Miss Mary Spencer Jones

Fieldwork

Qatar
2015 - 2015.

Ireland
2015 - 2015.

United Kingdom
2014 - 2014.

Norway
2014 - 2014.

Malaysia
2012 - 2012.

South Africa
2011 - 2011.

Thailand
2008 - 2008.

External Positions

Archivist, IBA, 2001 - on going.

Secretary, IBA, Secretary 1995 - 2001.

Memberships

Member, International Bryozoology Association, 1990 - on going.

Society of Genealogists.

Member, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections.

Member, Natural Sciences Collections Association (NatSCA).

Editorships

Editor, Annals of Bryozoology, International Bryozoology Association, 2002 - on going.

Events

Conference Attendance

Attendee/participant, Poster presentation, Oral presentation, 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference, (Conference), 2019 - 2019.

Attendee/participant, Oral presentation, Organiser, Larwood Symposium Historical meeting, (Conference), 2015 - 2015.

Attendee/participant, Oral presentation, 13th Larwood Symposium, (Conference), 2015 - 2015.

Publications

Decker SH, Gordon DP, Spencer Jones ME, Schwaha T (2021) A revision of the ctenostome bryozoan family Pherusellidae, with description of two new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59 (5) : 963 - 980. doi: 10.1111/jzs.12466

Jenkins H, Graham R, Hall A, Taylor P, Gordon DP, Moharrek F, Spencer Jones M, Kukliński P, Vieira LM, Porter JS, Almeida AC, Berning B, Florence W, Smith AM, Ostrovsky AN, Souto Derungs J, Krzemińska M, Di Martino E, Håkansson E, Waeschenbach A (2020) A family-level molecular phylogeny of cheilostome bryozoans.. Presented at The Larwood symposium.

Harmelin J-G, Bishop JDD, Madurell T, Souto J, Spencer Jones ME, Zabala M (2019) Unexpected diversity of the genus Collarina Jullien, 1886 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida) in the NE Atlantic-Mediterranean region: new species and reappraisal of C. balzaci (Audouin, 1826) and C. fayalensis Harmelin, 1978. Zoosystema, 40 (sp1) : 385 - 385. doi: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a21

Madurell T, Spencer Jones ME, Zabala M (2019) Revision of the Genus Schizoretepora (Phidoloporidae) from the Atlantic-Mediterranean region.. European Journal of Taxonomy, 536 : 1 - 33.

Rouse S, Loxton J, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS (null) A checklist of marine bryozoan taxa in Scottish sea regions. ZooKeys, 787 : 135 - 149. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.787.24647

Loxton J, Spencer Jones M, Najorka J, Smith AM, Porter JS (null) Skeletal carbonate mineralogy of Scottish bryozoans. PLOS ONE, 13 (6) : e0197533 - e0197533. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197533

Loxton J, Najorka J, Humphreys-Williams E, Kuklinski P, Smith AM, Porter JS, Spencer Jones M (2017) The forgotten variable: Impact of cleaning on the skeletal composition of a marine invertebrate. Chemical Geology, 474 : 45 - 57. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.10.022

Porter J, Nunn J, Ryland J, Minchin D, Spencer Jones M (null) The status of non-native bryozoans on the north coast of Ireland. BioInvasions Records, 6 (4) : 321 - 330. doi: 10.3391/bir.2017.6.4.04

Plaisier H, Bryant JA, Irvine LM, Mclean A, Jones M, Spencer Jones ME (2016) The life and work of Margaret Gatty (1809–1873), with particular reference to her seaweed collections. Archives of Natural History, 43 (2) : 336 - 350. doi: 10.3366/anh.2016.0388

Bryant JA, Plaisier H, Irvine LM, McLean A, Jones M, Spencer Jones ME (2016) Life and work of Margaret Gatty (1809–1873), with particular reference to British sea-weeds (1863). Archives of Natural History, 43 (1) : 131 - 147. doi: 10.3366/anh.2016.0352

Loxton J, Kuklinski P, Najorka J, Spencer Jones M, Porter JS (2014) Variability in the skeletal mineralogy of temperate bryozoans: the relative influence of environmental and biological factors.. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 510 : 45 - 57. doi: 10.3354/meps10889

Vieira LM, Jones MS, Taylor PD (2014) The identity of the invasive fouling bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata (d'Orbigny) and some other congeneric species. ZOOTAXA, 3857 (2) : 151 - 182. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3857.2.1

Loxton J, Kuklinski P, Barnes DKA, Najorka J, Spencer Jones M, Porter JS (2014) Variability of Mg-calcite in Antarctic bryozoan skeletons across spatial scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 507 : 169 - 180. doi: 10.3354/meps10826

Rouse S, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS (2014) Spatial and temporal patterns of bryozoan distribution and diversity in the Scottish sea regions. Marine Ecology, 35 : 85 - 102. doi: 10.1111/maec.12088

Vieira LM, Spencer Jones ME, Winston JE, Migotto AE, Marques AC (null) Evidence for Polyphyly of the Genus Scrupocellaria (Bryozoa: Candidae) Based on a Phylogenetic Analysis of Morphological Characters. PLoS ONE, 9 (4) : e95296 - e95296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095296

Boonzaaier MK, Florence WK, Spencer Jones ME (2014) Historical review of South African Bryozoology: a legacy of European endeavour., In: Annals of Bryozoology 4: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans, Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (Eds). International Bryozoology Association : Dublin. 1 - 34.

