Martin Speight

Research Interests

I am interested in tropical ecology & entomology and carry out research on various aspects of coral reef ecology, tropical marine reserve establishment and impacts, coastal zone ecology and management, tropical forest insect biodiversity and habitat change. Recent, current and planned projects include Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Sudan, Seychelles, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Mozambique, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Trinidad & Tobago, Puerto Rico and Honduras. Particular topics include the epidemiology and ecology of coral diseases in the Caribbean, larval fish recruitment to mangroves and reefs in Mesoamerica, ontogenetic behaviour of fish in BVI, marine protected area (MPA) compliance with management goals in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, fish population ecology associated with MPAs in East Africa, ant communities in managed tropical forests in Western Kenya, insect biodiversity in Sudanese acacias, and tropical rainforest forest management and impacts on insect diversity in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah

Other Interests

I am an author of several student textbooks, the latest being “Ecology of Insects : Concepts & Applications (second edition)”, written by Martin Speight, Mark Hunter & Allan Watt, due to be published by Wiley-Blackwell early in 2008

Contacts

Selected Publications

• Shaw P., Ozanne C., Speight M.R. & Palmer I. (2007) Edge effects and arboreal collembola in coniferous forests. PEDOBIOLOGIA 51(4) : 287-293
• De Grave S, Livingston D, Speight MR (2006) Diel variation in sea grass dwelling shrimp: when to sample at night? JOURNAL OF THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 86 (6) : 1421-1422
• Gratwicke B, Petrovic C, Speight MR (2006) Fish distribution and ontogenetic habitat preferences in non-estuarine lagoons and adjacent reefs. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES 76 (2-4) : 191-210
• Gratwicke B, Speight MR (2005) Effects of habitat complexity on Caribbean marine fish assemblages. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 292 : 301-310
• Hambler C, Henderson PA, Speight MR (2005) Elephants, ecology, and nonequilibrium? SCIENCE 307 (5710) : 673-674