2021
Atkinson, A., Lilley, M. K. S., Hirst, A. G., McEvoy, A. J., Tarran, G. A., Widdicombe, C., . . . Somerfield, P. J. (n.d.). Increasing nutrient stress reduces the efficiency of energy transfer through planktonic size spectra. Limnology and Oceanography. doi:10.1002/lno.11613DOI: 10.1002/lno.11613
2020
Lee, L., Atkinson, D., Hirst, A. G., & Cornell, S. J. (2020). A new framework for growth curve fitting based on the von Bertalanffy Growth Function. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-020-64839-yDOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-64839-y
Evans, L. E., Hirst, A. G., Kratina, P., & Beaugrand, G. (2020). Temperature-mediated changes in zooplankton body size: large scale temporal and spatial analysis. ECOGRAPHY, 43(4), 581-590. doi:10.1111/ecog.04631DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04631
Cornwell, L. E., Fileman, E. S., Bruun, J. T., Hirst, A. G., Tarran, G. A., Findlay, H. S., . . . Atkinson, A. (2020). Resilience of the Copepod Oithona similis to Climatic Variability: Egg Production, Mortality, and Vertical Habitat Partitioning. FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE, 7. doi:10.3389/fmars.2020.00029DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00029
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2020). Selection for increased male size predicts variation in sexual size dimorphism among fish species. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 287(1918), 9 pages. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.2640DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2640
2019
Tan, H., Hirst, A. G., Glazier, D. S., & Atkinson, D. (2019). Ecological pressures and the contrasting scaling of metabolism and body shape in coexisting taxa: cephalopods versus teleost fish. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1778). doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0543DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0543
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2019). A synthesis of major environmental-body size clines of the sexes within arthropod species. OECOLOGIA, 190(2), 343-353. doi:10.1007/s00442-019-04428-7DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04428-7
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., Atkinson, D., Almeda, R., & Kiørboe, T. (2019). Rapid shifts in the thermal sensitivity of growth but not development rate causes temperature-size response variability during ontogeny in arthropods. OIKOS. doi:10.1111/oik.06016DOI: 10.1111/oik.06016
2018
Maud, J. L., Hirst, A. G., Atkinson, A., Lindeque, P. K., & McEvoy, A. J. (2018). Mortality of <i>Calanus helgolandicus</i>: Sources, differences between the sexes and consumptive and nonconsumptive processes. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY, 63(4), 1741-1761. doi:10.1002/lno.10805DOI: 10.1002/lno.10805
Cornwell, L. E., Findlay, H. S., Lewis, C., Fileman, E. S., Smyth, T. J., Hirst, A. G., . . . Atkinson, A. (2018). Seasonality of Oithona similis and Calanus helgolandicus reproduction and abundance: contrasting responses to environmental variation at a shelf site. Journal of Plankton Research. doi:10.1093/plankt/fby007DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fby007
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2018). Insect temperature-body size trends common to laboratory, latitudinal and seasonal gradients are not found across altitudes. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 32(4), 948-957. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13031DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13031
2017
Welti, N., Striebel, M., Ulseth, A. J., Cross, W. F., DeVilbiss, S., Glibert, P. M., . . . Hillebrand, H. (2017). Bridging Food Webs, Ecosystem Metabolism, and Biogeochemistry Using Ecological Stoichiometry Theory.. Frontiers in microbiology, 8, 1298. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2017.01298DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01298
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2017). Seasonal body size reductions with warming covary with major body size gradients in arthropod species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 284(1851). doi:10.1098/rspb.2017.0238DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0238
Zooplankton productivity (Chapter)
Hirst, A. G. (2017). Zooplankton productivity. In Marine Plankton A Practical Guide to Ecology, Methodology, and Taxonomy (pp. 34-41). Oxford University Press.
