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Selected Publications

Piscart, C., Dick, J.T.A., McCriskin, D. & MacNeil, C. (in press). Environmental mediation of intraguild predation between the freshwater invader Gammarus pulex and the native G. duebeni celticus.  Biological Invasions.

MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Gell, F., Selman, R., Lenartowicz, P. & Hynes, H.B.N. (in press). A long-term study (1949-2005) of experimental introductions to an Island; freshwater amphipods (Crustacea) in the Isle of Man (British Isles).  Diversity & Distributions.

Platvoet, D., van der Velde, G., Dick, J.T.A. & Shuqiang, L. (in press). Flexible omnivory in Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894) (Amphipoda).  Crustaceana.

Goodwin, C.E., Dick, J.T. A. & Elwood, R.W. (in press). Preliminary assessment of the distribution of sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus (L.), river lamprey Lampetra fluviatilis (L.) and brook lamprey Lampetra planeri (Bloch) in Northern Ireland.  Biology & Environment.

Platvoet, D., Dick, J.T.A., MacNeil, C., van Riel, M.C. & van der Velde, G. (in press). Invader-invader interactions: co-existence of two invasive amphipods, Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky) and Gammarus tigrinus Sexton.  Biological Invasions.

Patterson, L., Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W. (in press). Claw removal and feeding ability in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus: implications for fishery practice. Applied Animal Behaviour Science.

Goodwin, C.E., Dick, J.T.A., Rogowski, D.L. & Elwood, R.W. (in press). Lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis and L. planeri) ammocoete habitat associations at regional, catchment and microhabitat scales in Northern Ireland.  Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Barr, S., Laming, P.R., Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W. (2008). Nociception or pain in a decapod crustacean? Animal Behaviour, 75: 745-751.

Bollache, L., Dick, J.T.A., Farnsworth, K.D. & Montgomery, W.I. (2008). Comparison of the functional responses of invasive and native amphipods.  Biology Letters, 4: 166-169.

Dick, J.T.A. (2008). Role of behaviour in biological invasions and species distributions; lessons from interactions between the invasive Gammarus pulex and the native G. duebeni (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  Contributions to Zoology, 77: 91-98.

Dunn, A.M., Dick, J.T.A. & Hatcher, M.J. (2008). The less amorous Gammarus: predation risk affects mating decisions in Gammarus duebeni (Amphipoda).  Animal Behaviour, 76: 1289-1295.

Hatcher M.J., Dick, J.T.A. & Dunn A.M. (2008). A keystone effect for parasites in intraguild predation? Biology Letters, 4: 534-537.

MacNeil, C., Platvoet, D. & Dick, J.T.A. (2008). Potential roles for differential body size and microhabitat complexity in mediating biotic interactions within invasive freshwater amphipod assemblages.  Fundamental and Applied Limnology, 172: 175-182.

Patterson, L., Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W. (2008). Embryo retrieval and kin recognition in an amphipod (Crustacea).  Animal Behaviour, 76: 717-722.

Sutherland, W.J., Bailey, M.J., Bainbridge, I.P., Brereton, T., Dick, J.T.A., Drewitt, J., Dulvy, N.K., Dusic, N.R., Freckleton, R.P., Gaston, K.J., Gilder, P.M., Green, R.E., Heathwaite, A.L., Johnson, S.M., MacDonald, D.W., Mitchell, R., Osborn, D., Owen, R.P., Pretty, J., Prior, S.V., Prosser, H., Pullin, A.S., Rose, P., Stott, A., Tew, T., Thomas, C.D., Thompson, D.B.A., Vickery, J.A., Walker, M., Walmsley, C., Warrington, S., Watkinson, A.R., Williams, R.J., Woodroffe, R., Woodroof, H.J. (2008). Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning.  Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 821-833.

Harrison, A.J., Gault, N.F.S. & Dick, J.T.A. (2007). Diel variation in egg-laying by the freshwater fish louse, Argulus foliaceus (Crustacea: Branchiura).  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 78: 169-172.

Patterson, L., Dick, J.T.A., & Elwood, R.W. (2007). Physiological stress responses in the edible crab, Cancer pagurus, to the fishery practise of de-clawing.  Marine Biology, 152: 265-272.

