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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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: ArticlesEvaluating the suitability of close-kin mark-recapture as a demographic modelling tool for a critically endangered elasmobranch population
Evolutionary Applications, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 461-473Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDiclidophora merlangi (Kuhn, 1829) Krøyer, 1838 (Monogenea: Diclidophoridae) as an indicator of hydrocarbon pollution in the North Sea
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 185, no. Part A, 114268Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCommon aquatic pollutants modify hemocyte immune responses in Biomphalaria glabrata.
Frontiers in Immunology, vol. 13, pp. 839746Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe complete mitochondrial genomes of the flapper skate Dipturus intermedius and the longnose skate Dipturus oxyrinchus
Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 897-899Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPopulation and seascape genomics of a critically endangered benthic elasmobranch, the blue skate Dipturus batis
Evolutionary Applications, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 78-94Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlame Shell Beds: A Protected Keystone Biogenic Bivalve Habitat
Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 7 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00129-X
Abundance and Spatial Distribution of Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) from Fishery-Independent Dredge and Trawl surveys in the North Sea
ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 597-610Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius): Recommendations from the first flapper skate working group meeting
Marine Policy, vol. 124, 104367Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104367
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Endangered Coastal Elasmobranchs of the North-East Atlantic
Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 10 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersLarge Arion Slugs—Conservation Concerns of Invasion, Hybridization, and Pest Genesis
Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Elsevier, 6 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00098-2
Distribution and thermal niche of the common skate species complex in the North-East Atlantic
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 656, pp. 65-74Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBasking sharks travel in extended families with their own ‘gourmet maps’ of feeding spots, genetic tagging reveals
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesSize-at-maturity of Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) in Scottish waters based on gonadal and morphometric traits
Fisheries Research, vol. 229, 105610Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpiral valve parasites of blue and common thresher sharks as indicators of shark feeding behaviour and ecology
Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 354-361Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.14363
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15952/1/Preti_etal_Spiral_valve_parasites_VOR.pdf
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Spatio-temporal genetic tagging of a cosmopolitan planktivorous shark provides insight to gene flow, temporal variation and site-specific re-encounters
Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 1661Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe complete mitochondrial genome of the blue skate Dipturus batis
Mitochondrial DNA Part B: Resources, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 2488-2489Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOntogenetic Variation in Movements and Depth Use, and Evidence of Partial Migration in a Benthopelagic Elasmobranch
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, 353Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpatial versus temporal structure: Implications of inter-haul variation and relatedness in the North-east Atlantic spurdog Squalus acanthias
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1167-1180Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2922
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12670/1/AQC_17_0198_resubmission.pdf
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World without borders-genetic population structure of a highly migratory marine predator, the blue shark (Prionace glauca)
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 13, pp. 4768-4781Contributions to Journals: ArticlesWhole genome analysis of a schistosomiasis-transmitting freshwater snail
Nature Communications, vol. 8, 15451Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSubstitutions in the Glycogenin-1 Gene Are Associated with the Evolution of Endothermy in Sharks and Tunas
Genome biology and evolution, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 3011-3021Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSteroid Androgen Exposure during Development Has No Effect on Reproductive Physiology of Biomphalaria glabrata
PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 1-22Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159852
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/6254/1/asset.pdf
Evidence of positive selection associated with placental loss in tiger sharks
BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 16, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResolving taxonomic uncertainty in vulnerable elasmobranchs: are the Madeira skate (Raja maderensis) and the thornback ray (Raja clavata) distinct species?
Conservation Genetics, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 565-576Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMicrosatellite records for volume 7, issue 4
Conservation Genetics Resources, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 917-944Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12686-015-0493-8
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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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Antipodean white sharks on a Mediterranean walkabout?: Historical dispersal leads to genetic discontinuity and an endangered anomalous population
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 278, no. 1712, pp. 1679-1686Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2010.1856
Genotypic and phenotypic correlates with proliferative kidney disease-induced mortality in Atlantic salmon
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, vol. 89, no. 2, pp. 125-135Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/dao02191
Low genetic diversity in a snail intermediate host (Biomphalaria pfeifferi Krass, 1848) and schistosomiasis transmission in the Senegal River Basin
Molecular Ecology, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 241-256Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04463.x
Size-dependent growth of individual Atlantic salmon Salmo salar alevins from hatch to first feeding
Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 75, no. 10, pp. 2820-2831Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02497.x
Concordance of genetic and fin photo identification in the great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias, off Mossel Bay, South Africa
Marine Biology, vol. 156, no. 10, pp. 2199-2207Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1233-y
Biogeographical patterns of marine larval trematode parasites in two intermediate snail hosts in Europe
Journal of Biogeography, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 1493-1501Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.02066.x
Distance decay of similarity among parasite communities of three marine invertebrate hosts
Oecologia, vol. 160, no. 1, pp. 163-173Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1276-2
First results from satellite-linked archival tagging of porbeagle shark, Lamna nasus: area fidelity, wider-scale movements and plasticity in diel depth changes
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 370, no. 1-2, pp. 64-74Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.12.002
Of mice and (Viking?) men: phylogeography of British and Irish house mice
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 276, no. 1655, pp. 201-207Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0958
Biomphalaria glabrata transcriptome: cDNA microarray profiling identifies resistant- and susceptible-specific gene expression in haemocytes from snail strains exposed to Schistosoma mansoni
BMC Genomics, vol. 9, 634Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-9-634
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3829/1/Biomphalaria_Glabrata.pdf