Dr Ruth Callaway

Honorary Research Fellow

Biosciences

r.m.callaway@swansea.ac.uk

Seminar Room - 138
First Floor
Wallace Building
Singleton Campus

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About

Ruth is a Senior Research Officer, in the Department of Biosciences at Swansea University.

Areas Of Expertise

Marine ecology
Marine invertebrates
Infauna and epibenthos
Marine renewable energy
Estuaries
Bioengineering
Swansea Bay
North Sea

Publications

Research Highlights

Holmes, S. & Callaway, R. (2021). Fouling communities and non-native species within five ports along the Bristol Channel, South Wales, UK. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 252, 107295
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107295, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56373
Holmes, S. & Callaway, R. (2020). Design and implementation of two surveys targeted at describing fouling communities and identifying non-native species within active ports. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(8), 1191-1204.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420001150, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56007
Stone, R., Callaway, R., & Bull, J. (2019). Are biodiversity offsetting targets of ecological equivalence feasible for biogenic reef habitats?. Ocean & Coastal Management, 177, 97-111.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50465
Ware, J. & Callaway, R. (2019). Public perception of coastal habitat loss and habitat creation using artificial floating islands in the UK. PLOS ONE, 14(10), e0224424
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224424, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52768
Callaway, R., Fairley, I., & Horrillo-Caraballo, J. (2020). Natural dynamics overshadow anthropogenic impact on marine fauna at an urbanised coastal embayment. Science of The Total Environment, 716, 137009
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53423

