Environmental Sciences Research Institute

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  2. Publications
  3. Research Grants
  4. Teaching Interests

David Griffiths

Reader Emeritus

Contact Me
School of Environmental Sciences
University of Ulster
Cromore Road
Coleraine
BT52 1SA
Tel: +44 (0) 2870 123148
Fax: +44 (0) 2870 124911
Email: d.griffiths@ulster.ac.uk

Educational Qualifications

B.Sc. Zoology, University College, Cardiff 1966

Ph.D. University College, Cardiff 1969

Experience

2008: Reader, University of Ulster

1990-2006: Lecturer, University of Ulster

1988-90: Visiting researcher in Biology Department, University of York.

1976-88: Lecturer – Professor, Zoology Department, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

1971-76: Lecturer, Zoology Department, University of Sierra Leone.

1969-70: Post-doctoral fellow in the Biology Department, Princeton University.

Research Interests

Assemblage size structures. Fish biogeography at local, regional and global scales. The structure and functioning of (aquatic) communities. Ecology and conservation of pollan (Coregonus autumnalis) and opossum shrimp (Mysis relicta) populations.

Publications

Number of items: 39.

Griffiths, David (2010) Pattern and process in the distribution of North American freshwater fish. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 100 (1). pp. 46-61.

Inger, Richard, McDonald, Robbie A., Rogowski, David, Jackson, Andrew L., Parnell, Andrew, Preston, S. Jane, Harrod, Chris, Goodwin, Claire, Griffiths, David, Dick, Jaimie T. A., Elwood, Robert W., Newton, Jason and Bearhop, Stuart (2010) Do non-native invasive fish support elevated lamprey populations?. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY, 47 (1). pp. 121-129.

Griffiths, David (2007) Effects of climatic change and eutrophication on the glacial relict, Mysis relicta, in Lough Neagh. FRESHWATER BIOLOGY, 52 (10). pp. 1957-1967.

Griffiths, David and Harrod, Chris (2007) Natural mortality, growth parameters, and environmental temperature in fishes revisited. CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, 64 (2). pp. 249-255.

Griffiths, D (2006) Pattern and process in the ecological biogeography of European freshwater fish. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 75 (3). pp. 734-751.

Griffiths, D (2006) The direct contribution of fish to lake phosphorus cycles. ECOLOGY OF FRESHWATER FISH, 15 (1). pp. 86-95.

Goodwin, CE, Griffiths, D, Dick, JTA and Elwood, RW (2006) A freshwater-feeding Lampetra fluviatilis L. Population in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 68 (2). pp. 628-633.

Harrod, C and Griffiths, D (2005) Parasitism, space constraints, and gonad asymmetry in the pollan (Coregonus autumnalis). CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES, 62 (12). pp. 2796-2801.

Harrod, C and Griffiths, D (2005) Ichthyocotylurus erraticus (Digenea : Strigeldae): factors affecting infection intensity and the effects of infection on pollan (Coregonus autumnalis), a glacial relict fish. PARASITOLOGY, 131 (Part 4). pp. 511-519.

Harrod, C and Griffiths, D (2004) Reproduction and fecundity of the Irish pollan (Coregonus autumnalis Pallas, 1776), a threatened lake coregonid. ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI, 41 (1). pp. 117-124.

Olson, PD, Littlewood, DTJ, Griffiths, D, Kennedy, CR and Arme, C (2002) Evidence for the co-existence of separate strains or species of Ligula in Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland. JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY, 76 (2). pp. 171-174.

Harrod, C, Griffiths, D, McCarthy, TK and Rosell, R (2001) The Irish pollan, Coregonus autumnalis: options for its conservation. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 59 (Suppl. A). pp. 339-355.

Griffiths, D (1999) On investigating local-regional species richness relationships. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 68 (5). pp. 1051-1055.

Griffiths, D (1998) Sampling effort, regression method, and the shape and slope of size-abundance relations. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 67 (5). pp. 795-804.

Scholz, T, Hanzelova, V, Kralova, I and Griffiths, D (1998) Synonymy of Proteocephalus pollanicola Gresson, 1952 (Cestoda : Proteocephalidae), a parasite of pollan, Coregonus autumnalis pollan, with P-exiguus La Rue, 1911. SYSTEMATIC PARASITOLOGY, 40 (1). pp. 35-41.

Griffiths, D (1997) The status of the Irish freshwater fish fauna: A review. JOURNAL OF APPLIED ICHTHYOLOGY-ZEITSCHRIFT FUR ANGEWANDTE ICHTHYOLOGIE, 13 (1). pp. 9-13.

Griffiths, D (1997) Local and regional species richness in north American lacustrine fish. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 66 (1). pp. 49-56.

Griffiths, D (1996) The ecology of resource polymorphism in vertebrates. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 11 (1). pp. 25.

Wilson, P, Griffiths, D and Carter, C (1996) Characteristics, impacts and causes of the Carntogher bog-flow, Sperrin Mountains, Northern Ireland. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 112. pp. 39-46.

