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Name: | Shaw Bamber |
| Position: | Senior Research Scientist |
| Research group: | Marine Environment |
| Email: | Shaw.Bamber@iris.no |
| Phone: | (+47) 51 87 55 33 |
Personal information:
2001 Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education. University of Plymouth, UK.
1993 PhD. Marine Biology. School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
1990 BSc (Hons). Animal Biology. University of Wales, Bangor, UK. Class awarded: 2:i. 1985 Higher National Certificate. Electronic engineering. Plymouth College of Further
Education, UK.
Research interests
The major objective of my current research is the development of biological measures in marine invertebrates that provide a reliable and accurate assessment of the well being of the organisms under study. A key goal of this activity is the production of data that can be readily incorporated into environmental management processes such as risk assessment. This information is vital if we are to increase our understanding of the interaction between anthropogenic activities and aquatic biota and to develop effective safeguards for the marine environment.
The combination of biology and technology provides an opportunity to produce measurement systems that can provide real time, on-line data. This approach to biomeasure development represents a key component of my current research. Cardiac activity in mussels and crabs together with valve gape activity in mussels and scallops are methods presently in use within defined projects associated with North Sea and Arctic ocean environments. The deployment of these systems in the field, or in association with effluent testing, provides potential for the rapid detection of deteriorating water quality. When used as a component of a long term surveillance monitoring regime these techniques can also provide evidence of acceptable water conditions, indicating compliance with discharge consents associated with anthropogenic activities.
Icelandic scallop (Chlamys islandica)with valve gape sensor attached
Great Spider crab (Hyas araneus) with heart rate sensor attached
Many invertebrates display predictable behavioural traits under non-stressed conditions. Such activity can be recorded and analysed using either video or light beam systems. If typical behaviour is readily recognised then deviation away from this norm is equally easy to detect and this can form the basis of an effective behavioural assay, examining pre and post-test exposure activity. Marine snails and crabs are being used for the initial development of these assays.
Research investment in recent years has produced a myriad of biological measures associated with pollutant/biota interactions. Many of these provide evidence of exposure to particular contaminants, but it is the so called ‘effect measures’ that are of primary interest in the context of my current research. By definition, these higher level measures provide evidence of detrimental impact on the exposed test organism. By using measures that report the condition of key biological processes it will be possible to construct a health profile of the organisms under investigation. Tests included in the first phase of this work include cellular integrity, immune function and condition indices. Mussels, scallops and crabs are currently being used within these investigations.
Peer reviewed publications
Dissanayake A., and S.D. Bamber (2010) Monitoring PAH contamination in the field (South west Iberian Peninsula): Biomonitoring using fluorescence spectrophotometry and physiological
assessments in the shore crab Carcinus maenas (L.) (Crustacea: Decapoda). Marine Environmental Research 70 (1): 65-72.
Hannam, M. L., S. D. Bamber, et al.(2010) "Effects of the model PAH phenanthrene on immune function and oxidative stress in the haemolymph of the temperate scallop Pecten maximus." Chemosphere 78(7): 779-784.
Hannam, M. L., S. D. Bamber, et al. (2010) "Functional immune response in Pecten maximus: Combined effects of a pathogen-associated molecular pattern and PAH exposure." Fish & Shellfish Immunology 28(1): 249-252.
Smit, M. G. D., Bechmann RK, Hendriks AJ, Skadsheim A, Larsen BK, Baussant T, Bamber S & Sanni S. (2009). "Relating biomarkers to whole-organism effects using species sensitivity distributions: A pilot study for marien species exposed to oil" Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 28(5): 1104-1109.
Hannam, M. L., S. D. Bamber, et al. (2009). "Immune modulation in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis exposed to North Sea produced water." Environmental Pollution 157(6): 1939-1944.
Hannam, M. L., S. D. Bamber, et al. (2009). "Immune function in the Arctic Scallop, Chlamys islandica, following dispersed oil exposure." Aquatic Toxicology 92(3): 187-194.
Provan, F., Bjornstad, A., Pampanin, D.M., Lyng, E., Fontanillas, R., Andersen, O.K., Koppe, W. & Bamber, S. (2006) Mass spectrometric profiling – A diagnostic tool in fish? Marine Enviromental Research, 62, S105-S108.
Martin-Diaz, M. L., Villena-Lincoln, A., Bamber, S.D., Blasco, J. and Delvalls, T.A. (2005). An integrated approach using bioaccumulation and biomarker measurements in the female shore crab, Carcinus maenas. Chemosphere, 58, 615-626.
