Professor Christopher Richardson
Emeritus Professor

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Oxygen and carbon stable isotopic profiles of the fan mussel, Pinna nobilis, and reconstruction of sea surface temperatures in the Mediterranean
Kennedy, H. A., Richardson, C. A., Duarte, C. M. & Kennedy, D. P., 1 Dec 2001, In: Marine Biology. 139, 6, p. 1115-1124Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Growth and development of the veliger larvae and juveniles of Polinices pulchellus (Gastropoda: Naticidae).
Kingsley-Smith, P. R., Richardson, C. A. & Seed, R., 1 Feb 2005, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85, 1, p. 171-174Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Stereotypic and size-selective predation in Polinices pulchellus (Gastropoda: Naticidae).
Kingsley-Smith, P. R., Richardson, C. A. & Seed, R., 1 Nov 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 295, 2, p. 173-190Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Size-related and seasonal patterns of egg collar production in Polinices pulchellus (Gastropoda : Naticidae) Risso 1826 .
Kingsley-Smith, P. R., Richardson, C. A. & Seed, R., 7 Nov 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 295, 2, p. 191-206Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A latitudinal gradient of seasonal temperature variation recorded in oyster shells from the coastal waters of France and The Netherlands.
Lartaud, F., Emmanuel, L., De Rafelis, M., Ropert, M., Labourdette, N., Richardson, C. A. & Renard, M., 1 Jan 2010, In: Facies. 56, 1, p. 13-25Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Growth of the smooth clam, Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bivalvia: Veneridae) from the Thracian Sea, northeastern Mediterranean.
Leontarakis, P. K. & Richardson, C. A., 1 May 2005, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 71, (2), p. 189-192Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Spatial and temporal evolution of imposex in dogwhelk Nucella lapillus (L.) populations from North Wales, UK.
Oliveira, I. B., Richardson, C. A., Sousa, A. C., Takahashi, S., Tanabe, S. & Barroso, C. M., 1 Jan 2009, In: Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 11, 8, p. 1462-1468Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shell growth and age determined from annual lines in the southern warm-water limpet Patella depressa at its poleward geographic boundaries
Orostica Vega, M., Richardson, C., Estrella Martinez, J., Jenkins, S. & Hawkins, S. J., 30 Jul 2021, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 101, 4, p. 707-716Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Isotopic partitioning between scallop shell calcite and seawater: Effect of shell growth rate.
Owen, R., Kennedy, H. A. & Richardson, C. A., 8 May 2002, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 66, 10, p. 1727-1737Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An experimental investigation into partitioning of stable isotopes between scallop (Pecten maximus) shell calcite and sea water
Owen, R., Kennedy, H. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Sept 2002, In: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 185, 1-2, p. 163-174Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The influence of shell growth rate on striae deposition in the scallop Pecten maximus
Owen, R., Richardson, C. A. & Kennedy, H. A., 1 Aug 2002, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 82, 4, p. 621-623Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age and growth of the bivalve Arca noae L. in the Croatian Adriatic Sea.
Peharda, M., Richardson, C. A., Onofri, V., Bratos, A. & Crncevic, M., 1 Nov 2002, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 68, 4, p. 307-310Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age, growth and population structure of Modiolus barbatus from the Adriatic.
Peharda, M., Richardson, C. A., Mladineo, I., Sestanovic, S., Popovic, Z., Bolotin, J. & Vrgoc, N., 1 Apr 2007, In: Marine Biology. 151, 2, p. 629-638Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Burrow morphology, biometry, age and growth of piddocks (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Pholadidae) on the south coast of England.
Pinn, E. H., Richardson, C. A., Thompson, R. C. & Hawkins, S. J., 1 Aug 2005, In: Marine Biology. 147, 4, p. 943-953Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of trace elements in the shell layers and soft tissues of the pearl oyster Pinctada radiata using multivariate analyses: a potential proxy for temporal and spatial variations of trace elements
Pourang, N., Richardson, C. A., Chenery, S. R. & Hasrollahzedeh, H., 30 Nov 2013, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186, 4, p. 2465-2485Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Heavy metal concentrations in the soft tissues of swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) and surficial sediments from Anzali wetland, Iran.
Pourang, N., Richardson, C. A. & Mortazavi, M. S., 1 Apr 2010, In: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 163, 1-4, p. 195-213Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The occurrence of imposex in Hexaplex trunculus from the Croatian Adriatic.
