Alex Ford

2024

A toxic chemical was blamed for killing thousands of Teesside crabs – but our study explains why pyridine wasn’t the culprit

Ford, A., Halsall, C. & Fitzsimons, M., 17 Sept 2024, The Conversation.

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EthoCRED: a framework to guide reporting and evaluation of the relevance and reliability of behavioural ecotoxicity studies

Bertram, M. G., Ågerstrand, M., Thoré, E. S. J., Allen, J., Balshine, S., Brand, J. A., Brooks, B. W., Dang, Z., Duquesne, S., Ford, A. T., Hoffmann, F., Hollert, H., Jacob, S., Kloas, W., Klüver, N., Lazorchak, J., Ledesma, M., Maack, G., Macartney, E. L. & Martin, J. M. & 15 others, Melvin, S. D., Michelangeli, M., Mohr, S., Padilla, S., Pyle, G., Saaristo, M., Sahm, R., Smit, E., Steevens, J. A., van den Berg, S., Vossen, L. E., Wlodkowic, D., Wong, B. B. M., Ziegler, M. & Brodin, T., 12 Oct 2024, (Early online) In: Biological Reviews. 30 p.

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Evaluation of precopulatory pairing behaviour and male fertility in a marine amphipod exposed to plastic additives

Green-Ojo, B., Botelho, M. T., Umbuzeiro, G. D. A., Gomes, V., Parker, M. O., Grinsted, L. & Ford, A. T., 15 Jan 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 341, 10 p., 122946.

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Exploring Outputs of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Panel on Chemicals, Waste, and Pollution Prevention

Diamond, M. L., Sigmund, G., Bertram, M. G., Ford, A. T., Ågerstrand, M., Carlini, G., Lohmann, R., Šebková, K., Soehl, A., Starling, M. C. V. M., Suzuki, N., Venier, M., Vlahos, P. & Scheringer, M., 9 Jul 2024, In: Environmental Science and Technology Letters. 11, 7, p. 664-672

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Insights into PFAS contaminants before and after sewage discharges into a marine protected harbour

Ford, A. T. & Ginley, F., 17 Oct 2024, In: Chemosphere. 366, 7 p., 143526.

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Low ethnic diversity among university applicants in marine and environmental science in the United Kingdom

Ford, A. T., Shankar, A., Reynolds, S. & Bachiller-Jareno, N., 12 Aug 2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 8 p., 425.

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Priorities to inform research on tire particles and their chemical leachates: A collective perspective

Obanya, H. E., Khan, F. R., Carrasco-Navarro, V., Rødland, E. S., Walker-Franklin, I., Thomas, J., Cooper, A., Molden, N., Amaeze, N. H., Patil, R. S., Kukkola, A., Michie, L., Green-Ojo, B., Rauert, C., Couceiro, F., Hutchison, G. R., Tang, J., Ugor, J., Lee, S. & Hofmann, T. & 1 others, Ford, A. T., 1 Dec 2024, In: Environmental Research. 263, 120222.

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The effects of plastic additives on swimming activity and startle response in marine amphipod Echinogammarus marinus

Green-Ojo, B., Tan, H., Botelho, M. T., Obanya, H., Grinsted, L., Parker, M. O. & Ford, A. T., 1 Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 918, 10 p., 170793.

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Why there is no evidence that pyridine killed the English crabs

Ford, A. T., Fitzsimons, M. F. & Halsall, C., 5 Aug 2024, (Early online) In: Environmental Science: Advances. 7 p.

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2023

Conflicts of interest in the assessment of chemicals, waste, and pollution

Schäffer, A., Groh, K. J., Sigmund, G., Azoulay, D., Backhaus, T., Bertram, M. G., Carney Almroth, B., Cousins, I. T., Ford, A. T., Grimalt, J. O., Guida, Y., Hansson, M. C., Jeong, Y., Lohmann, R., Michaels, D., Mueller, L., Muncke, J., Öberg, G., Orellana, M. A. & Sanganyado, E. & 14 others, Schäfer, R. B., Sheriff, I., Sullivan, R. C., Suzuki, N., Vandenberg, L. N., Venier, M., Vlahos, P., Wagner, M., Wang, F., Wang, M., Soehl, A., Ågerstrand, M., Diamond, M. L. & Scheringer, M., 9 Nov 2023, (Early online) In: Environmental Science & Technology.

