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Dr Alexander Douglas

Statistician and Bioinformatician

Personal Details

Telephone:

+44 (0)1224 272873

E-mail:

a.douglas@abdn.ac.uk

Address:

Room 411, Zoology Building
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen
AB24 2TZ

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Teaching Responsibilities

I currently co-ordinate and teach on the following undergraduate postgraduate courses:

 

Undergraduate

BI3010 Statistical Analysis of Biological Data

BI29Z3 Biodiversity Field Course

 

Postgraduate Taught

MSc BI5009 'Experimantal Design and Analysis'

MSc BI5010 'Statistics for Complex Study designs'

MSc ZO5304 Population and Community Ecology

 

Postgraduate Research

PhD 'An Introduction to R'

PhD 'An Introduction to More Advanced Statistical Methods'

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Postgraduate Students

Campbell Pert (completed 2011)

In collaboration with Marine Scotland - Science

The Life cycle and infection dynamics of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer 1837), on typical and atypical hosts in marine aquaculture areas

 

Fiona Murray (2009-)

In collaboration with Martin Solan, University of Southampton

Ecosystem function in soft benthic marine systems

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Publications

  • Buendia , C., Gibbins, CN., Vericat, D., Batalla, RJ. & Douglas, A. Detecting the structural and functional impacts of fine sediment on stream invertebrates, Article, 2013, Ecological Indicators, 25, -, pp184 - 196, ISSN/ISBN: 1470-160X
  • Matejusová, I., Bland, F., Hall, AJ., Harris, RN., Snow, M., Douglas, A. & Middlemas, SJ. Real-time PCR assays for the identification of harbor and gray seal species and sex, Article, 2013, Marine Mammal Science, 29, 1, pp186 - 194, ISSN/ISBN: 0824-0469
  • Krol, E., Douglas, A., Dardente, H., Birnie, M., van der Vinnie, V., Eijer, W., Gerkema, M., Hazlerigg, DG. & Hut, R. Strong pituitary and hypothalamic responses to photoperiod but not to 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone in female common voles (Microtus arvalis), Article, 2012, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 179, 2, pp289 - 295, ISSN/ISBN: 0016-6480
  • Król, E., Martin, S., Huhtaniemi, I., Douglas, A. & Speakman, J. Negative correlation between milk production and brown adipose tissue gene expression in lactating mice, Article, 2011, Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 24, pp4160 - 4170, ISSN/ISBN: 0022-0949
  • Tacchi, L., Douglas, A., Secombes, C., Bickerdike, R. & Martin, S. Transcriptomic responses to functional feeds in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Article, 2011, Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 31, 5, pp704 - 715, ISSN/ISBN: 1050-4648
  • Burthe, SJ., Lambin, X., Telfer, SE., Douglas, A., Beldomenico, P., Smith, AD. & Begon, M. Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics, Article, 2010, Oecologia, 162, 3, pp653 - 661, ISSN/ISBN: 0029-8549
  • Martin, SAM., Douglas, A., Houlihan, DFJ. & Secombes, CJ. Starvation alters the liver transcriptome of the innate immune response in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), Article, 2010, BMC Genomics, 11, July, ISSN/ISBN: 1471-2164
  • Matejusova, I., Doig, F., Middlemas, S., MacKay, S., Douglas, A., Armstrong, J., Cunningham, C. & Snow, M. Using quantitative real-time PCR to detect salmonid prey in scats of grey Halichoerus grypus and harbour Phoca vitulina seals in Scotland, Article, 2008, Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 2, pp632 - 640, ISSN/ISBN: 0021-8901
  • Smith, C., Reichard, M., Douglas, A. & Jurajda, P. Population consequences of Behaviour in the European bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Article, 2006, Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 15, pp139 - 144, ISSN/ISBN: 0906-6691
  • Dawson, D., Burland, T., Douglas, A., LeComber, S. & Bradshaw, M. Isolation of microsatellite loci in the freshwater fish, the bitterling Rhodeus sericeus (Teleostei: Cyprinidae), Article, 2003, Molecular Ecology, 3, 2, pp199 - 202, ISSN/ISBN: 0962-1083
  • Haynes, S., Darby, AC., Daniell, TJ., Webster, G., van Veen, FJF., Godfray, HCF., Prosser, JI. & Douglas, A. The diversity of bacteria associated with natural aphid populations., Article, 2003, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69, pp7216 - 7223, ISSN/ISBN: 0099-2240
  • Smith, C., Douglas, A. & Jurajda, P. Sexual conflict, sexual selection and sperm competition in the spawning decisions of bitterling, Rhodeus sericeus, Article, 2002, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 51, pp422 - 439, ISSN/ISBN: 0340-5443
  • Smith, C., Rippon, K., Douglas, A. & Jurajda, P. A proximate cue for oviposition site choice in the bitterling (Rhodeus sericeus), Article, 2001, Freshwater Biology, 46, pp903 - 911, ISSN/ISBN: 0046-5070
  • Smith, C., Douglas, A. & Jurajda, P. Oviposition and site selection and embryo mortality in perch, Article, 2001, Journal of Fish Biology, 58, pp880 - 882, ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1112

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