Prime, M., Peharda, M., Jelic, K., Mladineo, I. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Jul 2006, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52, 7, p. 810-812Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Invest in arms: behavioural and energetic implications of multiple autotomy in starfish (Asterias rubens)
Ramsay, K., Kaiser, M. J. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Sept 2001, In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 50, 4, p. 360-365Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Damage, autotomy and arm regeneration in starfish caught by towed demersal fishing gears.
Ramsay, K., Bergmann, M., Veale, L. O., Richardson, C. A., Kaiser, M. J., Vize, S. J. & Feist, S. W., 1 Mar 2001, In: Marine Biology. 138, 3, p. 527-536Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Can shell scars on dog cockles (Glycymeris glycymeris L.) be used as an indicator of fishing disturbance?
Ramsay, K., Kaiser, M. J., Richardson, C. A., Veale, L. O. & Brand, A. R., 1 May 2000, In: Journal of Sea Research. 43, 2, p. 167-176Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Causes of shell scarring in dog cockles Glycymeris glycymeris L.
Ramsay, K., Richardson, C. A. & Kaiser, M. J., 1 May 2001, In: Journal of Sea Research. 45, 2, p. 131-139Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A link between predator density and arm loss in the starfish Marthasterias glacialis and Asterias rubens.
Ramsay, K., Turner, J. R., Vize, S. J. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Jun 2000, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80, 3, p. 565-566Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Techniques for assessing repaired shell damage in dog cockles, Glycymeris glycymeris L.
Ramsay, K. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Dec 2000, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 19, 2, p. 927-931Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multiproxy reconstruction of Hebridean (NW Scotland) spring sea surface temperatures between AD 1805 and 2010
Reynolds, D. J., Butler, P. G., Williams, S. M., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A., Wannamaker, A. D., Austin, W. E., Cage, A. G. & Sayer, M. D., 15 Sept 2013, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 386, p. 275-285Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Reconstructing North Atlantic marine climate variability using an absolutely-dated sclerochronological network
Reynolds, D. J., Richardson, C., Scourse, J., Butler, P., Hollyman, P., Román González, A. & Hall, I. R., 1 Jan 2017, In: Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 465, Part B, p. 333-346Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age and growth of the naticid gastropod Polinices pulchellus (Gastropoda: Naticidae) based on length frequency analysis and statolith growth rings.
Richardson, C. A., Kingsley-Smith, P. R., Seed, R. & Chatzinikolaou, E., 1 Dec 2005, In: Marine Biology. 148, 2, p. 319-326Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Molluscs as archives of environmental change.
Richardson, C. A., 1 Jan 2001, In: Oceanography and Marine Biology. 39, p. 103-164Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessing the history of trace metal (Cu,Zn,Pb) contamination in the North Sea through laser ablation ICP-MS of horse mussel, Modilolus modiolus shells.
Richardson, C. A., Chenery, S. R. & Cook, J. M., 1 Feb 2001, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 211, p. 157-167Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An evaluation of the age of the red whelk Neptunea antiqua using operculum striae, statolith growth rings and elemental ratios in the shell.
Richardson, C. A., Saurel, C., Barroso, C. M. & Thain, J., 1 Nov 2005, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 325, 1, p. 55-64Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Age, growth rate and season of recruitment of Pinna nobilis (L.) in the Croatian Adriatic determined from Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca shell profiles
Richardson, C. A., Peharda, M., Kennedy, H., Kennedy, D. P. & Onofri, V., 10 Feb 2004, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 299, 1, p. 1-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biological and climate controls on North Atlantic marine carbon dynamics over the last millennium: Insights from an absolutely-dated shell based record from the North Icelandic Shelf
Richardson, C., Reynolds, D., Scourse, J., Butler, P., Wanamaker, A. & Hall, I. R., Dec 2017, In: Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 31, 12, p. 1718-1735Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Arctica islandica: the longest lived non colonial animal known to science
Ridgway, I. D. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Sept 2011, In: Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 21, 3, p. 297-310Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maximum shell size, growth rate, and maturation age correlate with longevity in bivalve molluscs.
