Prof Andrew Brierley

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 463458

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

• Richard Mangeni Sande
• Collins Ongore
• Yang Yang
• Camille Le Guen

Selected publications

• Main drivers of mercury levels in Southern Ocean lantern fish Myctophidae

  Seco, J., Xavier, J. C., Bustamante, P., Coelho, J. P., Saunders, R. A., Ferreira, N., Fielding, S., Pardal, M. A., Stowasser, G., Viana, T., Tarling, G. A., Pereira, E. & Brierley, A. S., 3 May 2020, In : Environmental Pollution. 264, 10 p., 114711.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Mercury levels in Southern Ocean squid: variability over the last decade

  Seco, J., Xavier, J. C., Brierley, A. S., Bustamante, P., Coelho, J. P., Gregory, S., Fielding, S., Pardal, M. A., Pereira, B., Stowasser, G., Tarling, G. A. & Pereira, E., Jan 2020, In : Chemosphere. 239, 124785.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Microplastic study reveals the presence of natural and synthetic fibres in the diet of King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) foraging from South Georgia

  Le Guen, C., Suaria, G., Sherley, R. B., Ryan, P. G., Aliani, S., Boehme, L. & Brierley, A. S., Jan 2020, In : Environment International . 134, 9 p., 105303.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Molecular identification of potential aquaculture pathogens adherent to cnidarian zooplankton

  Clinton, M., Kintner, A. H., Delannoy, C., Brierley, A. S. & Ferrier, D. E. K., 15 Mar 2020, In : Aquaculture. 518, 8 p., 734801.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• From siphonophores to deep scattering layers: uncertainty ranges for the estimation of global mesopelagic fish biomass

  Proud, R., Handegard, N. O., Kloser, R., Cox, M. & Brierley, A. S., May 2019, In : ICES Journal of Marine Science. 76, 3, p. 718-733

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Internal lee waves and baroclinic bores over a tropical seamount shark ?hot-spot?

  Hosegood, P. J., Nimmo-Smith, W. A. M., Proud, R., Adams, K. & Brierley, A. S., Mar 2019, In : Progress in Oceanography. 172, p. 34-50 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Modelisation of potential habitats of the main mesopelagic fish according to environmental parameters

  Proud, R. & Brierley, A. S., 3 Mar 2019, Zenodo. 26 p.

  Research output: Book/Report ? Commissioned report

• Spatial variability in total and organic mercury levels in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba across the Scotia Sea

  Seco, J., Xavier, J. C., Coelho, J. P., Pereira, B., Tarling, G., Pardal, M. A., Bustamante, P., Stowasser, G., Brierley, A. S. & Pereira, M. E., Apr 2019, In : Environmental Pollution. 247, p. 332-339 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Cryptic hydrozoan blooms pose risks to gill health in farmed North Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

  Kintner, A. & Brierley, A. S., 21 May 2018, In : Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. First View, 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

• Fine-scale depth structure of pelagic communities throughout the global ocean based on acoustic sound scattering layers

  Proud, R., Cox, M., Le Guen, C. & Brierley, A. S., 28 Jun 2018, In : Marine Ecology Progress Series. 598, p. 35-48

  Research output: Contribution to journal ? Article

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