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Sarah Nelms

Sarah Nelms

Postdoctoral Research Associate

 The Farmhouse 

 

The Farmhouse, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK

Overview

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate within the University of Exeter’s Centre for Ecology and Conservation.  My research focuses on the issue of plastic pollution within marine and coastal environments, and it's impacts on marine vertebrates such as turtles, seabirds and marine mammals. 

Broad research specialisms:

  • Marine conservation
  • Marine vertebrate ecology
  • Microplastics and marine litter
  • Trophic interactions
  • Ecotoxicology

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Qualifications

2015 - 2019 PhD Biological Sciences, Plymouth Marine Labatory and University of Exeter
2014 MSc Conservation and Biodiversity, University of Exeter (Penryn campus)
2007 BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology, Universty of Plymouth

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Publications:

Nelms SE, Parry HE, Bennett KA, Galloway TS, Godley BJ, Santillo D, Lindeque PK (2019) What goes in, must come out: Combining scat‐based molecular diet analysis and quantification of ingested microplastics in a marine top predator. Methods in Ecology and Evolution DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13271

Elliott BW, Read AJ, Godley BJ, Nelms SE, Nowacek DP (2019) Critical information gaps remain in understanding impacts of industrial seismic surveys on marine vertebrates. Endangered Species Research DOI:10.3354/esr00968

Nelms SE, Barnett J, Brownlow A, Davison NJ, Deaville R, Galloway TS, Lindeque PK, Santillo D, Godley BJ (2019) Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British coast: ubiquitous but transitory? Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37428-3 

Nelms SE, Galloway TS, Godley BJ, Jarvise, DS, Lindeque PK (2018) Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators. Environmental Pollution DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.016

Nelms SE, Coombes C, Foster LC, Galloway TS, Godley BJ, Lindeque PK, Witt MJ (2016) Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: A 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data. Science of the Total Environment DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.137

Nelms SE, Duncan EM, Broderick AC, Galloway TS, Godfrey MH, Hamann M, Lindeque PK, Godley BJ (2016) Plastic and marine turtles: A review and call for research. ICES Journal of Marine Science DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv165

Nelms SE, Piniak WED, Weir C, Godley BJ (2015) Seismic surveys and marine turtles: an underestimated global threat? Biological Conservation DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.10.020

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Journal articles

Nelms S, Godley B, Richardson P, Eyles L, Solandt J-L, Selley H, Witt M (In Press). Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English Marine Protected Areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data. Environmental Pollution Full text.
Godley BJ, Witt MJ, Galloway TS, Nelms SE, Coombes C, Foster LC, Lindeque PK (In Press). Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: a 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data. Science of the Total Environment Full text.
Nelms SE, Barnett J, Brownlow A, Davison NJ, Deaville R, Galloway TS, Lindeque PK, Santillo D, Godley BJ (2019). Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British coast: ubiquitous but transitory?. Scientific Reports, 9(1). Abstract.  Full text.

Publications by year

In Press

Nelms S, Godley B, Richardson P, Eyles L, Solandt J-L, Selley H, Witt M (In Press). Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English Marine Protected Areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data. Environmental Pollution Full text.
Godley BJ, Witt MJ, Galloway TS, Nelms SE, Coombes C, Foster LC, Lindeque PK (In Press). Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: a 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data. Science of the Total Environment Full text.

2019

Nelms SE, Barnett J, Brownlow A, Davison NJ, Deaville R, Galloway TS, Lindeque PK, Santillo D, Godley BJ (2019). Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British coast: ubiquitous but transitory?. Scientific Reports, 9(1). Abstract.  Full text.

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