Dr Rona McGill
- Research Scientist (Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre)
telephone:
01355270158
email:
Rona.McGill@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
Suerc, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride G75 0QF
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0400-7288Research interests
- Environmental and ecological applications of stable isotopes.
- NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility (LSMSF).
Publications
2025
Sabadel, A. J. M. et al. (2025) Establishing a comprehensive host-parasite stable isotope database to unravel trophic relationships. Scientific Data, 12(1), 623. (doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-04970-5)
Fletcher, J. W. J., Tollington, S., Cox, R., Tolhurst, B., Newton, J. , McGill, R. , Cropper, P., Berry, N., Illa, K. and Scott, D. (2025) Utilisation of anthropogenic food by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the United Kingdom as determined by Stable Isotope Analysis. Ecology and Evolution, (Accepted for Publication)
2024
Cobain, M. R.D., McGill, R. A.R. and Trueman, C. N. (2024) Stable isotopes demonstrate seasonally stable benthic-pelagic coupling as newly-fixed nutrients are rapidly transferred through food chains in an estuarine fish community. Journal of Fish Biology, 105(5), pp. 1406-1420. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15005) (PMID:35099820)
Hallis, L.J. , Burchell, M., Wozniakiewicz, P. J., McGill, R. , Bompard, N., Hepburn, L. , Boyce, A. , Davidson, J., Distel, A.G. and Hervig, R.L. (2024) The Effect of Shock on Apatite Hydrogen. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2024, Brussels, Belgium, 28 July - 2 August 2024.
Wilson, J. S.E., McGill, R. A.R. , Steingrund, P. and Trueman, C. N. (2024) Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9861) (Early Online Publication)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)
2023
Mills, W., Ibañez, A. E., Carneiro, A. P.B., Morales, L. M., Mariano-Jelicich, R., McGill, R. A.R. , Montalti, D. and Phillips, R. A. (2023) Migration strategies of skuas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean revealed by stable isotopes. Marine Biology, 171, 27. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-023-04347-5)
Hunt, G. L., Cobain, M. R. D., McGill, R. A. R. , Pinnegar, J. K., Engelhard, G. H., Wigham, B. D. and Polunin, N. V. C. (2023) Quantifying spatio-temporal consistency in the trophic ecology of two sympatric flatfishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(2), pp. 378-392. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15458) (PMID:37213138)
Plint, T., ten Doeschate, M. T.I. , Brownlow, A. C. , Davison, N. J. , Hantke, G., Kitchener, A. C., Longstaffe, F. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Simon-Nutbrown, C. and Magill, C. R. (2023) Stable isotope ecology and interspecific dietary overlap among dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1111295. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1111295)
Mele, I., McGill, R. A. R. , Thompson, J., Fennell, J. and Fitzer, S. (2023) Ocean acidification, warming and feeding impacts on biomineralization pathways and shell material properties of Magallana gigas and Mytilus spp. Marine Environmental Research, 186, 105925. (doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105925)
2022
Ibanez, A.E. et al. (2022) Variation in blood mercury concentrations in brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) is related to trophic ecology but not breeding success or adult body condition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181, 113919. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113919) (PMID:35816822)
Bennett-Williams, J., Skinner, C., Wyatt, A. S. J., McGill, R. A. R. and Willis, T. J. (2022) A multi-tissue, multi-species assessment of lipid and urea stable isotope biases in mesopredator elasmobranchs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 821478. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.821478)
Mills, W. F. et al. (2022) Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean. Environmental Pollution, 297, 118841. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118841)
O'Hanlon, N. J., Thaxter, C. B., Burton, N. H.K., Grant, D., Clark, N. A., Clewley, G. D., Conway, G. J., Barber, L. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2022) Habitat selection and specialisation of herring gulls during the non-breeding season. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 816881. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.816881)
2021
Lee, T. H., McGill, R. A.R. and Fitzer, S. (2021) Effects of extra feeding combined with ocean acidification and increased temperature on the carbon isotope values (13C) in the mussel shell. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 541, 151562. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151562)
Tongue, A. D.W., Fernie, K. J., Harrad, S., Drage, D. S., McGill, R. A.R. and Reynolds, S. J. (2021) Interspecies comparisons of brominated flame retardants in relation to foraging ecology and behaviour of gulls frequenting a UK landfill. Science of the Total Environment, 764, 142890. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142890)
Mills, W. F., McGill, R. A.R. , Cherel, Y., Voiter, S. C. and Phillips, R. A. (2021) Stable isotopes demonstrate intraspecific variation in habitat use and trophic level of non-breeding albatrosses. IBIS, 163(2), pp. 463-472. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12874)
2020
Mills, W. F., Bustamante, P., McGill, R. A.R. , Anderson, O. R.J., Bearhop, S., Cherel, Y., Votier, S. C. and Phillips, R. A. (2020) Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 287(1941), 20202683. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2683) (PMID:33352077)
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
O'Hanlon, N. J., Alonso, S., Miller, J. A.O., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2020) Landscape‐mediated variation in diet is associated with egg size and maculation in a generalist forager. Ibis, 162(3), pp. 687-700. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12739)
Mao, J., Burdett, H. L., McGill, R. A.R. , Newton, J. , Gulliver, P. and Kamenos, N. A. (2020) Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land-use change. Global Change Biology, 26(4), pp. 2496-2504. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.15021) (PMID:32100446)
2019
