Professor Christopher Richardson
Emeritus Professor

- 2022
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The effect of environmental factors on shell growth and repair in Buccinum undatum
Colvin, C., Hollyman, P., Richardson, C., Chenery, S., Waggitt, J. & McCarthy, I., 1 Jun 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 551, 19 p., 151720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
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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
- 2020
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Calibration of shell δ18O from the common whelk Buccinum undatum highlights potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Hollyman, P. R., Leng, M. J., Chenery, S. R. N., Sloane, H. J. & Richardson, C. A., 15 Dec 2020, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 560, 109995.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2019
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Micro-scale geochemical and crystallographic analysis of Buccinum undatum statoliths supports an annual periodicity of growth ring deposition
Hollyman, P., Chenery, S., Ignatyev, C., Laptikhovsky, V. & Richardson, C., 5 Nov 2019, In: Chemical Geology. 526, p. 153-164 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2018
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Age and growth rate estimations of the commercially fished gastropod Buccinum undatum
Hollyman, P. R., Chenery, S. R. N., Leng, M. J., Laptikhovsky, V. V., Colvin, C. N. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Nov 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75, 6, p. 2129-2144 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Techniques for Estimating the Age and Growth of Molluscs: Gastropoda
Hollyman, P. R., Laptikhovsky, V. V. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 37, 4, p. 773-782 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Statoliths of the whelk Buccinum undatum: a novel age determination tool
Hollyman, P., Leng, M., Chenery, S., Laptikhovsky, V. & Richardson, C., 28 Jun 2018, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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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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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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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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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
- 2016
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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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Manganese in the shell of the bivalve Mytilus edulis: seawater Mn or physiological control
Freitas, P. S., Clarke, L. J., Kennedy, H. & Richardson, C., 1 Dec 2016, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 194, December, p. 266-278Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The effect of macrofaunal disturbance on Cerastoderma edule post-larvae
Whitton, T. A., Jenkins, S. R., Richardson, C. A. & Hiddink, J. G., 17 Mar 2016, In: Journal of Sea Research. 112, p. 23-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2015
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The distribution of the invasive non-native gastropod Crepidula fornicata in the Milford Haven Waterway, its northernmost population along the west coast of Britain
Bohn, K., Richardson, C. A. & Jenkins, S. R., 12 Aug 2015, In: Helgoland Marine Research. 69, 4, p. 313-325Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in small scale spatial structure of cockle Cerastoderma edule (L.) post-larvae
Whitton, T. A., Jenkins, S. R., Richardson, C. A. & Hiddink, J. G., 28 Mar 2015, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 468, p. 1-10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2014
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Glycymeris bimaculata (Poli, 1795) — A new sclerochronological archive for the Mediterranean?
Bušelić, I., Peharda, M., Reynolds, D. J., Butler, P. G., González, A. R., Ezgeta-Balić, D., Vilibić, I., Grbec, B., Hollyman, P. R. & Richardson, C. A., 27 Jul 2014, In: Journal of Sea Research. 95, p. 139–148Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2013
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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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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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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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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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Larval microhabitat associations of the non-native gastropod Crepidula fornicata and effects on recruitment success in the intertidal zone
Bohn, K., Richardson, C. A. & Jenkins, S. R., Oct 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 448, p. 289-297Research 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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Non-daily deposition of striae in the Bay Scallop, Argopecten irradians (concentricus), in the laboratory
Hollyman, P., Luckenbach, M. & Richardson, C., 1 Aug 2013, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 32, 2, p. 361-368Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The dog cockle, Glycymeris glycymeris (L.), a new annually-resolved sclerochronological archive for the Irish Sea
Brocas, W. M., Reynolds, D. J., Butler, P. G., Richardson, C. A., Scourse, J. D., Ridgway, I. D. & Ramsay, K., 1 Mar 2013, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 373, p. 133-140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Variability of marine climate on the North Icelandic Shelf in a 1357-year proxy archive based on growth increments in the bivalve Arctica islandica
Butler, P. G., Wanamaker, A. D., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A. & Reynolds, D. J., 1 Mar 2013, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 373, p. 141-151Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The importance of larval supply, larval habitat selection and post-settlement mortality in determining intertidal adult abundance of the invasive gastropod Crepidula fornicata
Bohn, K., Richardson, C. A. & Jenkins, S. R., Feb 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 440, p. 132-140Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2012
- Published
The invasive gastropod Crepidula fornicata: reproduction and recruitment in the intertidal at its northernmost range in Wales, UK, and implications for its secondary spread
Bohn, K., Richardson, C. & Jenkins, S., Sept 2012, In: Marine Biology. 159, 9, p. 2091-2103Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aggregated prey and predation rates: juvenile shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) foraging on post-larval cockles (Cerastoderma edule)
Whitton, T. A., Jenkins, S. R., Richardson, C. A. & Hiddink, J. G., 9 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 432-433, p. 29-36Research 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
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Distribution and reproductive biology of the little cuttlefish Sepiola atlantica Orbigny (1839-1842) around Anglesey, North Wales
Jones, N. & Richardson, C., Jun 2012, In: Helgoland Marine Research. 66, 2, p. 233-242Research 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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Characterizing the microstructure of Arctica islandica shells using NanoSIMS and EBSD
Karney, G. B., Butler, P. G., Speller, S., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A., Schröder, M., Hughes, G. M., Czernuszka, J. T. & Grovenor, C. R., 7 Apr 2012, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 13, p. Q04002Research 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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The potential of combined Mg/Ca and δ18O measurements within the shell of the bivalve Pecten maximus to estimate seawater δ18O composition
Freitas, P. S., Clarke, L. J., Kennedy, H. & Richardson, C. A., 6 Jan 2012, In: Chemical Geology. 291, p. 286-293Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2011
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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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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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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
- 2010
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Parental size and environmental conditions affect egg capsule production by Nassarius reticulatus (Linnaeus 1758) (Gastropoda: Nassariidae).
Chatzinikolaou, E. & Richardson, C. A., 15 Jul 2010, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 390, 1, p. 14-21Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Marine climate in the Irish Sea: analysis of a 489-year marine master chronology derived from growth increments in the shell of the clam Arctica islandica
Butler, P., Richardson, C., Scourse, J. D., Wanamaker, A. D., Shammon, T. M. & Bennell, J., 1 Jun 2010, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 29, 13-14, p. 1614-1632Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Identification of growth increments in the shell of the bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica using backscattered electron imaging
Karney, G. B., Butler, P. G., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. A., Lau, K. A., Czernuszka, J. T. & Grovenor, C. R., 27 May 2010, In: Journal of Microscopy. 241, 1, p. 29-36Research 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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Laboratory culture, growth, and the life cycle of the little cuttlefish Sepiola Atlantica (Cephalopoda: Sepiolodae).
Jones, N. J. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Apr 2010, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 29, 1, p. 241-246Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Long-term stability of δ13C with respect to biological age in the aragonite shell of mature specimens of the bivalve mollusk Arctica islandica.
Butler, P., Wanamaker, A. D., Scourse, J. D., Richardson, C. & Reynolds, D., 19 Mar 2010, In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 302, 1-2, p. 21-30Research 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
- 2009
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Difficulties in separating hurricane induced effects from natural benthic succession: Hurricane Isabel, a case study from Eastern Virginia, USA.
Hughes, C., Richardson, C. A., Luckenbach, M. & Seed, R., 30 Nov 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 85, 3, p. 377-386Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of body mass, temperature and food deprivation on oxygen consumption rate of common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis.
Grigoriou, P. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Nov 2009, In: Marine Biology. 156, 12, p. 2473-2481Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biology of the kingsoldier bream (Argyrops spinifer, Forsskal 1775; Sparidae), from the Arabian Sea, Oman.
Al Mamry, J. M., McCarthy, I. D., Richardson, C. A. & Ben Meriem, S., 1 Oct 2009, In: Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 25, 5, p. 559-564Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel method for imaging internal growth patterns in marine mollusks: A fluorescence case study on the aragonitic shell of the marine bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus).
Wanamaker, A. D., Baker, A., Butler, P., Richardson, C., Scourse, J. D., Ridgway, I. & Reynolds, D., 1 Sept 2009, In: Limnology and Oceanography - Methods. 7, p. 673-681Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A novel method for imaging internal growth patterns in marine mollusks: a fluorescence case study on the aragonite shell of the marine bivalve Arctica islandica (Linnaeus).
Wanamaker, A. D., Baker, A., Butler, P., Richardson, C., Scourse, J., Ridgway, I. D. & Reynolds, D., 1 Sept 2009, In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 7, p. 673-681Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review