About
Associate Professor in Marine Biology with a broad interest in ecosystem structure and function from the coastal zone to the open ocean. My research has focussed on gelatinous zooplankton and understanding the causes and consequences of jellyfish blooms on marine ecoystems and human activities.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- The role of gelatinous zooplankton in ecosystem structure and function.
- Causes and consequences of jellyfish blooms.
- Jellyfish and ecosystem servives in the coastal zone.
- Role of life histories in understanding population fluctuations in scyphozoan jellyfish.
Current research
Zooplankton and microplastics; the effect of extreme events on jellyfish life histories, jellyfish mucous and marine biogeochemical cycling, jellyfish and ecosystem services.
Research projects
Completed projects
Researchers:
Sponsor: National Geographic Society
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Publications
62 publications
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Cathy H. Lucas, Danja P. Höhn & Clive Trueman,
2025, Hydrobiologia
Type: article
Alexandra Loveridge, Cathy H. Lucas & Dewi Ford,
2024, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 104
Type: article
Cathy H. Lucas, Alexandra Loveridge & Nathan D. Hubot,
2024
Type: bookChapter
Alexandra Loveridge & Cathy H. Lucas,
2023, Hydrobiologia, 850(9), 1955-1967
Type: article
Jade Boughton, Andrew G. Hirst, Cathy H. Lucas & Matthew Spencer,
2023, PeerJ, 11
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.14846
Type: article
A. Louise Allcock, Louise B. Firth, Peter A. Todd, Peter J. Mumby, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Cathy H. Lucas, Maria Byrne, Bayden D. Russell, Anaelle J. Lemasson & Stephen J. Hawkins,
2022
Type: bookChapter
Nathan Hubot, Sarah L C Giering, Cathy H Lucas & Xabier Irigoien,
2022, Journal of Plankton Research, 44(2), 337-344
Type: article
Nathan Damien Hubot, Sarah L.C. Giering, Jessika Füssel, Julie Robidart, A.J. Birchill, Mark C. Stinchcombe, Cynthia Dumousseaud & Catherine Lucas,
2021, Limnology and Oceanography, 66(6), 2159-2173
DOI: 10.1002/lno.11736
Type: article
Alexandra Loveridge, Kylie A. Pitt, Cathy H. Lucas & Jan Warnken,
2021, Marine Environmental Research, 168
Type: article
Alexandra Loveridge, Cathy H. Lucas & Kylie A. Pitt,
2020, Hydrobiologia
Type: article
Teaching
Coordinate a 2nd year module on Zooplankton Ecology and Processes, as well as contribute to modules on Marine Invertebrates and Contemporary Topics in Marine Biology. I also supervise BSc, MSci and MSc dissertations.