Fitzer, S. C. , McGill, R. A.R. , Torres Gabarda, S., Hughes, B., Dove, M., O'Connor, W. and Byrne, M. (2019) Selectively bred oysters can alter their biomineralization pathways, promoting resilience to environmental acidification. Global Change Biology, 25(12), pp. 4105-4115. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14818) (PMID:31554025) (PMCID:PMC6899863)
Britton, A. W., Murrell, D. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Doble, C. J., Ramage, C. I. and Day, J. J. (2019) The effects of land use disturbance vary with trophic position in littoral cichlid fish communities from Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 64(6), pp. 1114-1130. (doi: 10.1111/fwb.13287)
St John Glew, K., Graham, L. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Trueman, C. N. (2019) Spatial models of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope distributions (isoscapes) across a shelf sea: an INLA approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(4), pp. 518-531. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13138)
Tollington, S. et al. (2019) Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(3), pp. 594-603. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13303)
Quillfeldt, P., Weimerskirch, H., Masello, J. F., Delord, K., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W. and Cherel, Y. (2019) Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans. Movement Ecology, 7, 1. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-019-0147-7)
2018
Clay, T. A., Pearmain, E. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Manica, A. and Phillips, R. A. (2018) Age-related variation in non-breeding foraging behaviour and carry-over effects on fitness in an extremely long-lived bird. Functional Ecology, 32(7), pp. 1832-1846. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13120)
Ratcliffe, N., Adlard, S., Stowasser, G. and McGill, R. (2018) Dietary divergence is associated with increased intra-specific competition in a marine predator. Scientific Reports, 8, 6827. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25318-7) (PMID:29717229) (PMCID:PMC5931528)
2017
Leal, G. R., Furness, R. W., McGill, R. A.R. , Santos, R. A. and Bugoni, L. (2017) Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 164, 211. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3240-8)
Willis, T. J., Berglöf, K. T.L., McGill, R. A.R. , Musco, L., Piraino, S., Rumsey, C. M., Vega Fernández, T. and Badalamenti, F. (2017) Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc. Biology Letters, 13(11), 20170447. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0447) (PMID:29093176)
Rogerson, M. et al. (2017) Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland. Gondwana Research, 48, pp. 101-109. (doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.007)
Pollock, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (2017) Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports, 7, 5014. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y) (PMID:28694437) (PMCID:PMC5503996)
O'Hanlon, N. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574, pp. 193-210. (doi: 10.3354/meps12189)
Negrete, P., Sallaberry, M., Barceló, G., Maldonado, K., Perona, F., McGill, R. A.R. , Quillfeldt, P. and Sabat, P. (2017) Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: Are foraging habits impacted by environmental change? Polar Biology, 40(4), pp. 903-916. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-2017-8)
Baker, K., Chadwick, M. A., McGill, R. A.R. , Wahab, R. A. and Kahar, R. (2017) Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(11), pp. 2061-2069. (doi: 10.1071/MF16373)
2016
Dehnhard, N., Ludynia, K., Masello, J. F., Voigt, C. C., McGill, R. A.R. and Quillfeldt, P. (2016) Plasticity in foraging behaviour and diet buffers effects of inter-annual environmental differences on chick growth and survival in southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome. Polar Biology, 39(9), pp. 1627-1641. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-015-1887-5)
Hammer, S. , Nager, R. G. , Alonso, S., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W. and Dam, M. (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), pp. 184-190. (doi: 10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x) (PMID:27329112) (PMCID:PMC4942484)
Rysava, K. , McGill, R.A.R. , Matthiopoulos, J. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. (2016) Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 130(13), pp. 1461-1468. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.7572) (PMID:27321833)
Horswill, C. , Matthiopoulos, J. , Ratcliffe, N., Green, J. A., Trathan, P. N., McGill, R.A.R. , Phillips, R. A. and O’Connell, T. C. (2016) Drivers of intrapopulation variation in resource use in a generalist predator, the macaroni penguin. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 548, pp. 233-247. (doi: 10.3354/meps11626)
Moreno, R., Stowasser, G., McGill, R. A.R. , Bearhop, S., Phillips, R. A. and Wunder, M. (2016) Assessing the structure and temporal dynamics of seabird communities: the challenge of capturing marine ecosystem complexity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(1), pp. 199-212. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12434) (PMID:26439671) (PMCID:26439671)
Reid, W.D.K., Sweeting, C.J., Wigham, B.D., McGill, R.A.R. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2016) Isotopic niche variability in macroconsumers of the East Scotia Ridge (Southern Ocean) hydrothermal vents: What more can we learn from an ellipse? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 542, pp. 13-24. (doi: 10.3354/meps11571)
Grecian, W. J., Taylor, G. A., Loh, G., McGill, R. A.R. , Miskelly, C. M., Phillips, R. A., Thompson, D. R. and Furness, R. W. (2016) Contrasting migratory responses of two closely-related seabirds to long-term climate change. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 559, pp. 231-242. (doi: 10.3354/meps11875)
Notman, G. M., McGill, R. A.R. , Hawkins, S. J. and Burrows, M. T. (2016) Macroalgae contribute to the diet of Patella vulgata from contrasting conditions of latitude and wave exposure in the UK. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 549, pp. 113-123. (doi: 10.3354/meps11691)
2015
Grecian, W. J., McGill, R. A. R. , Phillips, R. A., Ryan, P. G. and Furness, R. W. (2015) Quantifying variation in δ13C and δ15N isotopes within and between feathers and individuals: is one sample enough? Marine Biology, 162(4), pp. 733-741. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2618-8) (PMID:25797964) (PMCID:PMC4356738)
