Telephone: 01631 559237
E-mail: mtb@sams.ac.uk

News

Understanding coasts: barnacles show the way [January 2010]

Scientific interests

Marine Ecology: Development and tests of concepts and problems in ecology, with special reference to shallow-water and intertidal communities.

Animal Behaviour: Foraging behaviour, habitat selection behaviour and responses to predators.

Behavioural and life history modelling: Application and development of optimisation models to predict behaviour and life histories

Models of populations and communities: Development of models, particularly spatial models  and individual-based models, using information from studies at small spatial scales and individuals.

Publications since 2008

Burrows, M. T., S. R. Jenkins, L. Robb, and R. Harvey (2010) Spatial variation in size and density of adult and post-settlement Semibalanus balanoides: effects of oceanographic and local conditions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 398, 207-219.

Cresswell KA, Tarling GA, Thorpe SE, Burrows MT, Wiedenmann J, Mangel M (2009) Diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is flexible during advection across the Scotia Sea. J Plankton Res, 31, 1265-1281.

Shucksmith R, Cook EJ, Hughes DJ, Burrows MT (2009) Competition between the non-native amphipod Caprella mutica and two native species of caprellids Pseudoprotella phasma and Caprella linearis. J Mar Biol Assoc U K, 89, 1125-1132.

Burrows, M. T., R. Harvey, L. Robb, E. S. Poloczanska, N. Mieszkowska, P. Moore, R. Leaper, S. J. Hawkins, and L. Benedetti-Cecchi. (2009) Spatial scales of variance in abundance of intertidal species: effects of region, dispersal mode, and trophic level. Ecology, 90, 1242-1254.

Jenkins, S. R., P. Moore, M. T. Burrows, D. J. Garbary, S. J. Hawkins, A. Ingolfsson, K. P. Sebens, P. V. R. Snelgrove, D. S. Wethey, and S. A. Woodin (2008) Comparative ecology of North Atlantic shores: do differences in players matter for process? Ecology, 89, S3-S23.

Poloczanska, E. S., S. J. Hawkins, A. J. Southward, and M. T. Burrows (2008) Modeling the response of populations of competing species to climate change. Ecology, 89, 3138-3149.

Hawkins, S. J., P. J. Moore, M. T. Burrows, E. Poloczanska, N. Mieszkowska, R. J. H. Herbert, S. R. Jenkins, R. C. Thompson, M. J. Genner, and A. J. Southward (2008) Complex interactions in a rapidly changing world: responses of rocky shore communities to recent climate change. Climate Research, 37, 123-133

Ashton, G. V., Stevens, M. I., Hart, M. C., Green, D. H., Burrows, M. T., Cook, E. J. & Willis, K. J. (2008) Mitochondrial DNA reveals multiple Northern Hemisphere introductions of Caprella mutica (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Molecular Ecology, 17, 1293-1303.

Jenkins, S. R., Murua, J. & Burrows, M. T. (2008) Temporal changes in the strength of density-dependent mortality and growth in intertidal barnacles. Journal of Animal Ecology, 77, 573-584.

Burrows, M.T., Harvey R and Robb L (2008) Wave exposure indices from digital coastlines and the prediction of rocky shore community structure. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 353, 1-12

more publications below...

Current project

Oceans 2025 Theme 4 (2007-2012)

Past projects

Northern Seas Programme (2001-2007)

NERC Rockpools (2005-2007)

PhD students:

Raeanne Miller (Offshore renewable energy structures as artificial islands: implications for dispersal, population connectivity and biogeography of coastal species, SuperGen)
Gill Andrew (Trophic ecology of rocky shore grazers, NERC)
Joao Ferreira (Latitudinal patterns in macroalgae and grazing in NW Europe), with Bangor University
 

Wave fetch model 

(available as full access PDF)

Model description: what it does and how to use it

Download program, source code and example data

Wave fetch for world regions produced using the model

United Kingdom and Ireland: Raw data file

Gulf of Maine: Raw data file, ArcGIS shapefile

Eastern Australia: Raw data files (Queensland 1, New South Wales north, New South Wales south)

Publications 2000-2007

Cresswell, K.A., Tarling, G.A., Burrows, M.T. (2007) Behaviour affects local-scale distributions of Antarctic krill around South Georgia. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 343, 193-206

Mieszkowska, N., Hawkins, S.J., Burrows, M.T., Kendall, M.A. (2007) Long-term changes in the geographic distribution and population structures of Osilinus lineatus (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Britain and Ireland. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K., 87, 537-545

RDM Nash, AJ Geffen, MT Burrows, RN Gibson (2007) Dynamics of shallow-water juvenile flatfish nursery grounds: application of the self-thinning rule and carrying capacities. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 344, 231-244 

Ashton, G. V., Willis, K. J., Burrows, M. T. & Cook, E. J. (2007) Environmental tolerance of Caprella mutica: Implications for its distribution as a marine non-native species. Marine Environmental Research, 64, 305-312.

