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Research interests
My main interests are in early life ecology and recruitment dynamics of marine organisms. I have a varied background completing a PhD in lipid biochemistry at Stirling University and post-doctoral work on nutritional biochemistry of tropical prawns. After that I moved to CEFAS Lowestoft (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) and developed research into the recruitment ecology of commercial fishes such as herring, plaice and cod. As part of this I undertook extensive field surveys in most waters around the UK in order to map the distribution of fish eggs and larvae and investigate their transport, growth and mortality. Field-programs have been complemented with desk based studies into major fisheries issues such as the likely impact of climate change on commercial fish stocks.
I joined SAMS in 2007 to work on shelf seas research in waters to the west of Scotland and to develop complementary experimental and modelling studies. Current projects include studies on the growth of juvenile flatfish on west coast beaches, on predation of egg and juvenile stages of flatfish and on jellyfish interactions with aquaculture. I have also become increasingly involved with the development of marine policy and am currently a member of the European Union Joint Research Council Expert Group on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management.
- Population dynamics of marine finfish
- Large-scale patterns in the distribution of early life stages in relation to oceanography
- Environmental and biological controls on the growth and survival of organisms through the egg, larval and juvenile stages
- Impacts of climate change on marine finfish
- Use of otolith micro‑increments for determining larval fish age and growth history
- Development and application of cutting-edge methods to aid fishery management and ecological investigations e.g. genetic probes for identifying fish eggs in mapping surveys and foodweb studies
At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the ...
I also act as field station and short courses coordinator.
Career / education
2007-present
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Lecturer, SAMS
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1992-2007
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Higher Scientific Officer, CEFAS
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1990-1992
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Post-doc position, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling |
1990
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Awarded PhD, University of Stirling
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1985
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Awarded BSc (Hons) Marine Biology, University of Liverpool (1st class)
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Research
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- Marine Bioresources Knowledge Exchange Scoping study, NERC, 2012
- Establishing a Jellyfish Monitoring program for the west of Scotland: Crown Estate, 2012-2014
- West Scotland Marine Forum Study: Scottish Government, 2010-2011
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West coast-fishery trials of a twin-rig Nephrops trawl incorporating a large-mesh top-sheet for reducing gadoid by-catch, Scottish Science Industry Partnership Project 003/09
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Shark Tagathon, 2009: Shark tagging program in Loch Etive organised by the Scottish Sea Angling Conservation Network
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JELLY-MONITOR: Pilot study to evaluate various methods for monitoring jellyfish abundance on the Scottish west coast. Crown Estate, 2009-2010
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POPCOD: Population structuring of cod around the UK: scale, mechanisms and dynamics. NERC Sustainable Marine Bioresources, 2008-2011
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Application of annual egg production method to monitor the status of the Irish Sea cod stock during the Cod recovery program: MF0160, DEFRA, 2005-2008
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Investigating predation of fish eggs and larvae using genetic probes: MO432 PREDATE, DEFRA, 2005-2009
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Evaluating shelf-wide spatial and temporal changes in fish larval distribution over the last half century in relation to environmental factors and adult distributions: MF11-1, DEFRA, 2007-2011
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Eur-Oceans, EU, 2005-2009 - European network of Excellence for Ocean Ecosystems Analysis
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Publications
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- Hunter, E., Fox, C.J., Maillard, M. & Taylor, M.I. (2012) Experiments on the use of TaqMan probes to detect predation on fish eggs and larvae by teleost predators. Journal of Fish Biology, In press
- Fox, C.J., Taylor, M.., van der Kooij, J., Pascoal, S., Lallias, D., Maillard, M., Taylor, N. Milligan, S.M., Albaina, A. & Hunter, E. (2012) Identification of marine fish egg predators using molecular probes. Marine Ecology Progress Series In press
- Lelievre, S., S. Vaz, & Fox C. (2012) The effectiveness of the continuous underway fish egg sampler compared with standard vertical plankton hauls for sampling the eggs of demersal species in the southern North Sea. Fisheries Oceanography, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2012.00613.x
