Publications

Our researchers have produced a number of articles and monographs.

Selected publications

Kean EF and Chadwick EA. 2021. Otter Survey of Wales 2015-2018. NRW Report No: 519, Natural Resources Wales

Bean, T. G. et al., 2024. Do pharmaceuticals in the environment pose a risk to wildlife?. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 43 (3), pp.595-610. (10.1002/etc.5528)
Apaa, T. et al., 2023. Lack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus. Journal of General Virology 104 (12) 1917. (10.1099/jgv.0.001917)
du Plessis, S. J. et al. 2023. Genomics reveals complex population history and unexpected diversity of Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Britain relative to genetic methods. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40 (11) msad207. (10.1093/molbev/msad207)
Du Plessis, S. J. et al. 2023. Mitochondrial genome-based synthesis and timeline of Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) phylogeography. Animal Cells and Systems 27 (1), pp.366-377. (10.1080/19768354.2023.2283763)
Raymond, S. et al. 2023. The impact of the COVID-19 lockdowns on wildlife-vehicle collisions in the UK. Journal of Animal Ecology 92 (6), pp.1244-1255. (10.1111/1365-2656.13913)
Hayes, L. et al. 2023. The occurrence and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium species in freshwater biota. Parasites and Vectors 16 209. (10.1186/s13071-023-05827-9)
Drake, L. E. et al. 2023. Otterly delicious: spatiotemporal variation in the diet of a recovering population of Eurasian otters ( Lutra lutra ) revealed through DNA metabarcoding and morphological analysis of prey remains. Ecology and Evolution 13 (5) e10038. (10.1002/ece3.10038)
Thomas, N. E. et al. 2022. Country-wide genetic monitoring over 21 years reveals lag in genetic recovery despite spatial connectivity, in an expanding carnivore (Eurasian otter, Lutra lutra) population. Evolutionary Applications 15 (12), pp.2125-2141. (10.1111/eva.13505)
Gkotsis, G. et al., 2022. Assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in European apex predators and their prey by lc-qtof ms wide-scope target analysis. Environment International 170 107623. (10.1016/j.envint.2022.107623)
Russo, L. F. et al., 2022. Better sturdy or slender? Eurasian otter skull plasticity in response to feeding ecology. PLoS ONE 17 (9) e0274893. (10.1371/journal.pone.0274893)
Drake, L. E. et al. 2022. An assessment of minimum sequence copy thresholds for identifying and reducing the prevalence of artefacts in dietary metabarcoding data. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 13 (3), pp.694-710. (10.1111/2041-210X.13780)
O'Rourke, E. et al. 2022. Anthropogenic drivers of variation in concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances in otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Environmental Science and Technology 56 (3), pp.1675-1687. (10.1021/acs.est.1c05410)
Androulakakis, A. et al., 2022. Determination of 56 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in top predators and their prey from Northern Europe by LC-MS/MS. Chemosphere 287 (P2) 131775. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131775)
Raymond, S. et al. 2021. Temporal patterns of wildlife roadkill in the UK. PLoS ONE 16 (10) e0258083. (10.1371/journal.pone.0258083)
Kean, E. F. et al. 2021. Persistent pollutants exceed toxic thresholds in a freshwater top predator decades after legislative control. Environmental Pollution 272 116415. (10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116415)
Brand, A. et al., 2020. Biological and anthropogenic predictors of metal concentration in the Eurasian otter, a sentinel of freshwater ecosystems. Environmental Pollution 266 (Part 3) 115280. (10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115280)
Farnell, D. J. J. et al. 2020. Initial Investigations of the cranial size and shape of adult Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) in Great Britain. Journal of Imaging 6 (10) 106. (10.3390/jimaging6100106)
Moorhouse-Gann, R. J. et al. 2020. Dietary complexity and hidden costs of prey switching in a generalist top predator. Ecology and Evolution 10 (13), pp.6395-6408. (10.1002/ece3.6375)
Mead, D. et al., 2020. The genome sequence of the Eurasian river otter, Lutra lutra Linnaeus 1758 [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]. Wellcome Open Research 5 , pp.33. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15722.1)
Williams Schwartz, A. L. , Shilling, F. M. and Perkins, S. E. 2020. The value of monitoring wildlife roadkill. European Journal of Wildlife Research 66 18. (10.1007/s10344-019-1357-4)
Williams Schwartz, A. et al. 2018. Roadkill scavenging behaviour in an urban environment. Journal of Urban Ecology 4 (1) juy006. (10.1093/jue/juy006)
Kean, E. F. et al. 2017. Odour dialects among wild mammals. Scientific Reports 7 13593. (10.1038/s41598-017-12706-8)
