2020 - Historical translocations and stocking alter the genetic structure of a Mediterranean lobster fishery. TL Jenkins, CD Ellis, EDH Durieux, J-J Filippi, J Bracconi, JR Stevens. Ecology & Evolution 10 (12), 5631-5636.
2019 - SNPs reveal a genetic cline across the northeast Atlantic and enable powerful population assignment in the European lobster. TL Jenkins, CD Ellis, JR Stevens. Evolutionary Applications 12 (10), 1881-1889.
2018 - Harvesting changes mating behaviour in European lobster. TK Sørdalen, KT Halvorsen, HB Harrison, CD Ellis, LA Vøllestad, H Knutsen, E Moland & EM Olsen. Evolutionary Applications 11 (6), 963-977.
2018 SNP discovery in European lobster (Homarus gammarus) using RAD sequencing. TL Jenkins, CD Ellis, JR Stevens.
Conservation Genetic Resources. 11 (3), 253-257.
2017 - Population genetic structure in European lobsters: implications for connectivity, diversity and hatchery stocking. CD Ellis, DJ Hodgson, CL Daniels, M Collins, AGF Griffiths.
Marine Ecology Progress Series 563, 123-137.
2015 - Genotype reconstruction of paternity in European lobsters (Homarus gammarus). CD Ellis, DJ Hodgson, C André, TK Sørdalen, H Knutsen, AGF Griffiths. PLOS ONE 10(11), e0139585.
2015 - Geographic and environmental drivers of fecundity in the European lobster (Homarus gammarus). CD Ellis, H Knott, CL Daniels, MJ Witt, DJ Hodgson. ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(S1), 91-100.
2014 - European lobster stocking requires comprehensive impact assessment to determine fishery benefits. CD Ellis, DJ Hodgson, CL Daniels, DP Boothroyd, RCC Bannister, AGF Griffiths.ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(S1), 35-48.
2014 - The suitability of VIE tags to assess stock enhancement success in juvenile European lobsters (Homarus gammarus). STV Neenan, DJ Hodgson, T Tregenza, D Boothroyd, CD Ellis. Aquaculture Research 46(12), 2913-2923.
Peer-reviewed Scientific Publications
Submitted - Biodiversity, polyploidy and climate adaptation in two habitat-building coralline algae: insights from whole genome resequencing. TL Jenkins, M Axelsson M, Ratcliffe F, Ellis CD, Stevens JR. Molecular Ecology.
2024 - Exploring population differences in Norway lobster in the Pomo Pits region of the Adriatic Sea using genome-wide markers. Jenkins TL, Ellis CD, Martinelli M, Stevens JR. PeerJ.
2024 - Leveraging the genetic diversity of trout in the rivers of the southern British Isles and northern France to understand the movements of sea trout (Salmo trutta) around the English Channel. King RA, Ellis CD, Bekkevold D, Ensing D, Lecointre T, Osmond DR, Piper A, Roberts DE, Launey S, Stevens JR (2024). Evolutionary Applications 17 (7)
2024 - Genetic divergence and adaptation of an isolated European lobster population in the Netherlands. Ellis CD, Paris JR, Jenkins TL, van Stralen MR, Steins NA, Schotanus J, Stevens JR. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81 (6), 1039-1052.
2023 - Shared and distinct patterns of genetic structure in two sympatric large decapods. Ellis CD, MacLeod KL, Jenkins TL, Rato LD, Jézéquel Y, Pavičić M, Díaz D, Stevens JR.
Journal of Biogeography 50 (7), 1271-1284.
2023 - Low impact rearing of a commercially valuable shellfish: sea-based container culture of European lobster in the United Kingdom. Clarke LJ, Griffin RA, Domoney E, Smith HCM, Tilsley L, Ellis CD, et al. Aquaculture Environment Interactions 15, 215-230.
2022 - New kid on the block: First record of juvenile American lobster (Homarus americanus) in Europe. Tinlin-Mackenzie A, Ellis CD, Lodola A, Martin-Ruiz C, Stevens JR, Fitsimmons C. (2022) BioInvasions Records, 11 (4).
2020 - Crossing the pond: genetic assignment detects lobster hybridisation. CD Ellis, TL Jenkins, L Svanberg, SP Eriksson, JR Stevens. Scientific Reports 10, 7781.
Open Data
PhD Thesis
2016 - Reproductive and molecular ecology of the European lobster: Implications for conservation management.
2015 - Microsatellite genotypes of 612 European lobsters from 28 locations.
2015 - Genotypic progeny arrays for 34 European lobsters from Cornwall.
2023 - NCBI Short Read Archive -European lobster and crawfish sequencing
Media
2024 - Fishing News: Berried lobster ban: a look at the science
2018 - BBC Countryfile: Wildlife Conservation Special
2017 - BBC Radio Cornwall: Berried female lobster landings ban
2016 - The Lobster Newsletter: Potential contained in culture
2016 - Aquafeed International: Lobster mariculture potential
2016 - BBC News: How rare are bright blue lobsters?
2016 - BBC Radio 4: Natural Histories: The Lobster
2016 - BBC Radio 4: On Your Farm: Cornish Lobster