Ashton, G., Willis, K.J., Cook, E.J. and Burrows, M.T. (2007). Distribution of the introduced amphipod, Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 (Amphipoda: Caprellida: Caprellidae) on the west coast of Scotland and a review of its global distribution. Hydrobiologia, 590, 31-41

Emsley, S.M., Tarling, G.A., Burrows, M.T. (2005) The effect of vertical migration strategy on retention and dispersion in the Irish Sea during spring-summer.  Fisheries Oceanography, 14, 161-174

Jenkins SR, Coleman RA, Della Santina P, Hawkins SJ, Burrows MT, Hartnoll RG (2005) Regional scale differences in the determinism of grazing effects in the rocky intertidal. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 287, 77-86

Frost, N.J., Burrows, M.T., Johnson, M.P, Hanley, M.E., Hawkins, S.J. (2005) Measuring surface complexity in ecological studies. Limnology And Oceanography: Methods, 3, 203-210

Davenport, J., Berggren, M.S.,  Brattegard, T., Brattenborg, N., Burrows, M., Jenkins, S., McGrath, MacNamara, R., Sneli, J.-A., Walker, G., Wilson, S. (2005) Doses of darkness control latitudinal differences in breeding date in the barnacle Semibalanus balanoides. Journal of the Marine Biological Association, U.K., 85, 59-63

Poloczanska, E.S., Hughes, D.J., Burrows, M.T. (2004) Underwater television observations of Serpula vermicularis (L.) reefs and associated mobile fauna in Loch Creran, Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 61, 425–435

Santini, G., Burrows, M.T., Chelazzi, G. (2004) Bioeconomics of foraging route selection in limpets. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 280, 189-198

Kendall, M.A,. Burrows, M.T., Hawkins, S.J. (2004).  Predicting the effects of marine climate change on the invertebrate prey of the birds of rocky shores. Ibis, 146 (Suppl. 1), 40-47.

Burrows, M.T., Tarling, G.A. (2004) Effects of density dependence on diel vertical migration of populations of northern krill: a genetic algorithm model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 277, 209-220.

Burrows, M.T., Gibson, R.N., MacLean, A.,  Robb, L. (2004) Alongshore dispersal and site fidelity of juvenile plaice from tagging and transplants. Journal of Fish Biology, 65, 620-630

Peck, L.S., Ansell, A.D., Webb, K.E., Hepburn, L., Burrows, M.T. (2004) Movements and burrowing activity in the Antarctic bivalve molluscs Laternula elliptica and Yoldia eightsi. Polar Biology, 27, 357-367

Hill, S. L., Burrows, M. T., Hughes, R. N. (2003) The efficiency of adaptive search tactics for different prey distribution patterns: a simulation model based on the behaviour of juvenile plaice. Journal of Fish Biology, 63 (Supplement A), 117–130

Harvey, R., Burrows, M.T. and R. Speirs (2003) Cirral regeneration following non-lethal predation in two intertidal barnacle species. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 83, 1229-1231

Ross, P. M., Burrows, M. T., Hawkins, S. J., Southward, A. J. and K. P. Ryan (2003)  A key for the identification of the nauplii of common barnacles of the British Isles, with emphasis on Chthamalus.  Journal Of Crustacean Biology, 23 (2) 328-340.

Hughes RN, Manriquez PH, Bishop JDD, Burrows MT (2003) Stress promotes maleness in hermaphroditic modular animals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100 (18): 10326-10330.

Burrows MT., Robb, L, Nickell, LA, Hughes, DJ. (2003) Topography as a determinant of search paths of fishes and mobile macrocrustacea on the sediment surface. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol,  285-286, 235-249.

Parry D.M, Nickell L.A., Kendall M.A., Burrows M.T., Pilgrim D.A & Jones M.B. (2002) Comparison of abundance and spatial distribution of burrowing megafauna from diver and remotely operated vehicle observations. Marine Ecology Progress Series 244, 89-93.

Hill S., Burrows M.T., Hughes R.N. (2002) Adaptive search in juvenile plaice foraging for aggregated and dispersed prey. J Fish Biol, 61 (5): 1255-1267

Burrows, M.T., Moore, J., James B. (2002)  Spatial synchrony of population changes in rocky shore communities in Shetland. Marine Ecology Progress Series 240, 39-48

Gibson, R.N., Robb, L., Wennhage, H., Burrows, M.T. (2002) Ontogenetic changes in depth distribution of juvenile flatfishes in relation to predation risk and temperature on a shallow water nursery ground Marine Ecology Progress Series 229, 233-244

Burrows, M.T. (2001)  Depth selection behaviour of juvenile plaice on a simulated beach slope Journal of Fish Biology, 59, 116-125

Burrows, M.T., Gontarek, S.J.,  Nash, R.D.M. & Gibson, R.N. (2001) Shrimp predation on 0-group plaice: contrasts between field data and predictions of an individual-based model. Journal of Sea Research, 45 (3-4): 243-254   CLICK HERE FOR SOURCE CODE

Tarling, G, Burrows, M, Matthews, J, Saborowski, R, Buchholz, F, Bedo, A, Mayzaud, P (2000) An  optimisation model of the diel vertical migration of “Northern krill” (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in the Clyde Sea and Kattegat Sea. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences  57(Suppl. 3): 38–50

Hill, S., Burrows, M.T., Hughes, R.N. (2000) Increased turning per unit distance as an area-restricted search mechanism in a pause-travel predator, juvenile plaice, foraging for buried bivalves. Journal of Fish Biology 56, 1497-1508

Burrows, M.T., Santini, G. & Chelazzi, G. (2000) Models of activity cycles in limpets: balancing energy returns and mortality risks under constraints on digestion.   Journal of Animal Ecology 69: 290-300

Educational and career history

• 1991 Joined SAMS
• 1990 PDRA `Long term change in the Western English Channel'    Univ. Liverpool & MBA, Plymouth
• 1986-90 PDRA `Foraging behaviour of dogwhelks in the field: comparisons with optimal foraging theory'    UCNW, Bangor
• 1989 PhD `The Comparative Biology of Chthamalus stellatus (Poli) and Chthamalus montagui Southward'. Univ Manchester & Marine Biological Association, Plymouth.
• 1982 BSc Hons Marine Biology University of Liverpool.