Biological Sciences

Profile

Research Interests

• Fish (marine and freshwater) endocrinology
• Fish (marine and freshwater) ecophysiology
• Ecotoxicological effects on fish and marine invertebrates
• Fish developmental biology
• Sex pheromones and olfactory function in teleost and elasmobranch fish
• Use of molecular techniques in fish gender determination

Recent Research Grants and Contracts

• Royal Society: £10,000 (1998-2002)
• King Abdul Aziz University, Saudi Arabia: £51,256 (1998-2003)
• Nuffield Foundation: £3,000 (2001-2004)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: £243,432 (2002-2006)
• Fisheries Society of the British Isles: £45,500 (2002-2005)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: £82,292 (2003-2005)
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: £150,300 (2004-2009)

Postgraduate Students

• Kerri Thompson (completed in 2002): Biology and identification of U.K. skates and rays
• Fatma Al-Kudsi (completed in 2003): Effects of wastewater from desalination plants on the developmental biology of marine fish
• Alberto Kavadellas: Diseases in a commercially important marine fish
• Tanya Waring: Physiological effects of oestrogen pollutants on the shore crab
• Hamed Al-Gheilani: Effects of toxic algal blooms on Omani marine fish
• Nicola Lower: Effects of pollutants on various life stages of the Atlantic salmon
• Leanne Llewellyn: Sexual dimorphisms in the structure of the shark olfactory epithelium
• Neil Crooks (2003- ): Sexual dimorphisms in the lesser spotted catshark

Post-graduate Research Assistants

• Clifford Cheung (2003-): Non-destructive sexing of juvenile Atlantic salmon
• Lucy Evans (2004- ): Effects of sediment-derived pesticides on Atlantic salmon embryos

Post-Doctoral Research Assistants

• Dr Jennifer Best (2002-2005): Effects of in river aquaculture on wild salmonids

Research Collaborators

• Dr Andrew Moore, CEFAS, Lowestoft
• Dr AbdulAziz Al-Kindi, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
• Dr Richard Greenwood, Biology, University of Portsmouth
• Dr Clive Trueman, Geology, University of Portsmouth
• Dr Graham Mills, Chemistry, University of Portsmouth
• Dr James McClellan, Biology, University of Portsmouth
• Dr Alexander Scott, CEFAS, Weymouth

Recent Publications

More recent publications

Publications Before 2008

Waring, C.P. and Moore, A. (2004). The effect of atrazine on Atlantic salmon (Salmo Salar) smolts in fresh water and after sea water transfer. Aquatic Toxicology 66: 93-104

Moore, A., and Waring, C.P. (2001). The effects of a synthetic pesticide on some aspects of reproduction in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Aquatic Toxicology 52: 1-12

Alkindi, A.Y.A., Brown, J.A., and Waring, C.P. (2000). Endocrine, physiological and histopathological responses of fish and their larvae to stress, with emphasis on exposure to crude oil and various petroleum hydrocarbons. Sultan Qaboos University Journal of Scientific Research 5 (Special Issue): 1-30.

Al-Kudsi, F., and Waring, C. (2000). Effects of sea water desalination waste products on fish development. In Physiology of Early Fish Development: Respiration and Metabolism (P. Wright and D. MacKinlay, eds). pp. 75-78. American Fisheries Society.

Moore, A., and Waring, C.P. (1999). Reproductive priming in mature male Atlantic salmon parr exposed to the sound of redd cutting. Journal of Fish Biology 54: 884-887

Moore, A., and Waring, C.P. (1998). Mechanistic effects of a triazine pesticide on endocrine function of mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) parr. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 62: 41-50

Waring, C.P., and Moore, A (1997). Sublethal effects of a carbamate pesticide on pheromonal mediated endocrine function in mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 17: 203-211

Stephens, S.M., Alkindi, A.Y.A., Waring, C.P., and Brown, J.A. (1997). Corticosteroid and thyroid responses of larval and juvenile turbot exposed to the water-soluble fraction of crude oil. Journal of Fish Biology 50: 953-964

Waring, C.P., and Brown, J.A (1997). Tissue and plasma thyroxine and triiodothyronine contents in sublethally stressed, aluminum-exposed brown trout (Salmo trutta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 106: 120-126

Waring, C.P., Poxton, M.G., and Stagg, R.M. (1997). The physiological response of the turbot to multiple net confinements. Aquaculture International 5: 1-12

Waring, C. P., Stagg, R. M. and Poxton, M.G. (1996). Physiological responses to handling in the turbot. Journal of Fish Biology 48: 161-173

Brown, J.A., and Waring, C.P. (1996). The physiological status of brown trout exposed to aluminium in acidic soft waters. In Toxicology of Aquatic Pollution: Physiological, Molecular and Cellular Approaches (E.W. Taylor, ed.). pp. 115-142. Cambridge University Press.

Moore, A., and Waring, C.P., (1996). Sublethal effects of the pesticide Diazinon on olfactory function in mature male Atlantic salmon parr. Journal of Fish Biology 48: 758-775

Waring, C.P., Brown, J.A., Collins, J.E., and Prunet, P. (1996). Plasma prolactin, cortisol and thyroid responses of the brown trout (Salmo trutta) exposed to lethal and sublethal aluminium in acidic soft waters. General and Comparative Endocrinology 102: 377-385

Waring, C.P., Moore, A., and Scott, A.P. (1996). Milt and endocrine responses of mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr to water-borne testosterone, 17,20b-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one 20-sulfate, and the urines from adult female and male salmon. General and Comparative Endocrinology 103: 142-149

Waring, C.P., Stagg, R.M., Fretwell, K., McLay, H.A., and Costello, M.J. (1996). The impact of sewage sludge exposure on the reproduction of the sand goby, Pomatoschistus minutus. Environmental Pollution 93: 17-25

Moore, A., and Waring, C.P. (1996). Electrophysiological and endocrinological evidence that F-series prostaglandins function as priming pheromones in mature male Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) parr. Journal of Experimental Biology 199: 2307-2316

Alkindi, A.Y.A., Brown, J.A., Waring, C.P., and Collins, J.E. (1996). Endocrine, osmoregulatory, respiratory and haematological parameters in flounders exposed to the water soluble fraction of crude oil. Journal of Fish Biology 49: 1291-1305