Cenozoic marine carbonate systems of Colombia
This paper is the result of the collaboration between our group at MMU and researchers at Stanford University and INVEMAR. Here...
New microsatellite markers for sea urchin
PhD alumna Milena Benavides-Serrato has published 17 new polymorphic microsatellite markers for sea urchin. This paper is the result of...
New genetics tool improves our ability to inform mangrove conservation and management
Red mangrove in southwest Florida, USA. © J P Kennedy Mangrove forests have long been thought of as foul-smelling, mosquito-ridden, and...
Mangroves brave the northern cold despite reduced genetic variation
Climate change continues to alter the global environment. One common effect is that existing areas where a species lives can become...
EERC PGR Paper Awards
Every year, the Manchester Metropolitan University's Environmental Research Centre awards three prizes for best paper published by its...
Plant-plant competition influences temporal dynamism of soil microbial enzyme activity
Competition between plants can cause a change in the timing of key processes including nutrient uptake. But we don’t know the effect this...
We have a new logo!
MMU's Ecological Genetics & Conservation research group finally has a logo. The diverse range of topics and study organisms across our...
Grizzly bear hair sampling for DNA analysis
The lower 48 United States host five isolated sub-populations of grizzly bears. Concern regarding the small size of the population in the...
Why you should be using multiple genomes when searching for new microsatellite markers
Microsatellites markers are amongst the real workhorses of molecular ecology techniques. But what to do if markers are not already...
New research published on temporal dynamism by PhD student Emily Schofield
Rowntree lab PhD student Emily Schofield has published the first data paper of her PhD. Emily has written a great blog post about the...