Prof Andrew Brierley

Director of Research

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3458

Email

asb4@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I am an aquatic ecologist. I lead the Pelagic Ecology Research Group (PERG) from the Scottish Oceans Institute. We conduct research on the ecology and behaviour of zooplankton and fish, the higher predators that feed on them and, increasingly, on links between lake fish abundance and human health. We are seeking to understand how natural and climate-related variability impact fish and zooplankton, and consequences that change in the fish and zooplankton have for natural predators (e.g. penguins, seals and whales), fisheries, food security and human health.

PhD supervision

• Yang Yang
• Collins Ongore
• Richard Mangeni
• Jacqueline Glencross
• Jessica Hudgins
• Alix Rommel
• Hayley Mclennan

Selected publications

• Response of fish stocks in Lake Victoria to enforcement of the ban on illegal fishing: are there lessons for management?

  Nyamweya, C. S., Natugonza, V., Kashindye, B. B., Mangeni-Sande, R., Kagoya, E., Mpomwenda, V., Mziri, V., Elison, M., Mlaponi, E., Ongore, C., Makori, A., Shaban, S. S., Aura, C. M., Kayanda, R., Taabu-Munyaho, A., Njiru, J., Ogari, Z., Proud, R. & Brierley, A. S., Apr 2023, In: Journal of Great Lakes Research. 49, 2, p. 531-544 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Coastal seascape variability in the intensifying East Australian Current Southern Extension

  Phillips, L. R., Malan, N., Roughan, M., Harcourt, R., Jonsen, I., Cox, M., Brierley, A. S., Slip, D., Wilkins, A. & Carroll, G., 21 Sep 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 17 p., 925123.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  The potential for aquaculture to reduce poverty and control schistosomiasis in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) during an era of climate change: a systematic review

  Ozretich, R. W., Wood, C. L., Allan, F., Koumi, A. R., Norman, R., Brierley, A. S., De Leo, G. A. & Little, D. C., 21 Feb 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Reviews in Fisheries Science & Acquaculture. Latest Articles, p. 1-31 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Variability in prey field structure drives inter-annual differences in prey encounter by a marine predator, the little penguin

  Phillips, L. R., Carroll, G., Jonsen, I., Harcourt, R., Brierley, A. S., Wilkins, A. & Cox, M., Sep 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 9, 13 p., 220028.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Variation in mesopelagic fish community composition and structure between Mediterranean and Atlantic waters around the Iberian Peninsula

  Olivar, M. P., Castellón, A., Sabatés, A., Sarmiento-Lezcano, A., Emelianov, M., Bernal, A., Yang, Y., Proud, R. & Brierley, A. S., 25 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 22 p., 1028717.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Bayesian Network Analysis reveals resilience of the jellyfish Aurelia aurita to an Irish Sea regime shift

  Mitchell, E. G., Wallace, M. I., Smith, V. A., Wiesenthal, A. A. & Brierley, A. S., 12 Feb 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 14 p., 3707.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Ecosystem approach to harvesting in the Arctic: walking the tightrope between exploitation and conservation in the Barents Sea

  Heath, M. R., Benkort, D., Brierley, A. S., Daewel, U., Laverick, J. H., Proud, R. & Speirs, D. C., 3 Sep 2021, In: Ambio. First Online, 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Estimating pelagic fish biomass in a tropical seascape using echosounding and baited stereo-videography

  Letessier, T. B., Proud, R., Meeuwig, J. J., Cox, M. J., Hosegood, P. J. & Brierley, A. S., 29 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Ecosystems. First Online, 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Gill transcriptomic responses to toxin-producing alga Prymnesium parvum in rainbow trout

  Clinton, M., Król, E., Sepúlveda, D., Andersen, N. R., Brierley, A. S., Ferrier, D. E. K., Hansen, P. J., Lorenzen, N. & Martin, S. A. M., 8 Dec 2021, In: Frontiers in Immunology. 12, 17 p., 794593.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Impacts of jellyfish on marine cage aquaculture: an overview of existing knowledge and the challenges to finfish health

  Clinton, M., Ferrier, D. E. K., Martin, S. A. M. & Brierley, A. S., Aug 2021, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78, 5, p. 1557–1573

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

 

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