Hirst, A. G., Lilley, M. K. S., Glazier, D. S., & Atkinson, D. (2017). Ontogenetic body-mass scaling of nitrogen excretion relates to body surface area in diverse pelagic invertebrates. Limnology and Oceanography, 62(1), 311-319. doi:10.1002/lno.10396DOI: 10.1002/lno.10396
2016
Disentangling the counteracting effects of water content and carbon mass on zooplankton growth (Journal article)
McConville, K., Atkinson, A., Fileman, E. S., Spicer, J. I., & Hirst, A. G. (n.d.). Disentangling the counteracting effects of water content and carbon mass on zooplankton growth. Journal of Plankton Research. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbw094DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbw094
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., Atkinson, D., Neves, A., & Kiorboe, T. (2016). A global synthesis of seasonal temperature-size responses in copepods. GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY, 25(8), 988-999. doi:10.1111/geb.12460DOI: 10.1111/geb.12460
Role of zooplankton dynamics for Southern Ocean phytoplankton biomass and
global biogeochemical cycles (Journal article)
Le Quéré, C., Buitenhuis, E. T., Moriarty, R., Alvain, S., Aumont, O., Bopp, L., . . . Vallina, S. M. (n.d.). Role of zooplankton dynamics for Southern Ocean phytoplankton biomass andglobal biogeochemical cycles. Biogeosciences, 13(14), 4111-4133. doi:10.5194/bg-13-4111-2016DOI: 10.5194/bg-13-4111-2016
2015
Hirst, A. G., Horne, C. R., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Equal temperature-size responses of the sexes are widespread within arthropod species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 282(1820). doi:10.1098/rspb.2015.2475DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2475
How does Calanus helgolandicus maintain its population in a variable environment? Analysis of a 25-year time series from the English Channel (Journal article)
Maud, J. L., Atkinson, A., Hirst, A. G., Lindeque, P. K., Widdicombe, C. E., Harmer, R. A., . . . Cummings, D. G. (2015). How does Calanus helgolandicus maintain its population in a variable environment? Analysis of a 25-year time series from the English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137, 513-523. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.028DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.028
Horne, C. R., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Temperature‐size responses match latitudinal‐size clines in arthropods, revealing critical differences between aquatic and terrestrial species. Ecology Letters, 18(4), 327-335. doi:10.1111/ele.12413DOI: 10.1111/ele.12413
Glazier, D. S., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2015). Shape shifting predicts ontogenetic changes in metabolic scaling in diverse aquatic invertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, 282(1802). doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.2302DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2302
2014
Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism in copepods. (Journal article)
Hirst, A. G., & Kiørboe, T. (2014). Macroevolutionary patterns of sexual size dimorphism in copepods.. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 281(1791), 20140739. doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0739DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0739
Re-assessing copepod growth using the Moult Rate method (Journal article)
Hirst, A. G., Keister, J. E., Richardson, A. J., Ward, P., Shreeve, R. S., & Escribano, R. (2014). Re-assessing copepod growth using the Moult Rate method. Journal of Plankton Research, 36(5), 1224-1232. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbu045DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbu045
Kiørboe, T., & Hirst, A. G. (2014). Shifts in Mass Scaling of Respiration, Feeding, and Growth Rates across Life-Form Transitions in Marine Pelagic Organisms. The American Naturalist, 183(4), E118-E130. doi:10.1086/675241DOI: 10.1086/675241
Hirst, A. G., Glazier, D. S., & Atkinson, D. (2014). Body shape shifting during growth permits tests that distinguish between competing geometric theories of metabolic scaling. Ecology Letters, 17(10), 1274-1281. doi:10.1111/ele.12334DOI: 10.1111/ele.12334
Influence of copepod size and behaviour on vulnerability to predation by the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita (Journal article)
Fitzgeorge-Balfour, T., Hirst, A. G., Lucas, C. H., & Craggs, J. (2014). Influence of copepod size and behaviour on vulnerability to predation by the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita. Journal of Plankton Research, 36(1), 77-90. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbt077DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbt077
2013
Hirst, A. G., & Forster, J. (2013). When growth models are not universal: evidence from marine invertebrates.. Proceedings. Biological sciences, 280(1768), 20131546. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1546DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1546
Female-biased sex ratios in marine pelagic copepods: Comment on Gusmão et al. (2013) (Journal article)
Hirst, A. G., Bonnet, D., Conway, D. V. P., & Kiørboe, T. (2013). Female-biased sex ratios in marine pelagic copepods: Comment on Gusmão et al. (2013). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 489, 297-298. doi:10.3354/meps10522DOI: 10.3354/meps10522
