Dr Lucy Woodall
Associate Professor in Marine Conservation and Policy
L.Woodall@exeter.ac.uk
5161
Hatherly C11
Hatherly Building, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK
Publications
Journal articles
Woodall L, García-Hermosa MI (In Press). Marine Plastic: the solution is bigger than removal. Frontiers in Sustainability Abstract.
Stefanoudis P, Fassbender N, Samimi-Namin K, Adam P-A, Ebrahim A, Harlay J, Koester A, Samoilys M, Sims H, Swanborn D, et al (In Press). Trait-Based Approaches Reveal that Deeper Reef Ecosystems in the Western Indian Ocean are Functionally Distinct.
Rogers AD, Appiah-Madson H, Ardron JA, Bax NJ, Bhadury P, Brandt A, Buttigieg P-L, De Clerck O, Delgado C, Distel DL, et al (2023). Accelerating ocean species discovery and laying the foundations for the future of marine biodiversity research and monitoring. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10 Abstract.
Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Santos RG, Ali R, Bobat A, Cresswell BJ, Francini-Filho R, Freitas R, Galbraith GF, Musembi P, et al (2023). Author Correction: Plastic pollution on the world's coral reefs. Nature, 623(7988). Author URL.
Swanborn DJB, Fassbender N, Huvenne VAI, Pittman SJ, Stefanoudis PV, Woodall LC (2023). Correction to: Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles (Coral Reefs, (2022), 41, 4, (1001-1016), 10.1007/s00338-022-02281-4). Coral Reefs, 42(2). Abstract.
Swanborn DJB, Huvenne VAI, Pittman SJ, Rogers AD, Taylor ML, Woodall LC (2023). Mapping, quantifying and comparing seascape heterogeneity of Southwest Indian Ridge seamounts. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY, 38(1), 185-203. Author URL.
Pinheiro HT, MacDonald C, Santos RG, Ali R, Bobat A, Cresswell BJ, Francini-Filho R, Freitas R, Galbraith GF, Musembi P, et al (2023). Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs. Nature, 619(7969), 311-316.
Tessnow-von Wysocki I, Wang M, Morales-Caselles C, Woodall LC, Syberg K, Carney Almroth B, Fernandez M, Monclús L, Wilson SP, Warren M, et al (2023). Plastics treaty text must center ecosystems. Science, 382(6670), 525-526.
Halpern BS, Boettiger C, Dietze MC, Gephart JA, Gonzalez P, Grimm NB, Groffman PM, Gurevitch J, Hobbie SE, Komatsu KJ, et al (2023). Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science. Ecosphere, 14(1).
Swanborn DJB, Huvenne VAI, Malpas T, Pittman SJ, Rogers AD, Taylor ML, Woodall LC (2023). Seamount seascape composition and configuration shape Southwest Indian Ridge fish assemblages. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 191 Abstract.
Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Fassbender N, Swanborn D, Ochieng CN, Mearns K, Komakoma JD, Otwoma LM, Mbije NE, Osuka KE, et al (2023). Stakeholder-derived recommendations and actions to support deep-reef conservation in the Western Indian Ocean. CONSERVATION LETTERS, 16(1). Author URL.
Ahusan M, Rico-Seijo N, Amjad F, Gress E, Naeem S, Samaai T, Samimi-Namin K, Woodall L, Stefanoudis P (2023). The Nekton Maldives taxonomic workshop: Exploring the biodiversity of shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea communities in Maldives. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 9 Abstract.
Woodall L (2023). Towards equity and justice in ocean sciences. npj Ocean Sustainability
Frinault BAV, Christie FDW, Fawcett SE, Flynn RF, Hutchinson KA, Montes Strevens CMJ, Taylor ML, Woodall LC, Barnes DKA (2022). Antarctic Seabed Assemblages in an Ice-Shelf-Adjacent Polynya, Western Weddell Sea. Biology, 11(12). Abstract.
Cunningham EM, Ehlers SM, Kiriakoulakis K, Schuchert P, Jones NH, Kregting L, Woodall LC, Dick JTA (2022). Author Correction: the accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground (Scientific Reports, (2022), 12, 1, (4217), 10.1038/s41598-022-08203-2). Scientific Reports, 12(1). Abstract.
Swanborn DJB, Huvenne VAI, Pittman SJ, Woodall LC (2022). Bringing seascape ecology to the deep seabed: a review and framework for its application. Limnology and Oceanography, 67(1), 66-88. Abstract.
Harden-Davies H, Amon DJ, Vierros M, Bax NJ, Hanich Q, Hills JM, Guilhon M, McQuaid KA, Mohammed E, Pouponneau A, et al (2022). Capacity development in the Ocean Decade and beyond: Key questions about meanings, motivations, pathways, and measurements. Earth System Governance, 12 Abstract.
