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The Aquatic Animal Ecology Research Group has been at Durham since 1992, led by Martyn Lucas. We have developed an international reputation for research on animal spatial ecology in aquatic habitats, including fish migration and passage and impacts of barriers, water diversions and habitat suitability in freshwater. We also actively pursue research in fisheries ecology, behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, conservation biology and invasion ecology. We collaborate widely with a variety of national and international research institutes and industry.
We welcome applications from highly motivated researchers.
Conservation of lampreys project
Recent publications
Recent publications
Parvez MT, Lucas MC, Hossain MI, Chaki N, Mohsin ABM, Sun J, Galib SM (2023) Invasive vermiculated sailfin catfish (Pterygoplichthys disjunctivus) has an impact on highly valued native fish species. Biological Invasions. [DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-023-03012-8]
Sun J, Du W, Lucas MC, Ding C, Chen J, Tao J, He D (2023) River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River. Journal of Environmental Management 327: 116871. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116817]
Kerr JR, Tummers JS, Benson T, Lucas MC, Kemp PS (2023) Modelling fine scale route choice of upstream migrating fish as they approach an instream structure. Ecological Modelling 478: 110210. [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110210]
Parvez MT, Mohsin ABM, Arnob SS, Lucas MC, Chaki N, Khan MAG, Galib SM (2023) Fish diversity decline in the lower Gangetic plains: a victim of multiple stressors. Biodiversity and Conservation 32: 341–362.
Galib SM, Sun J, Gröcke DR, Lucas MC (2022) Ecosystem effects of invasive crayfish increase with crayfish density. Freshwater Biology [DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13897]
Shalehin MS, Parvez MT, Lucas MC, Galib SM (2022) A case study of illegal fishing causes during seasonal fishery closure in Kaptai Lake, Bangladesh. Fisheries Management and Ecology [DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12536]
Galib SM, Sun J, Twiss SD, Lucas MC (2022) Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish. Scientific Reports 12: 1114. DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-04228-1
Lennox RJ, Alexandre CM, Almeida PR, Bailey KM, Barlaup BT, Bøe K, Breukelaar A, Erkinaro J, Forseth T, Gabrielsen S-E, Halfyard E, Hanssen EM, Karlsson S, Koch S, Koed A, Langåker RM, Lo H, Lucas MC, Mahlum S, Perrier C, Pulg U, Sheehan T, Skoglund H, Svenning M, Thorstad EB, Velle G, Whoriskey FG, Vollset KW (2021) The quest for successful Atlantic salmon restoration: perspectives, priorities, and maxims. ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(10): 3479-3497. DOI 10.1093/icesjms/fsab201
Bubb DH, Birnie-Gauvin K, Tummers JS, Aarestrup K, Jepsen N, Lucas MC (2021) Short-term effects of low-head barrier removals on fish communities and habitats. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9: 697106. DOI 10.3389/fevo.2021.697106
Sun J, Tummers JS, Galib SM, Lucas MC (2021) Fish community and abundance response to improved connectivity and more natural hydromorphology in a post-industrial subcatchment. Science of the Total Environment. DOI 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149720
Albright AJ, Lucas MC (2021). The use of European river lamprey as bait by the UK coarse predator angling community. Fisheries Management and Ecology 28(6): 542-555. DOI 10.1111/fme.12512
Lothian AJ, Lucas MC (2021) The role of individual behavioral traits on fishway passage attempt behavior. Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.7964
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Citizen Science Project / Barrier Tracker app
It is part of the AMBER project. By using the Barrier Tracker app people help to complete the European Barrier Atlas, a key tool for policy makers, water managers and conservationists. Using the app in the helps with gathering of more data and greater spatial coverage of records than would have been possible using conventional surveys. Typical data gathered includes a photo of the barrier, the location of the barrier and the height of the barrier.
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