Ridgway, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Austad, S. N., 1 Feb 2011, In: Journals of Gerontology, Series A. 66A, 2, p. 183-190Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New species longevity record for the Northern Quahog (= hard clam), Mercenaria mercenaria
Ridgway, I. D., Richardson, C. A., Enos, E., Ungvari, Z., Austad, S. N., Philipp, E. E. & Csiszar, A., 1 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 30, 1, p. 35-38Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The population structure and biology of the ocean quahog, Arctica islandica, in Belfast Lough, Northern Ireland
Ridgway, I. D., Richardson, C. A., Scourse, J. D., Butler, P. G. & Reynolds, D. J., 1 May 2012, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 92, 3, p. 539-546Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resistance to oxidative stress is not associated with the exceptional longevity of the freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera nor three unionid
Román González, A., Ridgway, I., Bowden, T. J., Roman-Gonzalez, A. & Richardson, C. A., 19 Dec 2013, In: Aquatic Sciences. 76, p. 259-267Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Analysis of ontogenetic growth trends in two marine Antarctic bivalves Yoldia eightsi and Laternula elliptica: Implications for sclerochronology
Román González, A., Scourse, J., Butler, P., Reynolds, D. J., Richardson, C., Peck, L. S., Brey, T. & Hall, I. R., 1 Jan 2017, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 465, Part B, p. 300-306Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A sclerochronological archive for Antarctic coastal waters based on the marine bivalve Yoldia eightsi (Jay, 1839) from the South Orkney Islands
Román González, A., Scourse, J., Richardson, C., Peck, L. S., Bentley, M. J. & Butler, P., 1 Feb 2017, In: Holocene. 27, 2, p. 271-281Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predation of cockles (Cerastoderma edule) by the whelk (Buccinum undatum) under laboratory conditions.
Scolding, J. W., Richardson, C. A. & Luckenbach, M. J., 1 Nov 2007, In: Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73, 4, p. 333-337Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Compilation of marine radiocarbon bomb-pulse from the temperate North Atlantic using annually-resolved time-series from Arctica islandica.
Scourse, J. D., Wanamaker, A. D., Weidman, C., Heinemeier, J. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Jan 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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First cross-matched floating chronology from the marine fossil record: data from growth lines of the long-lived bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica.
Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A., Forsythe, G., Harris, I., Heinemeier, J., Fraser, N., Briffa, K. & Jones, P., 1 Nov 2006, In: Holocene. 16, 7, p. 967-974Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Marine Radiocarbon Bomb Pulse across the Temperate North Atlantic: A Compilation of Δ14C Time Histories from Arctica islandica Growth Increments
Scourse, J. D., Wanamaker, A. D., Weidman, C., Heinemeier, J., Reimer, P. J., Butler, P. G., Witbaard, R. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Apr 2012, In: Radiocarbon. 54, 2, p. 165-186Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Annually resolved North Atlantic marine climate over the last millenium
Scourse, J., Reynolds, D. J., Halloran, P., Nederbragt, A., Wanamaker, A., Butler, P., Richardson, C., Heinemeier, J., Eiriksson, J., Knudsen, K. L. & Hall, I., 6 Dec 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 13502.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mussels - catalysts to understanding change on rocky shores.
Seed, R., Richardson, C. A. & Morton, B. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and southern China: 1977-2000. 2003 ed. Hong Kong University Press, p. 409-432Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Marine mussels, their ecological significance, and use as chronometers of environmental change.
Seed, R., Richardson, C. A., Smith, K., Harper, E. M. (Editor), Taylor, J. D. (Editor) & Crame, J. A. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, The Evolutionary Biology of the Bivalvia. 2000 ed. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, p. 465-478Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A Heart That Beats for 500 Years: Age-Related Changes in Cardiac Proteasome Activity, Oxidative Protein Damage and Expression of Heat Shock Proteins, Inflammatory Factors, and Mitochondrial Complexes in Arctica islandica, the Longest-Living Noncolonial Animal
Sosnowska, D., Richardson, C. A., Sonntag, W. E., Csiszar, A., Ungvari, Z. & Ridgway, I. D., 17 Dec 2013, In: Journals of Gerontology, Series A. 69, 12, p. 1448-1461Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantification of mussel (Mytilus edulis) growth from power station cooling waters in response to chlorination procedures.
Thompson, I. S., Richardson, C. A., Seed, R. & Walker, G., 1 Jan 2000, In: Biofouling. 16, 1, p. 1-15Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Superior proteome stability in the longest lived animal
Treaster, S. B., Ridgway, I. D., Richardson, C. A., Chaudhuri, A. R. & Austad, S. N., 20 Nov 2013, In: Age. 36, p. 1009-1017Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Absolute chronologies from the ocean: records from the longest-lived, non-colonial animals on Earth.
Wanamaker, A. D., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A., Butler, P., Reynolds, D. & Ridgway, I., 1 Aug 2008, In: PAGES News. 16, p. 4-6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Surface changes in the North Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last millennium
Wanamaker, A. D., Butler, P. G., Scourse, J. D., Heinemeier, J., Eiríksson, J., Knudsen, K. L. & Richardson, C. A., 12 Jun 2012, In: Nature Communications. 3, p. Article No. 899Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review