Quillfeldt, P., Cherel, Y., Masello, J. F., Delord, K., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W., Moodley, Y. and Weimerskirch, H. (2015) Half a world apart? overlap in nonbreeding distributions of Atlantic and Indian ocean thin-billed prions. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0125007. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125007) (PMID:26018194) (PMCID:PMC4446212)
Quillfeldt, P., Ekschmitt, K., Brickle, P., McGill, R. A.R. , Wolters, V., Dehnhard, N. and Masello, J. F. (2015) Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time - a case study in a marine ecosystem. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 29(7), pp. 667-674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.7145)
2014
Watts, A.J.R., McGill, R.A.R. , Albalat, A. and Neil, D.M. (2014) Biophysical and biochemical changes occur in Nephrops norvegicus during starvation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 457, pp. 81-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.03.020)
Cross, A. D.P., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Österblom, H., McGill, R. A.R. and Furness, R. W. (2014) Isotopic analysis of island house martins Delichon urbica indicates marine provenance of nutrients. IBIS, 156(3), pp. 676-681. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12150) (PMID:25866414) (PMCID:PMC4384760)
Bodey, T. W., Ward, E. J., Phillips, R. A., McGill, R. A.R. and Bearhop, S. (2014) Species versus guild level differentiation revealed across the annual cycle by isotopic niche examination. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83(2), pp. 470-478. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12156)
O'Farrell, S., Bearhop, S., McGill, R. A.R. , Dahlgren, C. P., Brumbaugh, D. R. and Mumby, P. J. (2014) Habitat and body size effects on the isotopic niche space of invasive lionfish and endangered Nassau grouper. Ecosphere, 5(10), 123. (doi: 10.1890/ES14-00126.1)
2013
Reid, W. D.K., Sweeting, C. J., Wigham, B. D., McGill, R. A.R. and Polunin, N. V.C. (2013) High variability in spatial and temporal size-based trophodynamics of deep-sea fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge elucidated by stable isotopes. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98(B), pp. 412-420. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.020)
Guerin, A. J., Jensen, A. C. and McGill, R. A. R. (2013) Effects of distilled water rinsing on stable isotope ratios of acid-treated marine invertebrate (Paguridae) samples. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 27(18), pp. 2051-2056. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.6659)
Carvalho, P.C., Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Bianchini, A. (2013) Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus Procellaria. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32(7), pp. 1641-1648. (doi: 10.1002/etc.2204)
Michalik, A., McGill, R.A.R. , van Noordwijk, H.J., Masello, J.F., Furness, R.W., Eggers, T. and Quillfeldt, P. (2013) Stable isotopes reveal variable foraging behaviour in a colony of the imperial shag phalacrocorax atriceps: differences between ages sexes and years. Journal of Ornithology, 154(1), pp. 239-249. (doi: 10.1007/s10336-012-0890-7)
Reid, W.D.K., Sweeting, C.J., Wigham, B.D., Zwirglmaier, K., Hawkes, J.A., McGill, R.A.R. , Linse, K. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2013) Spatial differences in East Scotia ridge hydrothermal vent food webs: influences of chemistry, microbiology and predation on trophodynamics. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65553. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065553) (PMID:23762393) (PMCID:PMC3676328)
2012
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R.A.R. , Furness, R.W., Mostl, E., Ludynia, K. and Masello, J.F. (2012) Impact of miniature geolocation loggers on a small petrel, the thin billed prion Pachtyptila belcheri. Marine Biology, 159(8), pp. 1809-1816. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-1971-0)
Letessier, T.B., Pond, D.W., McGill, R.A.R. , Reid, W.D.K. and Brierley, A.S. (2012) Trophic interaction of invertebrate zooplankton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone/Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Marine Systems, 94, pp. 174-184. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.020)
Stowasser, G., Atkinson, A., McGill, R.A.R. , Phillips, R.A., Collins, M.A. and Pond, D.W. (2012) Food web dynamics in the Scotia Sea in summer: a stable isotope study. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, pp. 208-221. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.004)
Tarling, G.A., Stowasser, G., Ward, P., Venables, H.J., McGill, R.A.R. and Murphy, E.J. (2012) Seasonal trophic structure of the Scotia Sea pelagic ecosystem considered through biomass spectra and stable isotope analysis. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, pp. 222-236. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.002)
Jones, J.R., Mulville, J.A., McGill, R.A.R. and Evershed, R.P. (2012) Palaeoenvironmental modelling of δ13C and δ15N values in the North Atlantic Islands: understanding past marine resource use. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(20), pp. 2399-2406. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.6319)
Lee Cruz, L., McGill, R.A.R. , Goodman, S.J. and Hamer, K.C. (2012) Stable isotope ratios of a tropical marine predator: confounding effects of nutritional status during growth. Marine Biology, 159(4), pp. 873-880. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1864-7)
Reid, W.D.K., Wigham, B.D., McGill, R.A.R. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2012) Elucidating trophic pathways in benthic deep-sea assemblages of the mid-atlantic ridge north and south of the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 463, pp. 89-103. (doi: 10.3354/meps09863)
2011
Phillips, R.A., McGill, R.A.R. , Dawson, D.A. and Bearhop, S. (2011) Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology, 158(10), pp. 2199-2208. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1725-4)
Alexandrou, M.A., Oliveira, C., Maillard, M., McGill, R.A.R. , Newton, J. , Creer, S. and Taylor, M.I. (2011) Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics. Nature, 469(7328), pp. 84-88. (doi: 10.1038/nature09660)
Robb, G.N., McDonald, R.A., Inger, R., Reynolds, S.J., Newton, J. , McGill, R.A.R. , Chamberlain, D.E., Harrison, T.J.E. and Bearhop, S. (2011) Using stable-isotope analysis as a technique for determining consumption of supplementary foods by individual birds. Condor, 113(3), pp. 475-482. (doi: 10.1525/cond.2011.090111)
