Professor Nia Whiteley
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Contact info
Room: Room 527, 4th floor Brambell Building
Email: n.m.whiteley@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: 01248 388080
Web: ResearchGate, Google Scholar
I graduated in Zoology from Hull University in 1982 and spent a year as a trainee in the Science Reference Section, British Library, London, before embarking on a PhD in comparative physiology at the University of Birmingham (1984-88). My PhD work on the physiological responses of lobsters to aerial exposure was followed by several postdoctoral posts investigating molecular control of muscle growth in shore crabs (1988-89), physiological/metabolic responses of freshwater crayfish to natural fluctuations in environmental variables (1989-92), and the molecular/ physiological responses of the giant Antarctic isopod to life at temperatures close to freezing (1992-95). A research visit to the University of British Columbia, Canada, enabled me to collaborate on a project studying ion exchange mechanisms in salmon during seawater acclimation (1995-96), and led to a short term project on stress responses in Antarctic fish (1997) in the Dept of Physiology, Birmingham. After completing a temporary lectureship at the School of Biological Sciences, Birmingham, I moved to Biological Sciences at Bangor in 1998, was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2010, and Reader in 2016.
My research focuses on the physiological and metabolic responses of aquatic organisms to environmental change, including underlying mechanisms and ecological implications. I use laboratory and field based studies to assess the physiological capacity of crustaceans to cope with environmental challenges, such fluctuations in temperature, salinity, O2 and CO2 levels. I specialise in studying acid-base balance, ion regulation, respiratory gas exchange, and protein turnover at different levels of biological organisation. I also examine the metabolic costs associated with such changes, and the repercussions on growth and life history traits. My work on the molecular regulation of muscle function in crustaceans, has led to an examination of changes in muscle genotype in amphipod gammarid crustaceans distributed along natural thermal gradients. Collaborative projects have examined physiological responses of marine invertebrates to elevated CO2 and warming, and the energetic costs of physiological adjustments to elevated CO2 and salinity (Saloa Project). We are currently using transgenerational studies to investigate the energetic costs associated with osmoregulation in marine amphipods.
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Contrasting responses to salinity and future ocean acidification in arctic populations of the amphipod Gammarus setosus
Brown, J., Whiteley, N., Bailey, A., Graham, H., Hop, H. & Rastrick, S., 1 Rhag 2020, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 162, 105176.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Comparison of the variable loop regions of myosin heavy chain genes from Antarctic and temperate isopods.
Holmes, J. M., Whiteley, N. M., Magnay, J. L. & El Haj, A. J., 1 Maw 2002, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 131, 3, t. 349-359Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Effects of salinity on rates of protein synthesis and oxygen uptake in the post-larvae and juveniles of the tropical prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man).
Intanai, I., Taylor, E. W. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Maw 2009, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 152, 3, t. 372-378Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour
Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Medi 2020, Yn: Animal Behaviour. 167, t. 13-22Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Future socio-economic and environmental sustainability of the Irish Sea requires a multi-disciplinary approach with industry and research collaboration, and cross-border partnership
Mackenzie, C. L., Bell, M. C., Birchenough, S. N., Culloty, S. C., Sanderson, W. G., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 1 Rhag 2013, Yn: Ocean and Coastal Management. 85, Part A, t. 1-6Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Ocean Warming, More than Acidification, Reduces Shell Strength in a Commercial Shellfish Species during Food Limitation
Mackenzie, C. L., Ormondroyd, G. A., Curling, S. F., Ball, R. J., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 28 Ion 2014, Yn: PLoS ONE. 9, 1, t. e86764Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Effects of climate change on biomineralization in a commercial shellfish species, Mytilus edulis L.
Mackenzie, C. L., Ormondroyd, G. A., Curling, S. F., Ball, R. J., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 13 Maw 2013.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
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Elevated pCO2 does not impair performance in autotomised individuals of the intertidal predatory starfish Asterias rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)
McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N., Fernandez, W., Ragagnin, M., Cornwell, T., Suckling, C. & Turra, A., Ion 2020, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104841.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Validation of the flooding dose technique to determine fractional rates of protein synthesis in a model bivalve species, the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)
McCarthy, I. D., Nicholls, R., Malham, S. K. & Whiteley, N. M., 23 Hyd 2015, Yn: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, t. 166-173Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Effects of acclimation and acute temperature change on specific dynamic action and gastric processing in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas
McGaw, I. J. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Rhag 2012, Yn: Journal of Thermal Biology. 37, 8, t. 570-578Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid