Professor Nia Whiteley
Head of School / Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)
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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 Dec 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 162, 105176.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2002, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 131, 3, p. 349-359Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2009, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 152, 3, p. 372-378Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Sept 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 167, p. 13-22Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Jan 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 1, p. e86764Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Mar 2013.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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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 Dec 2013, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 85, Part A, p. 1-6Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Oct 2015, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, p. 166-173Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Jan 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104841.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Dec 2012, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 37, 8, p. 570-578Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Swimming alters responses to hypoxia in the Adriatic sturgeon Acipenser naccarii.
McKenzie, D. J., Steffensen, J. F., Korsmeyer, K., Whiteley, N. M., Bronzi, P. & Taylor, E. W., 1 Feb 2007, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 70, 2, p. 651-658Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Probing marine Gammarus (Amphipoda) taxonomy with DNA barcodes
Oliveira Costa, F., Henzler, C. M., Lunt, D. H., Whiteley, N. & Rock, J., 10 Sept 2009, In: Systematics and Biodeiversity. 7, 4, p. 365-379Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Physiological responses to digestion in low salinity in the crabs Carcinus maenas and Cancer irroratus
Penney, C. M., Patton, R., Whiteley, N. M., Driedzic, W. R. & McGaw, I. J., 10 Nov 2015, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, p. 127-139Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Congeneric amphipods show differing abilities to maintain metabolic rates with latitude.
Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Mar 2011, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches. 84, 2, p. 154-165Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minimal latitudinal variations in metabolic rate in temperate but not polar amphipod gammarids.
Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Jan 2008.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Influence of Natural Thermal Gradients on Whole Animal Rates of Protein Synthesis in Marine Gammarid Amphipods
Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 27 Mar 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 3, p. e60050Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Minimal latitudinal variations in the metabolic rates of temperate but not polar gammarid amphipods.
Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Unknown.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Feeding plasticity more than metabolic rate drives the productivity of economically important filter feeders in response to elevated CO2 and reduced salinity
Rastrick, S., Graham, H., Strohmeier, T., Whiteley, N. & Strand, Ø., 1 Dec 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75, 6, p. 2117-2128Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Does temperature acclimation affect muscle function in marine crustaceans via changes in molecular diversity?
Rock, J., Faulkner, L. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Dec 2003, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43, 6, p. 957Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linking functional molecular variation with environmental gradients: Myosin gene diversity in a crustacean broadly distributed across variable thermal environments.
Rock, J., Magnay, J. L., Beech, S., El Haj, A. J., Goldspink, G., Lunt, D. H. & Whiteley, N. M., 15 May 2009, In: Gene. 437, 1-2, p. 60-70Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Phylogeography and environmental diversification of a highly adaptable marine amphipod, Gammarus duebeni.
Rock, J., Ironside, J., Potter, T., Whiteley, N. M. & Lunt, D. H., 11 Apr 2007, In: Heredity. 99, 1, p. 102-111Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Estimating the energetic cost of fighting in shore crabs by noninvasive monitoring of heartbeat rate
Rovero, F., Hughes, R. N., Whiteley, N. & Chelazzi, G., 1 Apr 2000, In: Animal Behaviour. 59, 4, p. 705-713Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal and cohort effects modulate offspring responses to multiple stressors
Torres, G., Thomas, D. N., Whiteley, N., Wilcockson, D. C. & Gimenez Noya, L., 24 Jun 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1929, 20200492.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Environmental tolerances of Gammarid amphipods: Lessons from myosin heavy chain genes.
Whiteley, N. M., Rock, J., Magnay, J., Beech, S., El Haj, A. & Goldspink, G., 1 Jul 2008, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 150, 3, p. S159-S160Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temperature influences whole-animal rates of metabolism but not protein synthesis in a temperate intertidal isopod.
Whiteley, N. M., Whiteley, N. & Faulkner, L. S., 1 Jan 2005, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 78, 2, p. 227-238Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review