Prof Paul Shaw
PhD
Chair
Contact Details
- Email: pws3@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0003-2637-6332
- Office: 3.14, Edward Llwyd Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622328
- Personal Website: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/staff-profiles/listing/profile/pws3
- Research Portal Profile
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Tutor
- BR25420 - Invertebrate Zoology
- BR33220 - Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture
- BR22620 - Marine Biology
- BR15720 - Skills for Wildlife Scientists
- PGM2310 - Research Skills and Personal Development (Science) (2310)
Lecturer
- BR25420 - Invertebrate Zoology
- BR15720 - Skills for Wildlife Scientists
- BR23920 - Behavioural Ecology
- BR12410 - Study and Communication Skills
- BR22620 - Marine Biology
- BR25820 - Aquatic Botany
- BR12510 - Biological Thought and Discovery
- BR33220 - Fish Biology, Fisheries and Aquaculture
- BRS0060 - Integrated Year in Industry
Moderator
Grader
Course Viewer
Coordinator
Research
I am leader of the Aquatic, Behavioural & Evolutionary Biology (ABEB) research group
My research interests lie in understanding the distribution and maintenance of genetic biodiversity within species (particularly in aquatic systems) using molecular genetic methods, the main aim of such work being to define mechanisms underlying population connectivity, evolution and speciation. The applications of this work are to improve assessment and conservation of genetic biodiversity within exploited (fished) species.
Current interests:
- genetic management of exploited natural populations and species of potential aquaculture interest (cephalopods and fish)
- investigating larval dynamics and dispersal in marine species
- evolution of behavioural / reproductive strategies of aquatic organisms (particularly cephalopods)
My aim is to understand the effect on genetic biodiversity of processes occurring at the level of individuals to populations to species.
Research Groups
- Marine environmental impacts and remedies
Publications
Earp, HS, Smale, DA, Pérez-Matus, A, Gouraguine, A, Shaw, PW & Moore, PJ 2022, 'A quantitative synthesis of approaches, biases, successes, and failures in marine forest restoration, with considerations for future work', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 32, no. 11, pp. 1717-1731. 10.1002/aqc.3880
Prentice, M, Vye, SR, Jenkins, SR, Shaw, P & Ironside, J 2021, 'Genetic diversity and relatedness in aquaculture and marina populations of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum in the British Isles', Biological Invasions, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 3613-3624. 10.1007/s10530-021-02615-3
Cross, D, Thomas, C, McKeown, N, Siaziyu, V, Healey, A, Willis, T, Singini, D, Liywalii, F, Silumesii, A, Sakala, J, Smith, M, Macklin, M, Hardy, A & Shaw, P 2021, 'Geographically extensive larval surveys reveal an unexpected scarcity of primary vector mosquitoes in a region of persistent malaria transmission in western Zambia', Parasites & Vectors, vol. 14, no. 1, 91. 10.1186/s13071-020-04540-1
McKeown, N, Gwilliam, M, Healey, A, Skujina, I, Potts, W, Sauer, WHH & Shaw, P 2020, 'Deep phylogeographic structure may indicate cryptic species within the Sparid genus Spondyliosoma', Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 96, no. 6, pp. 1434-1443. 10.1111/jfb.14316
Healey, A, Farthing, MM, Nunoo, FKE, Potts, WM, Sauer, WHH, Skujina, I, King, N, de Becquevort, SMC, Shaw, P & McKeown, N 2020, 'Genetic analysis provides insights into species distribution and population structure in East Atlantic horse mackerel (Trachurus trachurus and T. capensis)', Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 96, no. 3, 14276, pp. 795-805. 10.1111/jfb.14276
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