2010
Michalik, A., McGill, R.A.R., Furness, R.W., Eggers, T., van Noordwijk, H.J. and Quillfeldt, P. (2010) Black and white - does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers? Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24(7), pp. 875-878. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.4462)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R. , McDonald, R.A. and Bearhop, S. (2010) Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type. Environmental Pollution, 158(1), pp. 98-107. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.040)
Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Furness, R.W. (2010) The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391(1-2), pp. 190-200. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.027)
Quillfeldt, P., Masello, J.F., McGill, R.A.R. , Adams, M. and Furness, R.W. (2010) Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird? Frontiers in Zoology, 7, p. 15. (doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-15)
2009
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R.A.R., Masello, J.F., Poisbleau, M., van Noordwijk, H., Demongin, L. and Furness, R.W. (2009) Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen - implications for non-invasive studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23(23), pp. 3632-3636. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.4286)
Weiss, F., Furness, R.W., McGill, R.A.R., Strange, I.J., Masello, J.F. and Quillfeldt, P. (2009) Trophic segregation of Falkland Islands seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Polar Biology, 32(12), pp. 1753-1763. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-009-0674-6)
Tavares, P.C., McGill, R.A.R. , Newton, J. , Pereira, E., Duarte, A.C. and Furness, R.W. (2009) Relationships between carbon sources, trophic level and mercury exposure in generalist shorebirds revealed by stable isotope ratios in chicks. Waterbirds, 32(2), pp. 311-321. (doi: 10.1675/063.032.0211)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R.A.R. , McDonald, R.A. and Bearhop, S. (2009) Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica Ionnbergi): an investigation using stable isotopes. Polar Biology, 32(1), pp. 27-33. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-008-0498-9)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., McDonald, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R.A.R. and Bearhop, S. (2009) Influence of trophic position and foraging range on mercury levels within a seabird community. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375, pp. 277-288. (doi: 10.3354/meps07784)
Phillips, R.A., Bearhop, S., McGill, R. and Dawson, D.A. (2009) Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period. Oecologia, 160(4), pp. 795-806. (doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1342-9)
2008
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R. , Masello, J.F., Weiss, F., Strange, I.J., Brickle, P. and Furness, R. (2008) Stable isotope analysis reveals sexual and environmental variability and individual consistency in foraging of thin-billed prions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 373, pp. 137-148. (doi: 10.3354/meps07751)
Thornton, I. et al. (2008) Urban geochemistry: research strategies to assist risk assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in urban areas. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30(6), pp. 565-576. (doi: 10.1007/s10653-008-9182-9)
Quillfeldt, P., Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. , Masello, J. F. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Differences in stable isotopes in blood and feathers of seabirds are consistent across species, age and latitude: implications for food web studies. Marine Biology, 155(6), pp. 593-598. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-1048-2)
Cicchella, D., De Vivo, B., Lima, A., Albanese, S., McGill, R.A.R. and Parrish, R.R. (2008) Heavy metal pollution and Pb isotopes in urban soils of Napoli, Italy. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 8(1), pp. 103-112. (doi: 10.1144/1467-7873/07-148)
Quillfeldt, P., Schenk, I., McGill, R.A.R. , Strange, I.J., Masello, J.F., Gladbach, A., Roesch, V. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Introduced mammals coexist with seabirds at New Island, Falkland Islands: abundance, habitat preferences, and stable isotope analysis of diet. Polar Biology, 31(3), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-007-0363-2)
Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22(16), pp. 2457-2462. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.3633)
2005
Trueman, C.N., McGill, R.A.R. and Guyard, P.H. (2005) The effect of growth rate on tissue-diet isotopic spacing in rapidly growing animals. An experimental study with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19(22), pp. 3239-3247. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.2199)
1993
Doody, J. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Darby, D. and Smythe, D. K. (1993) Geophysical surveys of the East Kirkton Limestone, Visean, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 84(3-4), pp. 197-202. (doi: 10.1017/S0263593300006003)
Articles
Sabadel, A. J. M. et al. (2025) Establishing a comprehensive host-parasite stable isotope database to unravel trophic relationships. Scientific Data, 12(1), 623. (doi: 10.1038/s41597-025-04970-5)
Fletcher, J. W. J., Tollington, S., Cox, R., Tolhurst, B., Newton, J. , McGill, R. , Cropper, P., Berry, N., Illa, K. and Scott, D. (2025) Utilisation of anthropogenic food by red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the United Kingdom as determined by Stable Isotope Analysis. Ecology and Evolution, (Accepted for Publication)
Cobain, M. R.D., McGill, R. A.R. and Trueman, C. N. (2024) Stable isotopes demonstrate seasonally stable benthic-pelagic coupling as newly-fixed nutrients are rapidly transferred through food chains in an estuarine fish community. Journal of Fish Biology, 105(5), pp. 1406-1420. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15005) (PMID:35099820)
Wilson, J. S.E., McGill, R. A.R. , Steingrund, P. and Trueman, C. N. (2024) Tracing the geographic origin of Atlantic cod products using stable isotope analysis. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9861) (Early Online Publication)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674)