Preston, S.J., Portig, A.A., Montgomery, W.I., McDonald, R.A., Dick, J.T.A. & Fairley, J.S. (2007). Temporal and spatial variation in otter Lutra lutra diet in Northern Ireland.  Biology & Environment, 107B: 61-66.

Bailey, R.J.E., Dick, J.T.A., Elwood, R.W. & MacNeil, C. (2006). Predatory interactions between the invasive amphipod Gammarus tigrinus and the native opossum shrimp Mysis relicta.  Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 25: 393-405.

Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W. (2006). Parent-offspring conflict and motivational control of brooding in an amphipod (Crustacea).  Biology Letters, 2: 501-504.

Gallagher, M., Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W. (2006). Riverine habitat requirements of the white-clawed crayfish, Austropotamobius pallipes.  Biology & Environment, 106B: 1-8.

Goodwin, C.E., Griffiths, D., Dick, J.T.A. & Elwood, R.W.  (2006). A freshwater-feeding Lampetra fluviatilis L. population in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.  Journal of Fish Biology, 68: 628-633.

Harrison, A.J., Gault, N.F.S. & Dick, J.T.A. (2006). Seasonal and vertical patterns of egg-laying by the freshwater fish louse, Argulus foliaceus L. (Crustacea: Branchiura).  Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 68: 167-173.

Hatcher, M.J., Dick, J.T.A. & Dunn, A.M. (2006). How parasites affect interactions between competitors and predators. Ecology Letters, 9: 1-19.

Kelly, D.W., Bailey, R.J.E., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A. & McDonald, R.A. (2006). Invasion by the amphipod Gammarus pulex alters community composition of native freshwater macroinvertebrates.  Diversity and Distributions, 12: 525-534.

Kirkpatrick, A.J., Gerhardt, A., Dick, J.T.A., Laming, P.R. & Berges, J.A. (2006). Suitability of Crangonyx pseudogracilis (Crustacea: Amphipoda) as an Early Warning Indicator in the Multispecies Freshwater Biomonitor.  Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 13: 242-250.

Kirkpatrick, A.J., Gerhardt, A., Dick, J.T.A., McKenna, M. & Berges, J.A. (2006). Use of the multispecies freshwater biomonitor to assess behavioral changes of Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) (Crustacea, Amphipoda) in response to toxicant exposure in sediment.  Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety, 64: 298-303.

Platvoet, D., Dick, J.T.A., Konijnendijk, N. & van der Velde, G. (2006). Feeding on micro-algae in the invasive Ponto-Caspian amphipod Dikerogammarus villosus (Sowinsky, 1894). Aquatic Ecology, 40: 237-245.

Stokes, K.E., O'Neill, K.P., Montgomery, W.I., Dick, J.T.A., Maggs, C.A. & McDonald, R.A. (2006). The importance of stakeholder engagement in invasive species management: A cross-jurisdictional perspective in Ireland. Biodiversity & Conservation, 15: 2829-2852.

Crean, S.R., Dick, J.T.A., Evans, D.W., Rosell, R.S. & Elwood, R.W. (2005). Survival of juvenile eels, Anguilla anguilla, transferred among salinities, and developmental shifts in their salinity preference.  Journal of Zoology, London, 266: 11-14.

Dick, J.T.A., Johnson, M.P., McCambridge, S., Johnson, J., Carson, V.E.E., Kelly, D.W. & MacNeil, C. (2005). Predatory nature of the littoral amphipod Echinogammarus marinus: gut contents analysis and the effects of alternative food and substrate heterogeneity.  Marine Ecology Progress Series, 291: 151-158.

Fielding, N.J., MacNeil, C., Robinson, N., Dick, J.T.A., Elwood, R.W., Terry, R.S., Ruiz, Z. & Dunn, A.M. (2005). Ecological impacts of the microsporidian parasite Pleistophora mulleri on its freshwater amphipod host Gammarus duebeni celticus.  Parasitology, 131: 331-336.

Hume, K.D., Elwood, R.W. & Dick, J.T.A. (2005). Sexual dimorphism in amphipods: the role of male posterior gnathopods revealed in Gammarus pulex.  Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 58: 264-269.

