Lowe, Chris - University of Exeter - Disciplines of Biosciences

研究领域

My research examines the evolution of genetic and functional diversity in aquatic eukaryotic microbes (i.e. protists). I use a range of approaches (including field sampling, ecological genomics, and lab experimentation) to characterise population-level diversity and to understand how diversity shapes species interactions (e.g. predation) and species responses to environmental variation. I study a range of free-living and symbiotic species that are ecologically important in both marine and freshwater systems. These systems also provide experimentally-tractable models to examine broader ecological and evolutionary processes.

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Dean A, Minter E, Sorenson M, Lowe C, Cameron D, Brockurst M, Wood AJ (In Press). Host control and nutrient trading in a photosynthetic symbiosis. Abstract. Author URL. Lowe CD, Minter EJ, Cameron DD, Brockhurst MA (2016). Shining a Light on Exploitative Host Control in a Photosynthetic Endosymbiosis. Current Biology, 26(2), 207-211. Article has an altmetric score of 68 Minter EJA, Lowe CD, Brockhurst MA, Watts PC (2015). A rapid and cost-effective quantitative microsatellite genotyping protocol to estimate intraspecific competition in protist microcosm experiments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 6(3), 315-323. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 10 Minter EJ, Watts PC, Lowe CD, Brockhurst MA (2015). Negative frequency-dependent selection is intensified at higher population densities in protist populations. Biol Lett, 11(6). Abstract. Author URL. Article has an altmetric score of 11 Lowe CD, Martin LE, Montagnes DJS, Watts PC (2012). A legacy of contrasting spatial genetic structure on either side of the Atlantic – Mediterranean transition zone in a marine protist. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 1-6. Article has an altmetric score of 1 Yang Z, Lowe CD, Crowther W, Fenton A, Watts PC, Montagnes DJS (2012). Strain-specific functional and numerical responses are required to evaluate impacts on predator–prey dynamics. The ISME Journal, 1-12. Article has an altmetric score of 1 Montagnes D, Roberts E, Lukes J, Lowe CD (2012). The rise of model protozoa. Trends in microbiology, 1-8. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 10 Lowe CD, Montagnes DJS, Watts PC (2011). A TALE OF TWO SEAS: THE ATLANTIC-MEDITERRANEAN TRANSITION IMPOSES a STRONG GENETIC BREAK IN THE PROTIST OXYRRHIS MARINA. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY, 47, S59-S60. Author URL. Montagnes DJS, Lowe CD, Roberts EC, Breckels MN, Boakes DE, Davidson K, Keeling PJ, Slamovits CH, Steinke M, Yang Z, et al (2011). An introduction to the special issue: Oxyrrhis marina, a model organism?. Journal of Plankton Research, 33(4), 549-554. Abstract. Thompson DJ, Hassall C, Lowe CD, Watts PC (2011). Field estimates of reproductive success in a model insect: behavioural surrogates are poor predictors of fitness. Ecology letters, 905-913. Abstract. Article has an altmetric score of 1 Lowe CD, Mello LV, Samatar N, Martin LE, Montagnes DJS, Watts PC (2011). The transcriptome of the novel dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina (Alveolata: Dinophyceae): response to salinity examined by 454 sequencing. BMC genomics, 12, 519-519. Lowe CD, Martin LE, Roberts EC, Watts PC, Wootton EC, Montagnes DJS (2010). Collection, isolation and culturing strategies for Oxyrrhis marina. Journal of Plankton Research, 00 Sherratt TN, Laird RA, Hassall C, Lowe CD, Harvey IF, Watts PC, Cordero-Rivera A, Thompson DJ (2010). Empirical evidence of senescence in adult damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera). The Journal of animal ecology, 1034-1044. Abstract. Roberts EC, Wootton EC, Davidson K, Jeong HJ, Lowe CD, Montagnes DJS (2010). Feeding in the dinoflagellate Oxyrrhis marina: linking behaviour with mechanisms. Journal of Plankton Research, 33, 603-614. Lowe CD, Montagnes DJS, Martin LE, Watts PC (2010). High Genetic Diversity and Fine-Scale Spatial Structure in the Marine Flagellate Oxyrrhis marina (Dinophyceae) Uncovered by Microsatellite Loci. PLoS ONE, 5, e15557-e15557. Montagnes DJS, Lowe CD, Martin L, Watts PC, Downes-Tettmar N, Yang Z, Roberts EC, Davidson K (2010). Oxyrrhis marina growth, sex and reproduction. Journal of Plankton Research, 00 Lowe CD, Montagnes DJS, Martin LE, Watts PC (2010). Patterns of genetic diversity in the marine heterotrophic flagellate Oxyrrhis marina (Alveolata: Dinophyceae). Protist, 161, 212-21. Abstract. Hassall C, Lowe CD, Harvey IF, Watts PC, Thompson DJ (2010). Phenology determines seasonal variation in ectoparasite loads in a natural insect population. Ecological Entomology, 35(4), 514-522. Abstract. Hassall C, Lowe CD, Harvey IF, Watts PC, Thompson DJ (2010). Phenology determines seasonal variation in ectoparasite loads in a natural insect population. Ecological Entomology, no-no. Watts PC, Martin LE, Kimmance SA, Montagnes DJS, Lowe CD (2010). The distribution of Oxyrrhis marina: a global disperser or poorly characterized endemic?. Journal of Plankton Research, 0