Mr Duncan O'Brien
BA, MSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School of Biological Sciences
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Research interests
I am interested in the interaction between organisms and their environment, and how that results in ecosystem change. Currently I am exploring the use of early warning indicators to predict aquatic regime shifts via ecological modelling and analysis of long term data sets.
Publications
Recent publications
01/12/2023Early warning signals have limited applicability to empirical lake data
Nature Communications
EWSmethods
Ecography
Nocturnal surveys of lined seahorses reveal increased densities and seasonal recruitment patterns
Ecology and Evolution
Phenotypic response to different predator strategies can be mediated by temperature
Ecology and Evolution
Anemone bleaching impacts the larval recruitment success of an anemone-associated fish
Coral Reefs
Thesis
Complexity and regime shifts
Supervisors
Award date
07/05/2024
