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Christopher A. Richardson

Christopher A. Richardson

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
51
Citations
8548
World Ranking
4792
National Ranking
366

Overview

Christopher A. Richardson is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences.

Their work spans several subfields, including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Paleontology
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology

Main topics of Richardon's research include:

  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Cephalopods and Marine Biology

Richardon has contributed to several publication venues where their work has appeared multiple times. Frequent venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Selected recent papers by Richardson include:

  • Unravelling 5 decades of anthropogenic 236U discharge from nuclear reprocessing plants, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Is there a reliable taphonomic clock in the temperate North Atlantic? An example from a North Sea population of the mollusc Arctica islandica, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Impact of nuclear fuel reprocessing on the temporal evolution of marine radiocarbon, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Calibration of shell δ18O from the common whelk Buccinum undatum highlights potential for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, 2020, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
  • Shell growth and age determined from annual lines in the southern warm-water limpet Patella depressa at its poleward geographic boundaries, 2021, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

Richardson has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Maxi Castrillejo
  • Rob Witbaard
  • R. Dekker
  • Marcus Christl
  • Núria Casacuberta

Best Publications

  • Chronic fishing disturbance has changed shelf sea benthic community structure

    M. J. Kaiser;K. Ramsay;C. A. Richardson;F. E. Spence

  • Variability of marine climate on the North Icelandic Shelf in a 1357-year proxy archive based on growth increments in the bivalve Arctica islandica

    Paul G. Butler;Alan D. Jnr Wanamaker;James D. Scourse;Christopher A. Richardson

  • Molluscs as archives of environmental change.

    C.A. Richardson

  • Age, growth rate and season of recruitment of Pinna nobilis (L) in the Croatian Adriatic determined from Mg:Ca and Sr:Ca shell profiles

    Chris Richardson;Melita Peharda;Hilary Kennedy;Paul Kennedy

  • surface changes in the north Atlantic meridional overturning circulation during the last millennium

    Alan D. Wanamaker;Paul G. Butler;James D. Scourse;Jan Heinemeier

  • Very Long-Lived Mollusks Confirm 17th Century AD Tephra-Based Radiocarbon Reservoir Ages for North Icelandic Shelf Waters

    Alan D Wanamaker;Jan Heinemeier;James D Scourse;Christopher A Richardson

  • Age and growth of the fan mussel Pinna nobilis from south-east Spanish Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) meadows

    C. A. Richardson;H. Kennedy;C. M. Duarte;D. P. Kennedy

  • Environmental and biological controls on elemental (Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca) ratios in shells of the king scallop Pecten maximus

    Pedro S. Freitas;Leon J. Clarke;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher A. Richardson

  • Marine climate in the Irish Sea: analysis of a 489-year marine master chronology derived from growth increments in the shell of the clam Arctica islandica

    Paul G. Butler;Christopher A. Richardson;James D. Scourse;Alan D. Wanamaker

  • Identification of the Axin and Frat Binding Region of Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3

    Elizabeth Fraser;Neville Young;Rana Dajani;Jonathan Franca-Koh

  • First cross-matched floating chronology from the marine fossil record: data from growth lines of the long-lived bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica

    James Scourse;Chris Richardson;Graham Forsythe;Ian Harris

  • Continuous marine radiocarbon reservoir calibration and the 13C Suess effect in the Irish Sea: Results from the first multi-centennial shell-based marine master chronology

    Paul G. Butler;James D. Scourse;Christopher A. Richardson;Alan D. Wanamaker

  • Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca, and stable-isotope (δ18O and δ13C) ratio profiles from the fan mussel Pinna nobilis: Seasonal records and temperature relationships

    Pedro Freitas;Leon J. Clarke;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher Richardson

  • Maximum Shell Size, Growth Rate, and Maturation Age Correlate With Longevity in Bivalve Molluscs

    I. D. Ridgway;C. A. Richardson;S. N. Austad

  • Chemically induced predator avoidance behaviour in the burrowing bivalve Macoma balthica

    C.L. Griffiths;C.A. Richardson

  • Age determination, growth rate and population structure of the horse mussel Modiolus modiolus

    N.A. Anwar;C.A. Richardson;R. Seed

  • Annually resolved North Atlantic marine climate over the last millennium.

    David J. Reynolds;J.D. Scourse;P.R. Halloran;A. Nederbragt

  • Nematodes as Sensitive Indicators of Change at Dredged Material Disposal Sites

    S.E. Boyd;H.L. Rees;C.A. Richardson

  • Assessing the history of trace metal (Cu, Zn, Pb) contamination in the North Sea through laser ablation : ICP-MS of horse mussel Modiolus modiolus shells

    C. A. Richardson;S. R. N. Chenery;J. M. Cook

  • Experimental investigation into partitioning of stable isotopes between scallop (Pecten maximus) shell calcite and sea water

    Richard Owen;Hilary Kennedy;Christopher Richardson

  • Scallops: biology, ecology and aquaculture

    C.A. Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Scourse
James D. Scourse University of Exeter
Alan D. Wanamaker
Alan D. Wanamaker Iowa State University
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University
Jan Heinemeier
Jan Heinemeier Aarhus University
Simon Chenery
Simon Chenery British Geological Survey
Stuart R. Jenkins
Stuart R. Jenkins Bangor University
Jón Eiríksson
Jón Eiríksson University of Iceland
Michel J. Kaiser
Michel J. Kaiser Heriot-Watt University
Ian Harris
Ian Harris University of East Anglia
Melanie J. Leng
Melanie J. Leng University of Nottingham

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