Journal Articles
Quinn EA, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Poole R, Davies CE, Rowley AF, Coates CJ (2022) Invasive slipper limpets (Crepidula fornicata) act like a sink, rather than source, of Vibrio spp.. Biol Invasions 24, 3647–3659. DOI: 10.1007/s10530-022-02868-6
CE Davies, Thomas JE, Malkin SH, Batista FM, Rowley AF, Coates CJ (2022) Hematodinium sp. infection does not drive collateral disease contraction in a crustacean host. Elife 11, e70356 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.70356
Davies CE (2021) Invertebrate health in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. In press DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107524
Davies CE, Johnson AF, Wootton EC, Greenwood SJ, Clark KF, Vogan CL, Rowley AF (2020) Factors contributing to the disease ecology of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) in a temperate marine protected area. Preprint. BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.14.416628
Davies CE, Bass D, Ward GM, Batista FM, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Bateman K, Feist SW, Coates CJ, Rowley AF (2020) Diagnosis and prevalence of two new species of haplosporidians infecting shore crabs Carcinus maenas: Haplosporidium carcini n. sp., and H. cranc n. sp. Parasitology. In press DOI: 10.1017/S0031182020000980
Davies CE, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Batista FM, Rowley AF, Coates CJ (2020) Mycosis is a Disease State Encountered Rarely in Shore Crabs, Carcinus maenas. MDPI Pathogens 9(6):462 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9060462
Rowley AF, Davies CE, Malkin SH, Batista FM, Bryan CC, Thomas JE, Coates CJ (2020) Prevalence and histopathology of the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina carcini in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 171: 107338 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107338
Davies CE, Briones-Fourzán PD, Barradas-Ortiz C, Negrete-Soto F, Moo-Cocom G, Lozano-Álvarez E (2020) Do ecological characteristics drive the prevalence of Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) in juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters in a tropical reef lagoon? PloS one 15(2):e0229827 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229827
Davies CE, Batista FM, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Bryan CC, Crocombe P, Coates CJ, Rowley AF (2019) Spatial and temporal disease dynamics of the parasite Hematodinium sp. in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Parasites & Vectors 12:472 doi: 0.1186/s13071-019-3727-x
Davies CE, Briones-Fourzán P, Lozano-Álvarez E (2019) Untangling the effects of size, habitat and invertebrate biodiversity on parasite prevalence in the Caribbean spiny lobster. Marine Biology 166 (9): 113. doi: 10.1007/s00227-019-3563-8
Davies CE, Wootton EC (2018) Current and emerging diseases of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus): a review. Bulletin of Marine Science 94 (3): 959-978 DOI: 10.5343/bms.2017.1142
Davies, C.E., Johnson, A.F., Wootton, E.C., Greenwood, S.J., Clark, K.F., Vogan, C.L., Rowley, A.F. (2015) Effects of population density and body size on disease ecology of the European lobster in a temperate marine conservation zone. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72 (suppl 1), i128-i138 doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu237
Rowley, A.F., Smith, A.L. and Davies, C.E. (2015) How does the dinoflagellate parasite, Hematodinium outsmart the immune system of its crustacean hosts? PLOS Pathogens 11 (5), e1004724 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004724
Davies, C.E. and Rowley, A.F. (2015). Are European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) susceptible to infection by a temperate Hematodinium sp.?. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 127, 6-10 doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.02.004
Davies, C.E., Vogan, C.L. and Rowley, A.F. (2015). The effect of the copepod parasite, Nicothoë astaci, on haemolymph chemistry of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus (L.). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 113 (2), 169-175 doi: 10.3354/dao02814
Davies, C.E., Thomas, G.R., Maffeis, T.G.G., Wootton, E.C., Penny, M.W. and Rowley, A.F. (2014) Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoë astaci, a hematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 122, 48-51 doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.08.006
Whitten, M.M.A., Davies, C.E., Kim, A., Tlusty, M., Wootton, E.C., Chistoserdov, A. and Rowley, A.F. (2014) Cuticles of European and American lobsters harbor diverse bacterial species and differ in disease susceptibility. MicrobiologyOpen 3(3), 395- 409 doi:10.1002/mbo3.174
Davies, C. E., Whitten, M. M. A., Kim, A., Wootton, E. C., Maffeis, T. G. G., Tlusty, M., Vogan, C. L. and Rowley, A. F. (2014). A comparison of the structure of American (Homarus americanus) and European (Homarus gammarus) lobster cuticle with particular reference to shell disease susceptibility. Journal of invertebrate pathology 117, 33–41 doi:10.1016/j.jip.2014.01.001
Wootton, E. C., Pope, E. C., Vogan, C. L., Roberts, E. C., Davies, C. E. and Rowley, A. F. (2011). Morphology and pathology of the ectoparasitic copepod, Nicothoë astaci (’lobster louse') in the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. Parasitology 138, 1285–95 doi:10.1017/S003118201100093X
