Publications
Williams, R. S., Curnick, D. J., Baillie, A., Barber, J. L., Barnett, J., Brownlow, A., Deaville, R., Davison, N. J., Ten Doeschate, M., Jepson, P. D., et al. (2025). Sea temperature and pollution are associated with infectious disease mortality in short-beaked common dolphins. Communications Biology, 8(1), 557. Nature Publishing Group UK London.
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Garcia-Bustos, V., Rosario Medina, I., Cabanero-Navalon, M. D., Williams, R. S., Macgregor, S. K., John, S. K., Aznar, F. J., Gozalbes, P., & Acosta-Hernández, B. (2025). Aspergillus Infections in Cetaceans: A Systematic Review of Clinical, Ecological, and Conservation Perspectives. Biology, 14(6), 664. MDPI.
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Williams, R. S., Brownlow, A., Baillie, A., Barber, J. L., Barnett, J., Davison, N. J., Deaville, R., Ten Doeschate, M., Penrose, R., Perkins, M., et al. (2023). Evaluation of a marine mammal status and trends contaminants indicator for European waters. Science of the Total Environment, 866, 161301. Elsevier.
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Williams, R. S., Brownlow, A., Baillie, A., Barber, J. L., Barnett, J., Davison, N. J., Deaville, R., Ten Doeschate, M., Murphy, S., Penrose, R., et al. (2023). Spatiotemporal trends spanning three decades show toxic levels of chemical contaminants in marine mammals. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(49), 20736–20749. American Chemical Society.
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Curnick, D. J., Deaville, R., Bortoluzzi, J. R., Cameron, L., Carlsson, J. E. L., Carlsson, J., Dolton, H. R., Gordon, C. A., Hosegood, P., Nilsson, A., Williams, R. S., et al. (2023). Northerly range expansion and first confirmed records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark, Odontaspis ferox, in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(6), 1549–1555. Blackwell Publishing Ltd Oxford, UK.
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Pinzone, M., Parmentier, K., Siebert, U., Brownlow, A., Caurant, F., Das, K., Deaville, R., Galatius, A., Geelhoed, S., Hernández Sánchez, M. T., Williams, R. S., et al. (2023). Developing an indicator for persistent chemicals in Northeast Atlantic marine mammals in the framework of the OSPAR convention. In 43rd International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)-DIOXIN 2023.
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Pinzone, M., Parmentier, K., Siebert, U., Gilles, A., Authier, M., Caurant, F., Das, K., Galatius, A., Geelhoed, S., Hernández Sánchez, M. T., Williams, R. S., et al. (2023). Pilot Assessment of Status and Trends of persistent chemicals in marine mammals. Quality Status Report 2023. OSPAR Commission, London, United Kingdom.
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Williams, R. S., Curnick, D. J., Brownlow, A., Barber, J. L., Barnett, J., Davison, N. J., Deaville, R., Ten Doeschate, M., Perkins, M., Jepson, P. D., et al. (2021). Polychlorinated biphenyls are associated with reduced testes weights in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena). Environment International, 150, 106303. Pergamon.
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Williams, R., Doeschate, M. ten, Curnick, D. J., Brownlow, A., Barber, J. L., Davison, N. J., Deaville, R., Perkins, M., Jepson, P. D., & Jobling, S. (2020). Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls are still associated with toxic effects in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) despite having fallen below proposed toxicity thresholds. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(4), 2277–2286. American Chemical Society.
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Williams, R. S., Curnick, D. J., Barber, J. L., Brownlow, A., Davison, N. J., Deaville, R., Perkins, M., Jobling, S., & Jepson, P. D. (2020). Juvenile harbor porpoises in the UK are exposed to a more neurotoxic mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls than adults. Science of the Total Environment, 708, 134835. Elsevier.
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Jobling, S., Williams, R., ten Doeschate, M., Curnick, D., Brownlow, A., Barber, J., Davidson, N., Deaville, R., Perkins, M., & Jepson, P. (2020). Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls are still associated with toxic effects in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) despite having fallen below proposed toxicity thresholds. American Chemical Society.
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Gkotsis, G., Nika, M.-C., Nikolopoulou, V., Alygizakis, N., Bizani, E., Aalizadeh, R., Badry, A., Chadwick, E., Cincinelli, A., Claßen, D., Williams, R. S., et al. (2022). Assessment of contaminants of emerging concern in European apex predators and their prey by LC-QToF MS wide-scope target analysis. Environment International, 170, 107623. Pergamon.