Responsibilities

• Senior Lecturer in Department of Life Sciences
• Course Leader for Marine Biology

Teaching

Module Leader for:
Year 1:
Introduction to Marine Biology

Year 3:
Biogeography
Coastal Marine Biology
Practical Marine Biology
Undergraduate Project

Other Modules:
Year 1:
Core Biology

Year 2:
Applied Ethology & Animal Welfare
Biological Oceanography
Invertebrate Biology
Parasitology
Practical Biodiversity
Practical Biology
Preparation for Research
Vertebrate Biology

Year 3:
Behaviour of Marine Animals
Domestication & Behaviour of Domesticated Animals
Mammalogy

Research and Scholarly Activity

My recent work has centred on Antarctic biogeography, cladistics and multivariate analysis.

Antarctic Biogeography
I have, since 1990, been working on the non-marine fauna of Antarctic and the islands of the Southern Ocean, initially collating distribution databases to mites, spiders, crustaceans and molluscs. More recently I have been using these databases as tools to explore the possible origins of the 'far-southern' fauna in the context of Antarctic geological and glaciological history.

Cladistics and Multivariate Analyses
Since joining Anglia Ruskin in 2000 I have developed cladistic multivariate analyses to both enhance my research on Antarctic biodiversity and as core computer methods for my third year 'Biogeography'' module. My research has involved applying these techniques to the analysis of very disparate data sets including the interaction between tardigrades and continental drift, dogs and their toys, seabirds and fish hooks, ladybirds and their fungal pathogens.

Peer-Reviewed Publications (from 2000)

Downey, R.H., Convey, P., McInnes, S.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2000. The non-marine invertebrate fauna of Deception Island (Maritime Antarctic): need for a comprehensive biodiversity database. Polar Record 36: 297-304.

Pugh, P.J.A. & Convey, P. 2000. Scotia Arc Acari: antiquity and origin. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 130: 309-328.

Marshall, D.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2000. Two new species of Schusteria (Acari: Oribatida: Amernothroidea) from the marine shores in Southern Africa. African Zoology 35: 201-205.

Convey, P., Smith, R.I.L., Peat, H.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2000. The terrestrial biota of Charcot Island, eastern Bellingshausen Sea, Antarctica: an example of extreme isolation. Antarctic Science 12: 406-413.

Marshall, D.J., O'Connor, B.M. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2001. Neohyadesia microtrichia (Acari: Astigmata: Algophagidae): a new species from the sub-Antarctic. Polar Biology 24: 101-104.

Pugh, P.J.A. & Mercer, R.D. 2001. Littoral Acari of Marion Island: ecology and extreme wave exposure. Polar Biology 24: 239-243.

Gabriel, A.G.A., Chown, S.L., Barendse, J., Marshall, D.J., Mercer, R.D., Pugh, P.J.A. & Smith, V.R. 2001. Biological invasions on Southern Ocean islands: the Collembola of Marion Island as a test of generalities. Ecography 24: 421-430.

McInnes, S.J., Chown, S.L., Dartnall, H.J.G. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2001. Milnesium tardigradum (Milnesiidae, Apochela, Tardigrada): a monitor of high altitude meiofauna on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240: 461-465.

Marshall, D.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2002. Fortuynia (Acari: Oribatida: Ameronothroidea) from the marine littoral of southern Africa. Journal of Natural History 36: 173-183.

Pugh, P.J.A. & Scott, B. 2002. Biodiversity and biogeography of non-marine Mollusca on the islands of the Southern ocean. Journal of Natural History 36: 927-952.

Pugh, P.J.A., Dartnall, H.J.G. & S.J. McInnes (2002) The non-marine Crustacea of Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean: biodiversity and biogeography. Journal of Natural History 36: 1047-1103.

Convey, P., Pugh, P.J.A., Jackson, C., Murray, A.W., Ruhland, C.T., Xiong, F.S. & Day, T.A. 2002. Response of Antarctic terrestrial arthropods to long-term climate manipulation. Ecology 83: 3130-3140.

