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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Ghosts of Giants: High levels of clonality may represent massive remnant clones in European aspen (Populus tremula)
Provan, J., Brown, J. A., Beatty, G., McKeown, N., Montgomery, S. & Montgomery, W. I., 08 Apr 2026, In: Conservation Genetics. 27, 2, 17 p., 45.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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In-depth analysis of live-stranded long-finned pilot whale samples: Stable isotope and genetic investigation of a fatal long-finned pilot whale mass stranding event (Isle of Lewis, 2023)
Plint, T., Ball, R., McKeown, N., Kebke, A. & Brownlow, A., 2026, Scottish Government.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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INFLUENCING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY IN WALES
McKeown, N., 2026, British Ecological Society. 13 p.Research output: Book/Report › Report
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Population Structure
Ball, R. & McKeown, N., Mar 2026, Investigation into the long finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) mass stranding event, Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, July 2023. Scottish Government, p. 40-41 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Effect of temperature on metabolic stress and recovery of two Argyrosomus species from simulated catch-and-release angling
Pringle, B. A., Duncan, M. I., Winkler, A. C., Mafwila, S., Jagger, C., McKeown, N. J., Shaw, P. W., Henriques, R. & Potts, W. M., 30 Jun 2025, In: Fisheries Management and Ecology. 32, 3, 11 p., e12696.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome divergence between European anchovy ecotypes fuelled by structural variants originating from trans-equatorial admixture
Meyer, L., Barry, P., Le Moan, A., Arbiol, C., Castilho, R., Van der Lingen, C., Chlaïda, M., McKeown, N., Ernande, B., Bonhomme, F., Gagnaire, P.-A. & Guinand, B., 05 Nov 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2058, 11 p., 20251416.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Genome-wide genetic-marker variation uncovers potential stock structuring of oceanic tuna (skipjack) and coastal tuna (kawakawa) within the western Indian Ocean
Mzingirwa, F. A., McKeown, N. J., Okemwa, G. M., Sauer, W. H. H., Halafo, J. S., Mshana, J. G., Kamau, J. N. & Shaw, P. W., 02 Jan 2025, In: African Journal of Marine Science. 47, 1, p. 67-76 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Growth rate extremes of a Sciaenid in an ocean-warming hotspot
Jagger, C. E., Potts, W. M., Pringle, B. A., Bordbar, M. H., Henriques, R., McKeown, N. J. & Wilhelm, M. R., 31 May 2025, In: Fisheries Research. 285, 11 p., 107366.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hierarchical Neutral and Non-Neutral Spatial Genetic Structuring in the European Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) Revealed by Genomic Analysis: Implications for Management
McKeown, N. J., Lebigre, C., van der Kooij, J. & Huret, M., 01 Apr 2025, In: Evolutionary Applications. 18, 4, 15 p., e70080.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Low genetic variation and strong genetic structure across a range of geographical scales in European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus L.)
McKeown, N. J., Taylor, A. N., Tysklind, N., Healey, A. J. E., Taylor, M. I., Beaumont, A. R. & McCarthy, I. D., 30 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Fish Biology. 107, 3, p. 918-931 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Otolith shape analysis as a tool for species identification and management of cryptic congeners in the northern Benguela ocean warming hotspot
Wilhelm, M. R., Jagger, C. E., Nghipangelwa, N. M., Pringle, B. A., Shaw, P. W., Potts, W. M., Henriques, R. & McKeown, N. J., 31 Jan 2025, In: Fisheries Research. 281, 11 p., 107262.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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WIO Skipjack tuna SNP dataset
Shaw, P. & McKeown, N., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 15 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.20391/fa9b31c6-4f27-45ef-a879-03cf99a82c86
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Microsatellite genotypes and clone membership data for 34 aspen (Populus tremula) populations
Provan, J., Brown, J. A., Beatty, G., McKeown, N., Montgomery, S. & Montgomery, W. I., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 18 May 2026
DOI: 10.20391/2c118cef-b724-4029-9f90-e78e1dc78232
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SNP dataset for WIO Kawakawa
Shaw, P. & McKeown, N., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 15 Feb 2024
DOI: 10.20391/4923a998-5a10-4f91-8dd2-7ce88bbc3e13
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Bacterial communities of Irish Pacific Oysters
King, N., Smale, D. A., Thorpe, J. M., McKeown, N., Andrews, A. J., Browne, R. & Malham, S. K., Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University, 25 Apr 2022
DOI: 10.20391/1f65fc66-6fb2-4a00-bb5f-633045590fc0, https://figshare.com/s/b36ed8e1872f496d437a
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Data From: Genetic structure of recently fragmented suburban populations of European stag beetle
Cox, K., Mckeown, N., Broeck, A. V., Van Breusegem, A., Cammaerts, R. & Thomaes, A., Dryad, 24 Jun 2021
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Projects
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EcoMal: Developing integrated ecology to combat Malaria in Zambia and control emerging vector borne diseases in Wales.
