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Alex Ford
PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer
3,390 Points

Contributions by role

Author 235
Preprint Author 70
Reviewer 15
Editor 3,070

Contributions by subject area

Ecology
Parasitology
Zoology
Animal Behavior
Marine Biology
Ecotoxicology
Freshwater Biology
Conservation Biology
Histology
Veterinary Medicine
Population Biology
Agricultural Science
Biodiversity
Entomology
Evolutionary Studies
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Biochemistry
Environmental Sciences
Biological Oceanography
Natural Resource Management
Toxicology
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Genomics
Taxonomy
Biotechnology
Virology
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Science and Medical Education
Biosphere Interactions

Alex T Ford

PeerJ Editor, Author & Reviewer

Summary

Alex completed an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences (1996) at the University of Plymouth (England, UK) before embarking on a masters in Environmental Biology at Swansea University (Wales, 1997). After spending several years working as a marine benthic ecologist and taxonomist he undertook a PhD in Invertebrate Physiology and Ecotoxicology at Napier University Edinburgh (Scotland, 2001-2004). Between 2004 and 2008 he continued to be based in Scotland working as a Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecotoxicology before moving south to the University of Portsmouth (England) where he is now a Professor of Biology. His expertise lies mainly in invertebrate biology, ecology and ecotoxicology.

He is currently course leader for an MSc entitled Applied Aquatic Biology and unit leader for courses on: Ecotoxicology and Pollution; Science and the Media; Marine Ecophysiology and Marine & Terrestrial Ecology.

Ecology Ecotoxicology Marine Biology Parasitology Zoology

Editing Journals

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Portsmouth

Work details

Professor of Biology

University of Portsmouth
Biological Sciences

Websites

  • Ford Lab
  • ResearchGate
  • ResearcherID
  • LinkedIn

PeerJ Contributions

  • Articles 2
  • Preprints 1
  • Edited 26
July 26, 2018
Shape and size of the arenas affect amphipod behaviours: implications for ecotoxicology
Shanelle A. Kohler, Matthew O. Parker, Alex T. Ford
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5271 PubMed 30065877
February 10, 2015
Pronounced and prevalent intersexuality does not impede the ‘Demon Shrimp’ invasion
Amaia Green Etxabe, Stephen Short, Tim Flood, Tim Johns, Alex T. Ford
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.757 PubMed 25699206
January 10, 2015 - Version: 2
Pronounced and prevalent intersexuality does not impede the ‘Demon Shrimp’ invasion
Amaia Green Etxabe, Stephen Short, Tim Flood, Tim Johns, Alex T Ford
https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.687v2

Academic Editor on

October 20, 2020
Spatiotemporal accumulation of fatal pharyngeal entrapment of flatfish in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) in the German North Sea
Stephanie Gross, Marco Roller, Holger Haslob, Miguel Grilo, Jan Lakemeyer, Anja Reckendorf, Peter Wohlsein, Ursula Siebert
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10160 PubMed 33150078
June 19, 2020
The level of putative carotenoid-binding proteins determines the body color in two species of endemic Lake Baikal amphipods
Polina Drozdova, Alexandra Saranchina, Mariya Morgunova, Alena Kizenko, Yulia Lubyaga, Boris Baduev, Maxim Timofeyev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9387 PubMed 32596057
February 27, 2020
Evaluation of a new Argovit as an antiviral agent included in feed to protect the shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei against White Spot Syndrome Virus infection
Carlos R. Romo-Quiñonez, Ana R. Álvarez-Sánchez, Pindaro Álvarez-Ruiz, Maria C. Chávez-Sánchez, Nina Bogdanchikova, Alexey Pestryakov, Claudio H. Mejia-Ruiz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8446 PubMed 32149020
August 23, 2019
Gradual, temperature-induced change of secondary sexual characteristics in Trichogramma pretiosum infected with parthenogenesis-inducing Wolbachia
Su-fang Ning, Jin-cheng Zhou, Quan-quan Liu, Qian Zhao, Hui Dong
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7567 PubMed 31497407
August 2, 2018
Genetic diversity of Microsporidia in the circulatory system of endemic amphipods from different locations and depths of ancient Lake Baikal
Mariya Dimova, Ekaterina Madyarova, Anton Gurkov, Polina Drozdova, Yulia Lubyaga, Elizaveta Kondrateva, Renat Adelshin, Maxim Timofeyev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5329 PubMed 30083461
June 19, 2018
Floating nurseries? Scyphozoan jellyfish, their food and their rich symbiotic fauna in a tropical estuary
José M. Riascos, Willington Aguirre, Charlotte Hopfe, Diego Morales, Ángela Navarrete, José Tavera
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5057 PubMed 29942701
May 31, 2018
Some like it hot: factors impacting thermal preferences of two Ponto-Caspian amphipods Dikerogammarus villosus (Sovinsky, 1894) and Dikerogammarus haemobaphes (Eichwald, 1841)
Michał Rachalewski, Jarosław Kobak, Eliza Szczerkowska-Majchrzak, Karolina Bącela-Spychalska
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4871 PubMed 29868278
December 21, 2017
The behavioral effects of antibiotic treatment on the snail Biomphalaria glabrata
Euan R.O. Allan, Michael S. Blouin
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4171 PubMed 29302392
September 22, 2017
Filtering out parasites: sand crabs (Lepidopa benedicti) are infected by more parasites than sympatric mole crabs (Emerita benedicti)
Zen Faulkes
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3852 PubMed 28951818
February 21, 2017
Intersexual differences of heat shock response between two amphipods (Eulimnogammarus verrucosus and Eulimnogammarus cyaneus) in Lake Baikal
Daria Bedulina, Michael F. Meyer, Anton Gurkov, Ekaterina Kondratjeva, Boris Baduev, Roman Gusdorf, Maxim A. Timofeyev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2864 PubMed 28243524
November 17, 2016
Salinity modulates thermotolerance, energy metabolism and stress response in amphipods Gammarus lacustris
Kseniya P. Vereshchagina, Yulia A. Lubyaga, Zhanna Shatilina, Daria Bedulina, Anton Gurkov, Denis V. Axenov-Gribanov, Boris Baduev, Elizaveta S. Kondrateva, Mikhail Gubanov, Egor Zadereev, Inna Sokolova, Maxim Timofeyev
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2657 PubMed 27896024
April 12, 2016
A crab swarm at an ecological hotspot: patchiness and population density from AUV observations at a coastal, tropical seamount
Jesús Pineda, Walter Cho, Victoria Starczak, Annette F. Govindarajan, Héctor M. Guzman, Yogesh Girdhar, Rusty C. Holleman, James Churchill, Hanumant Singh, David K. Ralston
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1770 PubMed 27114859
February 18, 2016
First record of hybridization between green Chelonia mydas and hawksbill Eretmochelys imbricata sea turtles in the Southeast Pacific
Shaleyla Kelez, Ximena Velez-Zuazo, Aldo S. Pacheco
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1712 PubMed 26925333
November 17, 2015
Ecological drivers and habitat associations of estuarine bivalves
C. Seabird McKeon, Björn G. Tunberg, Cora A. Johnston, Daniel J. Barshis
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1348 PubMed 26587338
October 29, 2015
Effects of the acanthocephalan Polymorphus minutus and the microsporidian Dictyocoela duebenum on energy reserves and stress response of cadmium exposed Gammarus fossarum
Hui-Yu Chen, Daniel S. Grabner, Milen Nachev, Hsiu-Hui Shih, Bernd Sures
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1353 PubMed 26539331
August 18, 2015
External morphology of eyes and Nebenaugen of caridean decapods–ecological and systematic considerations
Magnus L. Johnson, Nicola Dobson, Sammy De Grave
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1176 PubMed 26312177
August 13, 2015
Let’s be pals again: major systematic changes in Palaemonidae (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Sammy De Grave, Charles H.J.M. Fransen, Timothy J. Page
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1167 PubMed 26339545
July 2, 2015
Comparing cestode infections and their consequences for host fitness in two sexual branchiopods: alien Artemia franciscana and native A. salina from syntopic-populations
Stella Redón, Francisco Amat, Marta I. Sánchez, Andy J. Green
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1073 PubMed 26157636
June 9, 2015
Can sea urchins beat the heat? Sea urchins, thermal tolerance and climate change
Elizabeth Sherman
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1006 PubMed 26082862
June 4, 2015
Soundscape manipulation enhances larval recruitment of a reef-building mollusk
Ashlee Lillis, DelWayne R. Bohnenstiehl, David B. Eggleston
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.999 PubMed 26056624
April 7, 2015
Does polyandry really pay off? The effects of multiple mating and number of fathers on morphological traits and survival in clutches of nesting green turtles at Tortuguero
Alonzo Alfaro-Núñez, Michael P. Jensen, F. Alberto Abreu-Grobois
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.880 PubMed 25870773
November 27, 2014
Transcriptome analyses of Anguillicola crassus from native and novel hosts
Emanuel Heitlinger, Horst Taraschewski, Urszula Weclawski, Karim Gharbi, Mark Blaxter
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.684 PubMed 25469324
September 30, 2014
Species and size diversity in protective services offered by coral guard-crabs
C. Seabird McKeon, Jenna M. Moore
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.574 PubMed 25289176
September 9, 2014
Trace element profiles of the sea anemone Anemonia viridis living nearby a natural CO2 vent
Rael Horwitz, Esther M. Borell, Maoz Fine, Yeala Shaked
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.538 PubMed 25250210
July 3, 2014
Hemigrapsus sanguineus in Long Island salt marshes: experimental evaluation of the interactions between an invasive crab and resident ecosystem engineers
Bradley J. Peterson, Alexa M. Fournier, Bradley T. Furman, John M. Carroll
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.472 PubMed 25071995
April 8, 2014
In situ effects of simulated overfishing and eutrophication on settlement of benthic coral reef invertebrates in the Central Red Sea
Christian Jessen, Christian R. Voolstra, Christian Wild
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.339 PubMed 24765573