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The use of time-series data in the assessment of macrobenthic community change after the cessation of sewage-sludge disposal in Liverpool Bay (UK) (2006)
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Whomersley, P., Schratzberger, M., Huxham, M., Bates, H., & Rees, H. (2006). The use of time-series data in the assessment of macrobenthic community change after the cessation of sewage-sludge disposal in Liverpool Bay (UK). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 54(1), (32-41). doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.07.008. ISSN 0025-326X

Sewage sludge was disposed of in Liverpool Bay for over 100 years. Annual amounts increased from 0.5 million tonnes per annum in 1900 to approximately 2 million tonnes per annum by 1995. Macrofauna and a suite of environmental variables were collecte... Read More about The use of time-series data in the assessment of macrobenthic community change after the cessation of sewage-sludge disposal in Liverpool Bay (UK).

Optimal Selection of a Connected Reserve Network. (2006)
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Önal, H., & Briers, R. A. (2006). Optimal Selection of a Connected Reserve Network. Operations Research, 54(2), 379-388. https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1060.0272

Spatial considerations are important in conservation reserve design. A particularly important spatial requirement is the connectivity of selected sites. Direct connections between reserve sites increase the likelihood of species persistence by allowi... Read More about Optimal Selection of a Connected Reserve Network..

Can postlarval bivalves select sediment type during settlement? A field test with Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.) (2003)
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Huxham, M., & Richards, M. (2003). Can postlarval bivalves select sediment type during settlement? A field test with Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 288(2), (279-293). doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(03)00023-6. ISSN 0022-0981

Many soft-bottom benthic invertebrates display sediment-associated patterns of dispersion. Habitat selection experiments have shown that the larvae of some species can choose to settle in favourable habitats, and this process could establish patterns... Read More about Can postlarval bivalves select sediment type during settlement? A field test with Macoma balthica (L.) and Cerastoderma edule (L.).

Incorporating spatial criteria into optimal reserve network selection. (2002)
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Onal, H., & Briers, R. A. (2002). Incorporating spatial criteria into optimal reserve network selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 269, 2437-2441. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2002.2183

Considering the spatial location of sites that are to be selected for inclusion in a protected reserve network may be necessary to facilitate dispersal and long-term persistence of species in the selected sites. This paper presents an integer program... Read More about Incorporating spatial criteria into optimal reserve network selection..

The effects of the adult density of Macoma balthica on the recruitment of juvenile bivalves: a field experiment (2001)
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Richards, M., Edwards, F., & Huxham, M. (2002). The effects of the adult density of Macoma balthica on the recruitment of juvenile bivalves: a field experiment. Journal of Sea Research, 47(1), (41-54). doi:10.1016/s1385-1101(01)00101-0. ISSN 1385-1101

Populations of intertidal bivalves are patchily distributed at a variety of scales, and the distributions of adults and juveniles are often different. Adult-juvenile interactions may help explain this patchiness. In this study, the effects of differe... Read More about The effects of the adult density of Macoma balthica on the recruitment of juvenile bivalves: a field experiment.

Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite (2001)
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Huxham, M., Maitland, D., & Mocogni, M. (2001). Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 81(02), (351-352). doi:10.1017/s0025315401003885. ISSN 0025-3154

The gastropod Littorina littorea shows increased mortality in the summer months when infected with digenean parasites. One possible cause of this mortality is impaired respiration in infected hosts. Respiration rates of L. littorea infected with thre... Read More about Respiration rates in Littorina littorea infected with three species of digenean parasite.

A Field Test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal (2000)
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Huxham, M., Roberts, I., & Bremner, J. (2000). A Field Test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal. International Review of Hydrobiology, 85(4), 379-394. doi:10.1002/1522-2632(200008)85:43.0.co;2-x

The intermediate disturbance hypothesis has had success in explaining changes in local diversity in many habitats. Recent laboratory work has shown that disturbance may act to increase diversity in softbottom marine communities as predicted by the hy... Read More about A Field Test of the Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis in the Soft-Bottom Intertidal.

Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random? (2000)
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Huxham, M., & Land, R. (2000). Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random?. Innovations in education and training international, 37(1), (17-22). doi:10.1080/135580000362043. ISSN 1355-8005

Group work projects are increasingly used in higher education, but there is little guidance on how best to allocate students to groups. If groups can be engineered to contain compatible people, then the process of group work may be easier and more pr... Read More about Assigning Students in Group Work Projects. Can We Do Better than Random?.

Predation: a causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations (1999)
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Richards, M. G., Huxham, M., & Bryant, A. (1999). Predation: a causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 241(2), (159-177). doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00075-1. ISSN 0022-0981

Two caging experiments were conducted on an intertidal mudflat to assess the impact of predation on two species of bivalves; Macoma balthica and Cerastoderma edule. The first caging experiment enclosed the shore crab, Carcinus maenas, carapace width... Read More about Predation: a causal mechanism for variability in intertidal bivalve populations.

