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Why conserve wild species? (2000)
Book Chapter
Huxham, M. (1999). Why conserve wild species?. In Science and environmental decision making, 142-168. Prentice Hall (Pearson Education)

Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Local Communities and their Vulnerability to Climate Change (2017)
Book Chapter
Huxham, M., Dencer-Brown, A., Diele, K., Kathiresan, K., Nagelkerken, I., & Wanjiru, C. (2017). Mangrove Ecosystem Services for Local Communities and their Vulnerability to Climate Change. In V. H. Rivera-Monroy, S. Y. Lee, E. Kristensen, & R. R. Twilley (Eds.), Mangrove ecosystems: a global biogeographic perspective on structure, function and services

The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action (2014)
Report
Duke, N., Nagelkerken, I., Agardy, T., Wells, S., van Lavieren, H., & Huxham, M. (2014). The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action. Cambridge: United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre

This global synthesis report serves as a call to action to decision makers. It provides a science-based synthesis of the different types of goods and services provided by mangroves and the associated risks in losing these services in the face of ongo... Read More about The importance of mangroves to people: a call to action.

Oral versus written assessments: a test of student performance and attitudes (2010)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Campbell, F., & Westwood, J. (2012). Oral versus written assessments: a test of student performance and attitudes. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 37(1), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2010.515012

Student performance in and attitudes towards oral and written assessments were compared using quantitative and qualitative methods. Two separate cohorts of students were examined. The first larger cohort of students (n = 99) was randomly divided into... Read More about Oral versus written assessments: a test of student performance and attitudes.

Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay (2009)
Book Chapter
Kirui, B., Huxham, M., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., & Skov, M. W. (2009). Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay. In Advances in Coastal Ecology : People, Processes and Ecosystems in Kenya (122-130). African Studies Centre

Soil carbon dioxide (CO2) flux or soil respiration includes respiration from roots (autotrophic respiration) and soil micro-organisms (heterotrophic respiration) and is a major component of the forest carbon cycle (Law et al. 2002; Tüfekçioğlu & Küçü... Read More about Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay.

Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay (2009)
Book Chapter
Tamooh, F., Kairo, J. G., Huxham, M., Kirui, B., Mencuccini, M., & Karachi, M. (2009). Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay. In Advances in Coastal Ecology : People, Processes and Ecosystems in Kenya (138-147). African Studies Centre

Global mangrove coverage is estimated to be 0.4% of the forested areas globally (Spalding et al. 1997). Despite this small areal coverage, mangroves are important because of the range of ecological, economic and environmental services they provide (S... Read More about Biomass accumulation in a rehabilitated mangrove forest at Gazi Bay.

Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities (2008)
Journal Article
Jayatissa, L. P., Wickramasinghe, W. A. A. D. L., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., & Huxham, M. (2008). Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 93(6), 700-710. https://doi.org/10.1002/iroh.200711017

The growth performance of seedlings of seven species of true mangroves (Avicennia marina, A. officinalis, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, B. sexangula, Rhizophora apiculata, R. mucronata, and Sonneratia caseolaris) in response to two contrasting salinity regi... Read More about Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities.

The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea (2008)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Kimani, E., & Augley, J. (2008). The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea. Western Indian Ocean journal of marine science, 7(1), 57-67. https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.v7i1.48254

Mangroves are often reported as nursery grounds for fish. Fish may enter mangroves in order to avoid predators, but may not need to do so if turbidity provides a sufficient predator refuge outside the forest. This study assessed the effects of turbid... Read More about The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea.

On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation (2017)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2018). On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation. Evolutionary Computation, 26(1), 67-87. https://doi.org/10.1162/evco_a_00203

Although the use of ensemble methods in machine-learning is ubiquitous due to their proven ability to outperform their constituent algorithms, ensembles of optimisation algorithms have received relatively little attention. Existing approaches lag beh... Read More about On Constructing Ensembles for Combinatorial Optimisation.

Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data (2008)
Journal Article
Whomersley, P., Ware, S., Rees, H. L., Mason, C., Bolam, T., Huxham, M., & Bates, H. (2008). Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65(8), 1414-1420. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsn125

The development of reliable indicators of disturbance in the marine environment is essential because of increasing anthropogenic pressures and the need for more effective regulation. Our objective was to evaluate 13 nationally and internationally rec... Read More about Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data.

From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel (2019)
Journal Article
Wale, M. A., Briers, R. A., Hartl, M. G., Bryson, D., & Diele, K. (2019). From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel. Science of the Total Environment, 689, 126-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.380

Responses of marine invertebrates to anthropogenic noise are insufficiently known, impeding our understanding of ecosystemic impacts of noise and the development of mitigation strategies. We show that the blue mussel, Mytilus edulis, is negatively af... Read More about From DNA to ecological performance: Effects of anthropogenic noise on a reef-building mussel.

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.

Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students (2006)
Report
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.

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?.

Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. (2019)
Journal Article
Duane, B., Ramasubbu, D., Harford, S., Steinbach, I., Stancliffe, R., & Ballantyne, G. (2019). Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice. British Dental Journal, 226(9), 701-705. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-019-0208-8

This paper forms part of a series of papers, seven in total, which have been requested by colleagues to help them as clinicians understand sustainability as it relates to dentistry. This paper focuses on biodiversity and how the dental team can becom... Read More about Environmental sustainability and biodiversity within the dental practice..

Do Parasites Reduce the Chances of Triangulation in a Real Food Web? (1996)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Beaney, S., & Raffaelli, D. (1996). Do Parasites Reduce the Chances of Triangulation in a Real Food Web?. Oikos, 76(2), 284. doi:10.2307/3546201

At least ten different static patterns have been suggested by the analysis of food webs. However, the existence of many of these patterns has been questioned in recent years. One pattern that has remained immune from such criticism is intervality. In... Read More about Do Parasites Reduce the Chances of Triangulation in a Real Food Web?.

Parasites and Food Web Patterns (1995)
Journal Article
Huxham, M., Raffaelli, D., & Pike, A. (1995). Parasites and Food Web Patterns. Journal of Animal Ecology, 64(2), 168-176. doi:10.2307/5752

1. We expanded two previously studied food webs, those of the Ythan estuary and Loch Leven, by the documentation of metazoan endoparasites present in each system. The resulting webs are the first in the literature to contain substantial numbers of pa... Read More about Parasites and Food Web Patterns.