- Albaina, A., Taylor, M.I. & Fox, C.J. (2012) Molecular detection of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) remains in the stomachs of potential predators on a Scottish flatfish nursery ground. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 444, 223-238. doi:10.3354/meps09439
- Bailey, N., Bailey, D.M., Bellini, L.C., Fernandes, P.G., Fox, C., Heymans, S., Holmes, S., Howe, J., Hughes, S., Magill, S., McIntyre, F., McKee, D., Ryan, M.R., Smith, I.P., Tyldsely, G., Watret, R., Turrell, W.R. (2011) The West of Scotland Marine Ecosystem: A Review of Scientific Knowledge Marine Scotland Science Report Scottish Government,, Aberdeen, p 292, available from www.marlab.ac.uk
- Frost, J.R. Denda, A., Fox, C.J., Jacoby, C.A., Koppelmann, R.M. Nielsen, St. John, M.H., Marsh, A., Youngbluth, J. (2011) Abundance, distribution and trophic links of gelatinous zooplankton on Dogger Bank, North Sea. Marine Biology, 159, 239-253. doi:10.1007/s00227-011-1803-7
- Albaina, A., Fox, C.J., Taylor, N., Hunter, E., Maillard, M. & Taylor, M.I. (2010) A TaqMan real-time PCR based assay targeting plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) DNA to detect predation by the brown shrimp (Crangon crangon L.) and the shore crab (Carcinus maenas L.) -Assay development and validation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391, 178-189. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.029
- Watts, P.C., Kay, S.M., Wolfenden, D., Fox, C.J., Geffen, A.J., Kemp, S.J. & Nash, R.D.M. (2010) Temporal patterns of spatial genetic structure and effective population size in European plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) along the west coast of Scotland and in the Irish Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 67, 607-616, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsp274
- Munk, P., Fox, C.J., Bolle, L.J., van Damme, C.J.G., Fossum, P., Kraus, G. (2009) Spawning of North Sea fishes linked to hydrographic features. Fisheries Oceanography, 18, 458-469, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2009.00525.x
- van Damme, C.J.G., Bolle, L.J., Fox, C.J., Fossum, P., Kraus, G., Munk, P., Rohlf, N., Witthames, P.R. & Dickey-Collas, M. (2009) A reanalysis of North Sea plaice spawning-stock biomass using the annual egg production method. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66, 1119-2011, doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsp169
- Fox, C.J., McCloghrie, P. & Nash, R.D.M. (2009) Potential transport of plaice eggs and larvae between two apparently self-contained sub-populations in the Irish Sea. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 81, 381-389.doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2008.10.024
- Pitois, S.G., Shaw, M., Fox, C.J. & Frid, C.L.J. (2009) A new fine-mesh zooplankton time series from the Dove sampling station (North Sea). Journal of Plankton Research, 31, 337-343, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbn121
For a full list of my publications, please use the search the publications box on the right.
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External
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Committees
- EU JRC Expert Group on the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries
- Scottish Fisheries Science Partnership Consultative Committee
- Scottish West Coast Science Forum
- Mull and Small Isles Inshore Fisheries Management Group Science Advisory Panel
- NERC Peer Review College (till 2010)
- SNH Native Oyster Species Action Steering Group (till 2010)
- EurOceans Network of Excellence Scientific Steering Committee (till Dec 2008)
- Chair ICES Planning Group for North Sea Egg Surveys (till Dec 2008)
Consultancies
Peer review
I act as a peer reviewer on a wide range of journals including
- Proceedings Royal Society
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Journal of Sea Research
- Deep-Sea Research
- Fisheries Oceanography
- Journal of Fish Biology
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Teaching
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Current PhD students
- Raeanne Miller: Artificial structures as stepping stones for organisms with plantonic dispersal. SUPERGEN (2009 - present, UHI)
- Chad Widmer:
Polyp ecology of jellyfish. MASTS (2010 - present, joint St. Andrews University/SAMS)
- Anna Kintner: Jellyfish toxicology and ecology. MASTS (2010 - present, joint St. Andrews University/SAMS)
Past PhD students
- James Kennedy: Maternal effects on fecundity of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). University Liverpool, awarded 2006
- Jessica Frost: Hydrozoan ecology in the North Sea, University of Hamburg
Teaching - undergrad and postgrad
On the BSc (Hons) Marine Science
- Module leader: Fisheries Ecology (year 3)
- Lecturer: Marine Resources (year 2)
- Lecturer: Marine Conservation (year 3)
- Lecturer: Ecosystem Modelling (year 4)
On the MRes Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Systems
- Module leader: Policy, management and planning
Education management
I also co-ordinate Continuous Professional Development courses run at SAMS and co-ordinate the use of SMI field-course facilities by external customers.
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Dr Clive J Fox
E: clive.fox@sams.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1631 559 423
F: +44 (0)1631 559 001
Scottish Marine Institute
Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK
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