![Dr Catherine Jones Dr Catherine Jones](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/nhi683/Cath_Jones_photo_1_2.jpg)
Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- c.s.jones@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272403
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Latest Publications
Genome analysis reveals three distinct lineages of the cosmopolitan white shark
Current Biology, vol. 34, no. 15, pp. 3582-3590.e4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEstimating fishing effort and LPUE for the Scottish Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) trap fishery using VMS and observer data
Fisheries Research, vol. 274, 106974Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2024.106974
Mitochondrial haplotypes reveal low diversity and restricted connectivity in the critically endangered batoid population of a Marine Protected Area
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 731, pp. 279-291Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14242
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/20207/1/m14242_advview.pdf
Characteristics of the spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) nuclear genome
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics Mission, vol. 13, no. 9, jkad146Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFeeding ecology of broadbill swordfish (Xiphias gladius) in the California current
PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 2, e0258011Contributions to Journals: Articles
- Research
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Research Overview
My research focuses on the application of molecular genetics and genomics to the ecology and conservation of endangered species. As molecular ecologists we use molecular data in elusive marine species to assist conservation management questions, particularly in top predators, the elasmobranchs. Yet the biology of long-lived and enigmatic ‘flagship’ species such as the Great white, basking shark and Flapper skate are surprisingly poorly understood. We seek to comprehend how genetic diversity evolves in these small, highly vagile populations, the role that local adaptation plays and its consequence for conservation biology and management, along with the impacts of renewable energy facilities. We utilize methods such as DNA profiling (genetic tagging) through to next generation sequencing, integrating these data with seascape analyses (GIS) in an effort to provide comprehensive information for biodiversity management and conservation, such as implementation of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Additionally I seek to understand the invasive nature of several Arionid slugs, vectors of many plant diseases, which is of fundamental importance for national and international crop security. Similarly understanding the evolution of host-parasite interactions in several aquatic systems (including the medically important freshwater snail intermediate host of trematodes, Biomphalaria glabrata and the ectoparasitism in commercially important Atlantic salmon by sealice or the monogenean, Gyrodactylus salaris) is of fundamental importance.
Funding and Grants
Recent grants:
2020-2024. Sea Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) Biennial Keystone grant award: ‘Genetic monitoring tool for North-East Atlantic Elasmobranchs to assist conservation and management’. https://saveourseas.com/project/a-genetic-tool-to-help-monitor-sharks-and-skates-in-the-north-east-atlantic/
2018-2023. Nature.Scot ‘Assessing MPA efficacy and adaptive management of the common skate’. (with Peter Wright, Marine Scotland & David Donnan Nature.Scot)
2017-2019. Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (SULSA) EU Partnership Building (PEER) co-PI, ‘International Marine Connectivity Network’, co-PI Oscar Gaggiotti (St. Andrews).
2016-2018. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF965 ‘Genetic structure and connectivity in the endangered yet potentially commercially valuable North Atlantic porbeagle shark: informing conservation and towards sustainable fisheries management.’
2013-2017. Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH). ‘Genetic monitoring of the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus in Scottish waters to address environmental impacts; effective population size, population connectivity and group kinship’.
2015-2016. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF942 'Genetic monitoring to assess the potential for anthropogenic impacts in the endangered common skate in the north east Atlantic: genetic diversity, connectivity and effective population size'.
2014-2016. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF765 ‘Stock structure, residency and kinship of white shark aggregations along the South African coast.’
2014-2015. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF764 ‘Baseline data for assessing environmental impacts on basking sharks in Scottish waters: effective population size, connectivity and group kinship.'
2013-2015. NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility (NBAF) NBAF723 'Population structure, kinship and the demographic history of the basking shark, Cetorhinus maximus'.
- Publications
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Winter residency and site association in the Critically Endangered North East Atlantic spurdog Squalus acanthias
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 526, pp. 113-124Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11210
The Nuclear Receptors of Biomphalaria glabrata and Lottia gigantea: Implications for Developing New Model Organisms
PloS ONE, vol. 10, no. 4, e0121259Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0121259
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4438/1/fetchObject.pdf
DNA from historical and trophy samples provides insights into white shark population origins and genetic diversity
Endangered Species Research, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 233-241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00665
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/7899/1/DNA_sharks_n027p233.pdf
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Differences in the gene expression profiles of haemocytes from schistosome-susceptible and -resistant biomphalaria glabrata exposed to Schistosoma mansoni excretory-secretory products
PloS ONE, vol. 9, no. 3, e93215Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntroducing novel uses of multibeam sonar to study basking sharks in the light of marine renewable energy extraction
EIMR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies 28 April – 02 May 2014 Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland. [955] UHI pp. 1-3, 3 pages.Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other ContributionsThe first confirmed cases of full albinism in rajid species
Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 82, no. 4, pp. 1433-1440Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.12072
Mucus: aiding elasmobranch conservation through non-invasive genetic sampling
Endangered Species Research, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 215-222Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/esr00524
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10313/1/n021p215.pdf
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Early differential gene expression in haemocytes from resistant and susceptible Biomphalaria glabrata strains in response to Schistosoma mansoni
PloS ONE, vol. 7, no. 12, e51102Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAsymmetrical viability in backcrosses between highly divergent populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar): implications for conservation
Conservation Genetics, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 1665-1669Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-012-0400-8
Application of Molecular Genetics for Conservation of the White Shark, Carcharodon carcharias, L. 1758
Global Perspectives on the Biology and Life History of the White Shark. CRC Press, pp. 357-380, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/b11532-29
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