Rogers AD, Appeltans W, Assis J, Ballance LT, Cury P, Duarte C, Favoretto F, Hynes LA, Kumagai JA, Lovelock CE, et al (2022). Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century. , 93, 23-115.
Swanborn DJB, Fassbender N, Huvenne VAI, Pittman SJ, Stefanoudis PV, Woodall LC (2022). Geomorphological drivers of deeper reef habitats around Seychelles. Coral Reefs, 41(4), 1001-1016. Abstract.
Waldschläger K, Brückner MZM, Carney Almroth B, Hackney CR, Adyel TM, Alimi OS, Belontz SL, Cowger W, Doyle D, Gray A, et al (2022). Learning from natural sediments to tackle microplastics challenges: a multidisciplinary perspective. Earth-Science Reviews, 228 Abstract.
Samimi-Namin K, van Ofwegen LP, Hoeksema BW, Woodall LC, Meijer zu Schlochtern M, McFadden CS (2022). New Records of the Cryptogenic Soft Coral Genus <i>Stragulum</i> (Tubiporidae) from the Eastern Caribbean and the Persian Gulf. DIVERSITY-BASEL, 14(11). Author URL.
Royle J, Jack B, Parris H, Elliott T, Castillo AC, Kalawana S, Nashfa H, Woodall LC (2022). Plastic Drawdown: a rapid assessment tool for developing national responses to plastic pollution when data availability is limited, as demonstrated in the Maldives. Global Environmental Change, 72 Abstract.
Swanborn DJB, Stefanoudis PV, Huvenne VAI, Pittman SJ, Woodall LC (2022). Structure-from-motion photogrammetry demonstrates that fine-scale seascape heterogeneity is essential in shaping mesophotic fish assemblages. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 8(6), 904-920. Abstract.
Cunningham EM, Ehlers SM, Kiriakoulakis K, Schuchert P, Jones NH, Kregting L, Woodall LC, Dick JTA (2022). The accumulation of microplastic pollution in a commercially important fishing ground. Scientific Reports, 12(1). Abstract.
Laffoley D, Baxter JM, Amon DJ, Claudet J, Downs CA, Earle SA, Gjerde KM, Hall-Spencer JM, Koldewey HJ, Levin LA, et al (2022). The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 32(1), 217-228. Abstract.
Ford HV, Jones NH, Davies AJ, Godley BJ, Jambeck JR, Napper IE, Suckling CC, Williams GJ, Woodall LC, Koldewey HJ, et al (2022). The fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution. Science of the Total Environment, 806 Abstract.
Cunningham EM, Rico Seijo N, Altieri KE, Audh RR, Burger JM, Bornman TG, Fawcett S, Gwinnett CMB, Osborne AO, Woodall LC, et al (2022). The transport and fate of microplastic fibres in the Antarctic: the role of multiple global processes. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 Abstract.
Howell KL, Hilario A, Allcock AL, Bailey D, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaco A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, et al (2021). A decade to study deep-sea life. NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION, 5(3), 265-267. Author URL.
Woodall LC, Talma S, Steeds O, Stefanoudis P, Jeremie-Muzungaile M-M, de Comarmond A (2021). Co-development, co-production and co-dissemination of scientific research: a case study to demonstrate mutual benefits. BIOLOGY LETTERS, 17(4). Author URL.
Laffoley D, Baxter JM, Amon DJ, Claudet J, Hall-Spencer JM, Grorud-Colvert K, Levin LA, Reid PC, Rogers AD, Taylor ML, et al (2021). Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post-COVID-19. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(6), 1512-1534. Abstract.
Bates AE, Primack RB, Biggar BS, Bird TJ, Clinton ME, Command RJ, Richards C, Shellard M, Geraldi NR, Vergara V, et al (2021). Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation, 263, 109175-109175.
Woodall L, Talma S (2021). Ocean action. CHEMISTRY & INDUSTRY, 85(7-8), 38-38. Author URL.
Fassbender N, Stefanoudis PV, Filander ZN, Gendron G, Mah CL, Mattio L, Mortimer JA, Moura CJ, Samaai T, Samimi-Namin K, et al (2021). Reef benthos of Seychelles - a field guide. Biodiversity Data Journal, 9, 1-189. Abstract.
Laffoley D, Baxter JM, Amon DJ, Claudet J, Hall-Spencer JM, Grorud-Colvert K, Levin LA, Reid PC, Rogers AD, Taylor ML, et al (2021). Response to Ota, Allison and Fabinyi on ‘Evolving the narrative for protecting a rapidly changing ocean, post COVID-19’. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 31(8), 2302-2303.
Cooke SJ, Soroye P, Brooks JL, Clarke J, Jeanson AL, Berberi A, Piczak ML, Reid CH, Desforges JE, Guay JD, et al (2021). Ten considerations for conservation policy makers for the post-covid-19 transition. Environmental Reviews, 29(2), 111-118. Abstract.