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Corrigendum to “Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia” [Sci. Total Environ. volume 841 (2022) Article 156704]

Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J. R., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Failler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A. T., Gutierrez, T. & Hamid, F. S. & 40 others, Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. I., Jones, L., Jones, N. H., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Messer, L. F., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Müller, M., Neill, S. P., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F. L., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quilliam, R., Robins, P. E., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M. W., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakarn, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 20 Jan 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 857, Part 3, 2 p., 159595.

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Independent Expert Assessment of Unusual Crustacean Mortality in the North-east of England in 2021 and 2022

Henderson, G., Bresnan, E., Brooke, J., Davidson, K., Dearnaley, M., Fitzsimons, M., Ford, A., Galloway, T., Halsall, C., Horton, T., Inall, M., Scott, M. & Wilcockson, D., 20 Jan 2023, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. 66 p.

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Marine recreation with a purpose: an emerging form of marine citizen science in the Ocean Decade

Fantuzzi, L., Ford, A., de Laszlo, W. & Couceiro, F., 12 Dec 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism. 2, p. 1304040 7 p.

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White Paper on the scope and functions of the future science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals, waste, and to prevent pollution

Sigmund, G., Diamond, M., Vlahos, P., Agerstrand, M., Alo, B., Backhaus, T., Castillo Castillo, A., Ford, A., Groh, K., Grimalt, J., Guido, Y., Kumar, N., Lohmann, R., Mestrot, A., Moalnder, S., Soehl, A., Suzuki, N., Schaeffer, A., Torres, J. P. & Venier, M. & 3 others, Wagner, M., Wang, M. & Scheringer, M., 18 Jan 2023, International Panel on Chemical Pollution.

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2022

Biomimetic generation of the strongest known biomaterial found in limpet tooth

Rumney, R. M. H., Robson, S., Kao, A., Barbu, E., Bozycki, L., Smith, J., Cragg, S., Couceiro, F., Parwani, R. N., Tozzi, G., Stuer, M., Barber, A. H., Ford, A. & Gorecki, D., 7 Jul 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 13 p., 3753.

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Comparing production and life-history traits of a key amphipod species within and between estuaries under different levels of anthropogenic pressure

Martins, I., Guerra, A., Leite, N., Constantino, E., Ilarri, M., Souza, A., Santos, M., Ford, A. & Campos, J., 1 Jan 2022, In: Marine Environmental Research. 173, 12 p., 105538.

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Editorial: Sustainable development goal 14 - life below water: towards a sustainable ocean

Molony, B., Ford, A., Sequeira, A., Borja, A., Zivian, A., Robinson, C., Lonborg, C., Escobar-Briones, E., Di Lorenzo, E., Andersen, J. H., Müller, M. N., Devlin, M., Failler, P., Villasante, S., Libralato, S. & Fortibuoni, T., 24 Feb 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 4 p., 829610.

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Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution

Bertram, M. G., Martin, J. M., McCallum, E. S., Alton, L. A., Brand, J. A., Brooks, B. W., Cerveny, D., Fick, J., Ford, A., Hellström, G., Michelangeli, M., Nakagawa, S., Polverino, G., Saaristo, M., Sih, A., Tan, H., Tyler, C. R., Wong, B. B. M. & Brodin, T., 1 Aug 2022, In: Biological Reviews. 97, 4, p. 1346-1364

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Impact of test chamber design on spontaneous behavioral responses of model crustacean zooplankton Artemia franciscana

Henry, J., Bai, Y., Logozzo, A., Ford, A. & Wlodkowic, D., 1 Mar 2022, In: Lab Animal. 51, p. 81-88

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Life-history data of a key amphipod species from three NE Atlantic estuaries under different levels of anthropogenic pressure

Martins, I., Guerra, A., Leite, N., Constantino, E., Ilarri, M. I., Souza, A. T., Santos, M. M., Ford, A. T. & Campos, J., 1 Feb 2022, In: Data In Brief. 40, 8 p., 107729.

