Mr Andrew Mackey

Current Teaching

  • Undergraduate demonstrator for the School of Natural Sciences in Form and Function Biology and Australia's Physical Environment

Qualifications

  • BSc Honours Zoology (2:1), University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.
  • MSc Marine Biology, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

Other qualifications:

  • PADI Rescue Diver, 2011
  • DAN Oxygen provider, Senior First Aid, 2011
  • Completed grant writing course National Environmental Research Council, UK
  •  ArcGIS course qualification (ESRI, UK)
  • Southern Ocean Zooplankton Taxonomy Workshop (British Antarctic Survey)
  • Benthic Taxonomy Workshop (Bangor University)

Awards and Recognition

  • Endeavour International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
  • Lochaber Fisheries Trust Research Grant

Research

Research Interests

Ecological modelling and stable isotope approaches to understanding ecosystem structure and function.

Current Research Areas

My PhD aims to determine quantifiably the mechanisms that dictate isotopic (carbon and nitrogen) variation in temperate marine rocky reef food webs. From the physical and environmental ingredients that dictate baseline isotopic signatures in primary producers, to how these (often highly variable) values are incorporated up through to their consumers over space and time.

Recent Research Grants

Lochaber Fisheries Trust Research Grant (£2.5K).

Research Publications

Monographs

  • Mackey, A (2010). Rediscovering the Discovery. Planet Earth. Winter, p 8-9. www.nerc.ac.uk/publications/planetearth/2010/winter/
  • Mackey, A (2009). The effects of freshwater cage culture on the diet, growth and condition of brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) in Loch Shiel, Scotland (M.Sc thesis). Lochaber Fisheries Trust monitoring and research web page. www.lochaberfish.org.uk/monitoring-research.asp
  • Mackey, A and Owen, K. (2008). Seabird numbers, productivity and feeding ecology, Long Nanny Seabird Reserve, Northumberland, UK. National Trust annual report 2008.

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Mackey, A. P., Atkinson, A., Hill, S. L., Ward, P., Cunningham, N. J., Johnston, N. M., Murphy, E. J. (2011). Antarctic macrozooplankton of the southwest Atlantic sector and Bellingshausen Sea: baseline historical distributions (Discovery Investigations, 1928-1935) related to temperature and food, with projections for subsequent ocean warming. Deep Sea Research II. In review.

Conference Papers

  • Mackey, A and Cunningham, N. J. (2010) Extending our knowledge into the past: The reanalysis of historic zooplankton catch data from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1951. 12th International Deep Sea Biology Symposium (DSBS). 7-11 June 2010. University of Iceland, Reykjavik. Oral presentation. Link to the Deep Sea Biology Symposium programme: 12dsbs.hi.is/
  • Mackey, A and Cunningham, N. J. (2010) Extending our knowledge into the past: The rescue and reanalysis of historic zooplankton catch data from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1951. International Polar Year Science Conference. 8-12 June 2010. Norway Conference Centre, Oslo. Poster presentation. Link to the International Polar Year conference programme: elsevier.conferenceservices.net/programme.asp?conferenceID=1976&action=prog_list&session=8986
  • Mackey, A. (2010) Rediscovering the Discovery: The recovery and reanalysis of historic zooplankton catch data in the Southern Ocean. Zoology seminar. 13 April 2010. The Natural History Museum, London. Oral presentation.
  • Mackey, A. (2010) Extending our knowledge into the past: The reanalysis of historic zooplankton catch data from the Discovery Investigations 1925-1951. Ecosystem seminar. 15 April 2010. The British Antarctic Survey (BAS). Oral presentation.