Jonsson, G., Bechmann, R.K., Bamber, S.D., and Baussant, T. (2004) Bioconcentration, biotransformation, and elimination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Sheepshead minnows (Cyprinodon variegates) exposed to contaminated seawater. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23, 1538-1548.
Martin-Diaz, M. L., S. Bamber, Casado-Martinez, C., Sales, D. and DelValls, T. A. (2004). Toxicokinetics of heavy metals from a mining spill using Carcinus maenas. Marine Environmental Research, 58(2-5): 833-837.
Matthiessen, P., Allen, Y., Bamber, S., Craft, J., Hurst, M., Hutchinson, T., Feist, S., Katsiadaki, I., Kirby, M., Robinson, C., Scott,S., Thain, J., and Thomas K. (2002) The impact of oestrogenic and androgenic contamination on marine organisms in the United Kingdom – summary of the EDMAR programme. Marine Environmental Research, 54, 645-649.
Fossi. M.C., Casini.S., Savelli.C., Corbelli. C., Franchi.E., Mattei.N., Sanchez-Hernandez.J.C., Corsi.I., Bamber.S. and Depledge.MH. (2000) Biomarker responses at different levels of biological organisation in crabs (Carcinus aestuarii) experimentally exposed to benzo(alpha)pyrene. Chemosphere 40, 861-874.
Sparagano, O., Sage, T., Fossi, M.C., Lari, L., Child, P., Savva, D., Depledge, M., Bamber, S., and Walker, C. (1999) Induction of a putative monooxygenase of crabs (Carcinus spp.) by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Biomarkers, 4, 203-213.
Moore, A,. Ives, M., Scott., M., and Bamber, S. (1998) The migratory behaviour of wild sea trout (Salmo trutta L.) smolts in the estuary of the river Conwy, North Wales. Aquaculture, 168, 57-68.
Wedderburn, J., Cheung, V., Bamber, S., Bloxham, M., Depledge, M.H. (1998) Biomarkers of biochemical and cellular stress in Carcinus maenas: an in situ field study. Marine Environmental Research, 40, 321-324.
Bamber, S.D., and Depledge, M.H. (1997) Responses of shore crabs to physiological challenges following exposure to selected environmental contaminants. Aquatic Toxicology, 40, 79-92.
Bamber, S.D., and Depledge, M.H. (1997) Evaluation of changes in the adaptive physiology of shore crabs (Carcinus maenas) as an indicator of pollution in estuarine environments. Marine Biology, 129, 667-672.
Bamber, S.D., and Naylor, E. (1997) Sites of release of putative sex pheromone and sexual behaviour in female Carcinus maenas (Crustacea: Decapoda). Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 44, 195-202.
Bamber, S.D., and Naylor, E. (1996) Chemical communication and behavioural interaction between sexually mature male and female shore crabs (Carcinus maenas L.) Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 76, 691-699.
Bamber, S.D., and Naylor, E. (1996) The mating behaviour of male Carcinus maenas in relation to a putative sex pheromone: behavioural changes in response to antennule restriction. Marine Biology, 125, 483-488.
Fossi. M.C., Casini.S., Savelli.C., Lari. L., Corsi.I., Sanchez-Hernandez. J.C., Mattei.N.,Franchi.E., Depledge.M., and Bamber.S. (1996) Multi-trial biomarker approach using Carcinus aestuarii to evaluate toxicological risk due to Mediterranean contaminants: Field And experimental studies. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 5, 706-711.
Fossi. M.C., Lari. L., Casini.S., Mattei.N., Savelli.C., Sanchez-Hernandez. J.C., Castellani. S., Depledge.M.H., Bamber.S., Walker,C., Savva. D., and Sparagano.O. (1996) Biochemical and genotoxic biomarkers in the Mediterranean crab Carcinus aestuarii experimentally exposed to PCBs, benzopyrene and methyl mercury. Marine Environmental Research, 42, 29-32.
Moore, A., Potter, E.C.E., Milner, N.J., and Bamber, S. (1995) The migratory behaviour of wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) smolts in the estuary of the river Conwy, North Wales. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 52, 1923-1935.
Bamber, S.D., and Naylor, E. (1993) The role of a putative female sex pheromone in the mating behaviour of the common shore crab. Proceedings of the first European crustacean conference, Paris, August 31 – September 5, 1992, (abstracts). P.Noel coord., Editions du Museum national d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 1993, 201 pp.