Predator caging experiments: a test of the importance of scale (1999)
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Fernandes, T. F., Huxham, M., & Piper, S. R. (1999). Predator caging experiments: a test of the importance of scale. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 241(1), (137-154). doi:10.1016/s0022-0981(99)00076-3. ISSN 0022-0981

The impact of predators is often relative to the spatial scale at which the study is conducted. In this paper we investigated how spatial scale might influence the importance of predation. In doing this we addressed the hypothesis of scale-dependency... Read More about Predator caging experiments: a test of the importance of scale.

Emotion, Science and Rationality: The Case of the Brent Spar (1999)
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Huxham, M., & Sumner, D. (1999). Emotion, Science and Rationality: The Case of the Brent Spar. Environmental Values, 8(3), (349-368). doi:10.3197/096327199129341860. ISSN 0963-2719

In June 1995, a campaign by Greenpeace forced the multinational oil company Shell to cancel its planned disposal of a redundant oil installation in the Atlantic. The Brent Spar incident attracted massive publicity and was influential in changing gove... Read More about Emotion, Science and Rationality: The Case of the Brent Spar.

The European Water Framework Directive: a new era in the management of aquatic ecosystem health? (1998)
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Pollard, P., & Huxham, M. (1998). The European Water Framework Directive: a new era in the management of aquatic ecosystem health?. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 8(6), 773-792. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-0755%281998110%298%3A63.0.CO%3B2-R

1. The forthcoming European Commission Water Framework Directive will introduce catchment management throughout Europe, and could have major impacts on the conservation and restoration of aquatic ecosystems. The Directive is outlined, and the propose... Read More about The European Water Framework Directive: a new era in the management of aquatic ecosystem health?.

The effect of larval trematodes on the growth and burrowing behaviour of Hydrobia ulvae (gastropoda:prosobranchiata) in the Ythan estuary, north-east Scotland (1995)
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Huxham, M., Raffaelli, D., & Pike, A. W. (1995). The effect of larval trematodes on the growth and burrowing behaviour of Hydrobia ulvae (gastropoda:prosobranchiata) in the Ythan estuary, north-east Scotland. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 185(1), (1-17). doi:10.1016/0022-0981(94)00119-x. ISSN 0022-0981

Hydrobia ulvae were collected from five areas on the Ythan estuary, and the prevalences of digenean parasites in the samples compared. Differences in mean shell height were best explained by differences in parasite prevalence. All snails larger than... Read More about The effect of larval trematodes on the growth and burrowing behaviour of Hydrobia ulvae (gastropoda:prosobranchiata) in the Ythan estuary, north-east Scotland.

The influence of Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea:Platyhelminthes) infections on the survival and fecundity of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda:Prosobranchia); an ecological approach (1993)
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Huxham, M., Raffaelli, D., & Pike, A. (1993). The influence of Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea:Platyhelminthes) infections on the survival and fecundity of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda:Prosobranchia); an ecological approach. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 168(2), (223-238). doi:10.1016/0022-0981(93)90262-m. ISSN 0022-0981

This study considers the impact of digenean parasites, especially Cryptocotyle lingua (Creplin) on the survival, reproduction, growth rate and foot colour of Littorina littorea (Forbes and Hanley). An 18 month field experiment demonstrated decreased... Read More about The influence of Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea:Platyhelminthes) infections on the survival and fecundity of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda:Prosobranchia); an ecological approach.

Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi (1991)
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Holsten, B., Bräunlich, A., & Huxham, M. (1991). Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi. Scopus, 14(2), (125-128). ISSN 0250-4162

The Rondo Forest Reserve is a semi-deciduous coastal forest situated at 10°10S, 39°15E in southern Tanzania, 77 km by road from the coastal town of Lindi. The forest isheterogeneous, with substantial numbers of large canopy trees, such as Chlorophora... Read More about Rondo Forest Reserve, Tanzania: an ornithological note including new records of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, the Spotted Ground Thrush Turdus fischeri, and the Rondo Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea woodwardi.

Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania (1991)
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Burgess, N. D., Huxham, M. R., Mlingwa, C. O. F., Davies, S. G. F., & Cutts, C. J. (1991). Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania. Scopus, 14(2), ISSN 0250-4162

A preliminary assessment of the forest birds in four Tanzanian coastal forests (Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma) is presented. Up to 51 species of forest bird were recorded from a single forest, with diversity declining in a sequence: Kiono; Kiwen... Read More about Preliminary assessment of forest birds in Kiono, Pande, Kisiju and Kiwengoma coastal forests, Tanzania.