Kelly, D.W. & Dick, J.T.A. (2005). Introduction of the non-indigenous amphipod Gammarus pulex alters population dynamics and diet of juvenile trout Salmo trutta.  Freshwater Biology, 50: 127-140.

Kelly, D.W. & Dick, J.T.A. (2005). Effects of environment and an introduced invertebrate species on the structure of benthic macroinvertebrate species at the catchment level.  Archiv für Hydrobiologie, 164: 69-88.

MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Johnson, M.P., Hatcher, M.J. & Dunn, A.M. (2004). A species invasion mediated through habitat structure, intraguild predation and parasitism.  Limnology & Oceanography, 49: 1848-1856.

MacNeil, C., Prenter, J., Briffa, M., Fielding, N.J., Dick, J.T.A., Riddell, G.E., Hatcher, M.J. and Dunn, A.M. (2005). The replacement of a native freshwater amphipod by an invader: roles for environmental degradation and intraguild predation.  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 61: 1627-1635.

Prenter, J., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A. & Dunn, A.M. (2004). Roles of parasites in animal invasions.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 19: 385-390.

Prenter, J., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Riddell, G.E. & Dunn, A.M. (2004). Lethal and sublethal toxicity of ammonia to native, invasive, and parasitised freshwater amphipods.  Water Research, 38: 2847-2850.

Terry, R.S., Smith, J.E., Sharpe, R.G., Rigaud, T., Littlewood, D.T.J., Ironside, J.E., Rollinson, D., Bouchon, D., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A. & Dunn, A.M. (2004). Widespread vertical transmission and associated host sex-ratio distortion within the eukaryotic phylum Microspora.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 271: 1783-1789.

Crean, S.R., Dick, J.T.A., Evans, D.W., Elwood, R.W. & Rosell, R.S. (2003). Anal redness in European eels as an indicator of infection by the swimbladder nematode, Anguillicola crassus.  Journal of Fish Biology, 62: 482-485.

Fielding, N.J., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Elwood, R.W., Riddell, G.E. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Effects of the acanthocephalan parasite Echinorhynchus truttae on the feeding ecology of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  Journal of Zoology, London, 261: 321-325.

Kelly, D.W., Dick, J.T.A., Montgomery, W.I. & MacNeil, C. (2003). Differences in composition of macroinvertebrate communities with invasive and native Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  Freshwater Biology, 48: 306-315.

MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Hatcher, M.J. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Differential drift and parasitism in invading and native Gammarus spp. (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  Ecography, 26: 467-473.

MacNeil, C., Bigsby, E., Dick, J.T.A., Hatcher, M.J. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Differential physico-chemical tolerances and intraguild predation among native and invasive amphipods (Crustacea); a field study.  Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 156: 165-179.

MacNeil, C., Bigsby, E., Dick, J.T.A., Hynes, H.B.N., Hatcher, M.J. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Temporal changes in the distribution of native and introduced freshwater amphipods in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland.  Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 157: 379-395.

MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Hatcher, M.J., Fielding, N.J., Hume, K.D. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Parasite transmission and cannibalism in an amphipod (Crustacea).  International Journal for Parasitology, 33: 795-798.

MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Hatcher, M.J., Terry, R.S., Smith, J.E. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Parasite mediated predation between native and invasive amphipods.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B, 270: 1309-1314.

MacNeil, C., Fielding, N.J., Dick, J.T.A., Briffa, M., Prenter, P., Hatcher, M.J. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). An acanthocephalan parasite mediates intraguild predation between invasive and native freshwater amphipods (Crustacea).  Freshwater Biology, 48: 2085-2093.

MacNeil, C., Fielding, N.J., Hume, K.D., Dick, J.T.A., Elwood, R.W., Hatcher, M.J. and Dunn, A.M. (2003). Parasite altered microdistribution of Gammarus pulex (Crustacea: Amphipoda).  International Journal for Parasitology, 33: 57-64.

Terry, R.S., MacNeil, C., Dick, J.T.A., Smith, J.E. & Dunn, A.M. (2003). Resolution of a taxonomic conundrum: an ultrastructural and molecular description of the life cycle of Pleistophora mulleri (Pfeiffer 1895; Georgevitch 1929).  Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 50: 266-273.