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Selected Publications

Lee, P.L.M, Dawson, M.N., Neill, S.P., Robins, P.E., Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K. & Hays, G.C. (2013). Identification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish.  J. Roy. Soc. Interface.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0920.

Chivers, L.S., Lundy, M.G., Colhoun, K., Newton, S.F., Houghton, J.D.R. & Reid, N. (2012). Foraging trip time-activity budgets and reproductive success in the black-legged kittiwake.  Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser., 456: 269-277.

Harrod, C., Syväranta, J., Kubicek, L., Cappanera, V. & Houghton, J.D.R. (in press) The challenge persists! Stable isotope data continue to challenge the perception of ocean sunfish Mola mola as obligate jellyfish predators – a reply to Logan & Dodge. Journal of Fish Biology.
 
Lyons, G.L., Pope, E.C, Kostka, B., Wilson, R.P, Dobrajc, Z. & Houghton, J.D.R. (in press) Tri-axial accelerometers tease apart discrete behaviours in the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.
 
Lundy M.G., Harrison A., Buckley D.J., Boston E.S., Scott D.D., Teeling E.C., Montgomery W.I. & Houghton J.D.R. (2012) Prey field switching based on preferential behaviour can induce Lévy flights. Journal of Royal Society Interface 20120489. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0489
 
Fleming, N.E.C., Houghton, J.D.R., Magill, C.L. & Harrod, C. (2011) Preservation methods alter stable isotope values in gelatinous zooplankton: implications for interpreting trophic ecology. Marine Biology, 158: 2121-2136.

Syväranta, J., Harrod, C., Kubicek, L., Cappanera, V. & Houghton, J.D.R. (2012). Stable isotopes challenge the perception of ocean sunfish Mola mola as obligate jellyfish predators.  Journal of Fish Biology, 80: 225-231.

Clarkin, E., Maggs, C.A., Arnott, G., Briggs, S. & Houghton, J.D.R. (2012). The colonisation of macroalgal rafts by the genus Idotea (sub-phylum Crustacea; order Isopoda): an active or passive process?  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. doi:10.1017/S0025315411002013.

Delannoy, C.M.J., Houghton, J.D.R., Fleming, N.E.C. & Ferguson, H.W. (2010). Mauve Stingers (Pelagia noctiluca) as carriers of the bacterial fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum. Aquaculture 311:  255-257.

Powell, A., Herdson, D.M., Parry, G.S. & Houghton, J.D.R. (2010). Reply to Chassot et al.: rare tuna species in British waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 77: 1455-1458.

Humphries et al (2010). Environmental context explains Lévy and Brownian movement patterns of marine predators.  Nature. 465: 1066-1069.

Pope, E.C., Hays, G.G., Thys, T.M., Doyle, T.K., Sims, N., Queroz, N., Hobson, V.J., Kubicek, L. & Houghton, J.D.R. (2010). The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives.  Rev. Fish. Biol. Fisheries. 20: 471-487.

Powell, A., Parry, G.S., Houghton, J.D.R. & Herdson, D.M. (2009). Rare occurrence of a bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus in British waters, with notes on other occurrences of sub-tropical tunas.  Journal of Fish Biology, 75: 917-923.

Byrne, R. Fish, J., Doyle, T.K. & Houghton, J.D.R. (2009). Tracking leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) during consecutive inter-nesting intervals: Further support for direct transmitter attachment.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 377: 68-75

Sims, D.W., Queiroz, N., Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Hays, G.C. (2009). Satellite Tracking of the World's largest bony fish, the ocean sunfish (Mola mola L.) in the North East Atlantic.  Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2008.12.011.

Newson. S.E., Mendes, S., Crick, H.Q.P., Dulvey, N.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Hays, G.C., Hutson, A.M., Macleod, C.D., Pierce, G.J., & Robinson, R.A. (2009). Indicators of the impact of climate change on migratory species.  Endangered Species Research, 7: 101-113.

Houghton, J.D.R., Liebsch, N., Doyle, T.K., Gleiss, A., Lilley, M.K.S., Wilson, R.P. & Hays, G.C. (2009). Harnessing the Sun: Testing a Novel Attachment Method to Record Fine Scale Movements in Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola).  Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 9: 229-242.

Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K., Davenport, J., Wilson, R.P. & Hays, G.C. (2008). The role of infrequent and extraordinary deep dives in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea).  Journal of Experimental Biology , 211: 2566-2575.

Shultz, N. (2008). Turtles dive deep for dinner (short editorial piece on JEB article above).  Journal of Experimental Biology, 211, ii.

Lilley, M.K.S., Houghton, J.D.R. & Hays, G.C. (in press). A review of distribution, extent of inter-annual variability and diet of the bloom-forming jellyfish Rhizostoma in European waters.  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

Doyle, T.K., De Haas, H., Cotton, D., Dorshell, B., Cummins, V., Houghton, J.D.R., Davenport, J., Hays, G.C. (2008). Widespread occurrence of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in Irish coastal and shelf waters.  Journal of Plankton Research, 30: 963-968.