Kabalika, Z. , Haydon, D. T. , McGill, R. A.R. , Morales, J. M. , Morrison, T. A. , Newton, J. and Hopcraft, J. G. C. (2024) Using sulfur stable isotope ratios (δ34S) for animal geolocation: Estimating the delay mechanisms between diet ingestion and isotope incorporation in tail hair. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 38(2), e9674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.9674) (PMID:38124168)
Mills, W., Ibañez, A. E., Carneiro, A. P.B., Morales, L. M., Mariano-Jelicich, R., McGill, R. A.R. , Montalti, D. and Phillips, R. A. (2023) Migration strategies of skuas in the southwest Atlantic Ocean revealed by stable isotopes. Marine Biology, 171, 27. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-023-04347-5)
Hunt, G. L., Cobain, M. R. D., McGill, R. A. R. , Pinnegar, J. K., Engelhard, G. H., Wigham, B. D. and Polunin, N. V. C. (2023) Quantifying spatio-temporal consistency in the trophic ecology of two sympatric flatfishes. Journal of Fish Biology, 103(2), pp. 378-392. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.15458) (PMID:37213138)
Plint, T., ten Doeschate, M. T.I. , Brownlow, A. C. , Davison, N. J. , Hantke, G., Kitchener, A. C., Longstaffe, F. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Simon-Nutbrown, C. and Magill, C. R. (2023) Stable isotope ecology and interspecific dietary overlap among dolphins in the Northeast Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1111295. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1111295)
Mele, I., McGill, R. A. R. , Thompson, J., Fennell, J. and Fitzer, S. (2023) Ocean acidification, warming and feeding impacts on biomineralization pathways and shell material properties of Magallana gigas and Mytilus spp. Marine Environmental Research, 186, 105925. (doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2023.105925)
Ibanez, A.E. et al. (2022) Variation in blood mercury concentrations in brown skuas (Stercorarius antarcticus) is related to trophic ecology but not breeding success or adult body condition. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181, 113919. (doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113919) (PMID:35816822)
Bennett-Williams, J., Skinner, C., Wyatt, A. S. J., McGill, R. A. R. and Willis, T. J. (2022) A multi-tissue, multi-species assessment of lipid and urea stable isotope biases in mesopredator elasmobranchs. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 821478. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.821478)
Mills, W. F. et al. (2022) Spatial and sex differences in mercury contamination of skuas in the Southern Ocean. Environmental Pollution, 297, 118841. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118841)
O'Hanlon, N. J., Thaxter, C. B., Burton, N. H.K., Grant, D., Clark, N. A., Clewley, G. D., Conway, G. J., Barber, L. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2022) Habitat selection and specialisation of herring gulls during the non-breeding season. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 816881. (doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.816881)
Lee, T. H., McGill, R. A.R. and Fitzer, S. (2021) Effects of extra feeding combined with ocean acidification and increased temperature on the carbon isotope values (13C) in the mussel shell. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 541, 151562. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2021.151562)
Tongue, A. D.W., Fernie, K. J., Harrad, S., Drage, D. S., McGill, R. A.R. and Reynolds, S. J. (2021) Interspecies comparisons of brominated flame retardants in relation to foraging ecology and behaviour of gulls frequenting a UK landfill. Science of the Total Environment, 764, 142890. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142890)
Mills, W. F., McGill, R. A.R. , Cherel, Y., Voiter, S. C. and Phillips, R. A. (2021) Stable isotopes demonstrate intraspecific variation in habitat use and trophic level of non-breeding albatrosses. IBIS, 163(2), pp. 463-472. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12874)
Mills, W. F., Bustamante, P., McGill, R. A.R. , Anderson, O. R.J., Bearhop, S., Cherel, Y., Votier, S. C. and Phillips, R. A. (2020) Mercury exposure in an endangered seabird: long-term changes and relationships with trophic ecology and breeding success. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, 287(1941), 20202683. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.2683) (PMID:33352077)
Kabalika, Z. et al. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. Movement Ecology, 8, 37. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-020-00222-w) (PMID:32968486) (PMCID:PMC7501629)
O'Hanlon, N. J., Alonso, S., Miller, J. A.O., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2020) Landscape‐mediated variation in diet is associated with egg size and maculation in a generalist forager. Ibis, 162(3), pp. 687-700. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12739)
Mao, J., Burdett, H. L., McGill, R. A.R. , Newton, J. , Gulliver, P. and Kamenos, N. A. (2020) Carbon burial over the last four millennia is regulated by both climatic and land-use change. Global Change Biology, 26(4), pp. 2496-2504. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.15021) (PMID:32100446)
Fitzer, S. C. , McGill, R. A.R. , Torres Gabarda, S., Hughes, B., Dove, M., O'Connor, W. and Byrne, M. (2019) Selectively bred oysters can alter their biomineralization pathways, promoting resilience to environmental acidification. Global Change Biology, 25(12), pp. 4105-4115. (doi: 10.1111/gcb.14818) (PMID:31554025) (PMCID:PMC6899863)
Britton, A. W., Murrell, D. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Doble, C. J., Ramage, C. I. and Day, J. J. (2019) The effects of land use disturbance vary with trophic position in littoral cichlid fish communities from Lake Tanganyika. Freshwater Biology, 64(6), pp. 1114-1130. (doi: 10.1111/fwb.13287)
St John Glew, K., Graham, L. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Trueman, C. N. (2019) Spatial models of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope distributions (isoscapes) across a shelf sea: an INLA approach. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10(4), pp. 518-531. (doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13138)
Tollington, S. et al. (2019) Individual consumption of supplemental food as a predictor of reproductive performance and viral infection intensity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(3), pp. 594-603. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13303)
