Publications

Findlay MA, Rob Briers, Ingledew, RP, White PJC (2022). An evidence-based approach to identifying resting sites of Eurasian otter Lutra lutra from camera-trap and field-sign data. Wildlife Biology, in press.

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Stenton, CA, Bolger, EL, Michenot, M, Dodd JA, Wale, MA, Rob Briers, Hartl, MGJ, Diele, K (2022). Effects of pile driving sound playbacks and cadmium co-exposure on the early life stage development of the Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179, 113667.

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Hunter EC, de Vine R, Pantos O, Clunies-Ross P, Doake F, Masterton H, Rob Briers (2022). Quantification and characterisation of pre-production pellet pollution in the Avon-Heathcote Estuary/Ihutai, Aotearoa-New Zealand. Microplastics, 1, 67-84.

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Hill MJ, Greaves, HM, Sayer, CD, Hassall C, Milin, M, Milner, VS, Marazzi, L, Hall, R, Harper, LR, Thornhill I, Walton, R, Biggs J, Ewald, N, Law, A, Willby, N, White JC, Rob Briers, Mathers, KL, Jeffries, MJ, Wood PJ (2021). Pond ecology and conservation: research priorities and knowledge gaps. Ecosphere, 12, e03853.

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Wale, MA, Rob Briers, Diele, K (2021). Marine invertebrate anthropogenic noise research-Trends in methods and future directions. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 173, 112958.

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Schweinsberg M, Feldman M, Staub N, van den Akker OR, van Aert RCM, van Assen MALM, Liu Y, Althoff T, Heer J, Kale A, Mohamed Z, Amireh H, Prasad VV, Bernstein A, Robinson E, Snellman K, Sommer SA, Otner SMG, Robinson D, Madan N, Silberzahn R, Goldstein P, Tierney W, Murase T, Mandl B, Viganola D, Strobl C, Schaumans CBC, Kelchtermans S, Naseeb C, Garrison SM, Yarkoni T, Chan CSR, Adie P, Alaburda P, Albers C, Alspaugh S, Alstott J, de la Rubia EA, Arzi A, Bahnik S, Baik J, Balling LW, Banker S, Baranger DA, Barr DJ, Barros-Rivera B, Bauer M, Blaise E, Boelen L, Carbonell KB, Rob Briers, Burkhard O, Canela MA, Castrillo L, Catlett T, Chen OL, Clark M, Cohn B, Coppock A, Cuguero-Escofet N, Curran PG, Cyrus-Lai W, Dai D, Dalla Riva GV, Danielsson H, Russo RDSM, de Silva N, Derungs C, Dondelinger F, de Souza CD, Dube BT, Dubova M, Dunn B, Edelsbrunner PA, Finley S, Fox N, Gnambs T, Gong YY, Grand E, Greenawalt B, Han D, Hanel PHP, Hong AB, Hood D, Hsueh J, Huang LL, Hui KN, Hultman KA, Javaid A, Jiang LJ, Jong J, Kamdar J, Kane D, Kappler G, Kaszubowski E, Kavanagh CM, Khabsa M, Kleinberg B, Kouros J, Krause H, Krypotos AM, Lavbic D, Lee RL, Leffel T, Lim WY, Liverani S, Loh B, Lonsmann D, Low JW, Lu A, MacDonald K, Madan CR, Madsen LH, Maimone C, Mangold A, Marshall A, Matskewich HE, Mavon K, McLain KL, McNamara AA, McNeill M, Mertens U, Miller D, Moore B, Moore A, Nantz E, Nasrullah Z, Nejkovic V, Nell CS, Nelson AA, Nilsonne G, Nolan R, O'Brien CE, O'Neil P, O'Shea K, Olita T, Otterbacher J, Palsetia D, Pereira B, Pozdniakov I, Protzko J, Reyt JN, Riddle T, Ali ARO, Ropovik I, Rosenberg JM, Rothen S, Schulte-Mecklenbeck M, Sharma N, Shotwell G, Skarzynski M, Stedden W, Stodden V, Stoffel MA, Stoltzman S, Subbaiah S, Tatman R, Thibodeau PH, Tomkins S, Valdivia A, van de Woestijne GDB, Viana L, Villeseche F, Wadsworth WD, Wanders F, Watts K, Wells JD, Whelpley CE, Won A, Wu L, Yip A, Youngflesh C, Yu JC, Zandian A, Zhang LL, Zibman C, Uhlmann EL (2021). Same data, different conclusions: Radical dispersion in empirical results when independent analysts operationalize and test the same hypothesis. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 165, 228-249.

