Angus Lothian

Academic background

• PhD (University of Durham, UK)

• MRes (University of Glasgow, UK)

• BSc (Hons) (University of Glasgow, UK)

Research Focus

My research focuses on anthropogenic impacts on animal behaviour. I currently use fish as a study species and observe how they interact with, and how they are ultimately effected by, obstacles and barriers within rivers, such as weirs.

Publication

• Lothian, A.J., Lucas, M.C. (2021) The role of individual behavioral traits on fishway passage attempt behavior. Ecology and Evolution. DOI 10.1002/ece3.7964

• Lothian, A.J., Tummers, J.S., Albright, A.J., O'Brien, P., Lucas, M.C. (2020) River connectivity restoration for upstream-migrating European river lamprey: The efficacy of two horizontally-mounted studded tile designs. River Research and Applications 36(10): 2013-2023. DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3734

• Lothian, A.J., Schwinn, M., Anton, A.H., Adams, C.E., Newton, M., Koed, A. & Lucas, M.C. (2020) Are we designing fishways for diversity? Potential selection on alternative phenotypes resulting from differential passage in brown trout. Journal of Environmental Management 262. DOI 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110317

• Lothian, A.J., Gardner, C.J., Hull, T., Griffiths, D., Dickinson, E.R. & Lucas, M.C. (2019) Passage performance and behaviour of wild and stocked cyprinid fish at a sloping weir with a Low Cost Baffle fishway. Ecological Engineering 130, 67–79.

• Lothian, A.J., Newton, M., Barry, J., Walters, M., Miller, R.C. & Adams, C.E. (2018) Migration pathways, speed and mortality of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in a Scottish river and the near-shore coastal marine environment. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 27(2): 549-558.