CE Davies, Thomas JE, Malkin SH, Batista FM, Rowley AF, Coates CJ (2022) Hematodinium sp. infection does not drive collateral disease contraction in a crustacean host. Elife 11, e70356 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.70356
Davies CE (2021) Invertebrate health in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. In press DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107524
Davies CE, Johnson AF, Wootton EC, Greenwood SJ, Clark KF, Vogan CL, Rowley AF (2020) Factors contributing to the disease ecology of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) in a temperate marine protected area. Preprint. BioRxiv DOI: 10.1101/2020.12.14.416628
Davies CE, Bass D, Ward GM, Batista FM, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Bateman K, Feist SW, Coates CJ, Rowley AF (2020) Diagnosis and prevalence of two new species of haplosporidians infecting shore crabs Carcinus maenas: Haplosporidium carcini n. sp., and H. cranc n. sp. Parasitology. In press DOI: 10.1017/S0031182020000980
Davies CE, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Batista FM, Rowley AF, Coates CJ (2020) Mycosis is a Disease State Encountered Rarely in Shore Crabs, Carcinus maenas. MDPI Pathogens 9(6):462 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens9060462
Rowley AF, Davies CE, Malkin SH, Batista FM, Bryan CC, Thomas JE, Coates CJ (2020) Prevalence and histopathology of the parasitic barnacle, Sacculina carcini in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 171: 107338 DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2020.107338
Davies CE, Briones-Fourzán PD, Barradas-Ortiz C, Negrete-Soto F, Moo-Cocom G, Lozano-Álvarez E (2020) Do ecological characteristics drive the prevalence of Panulirus argus virus 1 (PaV1) in juvenile Caribbean spiny lobsters in a tropical reef lagoon? PloS one 15(2):e0229827 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229827
Davies CE, Batista FM, Malkin SH, Thomas JE, Bryan CC, Crocombe P, Coates CJ, Rowley AF (2019) Spatial and temporal disease dynamics of the parasite Hematodinium sp. in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas. Parasites & Vectors 12:472 doi: 0.1186/s13071-019-3727-x
Davies CE, Briones-Fourzán P, Lozano-Álvarez E (2019) Untangling the effects of size, habitat and invertebrate biodiversity on parasite prevalence in the Caribbean spiny lobster. Marine Biology 166 (9): 113. doi: 10.1007/s00227-019-3563-8
Davies CE, Wootton EC (2018) Current and emerging diseases of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus): a review. Bulletin of Marine Science 94 (3): 959-978 DOI: 10.5343/bms.2017.1142
Davies, C.E., Johnson, A.F., Wootton, E.C., Greenwood, S.J., Clark, K.F., Vogan, C.L., Rowley, A.F. (2015) Effects of population density and body size on disease ecology of the European lobster in a temperate marine conservation zone. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72 (suppl 1), i128-i138 doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu237
Rowley, A.F., Smith, A.L. and Davies, C.E. (2015) How does the dinoflagellate parasite, Hematodinium outsmart the immune system of its crustacean hosts? PLOS Pathogens 11 (5), e1004724 doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004724
Davies, C.E. and Rowley, A.F. (2015). Are European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) susceptible to infection by a temperate Hematodinium sp.?. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 127, 6-10 doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2015.02.004
Davies, C.E., Vogan, C.L. and Rowley, A.F. (2015). The effect of the copepod parasite, Nicothoë astaci, on haemolymph chemistry of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus (L.). Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 113 (2), 169-175 doi: 10.3354/dao02814
Davies, C.E., Thomas, G.R., Maffeis, T.G.G., Wootton, E.C., Penny, M.W. and Rowley, A.F. (2014) Detailed surface morphology of the 'lobster louse' copepod, Nicothoë astaci, a hematophagous gill parasite of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus.
Journal of invertebrate pathology 122, 48-51 doi: 10.1016/j.jip.2014.08.006
Whitten, M.M.A., Davies, C.E., Kim, A., Tlusty, M., Wootton, E.C., Chistoserdov, A. and Rowley, A.F. (2014) Cuticles of European and American lobsters harbor diverse bacterial species and differ in disease susceptibility. MicrobiologyOpen 3(3), 395- 409 doi:10.1002/mbo3.174
Davies, C. E., Whitten, M. M. A., Kim, A., Wootton, E. C., Maffeis, T. G. G., Tlusty, M., Vogan, C. L. and Rowley, A. F. (2014). A comparison of the structure of American (Homarus americanus) and European (Homarus gammarus) lobster cuticle with particular reference to shell disease susceptibility. Journal of invertebrate pathology 117, 33–41 doi:10.1016/j.jip.2014.01.001
Wootton, E. C., Pope, E. C., Vogan, C. L., Roberts, E. C., Davies, C. E. and Rowley, A. F. (2011). Morphology and pathology of the ectoparasitic copepod, Nicothoë astaci (’lobster louse') in the European lobster, Homarus gammarus. Parasitology 138, 1285–95 doi:10.1017/S003118201100093X
Conference Presentations
September 2019
'BlueFish WP 4.3: Disease Connectivity. Where are the reservoirs of shellfish diseases in the aquatic environment? Investigating disease dynamics of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas’
Environment Evidence 2019 – Marine Evidence, a conference run by the Environment Platform Wales, at Swansea University Bay Campus, Swansea.