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Al-Ghafri MK, White PJC, Rob Briers, Dicks KL, Ball A, Ghazali M, Ross S, Al-Said T, Al-Amri H, Al-Umairi M, Al-Saadi H, Aka'ak A, Hardan A, Zabanoot N, Craig M, Senn H (2021). Genetic diversity of the Nubian ibex in Oman as revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 210125.

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Hill MJ, White JC, Biggs J, Rob Briers, Gledhill D, Ledger ME, Thornhill I, Wood PJ, Hassall C (2021). Local contributions to beta diversity in urban pond networks: Implications for biodiversity conservation and management. Diversity & Distributions, 27, 887-900.

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Thornton MJ, Mitchell C, Griffin LR, Rob Briers, Minshull B, Maciver A, White PJC (2021). Multi-scale habitat selection and spatial analysis reveals a mismatch between the wintering distribution of a threatened population of Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis and its protected area. Bird Study, 68, 157-173.

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McLeish J, Rob Briers, Dodd JA, Rueckert S (2020). First genetic evidence that invasive bullhead (Cottus L. 1758) in Scotland is of English origin and the difficulty of resolving the European Cottus species taxonomy. Journal of Fish Biology, 96, 617-310.

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Findlay MA, Rob Briers, White PJC (2020). Component processes of detection probability in camera-trap studies: understanding the occurrence of false-negatives. Mammal Research 65, 167-180.

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Kent AJ, Pert CC, Rob Briers, Diele, K, Rueckert S (2020). Increasing intensities of Anisakis simplex third-stage larvae (L3) in Atlantic salmon of coastal waters of Scotland. Parasites & Vectors 13, 62.

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Wale, MA, Rob Briers, Hartl, MGJ, 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.

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Culhane F, Rob Briers, Tett P, Fernandes TF (2019). Response of a marine benthic invertebrate community and biotic indices to organic enrichment from sewage disposal. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 99, 1721-1734.

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Rob Briers (2019). cde - R package to retrieve data from the Environment Agency Catchment Data Explorer site. Journal of Open Source Software, 4, 1473.

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Harcourt WD, Rob Briers, Huxham M (2018). The thin(ning) green line? Investigating changes in Kenya's seagrass coverage. Biology Letters 14, 20180227.

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Thornhill I, Biggs J, Hill MJ, Rob Briers, Gledhill DJ, Wood PJ, Gee JHR, Ledger M, Hassall C (2018). The functional response and resilience in small waterbodies along land-use and environmental gradients. Global Change Biology 24, 3079-3092.

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Hill MJ, Biggs J, Thornhill I, Rob Briers, Ledger M, Gledhill DJ, Wood PJ, Hassall C (2018). Community heterogeneity of aquatic macroinvertebrates in urban ponds at a multi-city scale. Landscape Ecology 33, 389-405.

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Findlay MA, Rob Briers, Diamond N, White PJC (2017). Developing an empirical approach to optimal camera-trap deployment at mammal resting sites: evidence from a longitudinal study of an otter Lutra lutra holt. European Journal of Wildlife Research 63, 96.

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Hill MJ, Biggs J, Thornhill I, Rob Briers, Gledhill DH, White JC, Wood PJ (2017). Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes. Global Change Biology 23, 986-999.

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Gress SK, Huxham M, Kairo JG, Mugi LM, Rob Briers (2017). Evaluating, predicting and mapping belowground carbon stores in Kenyan mangroves. Global Change Biology 23, 224-234.

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White S, Rob Briers, Bouyer Y, Odden J, Linnell JDC (2015). Eurasian lynx natal den site and maternal home-range selection in multi-use landscapes of Norway. Journal of Zoology 297, 87-98.

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Huxham M, Emerton L, Kairo J, Munyi F, Abdirizak H, Muriuki T, Nunan F, Rob Briers (2015). Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests. Journal of Environmental Management 157, 168-181.

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McWhinnie L, Rob Briers, Fernandes TF (2015). The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters. Ocean and Coastal Management 103, 34-41.

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Culhane FM, Rob Briers, Tett P, Fernandes TF (2014). Structural and functional indices show similar performance in marine ecosystem quality assessment. Ecological Indicators 43, 271-280.

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Rob Briers (2014). Invertebrate Communities and Environmental Conditions in a Series of Urban Drainage Ponds in Eastern Scotland: Implications for Biodiversity and Conservation Value of SUDS. CLEAN-Soil, Air Water 42, 193-200.

