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Overview

Martyn C. Lucas is a researcher affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom, focusing primarily on Environmental Science. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Aquatic Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics addressed in their research include Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish biology, ecology, and behavior, Marine and fisheries research, and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies.

Lucas has contributed to several peer-reviewed research papers in various scientific journals. Notable recent publications include:

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers, 2020, Nature
  • The Use of Barriers to Limit the Spread of Aquatic Invasive Animal Species: A Global Review, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • Personality, density and habitat drive the dispersal of invasive crayfish, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • River fragmentation and barrier impacts on fishes have been greatly underestimated in the upper Mekong River, 2022, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Lamprey fisheries: History, trends and management, 2021, Journal of Great Lakes Research

Frequent collaborative partners in their research include Jingrui Sun, Shams M. Galib, Angus J. Lothian, Jeroen S. Tummers, and Chengzhi Ding.

Lucas's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Environmental Management, Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and Journal of Great Lakes Research.

Best Publications

  • Migration of Freshwater Fishes

    Martyn C. Lucas;Etienne Baras;Timothy J. Thom;Annie Duncan

  • More than one million barriers fragment Europe's rivers.

    Barbara Belletti;Barbara Belletti;Carlos Garcia de Leaniz;Joshua Jones;Simone Bizzi;Simone Bizzi

  • The future of fish passage science, engineering, and practice

    Ana T. Silva;Martyn C. Lucas;Theodore Castro-Santos;Christos Katopodis

  • Methods for studying spatial behaviour of freshwater fishes in the natural environment

    M.C. Lucas;E. Baras

  • Tracking animals in freshwater with electronic tags: past, present and future

    Steven J Cooke;Jonathan D Midwood;Jason D Thiem;Peter Klimley

  • Applications of Bioenergetics Models to Fish Ecology and Management: Where Do We Go from Here?

    Michael J. Hansen;Daniel Boisclair;Stephen B. Brandt;Steven W. Hewett

  • Seasonal movements and behaviour of adult barbel (Barbus barbus), a riverine cyprinid fish: Implications for river management

    Martyn C. Lucas;Emma Batley

  • Availability of and access to critical habitats in regulated rivers: effects of low‐head barriers on threatened lampreys

    Martyn C. Lucas;Damian H. Bubb;Min-Ho Jang;Min-Ho Jang;Kyong Ha;Kyong Ha

  • The use of external electronic tags on fish: an evaluation of tag retention and tagging effects

    Niels Jepsen;Eva Bonsak Thorstad;Torgeir Børresen Havn;Martyn C. Lucas

  • A moving target—incorporating knowledge of the spatial ecology of fish into the assessment and management of freshwater fish populations

    Steven J. Cooke;Eduardo G. Martins;Eduardo G. Martins;Daniel P. Struthers;Lee F. G. Gutowsky

  • Efficiency of a nature‐like bypass channel for sea trout (Salmo trutta) ascending a small Danish stream studied by PIT telemetry

    K. Aarestrup;M. C. Lucas;J. A. Hansen

  • Envisioning the future of aquatic animal tracking : technology, science, and application.

    Robert J. Lennox;Kim Aarestrup;Steven J. Cooke;Paul D. Cowley

  • Movement and dispersal of the invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus in upland rivers

    Damian H. Bubb;Timothy J. Thom;Martyn C. Lucas

  • Effects of implanted dummy transmitters on mortality, growth and tissue reaction in rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson

    M. C. Lucas

  • Effects of a flow‐gauging weir on the migratory behaviour of adult barbel, a riverine cyprinid

    M. C. Lucas;P. A. Frear

  • Use of physiological telemetry as a method of estimating metabolism of fish in the natural environment

    Martyn C. Lucas;Alastair D. F. Johnstone;Imants G. Priede

  • Movement, dispersal and refuge use of co-occurring introduced and native crayfish

    Damian H. Bubb;Timothy J. Thom;Martyn C. Lucas

  • Ranging behaviour of a large freshwater invertebrate, the white‐clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes

    Christopher A. Robinson;Timothy J. Thom;Martyn C. Lucas

  • The potential use of PIT telemetry for identifying and tracking crayfish in their natural environment

    Damian H. Bubb;Martyn C. Lucas;Timothy J. Thom;Philip Rycroft

  • Diet of introduced largemouth bass in Korean rivers and potential interactions with native fishes

    M.-H. Jang;G.-J. Joo;M. C. Lucas

  • Rehabilitation of freshwater fisheries

    Martyn C. Lucas

Frequent Co-Authors

Etienne Baras
Etienne Baras Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Kim Aarestrup
Kim Aarestrup Technical University of Denmark
John D. Armstrong
John D. Armstrong Marine Scotland
Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
Colin E. Adams
Colin E. Adams University of Glasgow
Steven J. Cooke
Steven J. Cooke Carleton University
Ian G. Cowx
Ian G. Cowx University of Hull
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz
Carlos Garcia de Leaniz Swansea University
Colleen T. Downs
Colleen T. Downs University of KwaZulu-Natal
Eva B. Thorstad
Eva B. Thorstad Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

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