Quillfeldt, P., Weimerskirch, H., Masello, J. F., Delord, K., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W. and Cherel, Y. (2019) Behavioural plasticity in the early breeding season of pelagic seabirds - a case study of thin-billed prions from two oceans. Movement Ecology, 7, 1. (doi: 10.1186/s40462-019-0147-7)
Clay, T. A., Pearmain, E. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Manica, A. and Phillips, R. A. (2018) Age-related variation in non-breeding foraging behaviour and carry-over effects on fitness in an extremely long-lived bird. Functional Ecology, 32(7), pp. 1832-1846. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13120)
Ratcliffe, N., Adlard, S., Stowasser, G. and McGill, R. (2018) Dietary divergence is associated with increased intra-specific competition in a marine predator. Scientific Reports, 8, 6827. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-25318-7) (PMID:29717229) (PMCID:PMC5931528)
Leal, G. R., Furness, R. W., McGill, R. A.R. , Santos, R. A. and Bugoni, L. (2017) Feeding and foraging ecology of Trindade petrels Pterodroma arminjoniana during the breeding period in the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biology, 164, 211. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-017-3240-8)
Willis, T. J., Berglöf, K. T.L., McGill, R. A.R. , Musco, L., Piraino, S., Rumsey, C. M., Vega Fernández, T. and Badalamenti, F. (2017) Kleptopredation: a mechanism to facilitate planktivory in a benthic mollusc. Biology Letters, 13(11), 20170447. (doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2017.0447) (PMID:29093176)
Rogerson, M. et al. (2017) Are spherulitic lacustrine carbonates an expression of large-scale mineral carbonation? A case study from the East Kirkton Limestone, Scotland. Gondwana Research, 48, pp. 101-109. (doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.007)
Pollock, C., Capilla-Lasheras, P. , McGill, R. A.R. , Helm, B. and Dominoni, D. M. (2017) Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Scientific Reports, 7, 5014. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y) (PMID:28694437) (PMCID:PMC5503996)
O'Hanlon, N. J., McGill, R. A.R. and Nager, R. G. (2017) Increased use of intertidal resources benefits breeding success in a generalist gull species. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 574, pp. 193-210. (doi: 10.3354/meps12189)
Negrete, P., Sallaberry, M., Barceló, G., Maldonado, K., Perona, F., McGill, R. A.R. , Quillfeldt, P. and Sabat, P. (2017) Temporal variation in isotopic composition of Pygoscelis penguins at Ardley Island, Antarctic: Are foraging habits impacted by environmental change? Polar Biology, 40(4), pp. 903-916. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-016-2017-8)
Baker, K., Chadwick, M. A., McGill, R. A.R. , Wahab, R. A. and Kahar, R. (2017) Macroinvertebrate trophic structure on waterfalls in Borneo. Marine and Freshwater Research, 68(11), pp. 2061-2069. (doi: 10.1071/MF16373)
Dehnhard, N., Ludynia, K., Masello, J. F., Voigt, C. C., McGill, R. A.R. and Quillfeldt, P. (2016) Plasticity in foraging behaviour and diet buffers effects of inter-annual environmental differences on chick growth and survival in southern rockhopper penguins Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome. Polar Biology, 39(9), pp. 1627-1641. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-015-1887-5)
Hammer, S. , Nager, R. G. , Alonso, S., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W. and Dam, M. (2016) Legacy pollutants are declining in Great Skuas (Stercorarius skua) but remain higher in Faroe Islands than in Scotland. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97(2), pp. 184-190. (doi: 10.1007/s00128-016-1856-x) (PMID:27329112) (PMCID:PMC4942484)
Rysava, K. , McGill, R.A.R. , Matthiopoulos, J. and Hopcraft, J.G.C. (2016) Re-constructing nutritional history of Serengeti wildebeest from stable isotopes in tail hair: seasonal starvation patterns in an obligate grazer. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 130(13), pp. 1461-1468. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.7572) (PMID:27321833)
Horswill, C. , Matthiopoulos, J. , Ratcliffe, N., Green, J. A., Trathan, P. N., McGill, R.A.R. , Phillips, R. A. and O’Connell, T. C. (2016) Drivers of intrapopulation variation in resource use in a generalist predator, the macaroni penguin. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 548, pp. 233-247. (doi: 10.3354/meps11626)
Moreno, R., Stowasser, G., McGill, R. A.R. , Bearhop, S., Phillips, R. A. and Wunder, M. (2016) Assessing the structure and temporal dynamics of seabird communities: the challenge of capturing marine ecosystem complexity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 85(1), pp. 199-212. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12434) (PMID:26439671) (PMCID:26439671)
Reid, W.D.K., Sweeting, C.J., Wigham, B.D., McGill, R.A.R. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2016) Isotopic niche variability in macroconsumers of the East Scotia Ridge (Southern Ocean) hydrothermal vents: What more can we learn from an ellipse? Marine Ecology Progress Series, 542, pp. 13-24. (doi: 10.3354/meps11571)
Grecian, W. J., Taylor, G. A., Loh, G., McGill, R. A.R. , Miskelly, C. M., Phillips, R. A., Thompson, D. R. and Furness, R. W. (2016) Contrasting migratory responses of two closely-related seabirds to long-term climate change. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 559, pp. 231-242. (doi: 10.3354/meps11875)
Notman, G. M., McGill, R. A.R. , Hawkins, S. J. and Burrows, M. T. (2016) Macroalgae contribute to the diet of Patella vulgata from contrasting conditions of latitude and wave exposure in the UK. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 549, pp. 113-123. (doi: 10.3354/meps11691)
Grecian, W. J., McGill, R. A. R. , Phillips, R. A., Ryan, P. G. and Furness, R. W. (2015) Quantifying variation in δ13C and δ15N isotopes within and between feathers and individuals: is one sample enough? Marine Biology, 162(4), pp. 733-741. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2618-8) (PMID:25797964) (PMCID:PMC4356738)
Quillfeldt, P., Cherel, Y., Masello, J. F., Delord, K., McGill, R. A.R. , Furness, R. W., Moodley, Y. and Weimerskirch, H. (2015) Half a world apart? overlap in nonbreeding distributions of Atlantic and Indian ocean thin-billed prions. PLoS ONE, 10(5), e0125007. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125007) (PMID:26018194) (PMCID:PMC4446212)
Quillfeldt, P., Ekschmitt, K., Brickle, P., McGill, R. A.R. , Wolters, V., Dehnhard, N. and Masello, J. F. (2015) Variability of higher trophic level stable isotope data in space and time - a case study in a marine ecosystem. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 29(7), pp. 667-674. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.7145)