Canals M, Pham CK, Bergmann M, Gutow L, Hanke G, van Sebille E, Angiolillo M, Buhl-Mortensen L, Cau A, Ioakeimidis C, et al (2021). The quest for seafloor macrolitter: a critical review of background knowledge, current methods and future prospects. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 16(2). Author URL.
Stefanoudis PV, Licuanan WY, Morrison TH, Talma S, Veitayaki J, Woodall LC (2021). Turning the tide of parachute science. CURRENT BIOLOGY, 31(4), R184-R185. Author URL.
Howell KL, Hilário A, Allcock AL, Bailey DM, Baker M, Clark MR, Colaço A, Copley J, Cordes EE, Danovaro R, et al (2020). A Blueprint for an Inclusive, Global Deep-Sea Ocean Decade Field Program. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 Abstract.
Stefanoudis PV, Talma S, Samimi-Namin K, Woodall LC (2020). Deep reef ecosystems of the Western Indian Ocean: addressing the great unknown. Research Ideas and Outcomes, 6
Laffoley D, Baxter JM, Amon DJ, Currie DEJ, Downs CA, Hall-Spencer JM, Harden-Davies H, Page R, Reid CP, Roberts CM, et al (2020). Eight urgent, fundamental and simultaneous steps needed to restore ocean health, and the consequences for humanity and the planet of inaction or delay. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30(1), 194-208. Abstract.
Howell KL, Davies JS, Allcock AL, Braga-Henriques A, Buhl-Mortensen P, Carreiro-Silva M, Dominguez-Carrio C, Durden JM, Foster NL, Game CA, et al (2019). A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses. PLOS ONE, 14(12). Author URL.
Stefanoudis PV, Rivers M, Ford H, Yashayaev IM, Rogers AD, Woodall LC (2019). Changes in zooplankton communities from epipelagic to lower mesopelagic waters. Marine Environmental Research, 146, 1-11. Abstract.
Stefanoudis PV, Gress E, Pitt JM, Smith SR, Kincaid T, Rivers M, Andradi-Brown DA, Rowlands G, Woodall LC, Rogers AD, et al (2019). Depth-dependent structuring of reef fish assemblages from the shallows to the rariphotic zone. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6(JUN). Abstract.
Riquet F, Lieutard-Haag C, Serluca G, Woodall L, Claude J, Louisy P, Bierne N (2019). Effective population size and heterozygosity-fitness correlations in a population of the Mediterranean lagoon ecotype of long-snouted seahorse <i>Hippocampus guttulatus</i>. CONSERVATION GENETICS, 20(6), 1281-1288. Author URL.
Stefanoudis PV, Rivers M, Smith SR, Schneider CW, Wagner D, Ford H, Rogers AD, Woodall LC (2019). Low connectivity between shallow, mesophotic and rariphotic zone benthos. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE, 6(9). Author URL.
Riquet F, Liautard-Haag C, Woodall L, Bouza C, Louisy P, Hamer B, Otero-Ferrer F, Aublanc P, Béduneau V, Briard O, et al (2019). Parallel pattern of differentiation at a genomic island shared between clinal and mosaic hybrid zones in a complex of cryptic seahorse lineages. Evolution, 73(4), 817-835. Abstract. Author URL.
Rivers ML, Gwinnett C, Woodall LC (2019). Quantification is more than counting: Actions required to accurately quantify and report isolated marine microplastics. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 139, 100-104. Abstract.
Woodall LC, Andradi-Brown DA, Brierley AS, Clark MR, Connelly D, Hall RA, Howell KL, Huvenne VAI, Linse K, Ross RE, et al (2018). A multidisciplinary approach for generating globally consistent data on mesophotic, deep-pelagic, and bathyal biological communities. Oceanography, 31(3), 76-89. Abstract.
Woodall LC, Otero-Ferrer F, Correia M, Curtis JMR, Garrick-Maidment N, Shaw PW, Koldewey HJ (2018). A synthesis of European seahorse taxonomy, population structure, and habitat use as a basis for assessment, monitoring and conservation. MARINE BIOLOGY, 165(1). Author URL.
Woodall LC, Jungblut AD, Hopkins K, Hall A, Robinson LF, Gwinnett C, Paterson GLJ (2018). Deep-sea anthropogenic macrodebris harbours rich and diverse communities of bacteria and archaea. PLOS ONE, 13(11). Author URL.
Neal L, Taboada S, Woodall LC (2018). Slope-shelf faunal link and unreported diversity off Nova Scotia: Evidence from polychaete data. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 138, 72-84. Author URL.
Gress E, Andradi-Brown DA, Woodall L, Schofield PJ, Stanley K, Rogers AD (2017). Lionfish (Pterois spp.) invade the upper-bathyal zone in the western Atlantic. PeerJ, 5 Abstract. Author URL.
