Prof Andrew Lawrence | University of Chester

Professor

Andrew Lawrence is Professor of Marine Conservation in the Faculty of Science, Business and Enterprise at the University of Chester, UK. As former Head of Department and Associate Dean of Faculty, he brings over 30 years of experience in higher education to his teaching and research within the School of Natural Science.

Professor Lawrence has researched and taught on a wide range marine biodiversity and conservation issues both in the UK and overseas, and has successfully secured external funding, published in the academic and government press, and seen numerous PhD's through to completion.

Professor Lawrence teaches in a wide-range of marine related topics including ecophysiology, biological oceanography, threats to marine biodiversity and conservation and management of marine resources. He has run marine-based field courses in the UK and overseas.

Professor Lawrence has wide interests and experience in all aspects of marine biodiversity research and conservation, from invertebrate ecophysiology and the impact of climate change on this, to invertebrate fisheries conservation and management, coral reef conservation and the economics of ecosystems and biodiversity.

Research on marine invertebrate reproduction and the environmental and endocrine control of these processes highlighted the implications of climate change on these with potential breeding failure and consequences for ecosystem function. Professor Lawrence has focused much of his recent research in the Red Sea and Caribbean (where he worked for 5 years). Here he has researched aspects of sea cucumber fisheries and sustainability, tourism development on coral reefs and the economic value of mangrove systems.

Book Editorships

Lawrence, AJ and Hemmingway Eds: (2003) The Effects of Pollution on Fish, Molecular Mechanisms to Population Responses. Blackwell Science Ltd, Oxford, 336pp.

Lawrence, AJ and Nelson, HN Eds (2011) Advances in Biodiversity Research in Trinidad & Tobago.146pp. ISBN: 978-976-620-275-0.

Representative Papers

Narang, D., Nelson, H.P. and Lawrence, A.J. (2011) Demography and general ecology of an introduced primate – the tufted capuchin (Cebus apella) in Chaguaramas, Trinidad. In: Lawrence, AJ and Nelson, HN Eds (2011) Advances in Biodiversity Research in Trinidad & Tobago. pgs: 19-29.

Taylor, K., Nelson, H.P. and Lawrence, A.J. (2011) Population Density of the Cook's tree Boa (Corallus ruschenbergerii) in the Caroni Swamp, Trinidad. In: Lawrence, AJ and Nelson, HN Eds. (2011) Advances in Biodiversity Research in Trinidad & Tobago. pgs: 8-18.

Lawrence, A.J., Ahmed, M., Afifi, R., Khalifa, M. and Paget, T (2010) The Application of the Options Value of a Species as a Conservation Tool -The Case of Sea Cucumber in the Egyptian Red Sea. Conserv. Biol. 24, 217-225.

Lawrence, A. J. and J. M. Soame(2009) The Endocrine Control of Reproduction in Nereidae: A New Multi-Hormonal Model with Implications for their Functional Role in a Changing Environment. Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. Ser. B. 364, 3363-3376.

Andrew Lawrence (2007) Marine Worms: Are They Missing The Boat? Wings: Essays on Invertebrate Conservation, 30 (2), 19-23.

Burlinson,FC. and AJ. Lawrence (2007) Development and validation of a behavioural assay to measure the tolerance of Hediste diversicolor to copper. Env. Pollution 145, 274-278.

Lawrence, A.J., Ahmed, M., Hanafy, M), Gabr, H., Ibrahim, A and Gab-Alla, A. (2004) Status of the Sea Cucumber Fishery in the Red Sea – The Egyptian Experience. In: Lovatelli, A. (comp./ed.); Conand, C.; Purcell, S.; Uthicke, S.; Hamel, J.-F.; Mercier, A. (eds.). Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper. No. 463. Rome, FAO. 2004. 457p.

Lawrence, AJ and Soame, J (2004) The Effects of Climate Change on the Reproduction of Coastal Invertebrates. Ibis 146, 29 – 39.

Lawrence, A.J. and Poulter, C (2001) The impact of copper, PCP and benzo [a] pyrene on the swimming efficiency and embryogenesis of the amphipod Chaetogammarus marinus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 223, 213-223.

Carlos Roberto Hasbun, Andrew J. Lawrence and Saif Al-Ghais (2000) The distribution and ecology of Sea Turtles in the United Arab Emirates. Aquat. Conserv. Mar. Freshw. Ecosyst. 10, 311-322.