McKeown, N. (Project Lead)
Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University
15 Sept 2025 → 30 Jun 2026
Project: Impact & Knowledge Exchange
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North Wales Project - Supplementary Funding ( WT460626)
Hewinson, G. (Project Lead), McKeown, N. (Project Co‑Lead), Thomas, C. (Project Co‑Lead), Hopkins, B. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Healey, A. (Research and Innovation Associate) & Strong, J. (Research and Innovation Associate)
Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government
01 Apr 2025 → 31 Mar 2026
Project: Externally funded research
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Population genetic structure of Galba truncatula on commercial sheep farms in Wales
Davis, C. (Project Lead), McKeown, N. (Project Lead) & Jones, R. (Project Lead)
The Joy Welch Educational Charitable Trust
01 Oct 2024 → 01 Apr 2025
Project: Internally funded research
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GENSPEL: Genomic analysis of small pelagic fish for ecosystem-based fisheries management in Wales
McKeown, N. (Project Lead)
Llywodraeth Cymru | Welsh Government
01 Aug 2024 → 31 Mar 2025
Project: Externally funded research
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Structure, connectivity and resilience of an exploited ecosystem: towards sustainable ecosystem-based fisheries management
Moore, P. (Project Lead), Burrows, M. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Smale, D. A. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Shaw, P. (Researcher Co‑Lead), Adams, W. T. (Researcher Co‑Lead) & McKeown, N. (Fellow)
Natural Environment Research Council
01 Feb 2019 → 31 Jan 2022
Project: Externally funded research
Press/Media
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Aberystwyth Scientists Help Monitor Pine Martens
14 May 2025 → 15 May 2025
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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First eDNA project reveals rare species in South Atlantic
22 Apr 2025
1 item of Media coverage
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Aberystwyth University discovers new information about rare marine life on world’s most remote inhabited islands
17 Apr 2025
1 item of Media coverage
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Researchers from Aberystwyth University Report Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Ecology and Evolution [Genomic Analysis of Ne Atlantic Sardine ( sardina Pilchardus ) Reveals Reduced Variation In a Recently Established .
27 Aug 2024
1 item of Media coverage
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New Findings on Ecology and Evolution Described by Investigators at Aberystwyth University (Genetic Analysis of octopus Cyanea Reveals High Gene Flow In the South-west Indian Ocean)
30 Apr 2024
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage
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Pilot Whale Strandings Still a Mystery But Found to Be From Different Families, Groups
02 Sept 2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Mystery of Mass Whale Strandings Gets Even Stranger
01 Sept 2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Scientists Baffled at Mysterious Mass Whale Strandings in Northeast Atlantic
01 Sept 2022
1 item of Media coverage
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New theory on mass strandings among pilot whales, includes Falklands' experience
01 Sept 2022
1 item of Media coverage
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Mass pilot whale strandings linked to ‘family group disruption’, new research suggests
31 Aug 2022
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media coverage