Griffiths, D and KIRKWOOD, RC (1995) SEASONAL-VARIATION IN GROWTH, MORTALITY AND FAT STORES OF ROACH AND PERCH IN LOUGH-NEAGH, NORTHERN-IRELAND. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 47 (3). pp. 537-554.

Griffiths, D (1994) THE SIZE STRUCTURE OF LACUSTRINE ARCTIC CHARR (PISCES, SALMONIDAE) POPULATIONS. BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, 51 (3). pp. 337-357.

GRIFFITHS, D (1993) INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION IN ANT-LION (MACROLEON-QUINQUEMACULATUS) LARVAE IN THE FIELD. OECOLOGIA, 93 (4). pp. 531-537.

Griffiths, D (1992) INTERFERENCE COMPETITION IN ANT-LION (MACROLEON-QUINQUEMACULATUS) LARVAE. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 17 (3). pp. 219-226.

GRIFFITHS, D (1992) SIZE, ABUNDANCE, AND ENERGY USE IN COMMUNITIES. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 61 (2). pp. 307-315.

Griffiths, D (1991) INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION IN LARVAE OF THE ANT-LION MORTER SP AND INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS WITH MACROLEON-QUINQUEMACULATUS. ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY, 16 (2). pp. 193-201.

Griffiths, D (1991) FOOD AVAILABILITY AND THE USE AND STORAGE OF FAT BY ANT-LION LARVAE. OIKOS, 60 (2). pp. 162-172.

GRIFFITHS, D (1987) BODY SIZE, ENERGY USE AND ECOLOGICAL DOMINANCE. NATURE, 328 (6126). pp. 117-118.

Griffiths, D (1986) PIT CONSTRUCTION BY ANT-LION LARVAE - A COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 55 (1). pp. 39-57.

Griffiths, D (1986) SIZE-ABUNDANCE RELATIONS IN COMMUNITIES. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 127 (2). pp. 140-166.

Griffiths, D (1985) PHENOLOGY AND LARVAL - ADULT SIZE RELATIONS IN THE ANT-LION MACROLEON-QUINQUEMACULATUS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 54 (2). pp. 573-581.

Griffiths, D (1982) TESTS OF ALTERNATIVE MODELS OF PREY CONSUMPTION BY PREDATORS, USING ANT-LION LARVAE. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 51 (2). pp. 363-373.

Griffiths, D (1981) SUBOPTIMAL FORAGING IN THE ANT-LION MACROLEON-QUINQUEMACULATUS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 50 (3). pp. 697-702.

Griffiths, D (1980) FEEDING BIOLOGY OF ANT-LION LARVAE - PREY CAPTURE, HANDLING AND UTILIZATION. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 49 (1). pp. 99-125.

Griffiths, D (1980) THE FEEDING BIOLOGY OF ANT-LION LARVAE - GROWTH AND SURVIVAL IN MORTER-OBSCURUS. OIKOS, 34 (3). pp. 364-370.

Griffiths, D (1980) FORAGING COSTS AND RELATIVE PREY SIZE. AMERICAN NATURALIST, 116 (5). pp. 743-752.

Griffiths, D (1977) CALORIC VARIATION IN CRUSTACEA AND OTHER ANIMALS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 46 (2). pp. 593-605.

Griffiths, D (1975) PREY AVAILABILITY AND FOOD OF PREDATORS. ECOLOGY, 56 (5). pp. 1209-1214.

Griffiths, D (1973) FOOD OF ANIMALS IN AN ACID MOORLAND POND. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 42 (2). pp. 285-293.

Griffiths, D (1973) STRUCTURE OF AN ACID MOORLAND POND COMMUNITY. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY, 42 (2). pp. 263-283.

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Research Grants

2002 Funding body: EPA grant

Fish stock assessment for the Water Framework Directive: Investigation of the relationship between fish stocks, ecological quality ratings (Q- values), environmental factors and the degree of eutrophication. Investigators: D. Griffiths, P. Jordan and three other partners.

2002 Funding body: EPA grant

Relative eutrophic effect of seasonal discharges of phosphate to water bodies. Investigators: P. Jordan, D. Griffiths, and four other partners.

2002 Funding body: EHS grant

Investigation of the vegetation and fish of Lough Beg. Investigators: D. Griffiths

2001 Joint EHS/The Heritage Council grant

Survey and genetic study of pollan in Ireland. Investigators: D. Griffiths with three other partners

2000 Funding body: EC Framework 5 grant

Part of a Europe-wide study of the sources and fates of phosphorus in lakes. Investigators: D. Griffiths, B.H.R.T. Rippey and five other partners

1998 Funding body: EC Interreg grant

Environmental consequences of the relocation of Bullay’s Hill sewage outfall. Investigators: D. Griffiths, C.E. Carter

Teaching Interests

I teach aspects of ecology, freshwater ecology, statistics and fisheries at Levels 4, 5 and 6 on the degree programmes in Marine Science, Environmental Science and Geography (modules EGM106, EGM303, EGM304, EGM325 and EGM523). I also contribute to the Level 4 field course.