Research interests

My research interests are diverse, but extend across the fields of evolutionary ecology, trophic ecology, ecosystem function and conservation. I typically work in aquatic systems and have no particular loyalty to any point along the salinity gradient. My research typically involves the use of stable isotope analysis combined with other techniques, including population ecology, molecular genetics and morphometrics.

Research Interests: The ecology, evolution and conservation of fish and other aquatic taxa, including jellyfish.   Rapid speciation & cryptic population structuring.   Ecosystem function and cryptic energetic subsidies.  The development of stable isotope analysis as a standard method in aquatic ecology.

My work is multidisciplinary and amongst others, I have ongoing research collaborations both with colleagues within UA and elsewhere, including Queen's University of Belfast, Queen Mary, University of London, University of Helsinki, University of Oslo, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, University of Chile, Santiago, Environment Agency, Glasgow University, Scottish Natural Heritage, National University of Ireland, Galway, University College Cork, University of Konstanz, University of Köln,and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Republic.

Other Information
Associate Editor: Marine Biology. List owner/moderator for the Fish-Sci academic mailing list

Convener of the 2010 Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual International Symposium 'Fish and Climate Change':Queen's University, Belfast, UK 26-30 July 2010

BBC News article and TV report on the FSBI 2010 conference on Fish and Climate Change hosted by Queen's University of Belfast. Belfast Telegraph story here.

In December 2011, Thompson Reuters identified our (Graham & Harrod, 2009) paper on fish and climate change as an Emerging Research Front paper in the field of Plant & Animal Science on Sciencewatch.com

In December 2012, Oceanography discussed our (Syväranta et al. 2012) recent paper suggesting that the diet of ocean sunfish Mola mola extended beyond that of obligate jellyfish predators. In the same month Carl Zimmer summarised for National Geographic, a recent paper (Manousaki et al., 2013)  where we used isotopic analysis to support advance molecular techniques to understand rapid evolution of lip-size in crater lake cichlids.