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Prof Nia Whiteley

Head of School / Professor in Zoology (Aquatic)

n.m.whiteley@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 388080

0000-0001-6846-3851

Prof Nia Whiteley

View Prof Nia Whiteley’s profile on the Bangor Research Portal

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Room: Room 527, 4th floor Brambell Building

Email: n.m.whiteley@bangor.ac.uk

Phone: 01248 388080

Web: ResearchGate, Google Scholar

I graduated in Zoology from Hull University in 1982 and spent a year as a trainee in the Science Reference Section, British Library, London, before embarking on a PhD in comparative physiology at the University of Birmingham (1984-88). My PhD work on the physiological responses of lobsters to aerial exposure was followed by several postdoctoral posts investigating molecular control of muscle growth in shore crabs (1988-89), physiological/metabolic responses of freshwater crayfish to natural fluctuations in environmental variables (1989-92), and the molecular/ physiological responses of the giant Antarctic isopod to life at temperatures close to freezing (1992-95). A research visit to the University of British Columbia, Canada, enabled me to collaborate on a project studying ion exchange mechanisms in salmon during seawater acclimation (1995-96), and led to a short term project on stress responses in Antarctic fish (1997) in the Dept of Physiology, Birmingham. After completing a temporary lectureship at the School of Biological Sciences, Birmingham,  I moved to Biological Sciences at Bangor in 1998, was appointed Senior Lecturer in 2010, and Reader in 2016.

My research focuses on the physiological and metabolic responses of aquatic organisms to environmental change, including underlying mechanisms and ecological implications. I use laboratory and field based studies to assess the physiological capacity of crustaceans to cope with environmental challenges, such fluctuations in temperature, salinity, O2 and CO2 levels. I specialise in studying acid-base balance, ion regulation, respiratory gas exchange, and protein turnover at different levels of biological organisation. I also examine the metabolic costs associated with such changes, and the repercussions on growth and life history traits. My work on the molecular regulation of muscle function in crustaceans, has led to an examination of changes in muscle genotype in amphipod gammarid crustaceans distributed along natural thermal gradients. Collaborative projects have examined physiological responses of marine invertebrates to elevated CO2 and warming, and the energetic costs of physiological adjustments to elevated CO2 and salinity (Saloa Project). We are currently using transgenerational studies to investigate the energetic costs associated with osmoregulation in marine amphipods.

Qualifications

  • PhD: The physiological basis of the lobster, Homarus gammarus, to survive out of seawater and its commercial exploitation
    University of Birmingham,
  • BSc: Zoology
    University of Hull,
  • Professional: Postgraduate Certificate in ‘Teaching in Higher Education’
  • Other: Teaching Fellowship

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Energetic responses of marine crustaceans to multistressors

Studies will examine the resulting effects of changing environments on the ability of marine crabs to respond to climate change. Species and populations from habitats with differing experiences of environmental change will be exposed to differing salinities, temperatures, and CO2 levels to examine their energetic consequences. Subsequent effects on growth and feeding will also be considered in order to assess whether there are any repercussions on fitness.

Transgenerational responses of gammarid amphipods to changing environments

The influence of highly fluctuating vs constant environmental conditions on parents and offspring will be examined in the widely distributed coastal gammarid amphipods.  The influence of the parental and grand parental environment on the offspring will be investigated to examine whether amphipods from highly fluctuating environments are better suited to the conditions predicted in a future ocean, and whether these capabilities can change over several generations.

Publications

2020

  • PublishedContrasting responses to salinity and future ocean acidification in arctic populations of the amphipod Gammarus setosus
    Brown, J., Whiteley, N., Bailey, A., Graham, H., Hop, H. & Rastrick, S., 1 Dec 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 162, 105176.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedElevated pCO2 does not impair performance in autotomised individuals of the intertidal predatory starfish Asterias rubens (Linnaeus, 1758)
    McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N., Fernandez, W., Ragagnin, M., Cornwell, T., Suckling, C. & Turra, A., Jan 2020, In: Marine Environmental Research. 153, 104841.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMaternal and cohort effects modulate offspring responses to multiple stressors
    Torres, G., Thomas, D. N., Whiteley, N., Wilcockson, D. C. & Gimenez Noya, L., 24 Jun 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 287, 1929, 20200492.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPrey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour
    Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Sep 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 167, p. 13-22
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • PublishedFeeding plasticity more than metabolic rate drives the productivity of economically important filter feeders in response to elevated CO2 and reduced salinity
    Rastrick, S., Graham, H., Strohmeier, T., Whiteley, N. & Strand, Ø., 1 Dec 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75, 6, p. 2117-2128
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSensitivity to near-future CO2 conditions in marine crabs depends on their compensatory capacities for salinity change
    Whiteley, N., Suckling, C., Ciotti, B., Brown, J., McCarthy, I., Gimenez Noya, J. & Hauton, C., 23 Oct 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 15639, p. 1-13 13 p., 8:15639.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • PublishedComparison of whole animal costs of protein synthesis among polar and temperate populations of the same species of gammarid amphipod
    Whiteley, N. & Rastrick, S., May 2017, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 207, p. 100-106 6 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedPhysiological responses of marine invertebrates to thermal stress
    Whiteley, N. & Mackenzie, C., 11 Mar 2016, Stressors in the Marine Environment. : Physiological and Ecological Responses; Societal Implications. Solan, M. & Whiteley, N. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 56-72 17 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2015