Marshall, D.J., O'Connor, B.M. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2003. The Algophagus mites (Astigmata: Algophagidae) from the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands: habitat related morphometrics and taxonomic descriptions. Journal of Zoology 259: 31-47.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2003. Have mites (Acarina: Arachnida) colonised Antarctica and the islands of the Southern Ocean via air currents? Polar Record 39: 239-244.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2004. Biogeography of spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) on the islands of the Southern Ocean. Journal of Natural History 38: 1461-1487.

McInnes, S.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2007. An attempt to revisit the global biogeography of limno-terrestrial Tardigrada. Journal of Limnology 66: 90-96.

Convey, P., Gibson, J.A.E., Hillenbrand, C.D., Hodgson, D.A., Pugh, P.J.A. & Stevens, M.I. 2008. Antarctic terrestrial life - a window into the history of the frozen continent. Biological Reviews 83: 103-117.

Pugh, P.J.A. & Convey, P. 2008. Surviving out in the cold: Antarctic endemic invertebrates and their refugia. Journal of Biogeography 35: 2176-2186.

Convey, P., Stevens, M.I., Hodgson, D.A., Smellie, J.L., Hillenbrand, C.-D., Barnes, D.K.A., Clarke, A., Pugh, P.J.A., Linse, K. & Cary, S.C. 2009. Exploring biological constraints on the glacial history of Antarctica. Quaternary Science Reviews 28: 3035-3048.

Phillips, R.A., Ridley, C., Reid, K., Pugh, P.J.A., Tuck, G.N. & Harrison, N. 2010. Ingestion of fishing gear and entanglement of seabirds: monitoring and implications for management. Biological Conservation 143: 501-512.

Ridley, C., Harrison, N.M. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2010. Identifying the origins of fishing gear ingested by seabirds foraging over the Southern Ocean: a novel multivariate approach. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20: 621-631.

Ormond, E.L., Thomas, A.P.M., Pugh, P.J.A., Pell, J.K. & Roy, H.E. 2010 A fungal pathogen in time and space: the population dynamics of Beauveria bassiana in a conifer forest. Microbial Ecology 74: 146-154.


Other Articles & Presentations (from 2000)

Pugh, P.J.A., Lewis Smith, R.I & Smith, B.J. 2000. Origin of a new land snail, Notodiscus sp. (Charopidae), on South Georgia. Southern Connections 2000, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2000. Recent biological applications of FIB/SIMS. Invited Lecture: International Microscopy Symposium, London, U.K.

McInnes, S.J., Chown, S.L., Dartnall, H.J.G. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2000 Milnesium cfr. tardigradum: a monitor of high altitude micro-invertebrates on sub-Antarctic Marion Island. 8th International Symposium on Tardigrada, Denmark, Copenhagen.

Marshall, D.J., OConnor, B.M. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2000. Dichotomy in Algophagus (Acarina) on the sub-Antarctic Prince Edward Islands. International Congress of Entomology, Brazil.

Gabriel, A.G.A., Chown, S.L, Barendse, J., Marshall, D.J., Mercer, R.D., Pugh, P.J.A. & Smith, V.R. 2001. Biological invasions of Southern Ocean islands: Collembola of Marion Island. SCAR 8 - Antarctic Biology Symposium, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Hetzel, U., Pugh, P.J.A. & Kipar, A. 2001. Nasal mite infestation in an adult grey seal Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius). 2001 Congress of European Veterinary Pathology, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2004. New SEM views of the world: from inside seal's noses to dead flies. Royal Microscopical Society Annual Guest Lecture, University of Sheffield.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2005. Mr. Pye's shells: a rescued Victorian shell collection. British Entomological and Natural History Society, London.

McInnes, S.J. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2006. The global biogeography of limno-terrestrial Tardigrada revisited. 9th International Symposium on Tardigrada, Catania, Italy.

Bond, M.P., Nevison, C. & Pugh, P.J.A. 2006. Assessing the efficacy of dog toys as instruments of safe enrichment. 9th UFAW Vacation Scholarship Meeting, University of Newcastle.

Convey, P., Gibson, J.A.E., Hodgson, D.A., Pugh, P.J.A. & Stevens, M.I. 2007. New terrestrial biological constraints for Antarctic glaciation. 10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California.

Pugh, P.J.A. 2007. Mr. Pye's shell collection. The Lincolnshire Naturalist 26: 216-221.