Houghton, J.D.R., Cedras, A., Myers, A.E., Liebsch, N., Metcalfe, J.D., Mortimer, J.A., Hays, G.C. (2008). Measuring the state of consciousness in a free-living diving sea turtle.   Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 356: 115-120.

Hays, G.C., Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Lilley, M.K.S., Metcafle, J.D., Righton, D. (2008). Diving behaviour of jellyfish equipped with electronic tags.   Journal of Plankton Research, 30: 325-331.

Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., O'Súilleabháin, P.F., Hobson, V.J., Marnell, F., Davenport, J., Hays, G.C. (2008). Leatherback turtles satellite tagged in European waters.   Endangered Species Research, 4: 23-31.

Houghton, J.D.R., Myers, A.E., Lloyd, C., King, R.S., Isaacs, C., Hays, G.C. (2007). Protracted rainfall decreases temperature within leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) clutches in Grenada, West Indies: Ecological implications for a species displaying temperature dependent sex determination.   Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 345: 71-77.

Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K., Davenport, J., Lilley, M.K.S., Wilson, R.P. & Hays, G.C. (2007). Stranding Events Provide Indirect Insights into the Seasonality and Persistence of Jellyfish Medusae (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa).   Hydrobiologia, 589: 1-13.

Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Davenport, J. & Hays, G.C. (2007). The energy density of jellyfish: estimates from bomb calorimetry and proximate-composition.   Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 343: 239-252.

Doyle, T.K., Houghton, J.D.R., Davenport, J & Hays, G.C. (2007). The broad-scale distribution of five jellyfish species across a temperate coastal environment.   Hydrobiologia, 579: 29-39.

Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K., Davenport, J. & Hays, G.C. (2006). Jellyfish aggregations and leatherback turtle foraging patterns in a temperate coastal environment.   Ecology, 87: 1967-1972.

Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K., Davenport, J. & Hays, G.C. (2006). The ocean sunfish Mola mola: insights into distribution, abundance and behaviour in the Irish & Celtic Seas.   Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 86: 1-7.

Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K., Davenport, J. & Hays, G.C. (2006). Developing a simple, rapid method for identifying and monitoring jellyfish aggregations from the air.   Marine Ecology Progress Series, 314: 159-170.

McMahon, C.R., Autret, E., Houghton, J.D.R., Lovell, P., Myers, A.E. & Hays, G.C. (2005). Animal-borne sensors successfully capture the real-time thermal properties of ocean basins.   Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 3: 392-398.

Hays, G.C., Houghton, J.D.R. & Myers, A.E. (2004). Pan-Atlantic leatherback turtle movements.   Nature, 429: 522.

Hays, G.C., Houghton, J.D.R., Isaacs, C., King, R.S., Lloyd, C. & Lovell, P. (2004). First records of oceanic dive profiles for leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, indicate behavioural plasticity associated with long-distance migration.   Animal Behaviour, 67: 733-743.

Hays, G.C., Houghton, J.D.R., Doyle, T.K. & Davenport, J. (2003). Aircraft give a new view of jellyfish behaviour. Nature, 426: 383.

Houghton, J.D.R., Callow, M.J. & Hays, G.C. (2003). Habitat utilisation by juvenile hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata, Linnaeus 1766) around a shallow water coral reef.   Journal of Natural History, 37: 1269-1280.

Houghton, J.D.R., Broderick, A.C., Godley, B.J., Metcalfe, J.D. & Hays, G.C. (2002). Diving behaviour during the internesting interval for loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta nesting in Cyprus.   Marine Ecology Progress Series, 227: 63-70.

Hays, G.C., Broderick, A.C., Glen, F., Godley, B.J., Houghton, J.D.R. & Metcalfe, J.D. (2002). Water temperature and internesting intervals for loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtles.   Journal of Thermal Biology, 27: 429-432.

Godley, B.J., Broderick, A.C., Downie, J.R., Glen, F., Houghton, J.D.R., Kirkwood, I., Reece, J. & Hays, G.C. (2001). Thermal conditions in nests of loggerhead turtles: further evidence suggesting female skewed sex ratios of hatchling production in the Mediterranean.   Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 263: 45-63.

Houghton, J.D.R. & Hays, G.C. (2001). Asynchronous emergence by loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings.   Naturwissenschaften, 88: 133-136.

Houghton, J.D.R., Woolmer A & Hays, G.C. (2000). Sea turtle diving and foraging behaviour around theGreek island of Kefalonia.   Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 80: 761-762.

* These papers were included in a major news feature in Science: Eli Kintisch (2006). As the seas warm. Science, 313: 776-779.

Book Chapter: Margaratoulis et al (2003). Loggerhead Turtles in the Mediterranean Sea. In: Loggerhead Sea Turtles (eds. A.B. Bolten & B.E. Witherington). Smithsonian Books, Washington.

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