About FishBEE

Fish Behaviour Ecology Evolution

FsihBEE uses fish and other aquatic organisms as models to address broad issues in invasion biology, ecology and evolution using a broad approach that includes molecular techniques, field work and behavioural approaches.

We are particularly interested in the adaptive responses of aquatic organisms to human-altered environments and the way anthropogenic pressures can constrain or modify adaptive evolution.

We also investigate how aquaculture can be used for captive breeding programmes, how to mitigate against escapes from fish farms, or how epigenetics can speed up the pace of fish domestication.

Our work has attracted funding from EU (FP7, ERDF, INTERREG, H2020), BBSRC, NERC, DEFRA, The Royal Society, National Geographic Society and various charities, has had national and international media coverage and served to inform policy.

RESEARCH KEYWORDS

Aquatic Invasive Species
Connectivity
Fisheries & Aquaculture
eDNA

Microbiome
Conservation genetics/omics
Epigenetics
Stress Response