All Research

Journal Articles

Domy, C., Stone, B., Callaway, R., & Bull, J. (2023). Northward range expansions are not the full story: A case study of Sabellaria alveolata in Great Britain. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 294, 108543
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108543, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64896
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2023.108543
Callaway, R. (2022). 50 years of estuarine cockles (Cerastoderma edule L.): Shifting cohorts, dwindling sizes and the impact of improved wastewater treatment. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 270, 107834
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2022.107834, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59820
Holmes, S. & Callaway, R. (2021). Fouling communities and non-native species within five ports along the Bristol Channel, South Wales, UK. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 252, 107295
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107295, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56373
Holmes, S. & Callaway, R. (2020). Design and implementation of two surveys targeted at describing fouling communities and identifying non-native species within active ports. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 100(8), 1191-1204.
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315420001150, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56007
Callaway, R., Fairley, I., & Horrillo-Caraballo, J. (2020). Natural dynamics overshadow anthropogenic impact on marine fauna at an urbanised coastal embayment. Science of The Total Environment, 716, 137009
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53423
Ware, J. & Callaway, R. (2019). Public perception of coastal habitat loss and habitat creation using artificial floating islands in the UK. PLOS ONE, 14(10), e0224424
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224424, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa52768
Stone, R., Callaway, R., & Bull, J. (2019). Are biodiversity offsetting targets of ecological equivalence feasible for biogenic reef habitats?. Ocean & Coastal Management, 177, 97-111.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.04.003, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50465
Callaway, R. (2018). Interstitial Space and Trapped Sediment Drive Benthic Communities in Artificial Shell and Rock Reefs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00288, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43513
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00288/full
Powell Jennings, C. & Callaway, R. (2018). The invasive, non-native slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata is poorly adapted to sediment burial. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 130, 95-104.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53424
Powell-Jennings, C. & Callaway, R. (2018). The invasive, non-native slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata is poorly adapted to sediment burial. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 130, 95-104.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.03.006, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38957
Callaway, R. (2016). Historical Data Reveal 30-Year Persistence of Benthic Fauna Associations in Heaviy Modified Waterbody. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00141, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa29562
Grenfell, S., Callaway, R., Grenfell, M., Bertelli, C., Mendzil, A., Tew, I., Callaway, R., Bertelli, C., & Mendzil, A. (2016). Will a rising sea sink some estuarine wetland ecosystems?. Science of The Total Environment, 554-555, 276-292.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.196, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26708
Callaway, R., Grenfell, S., Bertelli, C., Mendzil, A., & Moore, J. (2014). Size, distribution and sediment biodeposition of prolific bivalves in small estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.04.004, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19120
Callaway, R., Grenfell, S., & Lønborg, C. (2014). Small estuaries: Ecology, environmental drivers and management challenges. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2014.06.009, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa19118
Callaway, R., Burdon, D., Deasey, A., Mazik, K., Elliott, M., & Frid, C. (2013). The riddle of the sands: how population dynamics explains causes of high bivalve mortality. Journal of Applied Ecology-n/a.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12114, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa15157
Callaway, R., Shinn, A., Grenfell, S., Bron, J., Burnell, G., Cook, E., Crumlish, M., Culloty, S., Davidson, K., Ellis, R., Flynn, K., Fox, C., Green, D., Hays, G., Hughes, A., Johnston, E., Lowe, C., Lupatsch, I., Malham, S...., & Shields, R. (2012). Review of climate change impacts on marine aquaculture in the UK and Ireland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22(3), 389-421.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2247, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13078
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.2247/abstract
Callaway, R., Desroy, N., Dubois, S., Fournier, J., Frost, M., Godet, L., Hendrick, V., Rabaut, M., & Callaway, R. (2010). Ephemeral Bio-engineers or Reef-building Polychaetes: How Stable are Aggregations of the Tube Worm Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766)?. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 50(2), 237-250.
https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icq060, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13080
http://icb.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/2/237
Robinson, L., Greenstreet, S., Reiss, H., Callaway, R., Craeymeersch, J., Boois, I., Degraer, S., Ehrich, S., Fraser, H., Goffin, A., Kröncke, I., Jorgenson, L., Robertson, M., Lancaster, J., & Callaway, R. (2010). Length–weight relationships of 216 North Sea benthic invertebrates and fish. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90(01), 95
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409991408, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13081
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2F548_3FC1F2991D8F44E22514C3C9B5ACD3BF_journals__MBI_MBI90_01_S0025315409991408a.pdf&cover=Y&code=cd1d9dcfbd0c139e5d1724b76fbc7feb
Callaway, R., Engelhard, G., Dann, J., Cotter, J., Rumohr, H., & Callaway, R. (2007). A century of North Sea epibenthos and trawling: comparison between 1902-1912, 1982-1985 and 2000. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 346, 27-43.
https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07038, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13082
http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps_oa/m346p027.pdf
Callaway, R. (2006). Tube worms promote community change. MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES, 308, 49-60.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13083
https://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v308/p49-60/
Kaiser, M., Hinz, H., Callaway, R., Nall, A., Biles, C., & Callaway, R. (2005). Resource degradation: a subtle effect of bottom fishing. Marine Biology, 146(2), 401-408.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-004-1440-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13084
Callaway, R. (2003). Juveniles stick to adults: recruitment of the tube-dwelling polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766). Hydrobiologia, 503(1-3), 121-130.
https://doi.org/10.1023/B:HYDR.0000008494.20908.87, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13085
http://www.springerlink.com/content/ur2g442875755071/fulltext.pdf
Callaway, R. (2002). Long-term effects of imitation polychaete tubes on benthic fauna: they anchor Mytilus edulis (L.) banks. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 283(1-2), 115-132.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00474-4, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13093
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022098102004744
Callaway, R., Callaway, R., & Lancaster, J. (2002). Diversity and community structure of epibenthic invertebrates and fish in the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59(6), 1199-1214.
https://doi.org/10.1006/jmsc.2002.1288, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13086
http://icesjms.oxfordjournals.org/content/59/6/1199.full.pdf
Porter, J., Ellis, J., Hayward, P., Rogers, S., Callaway, R., & Callaway, R. (2002). Geographic variation in the abundance and morphology of the bryozoan Alcyonidium diaphanum (Ctenostomata: Alcyonidiidae) in UK coastal waters. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 82(4), 529-535.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315402005842, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13088
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=119339
Callaway, R., Jennings, S., Lancaster, J., & Cotter, J. (2002). Mesh-size matters in epibenthic surveys. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 82(1), 1-8.
https://doi.org/10.1017/S002531540200512X, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13087
http://journals.cambridge.org/download.php?file=%2F1829_A574E51B9D3D4D5391B5B78FD909DDAF_journals__MBI_MBI82_01_S002531540200512Xa.pdf&cover=Y&code=2ee9cd626e6cc0323a840b894cced959
Zühlke, R., Alvsvåg, J., Boois, I., Cotter, J., Ehrich, S., Ford, A., Hinz, H., Jarre-Teichmann, A., Jennings, S., Kröncke, I., Lancaster, J., Piet, G., Prince, P., & Callaway, R. (2001). Epibenthic diversity in the North Sea. Senckenbergiana maritima, 31(2), 269-281.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043036, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13089
http://www.springerlink.com/content/e4503t666222858p/
Zühlke, R. & Callaway, R. (2001). Polychaete tubes create ephemeral community patterns: Lanice conchilega (Pallas, 1766) associations studied over six years. Journal of Sea Research, 46(3-4), 261-272.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S1385-1101(01)00091-0, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13090
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385110101000910
Zühlke, R., Blome, D., Bernem, K., Dittmann, S., & Callaway, R. (1998). Effects of the tube-building polychaete Lanice conchilega (Pallas) on benthic macrofauna and nematodes in an intertidal sandflat. Senckenbergiana maritima, 29(1-6), 131-138.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03043951, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13091
http://www.springerlink.com/content/8315356k787m2k50/fulltext.pdf
Zühlke, R., Reise, K., & Callaway, R. (1994). Response of macrofauna to drifting tidal sediments. Helgoländer Meeresuntersuchungen, 48(2-3), 277-289.
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02367041, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13092
http://www.springerlink.com/content/av034204tr574842/