  • PublishedPhysiological responses to digestion in low salinity in the crabs Carcinus maenas and Cancer irroratus
    Penney, C. M., Patton, R., Whiteley, N. M., Driedzic, W. R. & McGaw, I. J., 10 Nov 2015, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, p. 127-139
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedResponses to Environmental Stresses: Oxygen, Temperature and pH
    Whiteley, N. & Taylor, T., 14 Mar 2015, Physiology: The Natural History of the Crustacea. Chang, E. & Thiel, M. (eds.). 1 ed. New York: Oxford University Press, Vol. 4. p. 320-358 39 p. (The Natural History of the Crustacea; vol. 4).
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  • PublishedValidation of the flooding dose technique to determine fractional rates of protein synthesis in a model bivalve species, the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)
    McCarthy, I. D., Nicholls, R., Malham, S. K. & Whiteley, N. M., 23 Oct 2015, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 191, p. 166-173
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

  • PublishedOcean Warming, More than Acidification, Reduces Shell Strength in a Commercial Shellfish Species during Food Limitation
    Mackenzie, C. L., Ormondroyd, G. A., Curling, S. F., Ball, R. J., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 28 Jan 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 1, p. e86764
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • PublishedEffects of climate change on biomineralization in a commercial shellfish species, Mytilus edulis L.
    Mackenzie, C. L., Ormondroyd, G. A., Curling, S. F., Ball, R. J., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 13 Mar 2013.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedFuture socio-economic and environmental sustainability of the Irish Sea requires a multi-disciplinary approach with industry and research collaboration, and cross-border partnership
    Mackenzie, C. L., Bell, M. C., Birchenough, S. N., Culloty, S. C., Sanderson, W. G., Whiteley, N. M. & Malham, S. K., 1 Dec 2013, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 85, Part A, p. 1-6
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedInfluence of Natural Thermal Gradients on Whole Animal Rates of Protein Synthesis in Marine Gammarid Amphipods
    Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 27 Mar 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 3, p. e60050
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • PublishedEffects of acclimation and acute temperature change on specific dynamic action and gastric processing in the green shore crab, Carcinus maenas
    McGaw, I. J. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Dec 2012, In: Journal of Thermal Biology. 37, 8, p. 570-578
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • PublishedCongeneric amphipods show differing abilities to maintain metabolic rates with latitude.
    Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Mar 2011, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology: Ecological and Evolutionary Approaches. 84, 2, p. 154-165
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedGenetic diversity of the feminising microsporidian parasite Dictyocoela: New insights into host-specificity, sex and phylogeography
    Wilkinson, T. J., Rock, J., Whiteley, N. M., Ovcharenko, M. O. & Ironside, J. E., 1 Aug 2011, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 41, 9, p. 959-966
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLatitudinal variations in the physiology of marine gammarid amphipods
    Whiteley, N. M., Rastrick, S. P., Lunt, D. H. & Rock, J., 30 Apr 2011, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 400, 1-2, p. 70-77
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPhysiological and ecological responses of crustaceans to ocean acidification
    Whiteley, N. M., 26 May 2011, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 430, p. 257-271
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • PublishedCharacterisation of myosin heavy chain gene variants in the fast and slow muscle fibres of gammarid amphipods
    Whiteley, N. M., Magney, J. L., McCleary, S. J., Nia, S. K., El Haj, A. J. & Rock, J., 1 Oct 2010, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 157, 2, p. 116-122
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • PublishedEffects of salinity on rates of protein synthesis and oxygen uptake in the post-larvae and juveniles of the tropical prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man).
    Intanai, I., Taylor, E. W. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Mar 2009, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 152, 3, p. 372-378
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedLinking functional molecular variation with environmental gradients: Myosin gene diversity in a crustacean broadly distributed across variable thermal environments.
    Rock, J., Magnay, J. L., Beech, S., El Haj, A. J., Goldspink, G., Lunt, D. H. & Whiteley, N. M., 15 May 2009, In: Gene. 437, 1-2, p. 60-70
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedProbing marine Gammarus (Amphipoda) taxonomy with DNA barcodes
    Oliveira Costa, F., Henzler, C. M., Lunt, D. H., Whiteley, N. & Rock, J., 10 Sep 2009, In: Systematics and Biodeiversity. 7, 4, p. 365-379
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedThe effects of temperature on ectotherm protein metabolism.
    Whiteley, N. M., Fraser, K. P., Esterhouse, T. E. (ed.) & Petrinos, L. B. (ed.), 1 Jan 2009, Protein Biosynthesis. 2009 ed. Nova Science Publishers
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2008