September 2019
‘Disease connectivity: Using eDNA to investigate disease dynamics of the parasite Hematodinium sp. and co-infections in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas’
19th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish at The Alfândega Congress Centre, Porto, Portugal.
May 2019
'Disease connectivity: Untangling biometric and ecological effects on parasite prevalence of crustacean species.'
Natural History Museum, London, UK. Invited speaker.
November 2018
'Disease Connectivity: Profiling seawater, zooplankton and marine sediment microbiomes'
Aquaculture Research Collaborative Hub UK Shellfish and Finfish Microbiome Workshop, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
June 2017
'Parasites Affecting Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus): the Role of Habitat'
11th International Conference and Workshops on Lobster Biology and Management, Portland, Maine, USA.
October 2016
'Parasites Affecting Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus): the Role of Habitat/Parásitos que Afectan a la Langosta Espinosa del Caribe (Panulirus argus): el Papel del Hábitat'
Mini-Simposio de Parásitos y Enfermedades de Crustáceos, X Reunión Nacional Alejandro Villalobos, Mérida Yucatán, México
February 2016
'Density vs. disease: Crustaceans in a temperate marine protected area'
Oceans Meeting 2016, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
August 2015
'Health status of the European lobster Homarus gammarus'
National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow, Cornwall, UK
October 2014
'Shell disease: An overview'
6th Annual Meeting of the National Reference Laboratories for Crustacean Diseases, Cefas, Weymouth, UK. Invited speaker.
May 2014
Does the importation of live American lobster (Homarus americanus) pose a threat to native European (H. gammarus) populations?
Shell disease susceptibility.
10th International Conference and Workshops on Lobster Biology and Management, Cancun, Mexico
May 2013
'Epizootic shell disease: a threat to the European lobster Homarus gammarus? A comparison of cuticular morphology between the American and European lobsters'
10th Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference, Aberystwyth University
September 2012
'Health status of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) with particular reference to epizootic shell disease'
Oceans of Potential Conference, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth
May 2012
'Epizootic Shell Disease: A threat to the European lobster?'
9th Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork, Ireland
'Diseases of the large-clawed lobsters Homaridae'
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Level 3 undergraduate module), Swansea University
'The health status of the European lobster Homarus gammarus'
3 Minute Thesis, Swansea University
'BlueFish WP 4.3: Disease Connectivity. Where are the reservoirs of shellfish diseases in the aquatic environment? Investigating disease dynamics of the shore crab, Carcinus maenas’
Environment Evidence 2019 – Marine Evidence, a conference run by the Environment Platform Wales, at Swansea University Bay Campus, Swansea.
September 2019
‘Disease connectivity: Using eDNA to investigate disease dynamics of the parasite Hematodinium sp. and co-infections in shore crabs, Carcinus maenas’
19th International Conference on Diseases of Fish and Shellfish at The Alfândega Congress Centre, Porto, Portugal.
May 2019
'Disease connectivity: Untangling biometric and ecological effects on parasite prevalence of crustacean species.'
Natural History Museum, London, UK. Invited speaker.
November 2018
'Disease Connectivity: Profiling seawater, zooplankton and marine sediment microbiomes'
Aquaculture Research Collaborative Hub UK Shellfish and Finfish Microbiome Workshop, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
June 2017
'Parasites Affecting Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus): the Role of Habitat'
11th International Conference and Workshops on Lobster Biology and Management, Portland, Maine, USA.
October 2016
'Parasites Affecting Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus): the Role of Habitat/Parásitos que Afectan a la Langosta Espinosa del Caribe (Panulirus argus): el Papel del Hábitat'
Mini-Simposio de Parásitos y Enfermedades de Crustáceos, X Reunión Nacional Alejandro Villalobos, Mérida Yucatán, México
February 2016
'Density vs. disease: Crustaceans in a temperate marine protected area'
Oceans Meeting 2016, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, LA
August 2015
'Health status of the European lobster Homarus gammarus'
National Lobster Hatchery, Padstow, Cornwall, UK
October 2014
'Shell disease: An overview'
6th Annual Meeting of the National Reference Laboratories for Crustacean Diseases, Cefas, Weymouth, UK. Invited speaker.
May 2014
Does the importation of live American lobster (Homarus americanus) pose a threat to native European (H. gammarus) populations?
Shell disease susceptibility.
10th International Conference and Workshops on Lobster Biology and Management, Cancun, Mexico
May 2013
'Epizootic shell disease: a threat to the European lobster Homarus gammarus? A comparison of cuticular morphology between the American and European lobsters'
10th Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference, Aberystwyth University
September 2012
'Health status of the European lobster (Homarus gammarus) with particular reference to epizootic shell disease'
Oceans of Potential Conference, Marine Biological Association, Plymouth
May 2012
'Epizootic Shell Disease: A threat to the European lobster?'
9th Marine Biological Association Postgraduate Conference, University College Cork, Ireland
'Diseases of the large-clawed lobsters Homaridae'
Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (Level 3 undergraduate module), Swansea University
'The health status of the European lobster Homarus gammarus'
3 Minute Thesis, Swansea University