Dr Andrew Blight

Laboratory Manager/Research Fellow

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I am the laboratory manager for the Sediment Ecology Research Group (SERG). I am responsible for coordinating much of the research, training, teaching and administration within the group. I also coordinate the BL3000 Field Course module and teach on a number of other undergraduate and postgraduate modules within the School of Biology: BL1102 Biology 2, BL3308 Aquatic Ecology, BL3318 Biology of Marine Organisms, BL4201 Experimental Research Project and BL5304 Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems.


Prior to this I was a Research Fellow working on VECTORS; a large EU FP7 funded project which Finished in February 2015 (www.marine-vectors.eu). It consisted of 37 project partners from a variety of research institutions across Europe. The project set out to elucidate the drivers and pressures that cause change in marine life, the mechanisms by which they do so, their impacts on ecosystem structures and functioning and on the economics of associated marine sectors and society. It particularly focused on causes and consequences of invasive alien species, outbreak forming species and changes in fish distribution and productivity. I was directly involved with Work Package 3.1 which is split into three sections: systematic reviews on the impacts of macroalgal blooms and invasive ecosystem engineers; Biological Traits Analysis (BTA) which examined the link between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; a case study which examined the impact of the invasive Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) on sediment ecosystems.
 

 

Publications

Guy, C, Blight, A, Smyth, D & Roberts, D 2018, 'The world is their oyster: differences in epibiota on sympatric populations of native Ostrea edulis and non-native Crassostrea gigas (Magallana gigas) oysters' Journal of Sea Research, vol. 140, pp. 52-58. DOI: 10.1016/j.seares.2018.07.002
Guy-Haim, T, Lyons, DA, Kotta, J, Ojaveer, H, Queirós, AM, Chatzinikolaou, E, Arvanitidis, C, Como, S, Magni, P, Blight, AJ, Orav-Kotta, H, Somerfield, PJ, Crowe, TP & Rilov, G 2018, 'Diverse effects of invasive ecosystem engineers on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functions: a global review and meta-analysis' Global Change Biology, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 906-924. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14007
Ashton, TJ, Kayoueche-Reeve, M, Blight, AJ, Moore, J & Paterson, DM 2017, 'Duplex DNA barcoding allows accurate species determination of morphologically similar limpets (Patella spp.) from non-destructive sampling' Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 97, no. 7, pp. 1479-1482. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416000813
Kregting, L, Blight, AJ, Elsäßer, B & Savidge, G 2016, 'The influence of water motion on the growth rate of the kelp Laminaria digitata' Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 478, pp. 86-95. DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.02.006
Lyons, DA, Arvanitidis, C, Blight, AJ, Chatzinikolaou, E, Guy-Haim, T, Kotta, J, Queirós, AM, Rilov, G, Somerfield, PJ & Crowe, TP 2016, 'There are no whole truths in meta-analyses: all their truths are half truths' Global Change Biology, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 968-971. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12989
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Dr Andrew Blight
Scottish Oceans Institute
 East Sands
 University of St Andrews
 St Andrews
 Fife
 KY16 8LB
 UK

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