Kubasiewicz LM, Minderman J, Woodall LC, Quine CP, Coope R, Park KJ (2016). Fur and faeces: an experimental assessment of non-invasive DNA sampling for the European pine marten. Mammal Research, 61(4), 299-307. Abstract.
Taylor ML, Gwinnett C, Robinson LF, Woodall LC (2016). Plastic microfibre ingestion by deep-sea organisms. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 6 Author URL.
Woodall LC, Robinson LF, Rogers AD, Narayanaswamy BE, Paterson GLJ (2015). Deep-sea litter: a comparison of seamounts, banks and a ridge in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans reveals both environmental and anthropogenic factors impact accumulation and composition. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2(FEB). Abstract.
Woodall LC, Koldewey HJ, Boehm JT, Shaw PW (2015). Past and present drivers of population structure in a small coastal fish, the European long snouted seahorse Hippocampus guttulatus. Conservation Genetics, 16(5), 1139-1153. Abstract.
Scriven JJ, Woodall LC, Tinsley MC, Knight ME, Williams PH, Carolan JC, Brown MJF, Goulson D (2015). Revealing the hidden niches of cryptic bumblebees in Great Britain: Implications for conservation. Biological Conservation, 182, 126-133. Abstract.
Woodall LC, Gwinnett C, Packer M, Thompson RC, Robinson LF, Paterson GLJ (2015). Using a forensic science approach to minimize environmental contamination and to identify microfibres in marine sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 95(1), 40-46. Abstract.
Woodall LC, Sanchez-Vidal A, Canals M, Paterson GLJ, Coppock R, Sleight V, Calafat A, Rogers AD, Narayanaswamy BE, Thompson RC, et al (2014). The deep sea is a major sink for microplastic debris. Royal Society Open Science, 1(4), 140317-140317. Abstract.
Scriven JJ, Woodall LC, Goulson D (2013). Nondestructive DNA sampling from bumblebee faeces. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, 13(2), 225-229. Author URL.
Boehm JT, Woodall L, Teske PR, Lourie SA, Baldwin C, Waldman J, Hickerson M (2013). ORIGINAL ARTICLE Marine dispersal and barriers drive Atlantic seahorse diversification. JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY, 40(10), 1839-1849. Author URL.
Woodall LC, Jones R, Zimmerman B, Guillaume S, Stubbington T, Shaw P, Koldewey HJ (2012). Partial fin-clipping as an effective tool for tissue sampling seahorses, <i>Hippocampus</i> spp. JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, 92(6), 1427-1432. Author URL.
Darvill B, Lepais O, Woodall LC, Goulson D (2012). Triploid bumblebees indicate a direct cost of inbreeding in fragmented populations. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 21(16), 3988-3995. Author URL.
Woodall LC, Koldewey HJ, Shaw PW (2011). Historical and contemporary population genetic connectivity of the European short-snouted seahorse <i>Hippocampus hippocampus</i> and implications for management. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 78(6), 1738-1756. Author URL.
Woodall LC, Koldewey HJ, Shaw PW (2011). Serial monogamy in the European long-snouted seahorse <i>Hippocampus guttulatus</i>. CONSERVATION GENETICS, 12(6), 1645-1649. Author URL.
Woodall LC, Koldewey HJ, Santos SV, Shaw PW (2009). First occurrence of the lined seahorse <i>Hippocampus erectus</i> in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY, 75(6), 1505-1512. Author URL.
Naud M-J, Curtis JMR, Woodall LC, Gaspar MB (2009). Mate choice, operational sex ratio, and social promiscuity in a wild population of the long-snouted seahorse <i>Hippocampus guttulatus</i>. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY, 20(1), 160-164. Author URL.
Chapters
Jambeck J, Moss E, Dubey B, Arifin Z, Godfrey L, Hardesty BD, Hendrawan IG, Hien TT, Junguo L, Matlock M, et al (2023). Leveraging Multi-target Strategies to Address Plastic Pollution in the Context of an Already Stressed Ocean. In (Ed) The Blue Compendium, Springer Nature, 141-184.
Waldschläger K, Brückner MZM, Almroth BC, Hackney CR, Adyel TM, Alimi OS, Belontz SL, Cowger W, Doyle D, Gray A, et al (2023). Microplastics: What can We Learn from Clastic Sediments?. In (Ed) Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Microplastic Pollution in the Mediterranean Sea, Springer Nature, 105-116.
Turner JA, Andradi-Brown DA, Gori A, Bongaerts P, Burdett HL, Ferrier-Pagès C, Voolstra CR, Weinstein DK, Bridge TCL, Costantini F, et al (2019). Key Questions for Research and Conservation of Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems and Temperate Mesophotic Ecosystems. In (Ed) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Springer Nature, 989-1003.