Watts, A.J.R., McGill, R.A.R. , Albalat, A. and Neil, D.M. (2014) Biophysical and biochemical changes occur in Nephrops norvegicus during starvation. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 457, pp. 81-89. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.03.020)
Cross, A. D.P., Hentati-Sundberg, J., Österblom, H., McGill, R. A.R. and Furness, R. W. (2014) Isotopic analysis of island house martins Delichon urbica indicates marine provenance of nutrients. IBIS, 156(3), pp. 676-681. (doi: 10.1111/ibi.12150) (PMID:25866414) (PMCID:PMC4384760)
Bodey, T. W., Ward, E. J., Phillips, R. A., McGill, R. A.R. and Bearhop, S. (2014) Species versus guild level differentiation revealed across the annual cycle by isotopic niche examination. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83(2), pp. 470-478. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2656.12156)
O'Farrell, S., Bearhop, S., McGill, R. A.R. , Dahlgren, C. P., Brumbaugh, D. R. and Mumby, P. J. (2014) Habitat and body size effects on the isotopic niche space of invasive lionfish and endangered Nassau grouper. Ecosphere, 5(10), 123. (doi: 10.1890/ES14-00126.1)
Reid, W. D.K., Sweeting, C. J., Wigham, B. D., McGill, R. A.R. and Polunin, N. V.C. (2013) High variability in spatial and temporal size-based trophodynamics of deep-sea fishes from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge elucidated by stable isotopes. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 98(B), pp. 412-420. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.01.020)
Guerin, A. J., Jensen, A. C. and McGill, R. A. R. (2013) Effects of distilled water rinsing on stable isotope ratios of acid-treated marine invertebrate (Paguridae) samples. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 27(18), pp. 2051-2056. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.6659)
Carvalho, P.C., Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Bianchini, A. (2013) Metal and selenium concentrations in blood and feathers of petrels of the genus Procellaria. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 32(7), pp. 1641-1648. (doi: 10.1002/etc.2204)
Michalik, A., McGill, R.A.R. , van Noordwijk, H.J., Masello, J.F., Furness, R.W., Eggers, T. and Quillfeldt, P. (2013) Stable isotopes reveal variable foraging behaviour in a colony of the imperial shag phalacrocorax atriceps: differences between ages sexes and years. Journal of Ornithology, 154(1), pp. 239-249. (doi: 10.1007/s10336-012-0890-7)
Reid, W.D.K., Sweeting, C.J., Wigham, B.D., Zwirglmaier, K., Hawkes, J.A., McGill, R.A.R. , Linse, K. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2013) Spatial differences in East Scotia ridge hydrothermal vent food webs: influences of chemistry, microbiology and predation on trophodynamics. PLoS ONE, 8(6), e65553. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065553) (PMID:23762393) (PMCID:PMC3676328)
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R.A.R. , Furness, R.W., Mostl, E., Ludynia, K. and Masello, J.F. (2012) Impact of miniature geolocation loggers on a small petrel, the thin billed prion Pachtyptila belcheri. Marine Biology, 159(8), pp. 1809-1816. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-012-1971-0)
Letessier, T.B., Pond, D.W., McGill, R.A.R. , Reid, W.D.K. and Brierley, A.S. (2012) Trophic interaction of invertebrate zooplankton on either side of the Charlie Gibbs Fracture Zone/Subpolar Front of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Journal of Marine Systems, 94, pp. 174-184. (doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2011.11.020)
Stowasser, G., Atkinson, A., McGill, R.A.R. , Phillips, R.A., Collins, M.A. and Pond, D.W. (2012) Food web dynamics in the Scotia Sea in summer: a stable isotope study. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, pp. 208-221. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.004)
Tarling, G.A., Stowasser, G., Ward, P., Venables, H.J., McGill, R.A.R. and Murphy, E.J. (2012) Seasonal trophic structure of the Scotia Sea pelagic ecosystem considered through biomass spectra and stable isotope analysis. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 59-60, pp. 222-236. (doi: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.002)
Jones, J.R., Mulville, J.A., McGill, R.A.R. and Evershed, R.P. (2012) Palaeoenvironmental modelling of δ13C and δ15N values in the North Atlantic Islands: understanding past marine resource use. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26(20), pp. 2399-2406. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.6319)
Lee Cruz, L., McGill, R.A.R. , Goodman, S.J. and Hamer, K.C. (2012) Stable isotope ratios of a tropical marine predator: confounding effects of nutritional status during growth. Marine Biology, 159(4), pp. 873-880. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1864-7)
Reid, W.D.K., Wigham, B.D., McGill, R.A.R. and Polunin, N.V.C. (2012) Elucidating trophic pathways in benthic deep-sea assemblages of the mid-atlantic ridge north and south of the Charlie-Gibbs fracture zone. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 463, pp. 89-103. (doi: 10.3354/meps09863)
Phillips, R.A., McGill, R.A.R. , Dawson, D.A. and Bearhop, S. (2011) Sexual segregation in distribution, diet and trophic level of seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Marine Biology, 158(10), pp. 2199-2208. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1725-4)
Alexandrou, M.A., Oliveira, C., Maillard, M., McGill, R.A.R. , Newton, J. , Creer, S. and Taylor, M.I. (2011) Competition and phylogeny determine community structure in Müllerian co-mimics. Nature, 469(7328), pp. 84-88. (doi: 10.1038/nature09660)
Robb, G.N., McDonald, R.A., Inger, R., Reynolds, S.J., Newton, J. , McGill, R.A.R. , Chamberlain, D.E., Harrison, T.J.E. and Bearhop, S. (2011) Using stable-isotope analysis as a technique for determining consumption of supplementary foods by individual birds. Condor, 113(3), pp. 475-482. (doi: 10.1525/cond.2011.090111)
Michalik, A., McGill, R.A.R., Furness, R.W., Eggers, T., van Noordwijk, H.J. and Quillfeldt, P. (2010) Black and white - does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers? Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 24(7), pp. 875-878. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.4462)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R. , McDonald, R.A. and Bearhop, S. (2010) Element patterns in albatrosses and petrels: influence of trophic position, foraging range, and prey type. Environmental Pollution, 158(1), pp. 98-107. (doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.07.040)
Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Furness, R.W. (2010) The importance of pelagic longline fishery discards for a seabird community determined through stable isotope analysis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 391(1-2), pp. 190-200. (doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.06.027)
Quillfeldt, P., Masello, J.F., McGill, R.A.R. , Adams, M. and Furness, R.W. (2010) Moving polewards in winter: a recent change in the migratory strategy of a pelagic seabird? Frontiers in Zoology, 7, p. 15. (doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-7-15)
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R.A.R., Masello, J.F., Poisbleau, M., van Noordwijk, H., Demongin, L. and Furness, R.W. (2009) Differences in the stable isotope signatures of seabird egg membrane and albumen - implications for non-invasive studies. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 23(23), pp. 3632-3636. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.4286)
Weiss, F., Furness, R.W., McGill, R.A.R., Strange, I.J., Masello, J.F. and Quillfeldt, P. (2009) Trophic segregation of Falkland Islands seabirds: insights from stable isotope analysis. Polar Biology, 32(12), pp. 1753-1763. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-009-0674-6)
Tavares, P.C., McGill, R.A.R. , Newton, J. , Pereira, E., Duarte, A.C. and Furness, R.W. (2009) Relationships between carbon sources, trophic level and mercury exposure in generalist shorebirds revealed by stable isotope ratios in chicks. Waterbirds, 32(2), pp. 311-321. (doi: 10.1675/063.032.0211)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R.A.R. , McDonald, R.A. and Bearhop, S. (2009) Diet, individual specialisation and breeding of brown skuas (Catharacta antarctica Ionnbergi): an investigation using stable isotopes. Polar Biology, 32(1), pp. 27-33. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-008-0498-9)
Anderson, O.R.J., Phillips, R.A., McDonald, R.A., Shore, R.F., McGill, R.A.R. and Bearhop, S. (2009) Influence of trophic position and foraging range on mercury levels within a seabird community. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 375, pp. 277-288. (doi: 10.3354/meps07784)
Phillips, R.A., Bearhop, S., McGill, R. and Dawson, D.A. (2009) Stable isotopes reveal individual variation in migration strategies and habitat preferences in a suite of seabirds during the nonbreeding period. Oecologia, 160(4), pp. 795-806. (doi: 10.1007/s00442-009-1342-9)
Quillfeldt, P., McGill, R. , Masello, J.F., Weiss, F., Strange, I.J., Brickle, P. and Furness, R. (2008) Stable isotope analysis reveals sexual and environmental variability and individual consistency in foraging of thin-billed prions. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 373, pp. 137-148. (doi: 10.3354/meps07751)
Thornton, I. et al. (2008) Urban geochemistry: research strategies to assist risk assessment and remediation of brownfield sites in urban areas. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 30(6), pp. 565-576. (doi: 10.1007/s10653-008-9182-9)
Quillfeldt, P., Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. , Masello, J. F. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Differences in stable isotopes in blood and feathers of seabirds are consistent across species, age and latitude: implications for food web studies. Marine Biology, 155(6), pp. 593-598. (doi: 10.1007/s00227-008-1048-2)
Cicchella, D., De Vivo, B., Lima, A., Albanese, S., McGill, R.A.R. and Parrish, R.R. (2008) Heavy metal pollution and Pb isotopes in urban soils of Napoli, Italy. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 8(1), pp. 103-112. (doi: 10.1144/1467-7873/07-148)
Quillfeldt, P., Schenk, I., McGill, R.A.R. , Strange, I.J., Masello, J.F., Gladbach, A., Roesch, V. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Introduced mammals coexist with seabirds at New Island, Falkland Islands: abundance, habitat preferences, and stable isotope analysis of diet. Polar Biology, 31(3), pp. 333-349. (doi: 10.1007/s00300-007-0363-2)
Bugoni, L., McGill, R.A.R. and Furness, R.W. (2008) Effects of preservation methods on stable isotope signatures in bird tissues. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 22(16), pp. 2457-2462. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.3633)
Trueman, C.N., McGill, R.A.R. and Guyard, P.H. (2005) The effect of growth rate on tissue-diet isotopic spacing in rapidly growing animals. An experimental study with Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19(22), pp. 3239-3247. (doi: 10.1002/rcm.2199)
Doody, J. J., McGill, R. A.R. , Darby, D. and Smythe, D. K. (1993) Geophysical surveys of the East Kirkton Limestone, Visean, West Lothian, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 84(3-4), pp. 197-202. (doi: 10.1017/S0263593300006003)
Conference or Workshop Item
Hallis, L.J. , Burchell, M., Wozniakiewicz, P. J., McGill, R. , Bompard, N., Hepburn, L. , Boyce, A. , Davidson, J., Distel, A.G. and Hervig, R.L. (2024) The Effect of Shock on Apatite Hydrogen. 86th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2024, Brussels, Belgium, 28 July - 2 August 2024.
Research datasets
2020
Kabalika, Z., Morrison, T. , McGill, R. , Munishi, L. K., Ekwem, D., Mahene, W. L., Lobora, A. L., Newton, J. , Morales, J., Haydon, D. and Hopcraft, G. (2020) Tracking animal movements using biomarkers from tail hairs: A novel approach for animal geolocating from sulfur isoscapes. [Data Collection]
Additional information
In Autumn 2002 I joined the NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility (hosted by SUERC) as a support researcher. A new position that was created due to increased demand in applications for this facility. The Facility exists to provide access for scientists in biological, environmental and other sciences to training and research facilities, offering an integrated and comprehensive suite of stable isotope techniques and expertise. Collaborative research projects are encouraged, and there is a strong emphasis on the training of visiting workers.
Those interested in using the facility should contact Dr. Jason Newton or myself, to discuss the application of stable isotopes. Suitable projects will then be subject to peer review.
Further information can be found on the NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility web page.