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Rideout AJR, Joshi NP, Viergever KM, Huxham MH, Rob Briers (2013). Making predictions of mangrove deforestation: a comparison of two methods in Kenya. Global Change Biology 19, 3493-3501.

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Kirui KB, Kairo JG, Bosire J, Viergever KM, Rudra S, Huxham MH, Rob Briers (2013). Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery. Ocean and Coastal Management 83, 19-24.

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Rob Briers, Waterman JO, Galt K, Campbell RNB (2013). Population differentiation and temporal changes of carotenoid pigments and stable isotope ratios in the offspring of anadromous and non-anadromous trout Salmo trutta. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 22, 137-144.

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Lancaster J, Rob Briers (2008). Aquatic Insects: challenges to populations. Royal Entomological Society Symposium, CABI Publishing, Oxford.

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Gaston KJ, Charman K, Jackson SF, Armsworth PR, Bonn A, Rob Briers, Callaghan CSQ, Catchpole R, Hopkins J, Kunin WE, Latham J, Opdam P, Stoneman R, Stroud DA, Tratt R (2006). The ecological effectiveness of protected areas: The United Kingdom. Biological Conservation 132, 76-87.

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Todd PA, Rob Briers, Ladle RJ, Middleton F (2006). Phenotype-environment matching in the shore crab (Carcinus maenas). Marine Biology 148, 1357-1367.

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Onal H, Rob Briers (2006). Optimal selection of a connected reserve network. Operations Research 54, 379-388.

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Rob Briers, Biggs J (2005). Spatial patterns in pond invertehrate communities: separating environmental and distance effects. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 15, 549-557.

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Onal H, Rob Briers (2005). Designing a conservation reserve network with minimal fragmentation: A linear integer programming approach. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 10, 193-202.

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Todd PA, Ladle RJ, Rob Briers, Brunton A (2005). Quantifying two-dimensional dichromatic patterns using a photographic technique: case study on the shore crab (Carcinus maenas L.). Ecological Research 20, 497-501.

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Rob Briers, Cariss HM, Geoghegan R, Gee JHR (2005). The lateral extent of the subsidy from an upland stream to riparian lycosid spiders. Ecography 28, 165-170.

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Rob Briers (2004). The relationship between abundance and prevalence of trematode parasites infecting Lymnaea stagnalis L.. Journal of Conchology 38, 363-367.

Rob Briers, Gee JHR, Geoghegan R (2004). Effects of the North Atlantic Oscillation on growth and phenology of stream insects. Ecography 27, 811-817.

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Rob Briers, Gee JHR (2004). Riparian forest management and adult stream insects. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences 8, 545-549.

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Rob Briers, Gee JHR, Cariss HM, Geoghegan R (2004). Inter-population dispersal by adult stoneflies detected by stable isotope enrichment. Freshwater Biology 49, 425-431.

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Rob Briers (2003). Range limits and parasite prevalence in a freshwater snail. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 270, S178-S180.

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Rob Briers, Biggs J (2003). Indicator taxa for the conservation of pond invertebrate diversity. Aquatic Conservation - Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 13, 323-330.

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Onal H, Rob Briers (2003). Selection of a minimum-boundary reserve network using integer programming. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 270, 1487-1491.

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Rob Briers, Cariss HM, Gee JHR (2003). Flight activity of adult stoneflies in relation to weather. Ecological Entomology 28, 31-40.

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Rob Briers (2003). Range size and environmental calcium requirements of British freshwater gastropods. Global Ecology and Biogeography 12, 47-51.

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Onal H, Rob Briers (2002). Incorporating spatial criteria in optimum reserve network selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B - Biological Sciences 269, 2437-2441.

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Rob Briers, Cariss HM, Gee JHR (2002). Dispersal of adult stoneflies (Plecoptera) from upland streams draining catchments with contrasting land-use. Archiv fur Hydrobiologie 155, 627-644.

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Rob Briers (2002). Incorporating connectivity into reserve selection procedures. Biological Conservation 103, 77-83.

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Rob Briers, Warren PH (2000). Population turnover and habitat dynamics in Notonecta (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) metapopulations. Oecologia 123, 216-222.

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Rob Briers, Warren PH (1999). Competition between the nymphs of two regionally co-occurring species of Notonecta (Hemiptera : Notonectidae). Freshwater Biology 42, 11-20.

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