Authored Books

Borja, A., Elliott, M., Uyarra, M., Carstensen, J., Mea, M., & Callaway, R. (2017). Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems, 2nd Edition Frontiers Media.
https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88945-126-5, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33200
http://www.frontiersin.org/books/b/1151
Rees, H., MJN, B., SNR, B., Borja, A., Boyd, S., Brown, C., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Callaway, R., al., e., & Callaway, R. (2009). Guidelines for the study of the Epibenthos of Subtidal Environments International Council for the Exploration of the Sea.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13094
http://www.ices.dk/products/techniques.asp

Conference Contributions

Callaway, R., Bertelli, C., Unsworth, R., Lock, G., Carter, T., Friis-Madsen, E., Soerensen, H., & Neumann, F. (2017). Wave and Tidal Range Energy Devices Offer Environmental Opportunities as Artificial Reefs. In Proceedings of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 27th Aug -1st Sept 2017, Cork, Ireland (pp. 917-1-917-9). European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35446
http://www.ewtec.org/ewtec-2017/
Williams, H., Masters, I., Pletsas, D., Fuentes Grunewald, C., Callaway, R., Blanch, M., & Dalton, G. (2017). A risk assessment methodology for combining marine renewables with other blue economy activities via multi-use of spaces and platforms. In Proceedings of the 12th European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference 27th Aug -1st Sept 2017, Cork, Ireland (pp. 817- 1-817-9). European Wave and Tidal Energy Conference (EWTEC) 2017.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35447

Other Research Outputs

Elliott, M., Burdon, D., Callaway, R., Franco, A., Hutchinson, T., Longshaw, M., Malham, S., Mazik, K., Otto, Z., Palmer, D., Firmin, C., Smith, T., & Wither, A. (2012). Burry Inlet Cockle Mortalities Investigation 2009-2011
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa13095