
(1992) 'Respiratory impairment by water-borne copper and zinc in the edible crab cancer pagurus (L.) (Crustacea: Decapoda) during hypoxic exposure' Marine Biology 112, (3) 429-435 , DOI
(1992) 'Haemocyanin oxygen binding and the physiological ecology of a range of talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea)' Journal of Comparative Physiology B 162, (1) , DOI
(1991) 'Haemocyanin oxygen binding and the physiological ecology of a range of talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea) II. Effect of freezing, inorganic ions, and urate on O2 binding in vitro' Journal of Comparative Physiology B 161, (2) , DOI
(1991) 'Acid-base disturbances in the haemolymph of the prawns, Palaemon elegans (Rathke) and P. serratus (Pennant) (Crustacea: Decapoda) during exposure to hypoxia' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 98, (3-4) 445-452 , DOI
(1991) 'Respiratory impairment in crustaceans and molluscs due to exposure to heavy metals' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Comparative Pharmacology 100, (3) 339-342 , DOI
(1990) 'Haemocyanin oxygen binding and the physiological ecology of a range of talitroidean amphipods (Crustacea) I. pH, temperature, and l-lactate sensitivity' Journal of Comparative Physiology B 160, (2) 195-200 , DOI
(1990) '(O2-binding properties of haemocyanin from the sandhopper Talitrus saltator (Montagu, 1808) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 135, (3) 213-228 , DOI
(1990) 'Effect of aerial exposure on concentrations of selected metabolites in blood of the Norwegian lobsterNephrops norvegicus (Crustacea: Nephropidae)' Marine Biology 105, (1) 129-135 , DOI
(1989) 'O2-binding by the blood of the landhopper, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 92, (3) 421-422 , DOI
(1988) 'Acid-base status in the sea urchins Psammechinus miliaris and Echinus esculentus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) during emersion' Marine Biology 99, (4) 527-534 , DOI
(1987) 'Carbon dioxide transport and acid-base regulation in the blood of the beach-hopper Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Ophelia 28, (1) 49-61 , DOI
(1987) 'Metabolic responses of the prawns Palaemon elegans and P. serratus (Crustacea: Decapoda) to acute hypoxia and anoxia' Marine Biology 95, (4) 521-530 , DOI
(1987) 'Respiration in air and water of some semi- and fully terrestrial talitrids (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae)' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 106, (3) 265-277 , DOI
(1987) 'Ionic regulation and salinity related changes in haemolymph protein in the semi-terrestrial beachflea Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) (Crustacea: Amphipoda)' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 88, (2) 243-246 , DOI
(1987) 'The relationship between osmoregulation and nitrogen metabolism in the intertidal prawn, Palaemon elegans (Rathke)' Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Physiology 88, (2) 291-298 , DOI
(1986) 'A comparative study of the gill area relationships in some talitrid amphipods' Journal of Natural History 20, (4) 935-947 , DOI
(1986) 'On the status ofArcitalitrus dorrieni(Crustacea: Amphipoda) on the island of Colonsay, Inner Hebrides' Journal of Natural History 20, (3) 667-680 , DOI
(1986) 'Oxygen-transporting properties of the blood of two semi-terrestrial amphipods, Orchestia gammarellus (Pallas) and O. mediterranea (Costa)' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 97, (2) 135-150 , DOI
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).
Chapters
(2018) 'Developmental Plasticity and Heterokairy' in Burggren W; Dubanksy B Development and Environment , DOI
Conference Papers
(2013) 'How oxygen and temperature changes across latitude and elevation determine ecological distribution patterns' E219-E219
(2013) 'The effect of exposure to multiple environmental challenges on multiple physiological responses: an inter-individual approach' E28-E28
(2009) 'Synergistic effect of ocean acidification and elevated temperature on the physiological ecology of the intertidal crab Porcellana platycheles' S169-S169 , DOI
(2009) 'Understanding physiological tolerance through thermal limits of three amphipod species' S170-S170 , DOI