Estimating digestion time in gelatinous predators: a methodological comparison with the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita (Journal article)
FitzGeorge-Balfour, T., Hirst, A. G., Lucas, C. H., Craggs, J., Whelan, E. J., & Mombrikotb, S. (2013). Estimating digestion time in gelatinous predators: a methodological comparison with the scyphomedusa Aurelia aurita. Marine Biology, 160(4), 793-804. doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2134-zDOI: 10.1007/s00227-012-2134-z
Forster, J., Hirst, A. G., & Esteban, G. F. (2013). Achieving temperature-size changes in a unicellular organism.. The ISME journal, 7(1), 28-36. doi:10.1038/ismej.2012.76DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.76
2012
Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species (Journal article)
Forster, J., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2012). Warming-induced reductions in body size are greater in aquatic than terrestrial species. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 109(47), 19310-19314. doi:10.1073/pnas.1210460109DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210460109
Intraspecific scaling of mass to length in pelagic animals: Ontogenetic shape change and its implications (Journal article)
Hirst, A. G. (2012). Intraspecific scaling of mass to length in pelagic animals: Ontogenetic shape change and its implications. Limnology and Oceanography, 57(5), 1579-1590. doi:10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1579DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.5.1579
The temperature‐size rule emerges from ontogenetic differences between growth and development rates (Journal article)
Forster, J., & Hirst, A. G. (2012). The temperature‐size rule emerges from ontogenetic differences between growth and development rates. Functional Ecology, 26(2), 483-492. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01958.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01958.x
Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem (Chapter)
Murphy, E. J., & Hirst, A. G. (2012). Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem. In Antarctic Ecosystems An Extreme Environment in a Changing World (pp. 160-212). John Wiley & Sons.
Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem (Chapter)
Murphy, E. J., Watkins, J. L., Trathan, P. N., Reid, K., Meredith, M. P., Hill, S. L., . . . Fleming, A. H. (2012). Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In Unknown Book (pp. 160-212). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444347241.ch6DOI: 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6
2011
Growth and development rates have different thermal responses. (Journal article)
Forster, J., Hirst, A. G., & Woodward, G. (2011). Growth and development rates have different thermal responses.. The American naturalist, 178(5), 668-678. doi:10.1086/662174DOI: 10.1086/662174
How do organisms change size with changing temperature? The importance of reproductive method and ontogenetic timing (Journal article)
Forster, J., Hirst, A. G., & Atkinson, D. (2011). How do organisms change size with changing temperature? The importance of reproductive method and ontogenetic timing. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, 25(5), 1024-1031. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01852.xDOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2011.01852.x
2010
Seasonal abundance and egg production rates of Oithona similis and Pseudocalanus elongatus in the northern North Sea: a first comparison of egg-ratio and incubation methods (Journal article)
Drif, K., Hirst, A. G., & Hay, S. (2010). Seasonal abundance and egg production rates of Oithona similis and Pseudocalanus elongatus in the northern North Sea: a first comparison of egg-ratio and incubation methods. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 415, 159-175. doi:10.3354/meps08748DOI: 10.3354/meps08748
Does predation controls adult sex ratios and longevities in marine pelagic copepods? (Journal article)
Hirst, A. G., Bonnet, D., Conway, D. V. P., & Kiørboe, T. (2010). Does predation controls adult sex ratios and longevities in marine pelagic copepods?. Limnology and Oceanography, 55(5), 2193-2206. doi:10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2193DOI: 10.4319/lo.2010.55.5.2193
When Microscopic Organisms Inform General Ecological Theory (Journal article)
Reiss, J., Forster, J., Cássio, F., Pascoal, C., Stewart, R., & Hirst, A. G. (2010). When Microscopic Organisms Inform General Ecological Theory. Unknown Journal, 45-85. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-385005-8.00002-2DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385005-8.00002-2
2008
Spatial demography of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i> in the Irminger Sea (Journal article)
Heath, M. R., Rasmussen, J., Ahmed, Y., Allen, J., Anderson, C. I. H., Brierley, A. S., . . . Wilson, D. (2008). Spatial demography of <i>Calanus finmarchicus</i> in the Irminger Sea. PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY, 76(1), 39-88. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.10.001DOI: 10.1016/j.pocean.2007.10.001