Publications

2009

Davoren, M., Macken, A., Giltrap, M., Foley, B., McGovern, E.& McHugh, B. In situ caging techniques as a mechanism to evaluate genotoxicity in Nucella lapillus (osphradium) and Mytilus edulis (haemolymph cells) at three Irish coastal sites. In Preparation.

Giltrap, M., Macken, A., Davoren, M., Foley, B., McGovern, E., Strand, J., Minchin, D. & McHugh, B. 2009. The use of caged Nucella lapillus and Crassostrea gigas to monitor tributyltin induced bio-effects in Irish coastal waters. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, In press.

Giltrap, M., Macken, A., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B. & Davoren, M. 2009. Toxicity evaluation of organotin compounds in Irish marine sediment using two fish cell lines integrated with chemical analysis. Toxicology Letters, In review.

Giltrap, M., Macken, A., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B. & Davoren, M.  The Distribution of Persistent Pollutants in Irish Sediments from three case study Sites around Ireland. In Preparation.

Giltrap, M., Macken, A., McHugh, B., Hernan, R., O’ Rourke, K., McGovern, E., Foley, B. &Davoren, M. 2009. Bioassay directed fractionation of marine sediment solvent extracts from the east coast of Ireland. Chemosphere, In press.

Macken, A., Giltrap, M., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B.& Davoren, M. 2009. An integrated approach to the toxicity assessment of Irish marine sediments: Application of porewater Toxicity Identification Evaluation (TIE) to toxic Irish marine sediments. Environment International, 35, 1, 98-106.

Macken, A., Giltrap, M., Ryall, K., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B. & Davoren, M. 2009. A test battery approach to the ecotoxicological evaluation of cadmium and copper employing a battery of marine bioassays. Ecotoxicology, 18, 4, 470-480.

McHugh, B., Giltrap, M., Macken, A., Foley, B., McGovern, E., Davoren, M.  Utilising caging techniques to investigate metal uptake rates in Nucella lapillus, Mytilus edulis and Crassostrea gigas. In Preparation.

Quinn, B., Costello, M.J., Dorange, G., Wilson, J.G., Mothersill, C. 2009 Development of an in vitro culture method for cells and tissues from the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha), Cytotechnology, 59(2), 121 – 134.

2008

Lopukhin, A. S., Sysoeva, I. V., Bryantseva, J. V., Rylkova, O. A.,Wilson, J.G. & Kemp, R. B. 2008. Verification of the Heterotrophic–Photoautotrophic Index in Sevastopol Bay, Black Sea. Oceanology, 423A, 1520 – 1524.

Macken, A., Giltrap, M., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B. & Davoren, M. 2008. A Model Compound Study: The ecotoxicological evaluation of five organic contaminants with a battery of marine bioassays. Environmental Pollution, 153, 3, 627-637.

Macken, A., Giltrap, M., Foley, B., McGovern, E., McHugh, B. & Davoren, M. 2008. An integrated approach to the toxicity assessment of Irish marine sediments: Validation of established marine bioassays for the monitoring of Irish marine sediments. Environment International, 34, 7, 1023-1032.

McBreen, F., Wilson, J.G., Mackie A.S.Y. & Nic Aonghusa, C. 2008. Seabed mapping in the southern Irish Sea: predicting benthic biological communities based on sediment characteristics. Hydrobiologia 606, 93-103.

Wilson, J.G. 2008. Problems of Life in Estuaries. In Safran, P., Fisheries & Aquaculture, Oxford, UNESCO, Eolss, 166 – 185.

2007

Wilson, J.G., Komakhidze, A., Osadchaya, T., Alyomov, S., Romanov A. & Tediashvili, M. 2007. Evaluating ecological quality in the north-eastern Black Sea coastal zone. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 57/1-5, 202-207.

Wilson, J.G., Rybarczyck, H. & Elkaim, B. 2007. A comparison of energy flow through the Dublin Bay and Baie de Somme intertidal ecosystems and their network analysis. Hydrobiologia 588, 231 - 243.

2006

Gallager, M.J., Greene, M.J. & Nolan C. P. 2006. The potential use of caudal thorns as a non-invasive ageing structure in the thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata Donovan, 1808). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 77, 3-4, 265-272.

Laurand, S.& Riera, P. 2006. Trophic ecology of the supralittoral rocky shore (Roscoff, France): A dual stable isotope (d13C, d15N) and experimental approach. Journal of Sea Research 56: 27-36.

McBreen, F. & Wilson, J.G., 2006. The Pollution status of North Dublin Bay. Proceedings of the 15th Irish Environmental researcher’s colloquium, ENVIRON 2005, 38-43.

Minto, C. & Nolan C. P. 2006. Fecundity and Maturity of Orange Roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus Collett 1889) on the Porcupine Bank, Northeast Atlantic. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 77, 1, 39-50.

