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Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya (2008)
Journal Article
Kirui, B. Y. K., Huxham, M., Kairo, J., & Skov, M. (2008). Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya. Hydrobiologia, 603(1), (171-181). doi:10.1007/s10750-007-9270-3. ISSN 0018-8158

Mangrove reforestation projects often suffer from low sapling survival, especially after transplanting saplings from nurseries to reforestation areas. This may be due to the sediment conditions at the target site, the planting strategy or failure to... Read More about Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya.

Innovative assessment across the disciplines An analytical review of the literature. (2007)
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Hounsell, D., Falchikov, N., Hounsell, J., Klampfleitner, M., Huxham, M., Thomson, K., & Blair, S. (2006). Innovative assessment across the disciplines An analytical review of the literature. York: The Higher Education Academy

In universities, where the choice of methods of assessment is devolved, such methods can differ by subject area, by course and by institution. Yet while devolution offers scope to reconfigure assessment approaches, there may be correspondingly greate... Read More about Innovative assessment across the disciplines An analytical review of the literature..

Fast and effective feedback: are model answers the answer? (2007)
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Huxham, M. (2007). Fast and effective feedback: are model answers the answer?. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 32(6), (601-611). doi:10.1080/02602930601116946. ISSN 0260-2938

Feedback to students is essential for effective learning, but there is little empirical information on what kind of feedback is best. This study compares student responses and performance after receiving two types of feedback, that provided by model... Read More about Fast and effective feedback: are model answers the answer?.

Stable isotope records from otoliths as tracers of fish migration in a mangrove system. (2007)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Kimani, E., Newton, J., & Augley, J. J. (2007). Stable isotope records from otoliths as tracers of fish migration in a mangrove system. Journal of Fish Biology, 70, 1554-1567. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01443.x

The ratios of stable isotopes 18O:16O and 13C:12C were measured in otolith carbon taken from nine species of fishes caught within mangroves and on the reef at Gazi Bay, Kenya. Before analysis, otoliths were divided into `larval'`post-larval' and `adu... Read More about Stable isotope records from otoliths as tracers of fish migration in a mangrove system..

Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland (2007)
Journal Article
Augley, J., Huxham, M., Fernandes, T. F., Lyndon, A. R., & Bury, S. (2007). Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 72(4), (648-656). doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2006.11.024. ISSN 0272-7714

The stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) of the organic fraction of intertidal sediments in the Forth Estuary and the Firth of Forth, Scotland, were measured to determine if terrestrially derived carbon was present in the estuarine sediments. It was h... Read More about Carbon stable isotopes in estuarine sediments and their utility as migration markers for nursery studies in the Firth of Forth and Forth Estuary, Scotland.

Defining and detecting undesirable disturbance in the context of eutrophication. (2007)
Journal Article
Tett, P., Gowen, R. J., Mills, D., Fernandes, T., Gilpin, L., Huxham, M., …Malcolm, S. J. (2007). Defining and detecting undesirable disturbance in the context of eutrophication. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 55, 282-297. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2006.08.028

An understanding of undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms is needed to diagnose marine eutrophication as defined by EU Directives and OSPAR. This review summarizes the findings of the UK Defra-funded Undesirable Disturbance Study Team,... Read More about Defining and detecting undesirable disturbance in the context of eutrophication..

Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students (2006)
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Huxham, M. (2005). Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students. Ulster: The STAR (Student Transition and Retention) Project

Biology students at risk are identified through the completion of a
diagnostic test, which is based on the characteristics of early leavers.
Those students identified as being at risk are offered the opportunity
to attend a series of tutorials... Read More about Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students.

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)
Journal Article
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).

Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife (2006)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Welsh, A., Berry, A., & Templeton, S. (2006). Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife. Journal of Biological Education, 41(1), 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00219266.2006.9656050

We examined the wildlife knowledge of primary (aged 4-12) schoolchildren. In particular, we examined the effects of children’s age and gender, and the taxonomy and origin (indigenous versus exotic) of wildlife, on the degree of knowledge about differ... Read More about Factors influencing primary school children's knowledge of wildlife.

Microalgae, macrofauna and sedimentary stability: an experimental test of a reciprocal relationship. (2006)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Gilpin, L., Mocogni, M., & Harper, S. (2006). Microalgae, macrofauna and sedimentary stability: an experimental test of a reciprocal relationship. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 310, 55-63. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps310055

A manipulative field experiment was conducted at Blackness in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, to study the effects of differences in microphytobenthos abundance on sediment stability and macrofauna. Opaque and transparent Perspex was used to construct... Read More about Microalgae, macrofauna and sedimentary stability: an experimental test of a reciprocal relationship..

Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age (2006)
Journal Article
Lindsay, H., Todd, C., Fernandes, T., & Huxham, M. (2006). Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 307, 49-57. doi:10.3354/meps307049

A key prediction to emerge from community assembly models is that resistance to invasion increases as the community matures. Three epifaunal communities of differing age were developed upon artificial substrata in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, to exa... Read More about Recruitment in epifaunal communities: an experimental test of the effects of species composition and age.

Learning in lectures: Do ‘interactive windows’ help? (2005)
Journal Article
Huxham, M. (2005). Learning in lectures: Do ‘interactive windows’ help?. Active learning in higher education, 6(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787405049943

Many educational development resources recommend
making conventional lectures more interactive. However, there is little
firm evidence supporting either the acceptability (to students) or
efficacy of doing so. This research examined the use of sho... Read More about Learning in lectures: Do ‘interactive windows’ help?.

Mangrove fish: a comparison of community structure between forested and cleared habitats (2004)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Kimani, E., & Augley, J. (2004). Mangrove fish: a comparison of community structure between forested and cleared habitats. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 60(4), 637-647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2004.03.003

The fish communities of mangrove and cleared sites were investigated in Gazi Bay, Kenya. Five forested sites were compared with paired sites that had been cleared of mangroves by human activity. Forested sites included plantations and natural stands... Read More about Mangrove fish: a comparison of community structure between forested and cleared habitats.

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.).

Size constraints in a real food web: predator, parasite and prey body-size relationships (2002)
Journal Article
Leaper, R., & Huxham, M. (2002). Size constraints in a real food web: predator, parasite and prey body-size relationships. Oikos, 99(3), 443-456. https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.10888.x

In the absence of well-resolved food webs that include both information on predators and parasites, body-size has been proposed as the biological mechanism underlying the assumption of a trophic hierarchy in the cascade model and its variants. We sho... Read More about Size constraints in a real food web: predator, parasite and prey body-size relationships.

Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos. (2002)
Journal Article
Bolam, S. G., Fernandes, T. F., & Huxham, M. (2002). Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos. Ecological monographs, 72(4), 599-615. https://doi.org/10.1890/0012-9615%282002%29072%5B0599%3Adbaepi%5D2.0.co%3B2

Recent studies in terrestrial, plant-dominated systems have shown that reductions in diversity can affect essential ecosystem processes, especially productivity. However, the exact form of the relationship between diversity and ecosystem functions re... Read More about Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos..

The effects of the adult density of Macoma balthica on the recruitment of juvenile bivalves: a field experiment (2001)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.