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Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

Omeyer, L., Duncan, E., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Nor, N. H. B. M., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L., Chavanich, S., Clark, J. R., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S., Dickson, N., Failler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A. & Gutierrez, T. & 40 others, Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S., Jones, L., Jones, N. H., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Messer, L. F., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Mueller, M., Neill, S. P., Nelms, S., Onda, D. L., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S., Quilliam, R., Robins, P. E., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M. W., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakarn, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 17 Jun 2022, (Early online) In: Science of the Total Environment. 156704.

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Radiocaesium accumulation and fluctuating asymmetry in the Japanese mitten crab, Eriocheir japonica, along a gradient of radionuclide contamination at Fukushima

Fuller, N., Smith, J. T., Takase, T., Ford, A. T. & Wada, T., 1 Jan 2022, In: Environmental Pollution. 292, Part B, 8 p., 118479.

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Shipping in the north-east Atlantic: identifying spatial and temporal patterns of change

Robbins, J. R., Bouchet, P. J., Miller, D. L., Evans, P. G. H., Waggitt, J., Ford, A. T. & Marley, S. A., 1 Jun 2022, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 179, 10 p., 113681.

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2021

A crab is not a fish: unique aspects of the crustacean endocrine system and considerations for endocrine toxicology

Knigge, T., Leblanc, G. & Ford, A., 2 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12, 22 p., 587608.

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Correction to: Feeding behavioural studies with freshwater Gammarus spp.: the importance of a standardised methodology

Consolandi, G., Ford, A. T. & Bloor, M. C., 19 May 2021, In: Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 253, p. 207 1 p.

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High-throughput screening of psychotropic compounds: impacts on swimming behaviours in Artemia franciscana

Kohler, S. A., Parker, M. & Ford, A., 17 Mar 2021, In: Toxics. 9, 3, 20 p., 64.

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Male fertility: how everyday chemicals are destroying sperm counts in humans and animals

Ford, A. & Hutchison, G., 14 Apr 2021, The Conversation.

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The role of behavioral ecotoxicology in environmental protection

Ford, A., Ågerstrand, M., Brooks, B. W., Allen, J., Bertram, M. G., Brodin, T., Dang, Z.-C., Duquesne, S., Gergs, R., Hoffmann, F., Hollert, H., Jacob, S., Klüver, N., Lazorchak, J., Ledesma, M., Melvin, S. D., Mohr, S., Padilla, S., Pyle, G. & Scholz, S. & 8 others, Saaristo, M., Smit, E., Steevens, J. A., van den Berg, S., Kloas, W., Wong, B. B. M., Ziegler, M. & Maack, G., 4 May 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 9, p. 5620-5628 9 p.

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Unusual male size vs sperm count relationships in a coastal marine amphipod indicate reproductive impairment by unknown toxicants

Tenório Botelho, M., Fuller, N., Vanucci, M., Yang, G., Richardson, K. & Ford, A., Apr 2021, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 8 p., 105793.

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2020

Complete transcriptome assembly and annotation of a critically important amphipod species in freshwater ecotoxicological risk assessment: gammarus fossarum

Caputo, D. R., Robson, S., Werner, I. & Ford, A., 1 Apr 2020, In: Environment International. 137, 10 p., 105319.

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Effects of the antidepressant fluoxetine on pigment dispersion in chromatophores of the common sand shrimp, Crangon crangon: repeated experiments paint an inconclusive picture

Ford, A. & Feuerhelm, E. M., 28 Aug 2020, (Early online) In: Ecotoxicology. 9 p.

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Endocrine disruption in invertebrates: a survey of research progress

Ford, A. & LeBlanc, G. A., 13 Oct 2020, (Early online) In: Environmental Science and Technology. 5 p.

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Environmental influences on crustacean sex determination and reproduction: environmental sex determination, parasitism and pollution

Dunn, A., Rigaud, T. & Ford, A., 17 Sept 2020, Reproductive Biology. Cothran, R. & Thiel, M. (eds.). Oxford University Press, p. 394-428 35 p. (The Natural History of the Crustacea; vol. 6).

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Pollution can drive marine diseases

Bojko, J., Lipp, E., Ford, A. & Behringer, D., 3 Feb 2020, Marine Disease Ecology. Behringer, D. C., Silliman, B. R. & Lafferty, K. D. (eds.). Oxford University Press

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Sex specific differences recorded in the behavior of an amphipod: implications for behavioral toxicology

Cherry, T.-R., Kohler, S. A. & Ford, A., 11 Jun 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7, June 2020, 7 p., 370.

