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Ecology and Evolution
Ireland
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
62
Citations
13211
World Ranking
2088
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Ireland Leader Award
  • 2001 - Member of the Royal Irish Academy
  • 1995 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

John Davenport is affiliated with University College Cork in Ireland. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science, with a focus on marine and ecological studies, as well as optics and engineering.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Key subfields of their work are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Aerospace Engineering

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Recent publications by John Davenport feature a blend of ecological and marine science themes as well as optics-related research. These include:

  • Starlight coupling through atmospheric turbulence into few-mode fibres and photonic lanterns in the presence of partial adaptive optics correction, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Stressed from above and stressed from below: dissolved oxygen fluctuations in Lough Hyne, a semi-enclosed marine lake, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Diurnal and nocturnal scavenger communities differ at two shallow-water depths in an Irish marine lough, 2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Food transport in Reptilia: a comparative viewpoint, 2023, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Feeding, agonistic and cooperative behavioural responses of shallow-water benthic marine scavengers, 2023, Journal of Natural History

John Davenport frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors. Notable collaborators include:

  • Kalaga Madhav
  • Martin M. Roth
  • Rob McAllen
  • Luke Harman
  • Valerio Micaroni

The scientist has published multiple papers across several recognized journals and venues, among them:

  • Journal of Natural History
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Res Philosophica

John Davenport has been recognized by prestigious organizations, having attained the status of Member of the Royal Irish Academy in 2001 and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1995.

Best Publications

  • The impact of tourism and personal leisure transport on coastal environments: A review

    John Davenport;Julia L. Davenport

  • Temperature and the life-history strategies of sea turtles

    John Davenport

  • Jellyfish aggregations and leatherback turtle foraging patterns in a temperate coastal environment

    Jonathan D. R. Houghton;Thomas K. Doyle;Mark W. Wilson;John Davenport

  • Mussels Mytilus edulis: significant consumers and destroyers of mesozooplankton

    John Davenport;Rowan J. J. W. Smith;Margaret Packer

  • The energy density of jellyfish: Estimates from bomb-calorimetry and proximate-composition

    Thomas K. Doyle;Jonathan D.R. Houghton;Regina McDevitt;John Davenport

  • The ecology of transportation : managing mobility for the environment

    John Davenport;Julia L Davenport

  • A comparison of methods for the assessment of condition in the mussel (Mytilus edulis L.)

    John Davenport;Xiaogang Chen

  • Effects of shore height, wave exposure and geographical distance on thermal niche width of intertidal fauna

    John Davenport;Julia L. Davenport

  • Widespread occurrence of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca in Irish coastal and shelf waters

    Thomas K. Doyle;Henk De Haas;Don Cotton;Boris Dorschel

  • A comparison of the swimming of marine and freshwater turtles

    J. Davenport;Sarah A. Munks;P. J. Oxford

  • How and why do flying fish fly

    John Davenport

  • Ingestion of mesozooplankton by three species of bivalve; Mytilus edulis, Cerastoderma edule and Aequipecten opercularis

    Clare Lehane;John Davenport

  • A study of the effects of copper applied continuously and discontinuously to specimens of Mytilus edulis (L.) exposed to steady and fluctuating salinity levels

    John Davenport

  • Amphibious fish: why do they leave water?

    M. D. J. Sayer;J. Davenport

  • The effects of temperature on the shell growth of young mytilus edulis L.

    Patricia C. Almada-Villela;John Davenport;Llyr D. Gruffydd

  • Aquaculture: The Ecological Issues

    John Davenport;Kenny Black;Gavin Burnell;Tom Cross

  • The broad-scale distribution of five jellyfish species across a temperate coastal environment

    Thomas K. Doyle;Jonathan D. R. Houghton;Sarah M. Buckley;Graeme C. Hays

  • Osmotic and structural changes during early development of eggs and larvae of the cod, Gadus morhua L.

    J. Davenport;S. Lønning;E. Kjørsvik

  • Up, up and away: bird-mediated ectozoochorous dispersal between aquatic environments

    Neil E. Coughlan;Thomas C. Kelly;John Davenport;Marcel A. K. Jansen

  • The isolation response of mussels ( Mytilus edulis L.) exposed to falling sea-water concentrations

    John Davenport

  • Ingestion of bivalve larvae by Mytilus edulis : experimental and field demonstrations of larviphagy in farmed blue mussels

    C. Lehane;J. Davenport

  • Steady state osmotic adaptation inUlva lactuca

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Frequent Co-Authors

Graeme C. Hays
Graeme C. Hays Deakin University
Jonathan D. R. Houghton
Jonathan D. R. Houghton Queen's University Belfast
John O'Halloran
John O'Halloran University College Cork
Mark Emmerson
Mark Emmerson Queen's University Belfast
George H. Balazs
George H. Balazs National Marine Fisheries Service
Dmitri B. Papkovsky
Dmitri B. Papkovsky University College Cork
S. Wayne Martin
S. Wayne Martin University of Guelph
Ambrose Furey
Ambrose Furey Munster Technological University
Marcel A. K. Jansen
Marcel A. K. Jansen University College Cork
Thierry M. Work
Thierry M. Work United States Geological Survey

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