Qualifications
- BSc (University of Liverpool)
- MSc (University of Hull)
- PhD / DPhil (University of Hull)
Summary
Andy is an ecologist with a particular interest in freshwater fish.
His early career focused on larval and juvenile fish ecology, but he has subsequently broadened the scope of his research to cover various aspects of ecology, conservation, climate change, alien species, habitat restoration and resource management in aquatic ecosystems. He is also interested in moths, including leaf-mining larvae.
Andy is an applied ecologist and has produced almost 200 technical and advisory reports to government agencies and industry, aiming to understand and manage issues in aquatic environments.
Module lead:
Level 6 Animal Welfare and Ethics
Level 7 Terrestrial and Aquatic Monitoring
Contributes to:
Level 4 Diversity of Life
Level 4 Marine Biology: an Introduction
Level 5 Fish Ecology
Level 6 Red Listing Conservation Projects
Level 6 Independent Research Projects
Level 6 Field Studies
Level 7 Environmental Change in the Anthropocene
Level 7 MSc dissertations
Data
Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers
Ainsworth, R., Vickers, L., Bolland, J., Harvey, J., Taylor, M., Cowx, I., Noble, R., & Nunn, A. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10552216
Journal Article
Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades
Nunn, A. D., Ainsworth, R. F., Qu, Y., Keller, V. D., Bachiller-Jareno, N., Antoniou, V., Eastman, M., Rizzo, C., Peirson, G., Eley, F., Johnson, A. C., & Cowx, I. G. (2025). Responses of fish to nationwide improvements in the water quality of a densely populated and heavily modified country over four decades. Water Research, 274, Article 123163. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123163
Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon
Moccetti, P., Bolland, J. D., Adams, C. E., Rodger, J. R., Honkanen, H. M., Newton, M., Lothian, A. J., Nunn, A. D., & Joyce, D. A. (2024). Genotype But Not Body Shape Predicts River Migration Success in Atlantic Salmon. Ecology and Evolution, 14(12), Article e70682. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70682
Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers
Ainsworth, R. F., Vickers, L. H., Bolland, J. D., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A., Cowx, I. G., & Nunn, A. D. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements of larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. Scientific Data, 11, Article 1271. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-04127-w
The genome sequence of the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Nunn, A. D., Moccetti, P., & Hänfling, B. (in press). The genome sequence of the Eurasian minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus (Linnaeus, 1758). Wellcome Open Research, 9, Article 504. https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22867.1
Research interests
Aquatic ecology, conservation and management, with a particular focus on freshwater and diadromous (migratory) fish
Lead investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Monitoring of Sites A and X Utilisation by Fish
Funder
DP World
Grant
£114,464.00
Started
1 October 2016
Status
Ongoing
Project
Impacts of a major tidal barrier on riverine fish populations
Funder
Environment Agency
Grant
£9,994.00
Started
1 August 2024
Status
Ongoing
Project
JUVENILE FISH SURVEYS ON THE RIVER THAMES AND IN YORKSHIRE
Funder
Environment Agency
Grant
£6,296.00
Started
1 August 2023
Status
Complete
Project
Spined Loach Survey of the Ouse Washes SAC and SSSI
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£17,816.00
Started
1 September 2023
Status
Complete
Co-investigator
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
YWS AMP7 Ecological Services Framework
Funder
APEM Ltd
Grant
£438,072.00
Started
1 April 2020
Status
Ongoing
Project
Regional pilot of approaches to monitoring inshore fish communities
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£38,008.00
Started
4 December 2018
Status
Complete
Project
EA Fisheries Framework
Funder
Environment Agency
Grant
£1,163,321.00
Started
1 August 2009
Status
Complete
Project
IUCN Red List Assessment
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£14,987.00
Started
30 November 2021
Status
Complete
Project
Site Condition Monitoring of Atlantic Salmon
Funder
NatureScot
Grant
£19,850.00
Started
26 September 2022
Status
Complete
Project
Returning Lamprey To The River Trent
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£111,719.00
Started
1 August 2023
Status
Complete
Project
Migratory Fish Pathways & Barriers Literature Review
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£18,850.00
Started
31 July 2023
Status
Complete
Project
Species Evidence Base v2 Fish Cost Centre
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£18,810.00
Started
23 October 2023
Status
Complete
Project
Collation of evidence and key points to support definitions of favourable conservation status for twaite shad Alosa fallax and allis shad Alosa alosa
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£8,800.00
Started
1 November 2023
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Dr Nunn welcomes applications for PhD and Masters research in all of his areas of interest and specialist knowledge, especially fish ecology, conservation and management.