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Keith Davidson is affiliated with the Scottish Association For Marine Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant focus on the subfields of Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems. The main topics of their work include Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Marine Toxins and Detection Methods, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Neuroscience of Respiration and Sleep, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, and Parasite Biology and Host Interactions.

Davidson has contributed multiple publications to a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Harmful Algae
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Toxins
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Reviews in Aquaculture

The following are some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Davidson along with their respective years and venues:

  • Marine harmful algal blooms and human health: A systematic scoping review, 2020, Harmful Algae
  • Offshore aquaculture of finfish: Big expectations at sea, 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Diversity and regional distribution of harmful algal events along the Atlantic margin of Europe, 2021, Harmful Algae
  • HABreports: Online Early Warning of Harmful Algal and Biotoxin Risk for the Scottish Shellfish and Finfish Aquaculture Industries, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Current Status of Forecasting Toxic Harmful Algae for the North-East Atlantic Shellfish Aquaculture Industry, 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Davidson's research, with frequent co-authors including Andrew D. Turner, Callum Whyte, Fatima Gianella, A Dale, and Dmitry Aleynik.

Best Publications

  • Marine harmful algal blooms, human health and wellbeing: challenges and opportunities in the 21st century.

    Elisa Berdalet;Lora E. Fleming;Richard J. Gowen;Keith Davidson

  • Future HAB science: Directions and challenges in a changing climate.

    Mark L. Wells;Mark L. Wells;Bengt Karlson;Angela Wulff;Raphael Kudela

  • Anthropogenic nutrients and harmful algae in coastal waters.

    Keith Davidson;Richard J. Gowen;Paul J. Harrison;Lora E. Fleming;Lora E. Fleming

  • Review of climate change impacts on marine aquaculture in the UK and Ireland

    Ruth Callaway;Andrew P. Shinn;Suzanne E. Grenfell;James E. Bron

  • Selective feeding behaviour of key free-living protists: avenues for continued study

    David J. S. Montagnes;Ana B. Barbosa;Jens Boenigk;Keith Davidson

  • Harmful algal blooms: How strong is the evidence that nutrient ratios and forms influence their occurrence?

    Keith Davidson;Richard J. Gowen;Paul Tett;Eileen Bresnan

  • The influence of changes in nitrogen:silicon ratios on diatom growth dynamics.

    Linda C Gilpin;Keith Davidson;Emily C Roberts

  • Growth and domoic acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia seriata (Bacillariophyceae) under phosphate and silicate limitation

    Johanna Fehling;Keith Davidson;Christopher J. Bolch;Stephen S. Bates

  • Culture, yield and bioremediation potential of Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Weber Mohr and Saccharina latissima (Linnaeus) C.E. Lane, C. Mayes, Druehl G.W. Saunders adjacent to fish farm cages in northwest Scotland

    J.C. Sanderson;M.J. Dring;K. Davidson;M.S. Kelly

  • A large and prolonged bloom of Karenia mikimotoi in Scottish waters in 2006

    Keith Davidson;Peter Miller;Thomas A. Wilding;Jamie Shutler

  • Domoic Acid production by Pseudo-nitzschia seriata(Bacillariophyceae) in Scottish waters

    Johanna Fehling;David H. Green;Keith Davidson;Christopher J. Bolch

  • Seasonality of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. (Bacillariophyceae) in western Scottish waters

    Johanna Fehling;Keith Davidson;Christopher Bolch;Paul Tett

  • Bioavailability and bacterial degradation rates of dissolved organic matter in a temperate coastal area during an annual cycle

    Christian Lønborg;Keith Davidson;Xosé A. Alvarez-Salgado;Axel E. J. Miller

  • Assessing the microbial bioavailability and degradation rate constants of dissolved organic matter by fluorescence spectroscopy in the coastal upwelling system of the Ría de Vigo

    Christian Lønborg;Christian Lønborg;Xosé A. Álvarez-Salgado;Keith Davidson;Sandra Martínez-García

  • Forecasting the risk of harmful algal blooms

    Keith Davidson;Donald M. Anderson;Manuel Mateus;Beatrice Reguera

  • Marine harmful algal blooms and human health: A systematic scoping review.

    Nick Young;Richard A. Sharpe;Rosa Barciela;Gordon Nichols

  • A high resolution hydrodynamic model system suitable for novel harmful algal bloom modelling in areas of complex coastline and topography

    Dmitry Aleynik;Andrew C. Dale;Marie Porter;Keith Davidson

  • Growth dynamics of non-toxic Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima and toxic P. seriata (Bacillariophyceae) under simulated spring and summer photoperiods

    Johanna Fehling;Keith Davidson;Stephen S. Bates

  • Production of bioavailable and refractory dissolved organic matter by coastal heterotrophic microbial populations

    Christian Lønborg;Christian Lønborg;Xosé A. Álvarez-Salgado;Keith Davidson;Axel E.J. Miller

  • Feeding in the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina: linking behaviour with mechanisms

    Emily Clare Roberts;Emma Claire Wootton;Keith Davidson;Hae Jin Jeong

  • Offshore aquaculture of finfish: Big expectations at sea

    Bernat Morro;Keith Davidson;Thomas P. Adams;Lynne Falconer

  • Prey selection and rejection by a microflagellate; implications for the study and operation of microbial food webs

    Kevin J. Flynn;Keith Davidson;Alex Cunningham

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin J. Flynn
Kevin J. Flynn Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Elisa Berdalet
Elisa Berdalet Spanish National Research Council
Peter I. Miller
Peter I. Miller Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Paul Tett
Paul Tett Scottish Association For Marine Science
Vera L. Trainer
Vera L. Trainer National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Raphael M. Kudela
Raphael M. Kudela University of California, Santa Cruz
David J. S. Montagnes
David J. S. Montagnes University of Liverpool
Kedong Yin
Kedong Yin Sun Yat-sen University
Marina Montresor
Marina Montresor Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Michele A. Burford
Michele A. Burford Griffith University

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