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The effects of wastewater effluent on multiple behaviours in the amphipod, Gammarus pulex

Love, A., Crooks, N. & Ford, A., 20 Aug 2020, (Early online) In: Environmental Pollution.

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2019

Behavioural effects on marine amphipods exposed to silver ions and silver nanoparticles

Vanucci-Silva, M., Kohler, S., Umbuzeiro, G. & Ford, A., 1 Sept 2019, In: Environmental Pollution. 252, Part B, p. 1051-1058

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Chronic radiation exposure at Chernobyl shows no effect on genetic diversity in the freshwater crustacean, Asellus aquaticus thirty years on

Fuller, N., Ford, A. T., Lerebours, A., Gudkov, D. I., Nagorskaya, L. L. & Smith, J. T., 1 Sept 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 18, p. 10135-10144

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De novo transcriptomes of 14 gammarid individuals for proteogenomic analysis of seven taxonomic groups

Cogne, Y., Degli-esposti, D., Pible, O., Gouveia, D., François, A., Bouchez, O., Eché, C., Ford, A., Geffard, O., Armengaud, J., Chaumot, A. & Almunia, C., 1 Dec 2019, In: Scientific Data. 6, 1, 184.

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Emerging investigator series: use of behavioural endpoints in the regulation of chemicals

Ågerstrand, M., Arnold, K., Balshine, S., Brodin, T., Brooks, B. W., Maack, G., McCallum, E. S., Pyle, G., Saaristo, M. & Ford, A., 16 Dec 2019, (Early online) In: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts.

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Feeding behavioural studies with freshwater Gammarus spp.: The importance of a standardised methodology

Consolandi, G., Ford, A. & Bloor, M., 12 Oct 2019, (Early online) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (Continuation of Residue Reviews). de Voogt, P. (ed.). New York: Springer New York

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Impacts of ionising radiation on sperm quality, DNA integrity and post-fertilisation development in marine and freshwater crustaceans

Fuller, N., Smith, J. & Ford, A., 1 Dec 2019, In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 186, 109764.

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Optimizing DanioVision for Toxicology Studies of Invertebrates

Parker, M., Kohler, S. & Ford, A., 15 Jan 2019, (Accepted for publication) Noldus.

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Understanding the margin squeeze: differentiation in fitness‐related traits between central and trailing edge populations of Corallina officinalis

Kolzenburg, R., Nicastro, K. R., McCoy, S. J., Ford, A., Zardi, G. I. & Ragazzola, F., 7 May 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 10, p. 5787-5801 15 p.

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2018

Antidepressants are changing animals’ behaviour – and we’re using technology to find out how

Ford, A., 9 Oct 2018, The Conversation.

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Chronic ingestion of polystyrene microparticles in low doses has no effect on food consumption and growth to the intertidal amphipod Echinogammarus marinus?

Bruck, S. & Ford, A., 1 Feb 2018, In: Environmental Pollution. 233, p. 1125-1130 6 p.

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Population screening and transmission experiments indicate paramyxid-microsporidian co-infection in Echinogammarus marinus represents a non-hyperparasitic relationship between specific parasite strains

Guler, Y., Short, S. J., Green Etxabe, A., Kille, P. & Ford, A., 16 Mar 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 4691.

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Reproduction in the freshwater crustacean Asellus aquaticus along a gradient of radionuclide contamination at Chernobyl

Fuller, N., Ford, A., Nagorskaya, L. L., Gudkov, D. I. & Smith, J., 1 Jul 2018, In: Science of the Total Environment. 628-629, p. 11-17 7 p.

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Shape and size of the arenas affect amphipod behaviours: implications for ecotoxicology

Kohler, S., Parker, M. & Ford, A., 26 Jul 2018, In: PeerJ. 6, e5271.

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Species-specific behaviours in amphipods highlight the need for understanding baseline behaviours in ecotoxicology

Kohler, S., Parker, M. & Ford, A., Sept 2018, In: Aquatic Toxicology. 202, p. 173-180 8 p.

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