  • PublishedEnvironmental tolerances of Gammarid amphipods: Lessons from myosin heavy chain genes.
    Whiteley, N. M., Rock, J., Magnay, J., Beech, S., El Haj, A. & Goldspink, G., 1 Jul 2008, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 150, 3, p. S159-S160
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMinimal latitudinal variations in metabolic rate in temperate but not polar amphipod gammarids.
    Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Jan 2008.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • PublishedMinimal latitudinal variations in the metabolic rates of temperate but not polar gammarid amphipods.
    Rastrick, S. P. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Jan 2008, 2008 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2007

  • PublishedPhylogeography and environmental diversification of a highly adaptable marine amphipod, Gammarus duebeni.
    Rock, J., Ironside, J., Potter, T., Whiteley, N. M. & Lunt, D. H., 11 Apr 2007, In: Heredity. 99, 1, p. 102-111
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedSwimming alters responses to hypoxia in the Adriatic sturgeon Acipenser naccarii.
    McKenzie, D. J., Steffensen, J. F., Korsmeyer, K., Whiteley, N. M., Bronzi, P. & Taylor, E. W., 1 Feb 2007, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 70, 2, p. 651-658
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

  • PublishedPolar cod, Boreogadus saida (Gadidae), show an intermediate stress response between Antarctic and temperate fishes.
    Whiteley, N. M., Christiansen, J. S. & Egginton, S., 1 Dec 2006, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 145, 4, p. 493-501
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

  • PublishedTemperature influences whole-animal rates of metabolism but not protein synthesis in a temperate intertidal isopod.
    Whiteley, N. M., Whiteley, N. & Faulkner, L. S., 1 Jan 2005, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 78, 2, p. 227-238
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

  • PublishedDoes temperature acclimation affect muscle function in marine crustaceans via changes in molecular diversity?
    Rock, J., Faulkner, L. & Whiteley, N. M., 1 Dec 2003, In: Integrative and Comparative Biology. 43, 6, p. 957
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

  • PublishedComparison of the variable loop regions of myosin heavy chain genes from Antarctic and temperate isopods.
    Holmes, J. M., Whiteley, N. M., Magnay, J. L. & El Haj, A. J., 1 Mar 2002, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 131, 3, p. 349-359
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedIonoregulatory changes in the gill epithelia of coho salmon during seawater acclimation.
    Wilson, J. M., Whiteley, N. M. & Randall, D. J., 1 Jan 2002, In: Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 75, 3, p. 237-249
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

  • PublishedEffects of water salinity on acid-base balance in decapod crustaceans.
    Whiteley, N. M., Scott, J. L., Breeze, S. J. & McCann, L., 1 Mar 2001, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 204, 5, p. 1003-1011
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedProtein synthesis and specific dynamic action in crustaceans: effects of temperature.
    Whiteley, N. M., Robertson, R. F., Meagor, J., El Haj, A. J. & Taylor, E. W., 1 Mar 2001, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 128, 3, p. 593-604
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

  • PublishedAdrenergic responses of Antarctic fishes to extreme trauma.
    Whiteley, N. M. & Egginton, S., 1 Feb 2000, In: Journal of Physiology. 523, Supplement S, p. 279P-280P
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedEstimating the energetic cost of fighting in shore crabs by noninvasive monitoring of heartbeat rate
    Rovero, F., Hughes, R. N., Whiteley, N. & Chelazzi, G., 1 Apr 2000, In: Animal Behaviour. 59, 4, p. 705-713
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Projects

  • Impacts of ocean acidification on key benthic ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and life cycles

    01/08/2013 – 21/08/2014 (Finished)

  • Climate change and the costs of survival in marine crustaceans

    01/11/2012 – 08/08/2016 (Finished)

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