Research output per year
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Personal profile
Area of academic expertise - outline
My research is multidisciplinary and integrative, and I combine laboratory experiments and field surveys to address applied and basic research questions in aquatic ecology. In particular I am interested in:
- Understanding and predicting impacts of invasive species
- Predator-prey dynamics under changing environments
- Multiple environmental stressors and how they affect biotic interactions
Current research activities
- The attractiveness of shrimp feed in aquaculture
- The reestablishment of fish communities on restored coral reefs
- Impact of invasive prey on a native predator
- Size determination of predator-prey interactions
- Anthropogenic noise and its impact on biotic interactions
Desired research direction
- Impacts of pollutants on predator-prey interactions
- The role of the developmental environment in shaping future behaviour
- Mathematical modelling of food webs
Target collaborative companies
- Mars WALTHAM
- Skretting
Target collaborative organisations
- University of Exeter
- University of Portsmouth
- University of Witwatersrand, South Africa
Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange
- Functional responses and associated statistical modelling
- Marine invertebrate behaviour
- Animal husbandry and lab maintenance of specimens
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
External positions
Research Associate, Stellenbosch University
1 Jan 2016 → 1 Jan 2018
Keywords
- QL Zoology
- Aquatic
- Stressors
- Invasive species
- Biotic interactions
- Behaviour
- Predator-prey
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Influence of social enrichment on transport stress in fish: a behavioural approach
Jones, M., Alexander, M. E., Lightbody, S., Snellgrove, D., Smith, P., Bramhall, S., Henriquez, F. L., McLellan, I. & Sloman, K. A., 31 May 2023, In: Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 262, 9 p., 105920.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Determination of the functional response in the orb-weaving spider Araneus diadematus (Araneae: Araneidae) according to insecticide type
Boyd, K. M., Hesselberg, T. & Alexander, M. E., 31 Oct 2022, In: Ecological Entomology. 47, 5, p. 791-800 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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How should we monitor welfare in the ornamental fish trade?
Jones, M., Alexander, M. E., Snellgrove, D., Smith, P., Bramhall, S., Carey, P., Henriquez, F. L., McLellan, I. & Sloman, K. A., 14 Mar 2022, In: Reviews in Aquaculture. 14, 2, p. 770-790 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Predatory ability and abundance forecast the ecological impacts of two aquatic invasive species
DeRoy, E. M., Crookes, S., Matheson, K., Scott, R., McKenzie, C. H., Alexander, M. E., Dick, J. T. A. & MacIsaac, H. J., 27 Jan 2022, In: NeoBiota. 71, p. 91-112 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid learning in a native predator shifts diet preferences towards invasive prey
Alexander, M. E., Skein, L. & Robinson, T. B., 31 Mar 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 3, 5 p., 20210655.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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International Conference for Aquatic Invasive Species
Mhairi Alexander (Speaker)
30 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Invited talk: The re-establishment of fish assemblages on restored coral reefs. Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
Mhairi Alexander (Invited speaker), Marie Seraphim (Invited speaker) & Kath Sloman (Invited speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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UWS Super Science Festival
Phillip Cowie (Presenter), Kath Sloman (Presenter), Mhairi Alexander (Presenter), Marie Seraphim (Presenter) & Guillermo Bardera (Presenter)
Feb 2019Activity: Other › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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UWS Teaching and Learning Conference 2019
Mhairi Alexander (Speaker) & Kath Sloman (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Invited talk: Predicting Impacts of Invasive Species: Old Challenges and New Approaches, University of Liverpool
Mhairi Alexander (Speaker)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk