Gordon Watson Portrait

Professor Gordon Watson

Professor of Marine Zoology

Gordon.Watson@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

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Faculty of Science and Health School of the Environment and Life Sciences Biological sciences Environmental Geography and Geosciences Sustainability and the environment Future and emerging technologies

Biography

I am a marine ecologist whose expertise lies in investigating the effects of humans on aquatic organisms through pollution and exploitation. Research interests include the role of conservation in protecting benthic habitats and the effects of pollutants on benthic systems using polychaete models. Other areas include aquaculture of invertebrates for the marine aquarium trade and the environmental and endocrine control of reproduction in marine invertebrates.

Research interests

  • Environmental and endocrine control of reproduction in marine invertebrates
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Effects human impacts (bait collection) on benthic systems
  • The role of chemical signalling in marine invertebrates
  • The marine aquarium trade

Current PhD Research Topics

  • Effects of chronic exposure of industrial chemicals on invertebrates
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of marine conservation

For further detail on current projects, please see my lab page.

Research outputs

2024

Trace element contamination biomonitoring: A comparative study between the polychaetes Alitta virens and Hediste diversicolor

Gobert, S., Lepoint, G., Richir, J., Sturaro, N., Watson, G. J., White, S.

15 Dec 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 363, 10p., 125116

Filtration behaviour of Ostrea edulis: diurnal rhythmicity influenced by light cycles, body size and water temperature

Fabra, M., Helmer, L., Morrall, Z., Preston, J., Watson, G.

15 Nov 2024, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 48, 20p., 18

Abundance, composition, spatial distribution, and management practices of marine litter along the Bay of Bengal coast of Bangladesh

Ahmed, M. K., Bennett, M., Failler, P., Habibullah-Al-Mamun, M., Islam, M. S., March, A. L. A., Ohiduzzaman, M., Rani, S., Watson, G.

27 Aug 2024, In: Bangladesh Maritime Journal. 8, 1, p. 45-68

2023

Can the global marine aquarium trade (MAT) be a model for sustainable coral reef fisheries?

Arduini, D., Calabrese, C., Collins, J., Kohler, S., Richir, J., Schaefer, M., Watson, G. J.

6 Dec 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 49, 12p., eadh4942

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