Post:	Lecturer in Biology
Other posts:	Associate Tutor (Geography)
Location:	JMS Building 5D24
Email:	M.R.Peck@sussex.ac.uk
Telephone numbers
Internal:	7332
UK:	(01273) 877332
International:	+44 1273 877332

Biography

Education
PhD Ecology (University of Stirling, Fieldwork in Kakadu National Park NT Australia)
MSc Water Resources Systems Engineering (University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Fieldwork Brazil)
BSc (hons) Environmental Science (University of Sussex)

Research

Academic 

1. Conservation - The development of a sustainable network for primate conservation in Ecuador Darwin Initiative PRIMENET project. This project focuses on using a flagship species, the critically endangered Brown-headed spider monkey, to develop a conservation strategy to protect primates and remaining habitat in NW Ecuador. Current research includes primate survey, habitat assessment, remote sensing and environmental education through the training of a network of ´parabiologists´.

2. Climate change - The Earthwatch ´Climate change, canopies and wildlife´ project runs from 2008 to 2011 and aims to develop novel remote sensing methods to assess the impacts of climate change on Andean forest ecosystems in addition to establishing the current capacity of reserves to maintain viable populations of large mammals.

2. Aquatic contamination and Ecotoxicology - The development of site specific markers of environmental contamination i.e. Genetic biomarkers of aquatic contamination by hydrocarbons in the Iberian peninsula.

3. Conservation genetics - Recent work has involved collaboration with Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia to identify the subspecies make up of chimpanzees under their care.

Teaching

Courses Convened and taught

Environmental Cycles

Environmental Issues

Environmental Issue: Case studies

Tropical Rainforests: Biogeography and Conservation

GIS for conservation

Publications

 

González C.E., Mulligan M., Jarvis A. & Peck M (2009).  Spatial distribution of Amazonian trees and their relationship to the terrain. Journal of Biogeography - submitted August 2009

Peck M., Thorn J., Mariscal A., Baird A., Tirira D. & Kniveton D. (2009). Addressing data deficiency to save the critically endangered brown-headed spider monkey (Ateles fusciceps) in NW Ecuador. Oryx - submitted June 2009

Menezes S., Soares A.M.V.M., Guilhermino L. & Peck M.R. (accepted 2009). Can the activities of acetylcholinesterase and glutathione S-transferases of Crangon crangon (L.) be used as biomarkers of fuel oil exposure? Water, Air & Soil Pollution.

Gavilanez-E. M.M., Peck M.R., Tirira D.G. & Santiago F. Burneo S.F. (2008). Estudio preliminar sobre la densidad y estructura poblacional de tres especies de primates en un bosque nublado del noroccidente de Ecuador. Neotropical Primates. In Press.

Lima I, Peck MR, Rendon-Von Osten J, Soares AVM, Guilhermino L, Rotchell JM. (2008). Ras gene in marine mussels: A molecular level response to petrochemical exposure. Marine Pollution Bulletin 56: 633-640.

Shanee S., Peck M.R. (2008) Elevational changes in a neotropical Fig (sp.p.) community in north western Ecuador. iForest 1: 104-106

Peck M, Labadie P, Minier C, Hill EM (2007) Profiles of environmental and endogenous estrogens in the zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha) Chemosphere.69: 1-8

Labadie P, Peck M, Minier C, Hill EM (2007) Identification of the steroid fatty acid ester conjugates formed in vivo in Mytilus edulis as a result of exposure to estrogens. Steroids 72: 41-49

Menezes S, Soares AMVM, Guilhermino L & Peck MR (2006) Biomarker responses of the estuarine brown shrimp Crangon crangon L. to non-toxic stressors: Tempreture, salinity and handling stress effects. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology 225 (1): 114-122

Alicia Hogan, Mika Peck, Rick van Dam and Rod Kennett (2005). Screening for endocrine disrupting activity in surface waters of Kakadu National Park. Ecological Management & Restoration 6(3): 219-227

Mika Peck, Richard Gibson, Andreas Kortenkamp and Elizabeth Hill (2004). Sediments are major sinks of steroidal estrogens in two United Kingdom Rivers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Vol. 23, No. 4

M. Peck, D. Klessa & D.J. Baird (2002). A tropical sediment toxicity test using the dipteran Chironomus crassiforceps to test metal bioavailability with sediment pH change in tropical acid-sulphate sediments. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21(4):720-728

K. Monaghan, M. Peck, P. Brewin, M. Masiero, E. Zarate, P. Turcotte & S.J. Ormerod (2000). Macroinvertebrate distribution in Ecuadorian Hillstreams: the effect of altitude and land-use. Archive fur Hydrobiologie 149 (3): 421-440

M. Peck, J. Coterill, F. Blanco, A. Ferraz, A. Cotrim, F da Silva & R. Wilkins (1995). Field experiments to compare the movement of diuron from wettable powder and controlled release formulations in a Brazilian soil. In: Pesticide Movement to Water Monograph No 62. Allan Walker (ed). BCPC Publications.