2005

Astanei, I, Gosling, E., Wilson, J.G., & Powell, E. 2005. Genetic variability and phylogeography of the invasive zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas).Mol. Ecol. 14, 1655 – 1666.

Calis, E., Jackson E. H., Nolan C. P., & Jeal F. 2005. Preliminary age and growth estimates of the rabbitfish, Chimaera monstrosa, with implications for future resource management. J. Northw. Atl. Fish. Sci., 35: 15-26.

Gallagher, M.J., Nolan C. P. & Jeal F. 2005. The Structure and Growth Processes of Caudal Thorns. e-Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35 125-129.

O'Higgins, T. & Wilson, J.G. 2005. Impact of the River Liffey discharge on nutrient and chlorophyll concentrations in the Liffey estuary and Dublin bay (Irish Sea). Estuar. Cstl. Shelf. Sci. 64, 323-334.

Wilson, J.G. 2005. The Intertidal Ecosystem. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

2004

Gallagher, M.J., Jeal, F. & Nolan C. P. 2004. An Investigation of the Irish Ray Fishery in ICES Divisions VIIa and VIIg. e-Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 1-13.

Gallagher, M.J., Nolan C. P. & Jeal, F. 2004.  Age, Growth and Maturity of the Commercial Ray Species from the Irish Sea. e-Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 47-66.

Ivory, P., Jeal, F. & Nolan C. P. 2004. Age Determination, Growth and Reproduction in the Lesser-spotted Dogfish, Scyliorhinus canicula (L.). e-Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science, 35, 89-106

Nolan, C.P. (ed) 2004.  A Technical and Scientific Record of Experimental Fishing for Deepwater Species in the Northeast Atlantic, by Irish fishing vessels, in 2001. Volume 1, Report. 172pp. Fisheries Resource Series, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Dun Laoghaire.

Nolan C. P. (ed) 2004. A Technical and Scientific Record of Experimental Fishing for Deepwater Species in the Northeast Atlantic, by Irish fishing vessels, in 2001. Volume 2, Appendices. 309pp. Fisheries Resource Series, Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Dun Laoghaire.

Wilson, J.G. 2004. “Spatial and temporal variability in nutrient fluxes from the unpolluted Shannon estuary, Ireland, and the implications for microphytobenthic productivity. Estuar. Cstl. Shelf Sci. 60, 193-202.

Wilson, J.G. 2004. Diffuse inputs of nutrients to Dublin bay. Wat. Sci. Technol. 51 231 -237.

Quinn, B., Gagné, F., Costello, M., McKenzie, C., Wilson, J.G. & Mothersill, C. 2004. The endocrine disrupting effect of municipal plant effluent on the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha). Aquat. Toxicol. 66, 279 – 292.

2003

Wilson, J.G. 2003. Evaluation of estuarine quality status at system level with the Biological Quality Index (BQI) and the Pollution Load Index (PLI). Biol. Environ. 103B, 47-59.

Wilson, J.G. 2003. “Dublin Bay”. Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Dublin, Gill & McMillan, 320.

2002

Wilson, J.G. 2002. Productivity, fisheries and aquaculture in temperate estuaries. Estuar. Cstl. Shelf Sci 55, 953 - 967

Wilson, J.G., Brennan, M., & Murray, A., 2002. Particulate Inputs to Dublin Bay and to the South lagoon, Bull Island. Hydrobiologia 475/476, 195-204.

Wilson, J.G. & Emblow, C. 2002. Biodiversity of macrofauna on sandy and muddy shores in Ireland. In Marine Biodiversity of Ireland Nunn, J. (ed.), 5-14. Ulster Museum, Belfast.

2001

Wilson, J.G., Mackie, A.Y., Rees, E.I.S., O’Connor, B. and Darbyshire, T. 2001. Benthic Biodiversity in the Southern Irish Sea. 2. The South West Irish Sea Survey. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff.

2000

Agnew, D.J., Nolan C. P., Beddington, J.R. & Baranowski, R. 2000. Approaches to assessment and management of multispecies skate and ray fisheries using the Falkland Islands fishery as an example. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 57, (2), 429-440, ISSN 1205 – 7533.

Nolan C. P., Liddle, G.M. & Elliot, J. 2000. Interactions between Killer whales (Orcinus orca) and Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) with a longline fishing vessel. Marine mammal Science, 16, (3), 658-664.

Gordina, A. D., Pavlova, E. V., Ovsyany, E. I., Wilson, J.G., Kemp, R. B., Romanov, A. S. 2000. Long-term changes in Sevastopol Bay (the Black Sea) with particular reference to the Ichthyoplankton and Zooplankton. Estuar. Cstl. Mar. Sci. 52, 1 – 13.