Smallbone, W. et al. 2017. East-West divide: temperature and land cover drive spatial variation of Toxoplasma gondii infection in Eurasian otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Parasitology 144 (11), pp.1433-1440. (10.1017/S0031182017000865)
Sherrard-Smith, E. et al., 2016. Distribution and molecular phylogeny of biliary trematodes (Opisthorchiidae) infecting native Lutra lutra and alien Neovison vison across Europe. Parasitology International 65 (2), pp.163-170. (10.1016/j.parint.2015.11.007)
Kean, E. , Chadwick, E. A. and Muller, C. T. 2015. Scent signals individual identity and country of origin in otters. Mammalian Biology 80 (2), pp.99-105. (10.1016/j.mambio.2014.12.004)
Pountney, A. et al., 2015. High liver content of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) in otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Chemosphere 118 , pp.81-86. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.051)
Sherrard-Smith, E. , Chadwick, E. and Cable, J. 2015. The impact of introduced hosts on parasite transmission: opisthorchiid infections in American mink (Neovison vison). Biological Invasions 17 (1), pp.115-122. (10.1007/s10530-014-0709-y)
Sherrard-Smith, E. et al. 2015. Spatial and seasonal factors are key determinants in the aggregation of helminths in their definitive hosts: Pseudamphistomum truncatum in otters (Lutra lutra). International Journal for Parasitology 45 (1), pp.75-83. (10.1016/j.ijpara.2014.09.004)
Stanton, D. W. G. et al. 2014. Contrasting genetic structure of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) across a latitudinal divide. Journal of Mammalogy 95 (4), pp.814-823. (10.1644/13-MAMM-A-201)
Muller, C. T. et al. 2014. Scents and scentsivity - what scents (may) spell out and ways to read it. Flavour 3 (Supp 1), pp.11-11. (10.1186/2044-7248-3-S1-P11)
O'Neill, D. et al., 2013. Development of novel real-time TaqMan®PCR assays for the species and sex identification of otter (Lutra lutra) and their application to noninvasive genetic monitoring. Molecular Ecology Resources 13 (5), pp.877-883. (10.1111/1755-0998.12141)
Sherrard-Smith, E. , Chadwick, E. A. and Cable, J. 2013. Climatic variables are associated with the prevalence of biliary trematodes in otters. International Journal for Parasitology 43 (9), pp.729-737. (10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.04.006)
Chadwick, E. A. et al. 2013. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in England and Wales. Parasites & Vectors 6 75. (10.1186/1756-3305-6-75)
Kean, E. , Gwynne, L. and Chadwick, E. A. 2013. Persistent organic pollutants and indicators of otter health. Project Report.[Online].CHEMTrustAvailable athttp://www.chemtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Otter-Health-Pollutants-V8-DesignedV4-FINAL.pdf.
Kean, E. and Chadwick, E. A. 2012. Mammal records verification rule sets for NBN Record Cleaner and recommendations on species whose records should be treated as sensitive. Mammal Society and NBNAvailable athttp://www.nbn.org.uk/nbn_wide/media/Documents/Defra/Mammal-Society-NBN-Report-30-04-2012.pdf.
Sherrard-Smith, E. , Chadwick, E. A. and Cable, J. 2012. Abiotic and biotic factors associated with tick population dynamics on a mammalian host: Ixodes hexagonus infesting otters, Lutra lutra. PLoS ONE 7 (10) e47131. (10.1371/journal.pone.0047131)
Hobbs, G. I. et al. 2011. Bayesian clustering techniques and progressive partitioning to identify population structuring within a recovering otter population in the UK. Journal of Applied Ecology 48 (5), pp.1206-1217. (10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02028.x)
Chadwick, E. A. et al. 2011. Lead levels in Eurasian otters decline with time and reveal interactions between sources, prevailing weather, and stream chemistry. Environmental Science and Technology 45 (5), pp.1911-1916. (10.1021/es1034602)
Kean, E. , Müller, C. T. and Chadwick, E. A. 2011. Otter scent signals age, sex, and reproductive status. Chemical Senses 36 (6), pp.555-564. (10.1093/chemse/bjr025)
Chadwick, E. A. and Sherrard-Smith, E. 2010. Pregnancy among otters (Lutra lutra) found dead in England and Wales: foetal development and lack of seasonality. IUCN Otter Specialist Bulletin 27 (1), pp.33-41.
Sherrard-Smith, E. and Chadwick, E. A. 2010. Age structure of the otter (Lutra lutra) population in England and Wales, and problems with cementum ageing. IUCN Otter Specialist Bulletin 27 (1), pp.42-49.
Sherrard-Smith, E. , Cable, J. and Chadwick, E. A. 2009. Distribution of Eurasian otter biliary parasites, Pseudamphistomum truncatum and Metorchis albidus (Family Opisthorchiidae), in England and Wales. Parasitology 136 (9), pp.1015-1022. (10.1017/S0031182009006362)
Stanton, D. W. G. et al. 2009. Mitochondrial genetic diversity and structure of the European otter (Lutra lutra) in Britain. Conservation Genetics 10 (3), pp.733-737. (10.1007/s10592-008-9633-y)
Hobbs, G. et al., 2006. Landscape genetics applied to a recovering otter (Lutra lutra) population in the UK: Preliminary results and potential methodologies. Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 17 (1)(10.4404/hystrix-17.1-4364)