Dr Niall McKeown

Lecturer in Marine Biology
Contact Details
- Email: njm2@aber.ac.uk
- Office: IBERS 1.10, IBERS Penglais
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622323
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- BR33920 - Population and Community Ecology
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BRM0120 - Ecological Monitoring
- BRM0020 - Fundamentals of Biodiversity
Moderator
Grader
Lecturer
- BRM0020 - Fundamentals of Biodiversity
- BRM4820 - Field and Laboratory Techniques
- BRM7720 - Ecological Management and Conservation Biology
- BRM6160 - MRes Dissertation (B)
- BR33420 - Global Biodiversity Conservation
- GS35240 - Environmental Science Dissertation
Coordinator
- BR34520 - Wildlife Conservation
- BR33920 - Population and Community Ecology
- BRM0120 - Ecological Monitoring
- BRM0020 - Fundamentals of Biodiversity
Tutor
Publications
McKeown, NJ, Lebigre, C, van der Kooij, J & Huret, M 2025, 'Hierarchical Neutral and Non-Neutral Spatial Genetic Structuring in the European Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) Revealed by Genomic Analysis: Implications for Management', Evolutionary Applications, vol. 18, no. 4, e70080. 10.1111/eva.70080
Elsmore, MMA, Dalesman, S, Glass, JP, Escobar-Porras, J, Treleven, CR, Helyar, S, Shaw, PW & Mckeown, NJ 2025, 'The First eDNA-Based Assessment at the World's Most Remote Inhabited Islands: Investigating Marine Vertebrate Diversity at Tristan da Cunha', Environmental DNA, vol. 7, no. 2, e70081. 10.1002/edn3.70081
Righton, D, Garzon, F, Hawkes, LA, Hicks, R, Horton, T, Ives, M, Katsiadaki, I, McCully Phillips, SR, Roslyn, S, Sebire, M, Stone, D, Witt, MJ, Wright, S & McKeown, NJ 2025, 'Validation of two swabbing methods to sample DNA for genotyping Atlantic bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus)', Scientific Reports, vol. 15, no. 1, 5018. 10.1038/s41598-025-87053-0
Treleven, CR, Kishe, MA, Silas, MO, Ngatunga, BP, Kuboja, BN, Mgeleka, SS, Taylor, AL, Elsmore, MAM, Healey, AJE, Sauer, WHH, Shaw, PW & McKeown, NJ 2024, 'Genetic analysis of Octopus cyanea reveals high gene flow in the South-West Indian Ocean', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 14, no. 4, e11205. 10.1002/ece3.11205
de Becquevort, S, Mckeown, NJ, Blake, M & Shaw, PW 2024, 'Genetic variation reveals complex population structuring of Tomicus piniperda L. (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) in the UK: Implications for management of this important pest', Agricultural and Forest Entomology, vol. 26, no. 2, pp. 249-261. 10.1111/afe.12612
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