Fortunato H, Spencer Jones ME (2014) Collections and Climate Change Research: Flustra foliacea (L.) (Bryozoa) in the Natural History Museum, London., In: Annals of Bryozoology 4: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans, Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (Eds). International Bryozoology Association : Dublin. 53 - 73.

Smith AM, Spencer Jones ME, Wyse Jackson PN (2014) Bryozoans of the Krusenstern Expedition (1803-1806)., In: Annals of Bryozoology 4: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans., Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (Eds). International Bryozoology Association : Dublin. 183 - 194.

Ryland JS, Holt R, Loxton J, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS (2014) First occurrence of the non-native bryozoan Schizoporella japonica Ortmann (1890) in Western Europe. Zootaxa, 3780 (3) : 481 - 502. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.3

Woess ER, Spencer Jones ME (2014) Lophopus jheringi Meissner, 1893: a taxonomic discussion. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, 94 : 273 - 281.

Vieira LM, Spencer Jones ME, Winston JE (2013) Resurrection of the genusLicorniaforScrupocellaria jolloisii(Bryozoa) and related species, with documentation ofL. jolloisiias a non-indigenous species in the western Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93 (7) : 1911 - 1921. doi: 10.1017/s0025315413000301

VIEIRA LM, SPENCER JONES M, WINSTON JE (2013) Cradoscrupocellaria, a new bryozoan genus for Scrupocellaria bertholletii (Audouin) and related species (Cheilostomata, Candidae): taxonomy, biodiversity and distribution. Zootaxa, 3707 (1) : 1 - 63. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3707.1.1

Vieira LM, Spencer Jones ME, Winston JE (2013) Resurrection of the genus Licornia for Scrupocellaria jolloisii (Bryozoa) and related species, with documentation of L. jolloisii as a non-indigenous species in the western Atlantic.. The Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93 (7) : 1911 - 1921. doi: 10.1017/S0025315413000301

Gordon DP, Spencer-Jones M (2013) The amathiiform Ctenostomata (phylum Bryozoa) of New Zealand-including four new species, two of them of probable alien origin. Zootaxa, 3647 : 75 - 95.

Scholz J, SPENCER JONES ME (2013) Darwin und die Bryozoa: Portrait einer folgenreichen Beziehung, In: Charles Darwin: Die Entstehung der Arten, mit zwei Beiträgen von Alfred Russel Wallace, illustriert, kommentiert und herausgegeben von Paul Wrede und Saskia Wrede, VCH- Wiley : Weinheim. 483 - 497.

LOXTON J, Kuklinski P, Mair JM, SPENCER-JONES M, Porter JS (2012) Patterns of magnesium-calcite distribution in the skeleton of some polar bryozoan species. Mineralogy of polar bryozoan skeletons, In: Bryozoan studies 2010 (Lecture Notes in Earth Systems Sciences 143), Ernst A, Schaefer P, Scholz J (Eds). null : 169 - 185.

Vieira LM, SPENCER JONES ME (2012) The identity of Sertularia reptans Linnaeus, 1758 (Bryozoa, Candidae). Zootaxa, 26 - 42.

Spencer Jones ME, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS, Rouse S (2011) Bryozoa of the British Isles .

LOXTON J, KUKLINSKI P, Mair JM, SPENCER JONES M, Cowie PR, Porter JS (2011) Genotypic and phenotypic variation in the calcification of marine invertebrates as a response to changing environmental conditions. Biochemical Society 2011 - Stress Responses - Molecules, Organisms and Environment Conference, 4-7th January 2011. http://posters.f1000.com/PosterList?sectID=&specID=&posterID=786. :

SPENCER JONES ME, Scholz J, Grischenko AV, Fujita T (2011) Japanese bryozoans from the Meiji Era at the Natural History Museum, London. Part 1: The Owston and Mitsukuri Collections. Annals of Bryozoology, 3 : 143 - 162.

Wyse Jackson PN, SPENCER JONES ME (2011) Annals of Bryozoology. Volume 3. 3 : International Bryozoology Association : Dublin.

LOXTON J, KUKLINSKI P, Mair J, Porter J, SPENCER JONES ME (2010) Comparison of Polar bryozoan skeletal mineralogy as an indicator of climate change impact. 15th International Bryozoology Association, 2010/4 : Terra Nostra : Kiel, Germany. 54 - 55.

ROUSE S, Porter JS, SPENCER JONES ME (2010) Bryozoan biodiversity in Scotland.. 15th International Bryozoology Association, 60 : Terra Nostra : Kiel, Germany.

Porter JS, Ryland JS, SPENCER-JONES ME (2008) One name, two species: the history behind the Linnean Zoophyte, Alcyonium gelatinosum, In: Annals of Bryozoology 2: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans, Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer-Jones ME (Eds). Internatinal Bryozoology Association : Dublin. 247 - 270.

Wyse Jackson PN, SPENCER-JONES ME (2007) The quiet workforce: the various roles of women in geological and natural history museums during the early to mid-1900s, In: The Role of Women in the History of Geology, Burek CV, Higgs B (Eds). Geological Society Special Publications 281 : London. 97 - 113.

Holmes VB, SPENCER JONES ME (2003) A review of the effects of heavy metal toxicity in freshwater Bryozoa. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 74 :

John DM, PATERSON GLJ, EVANS NJ, Ramírez ME, SPENCER JONES ME, Báez PD, FERRERO TJ, VALENTINE CA, REID DG (2003) Manual de biotopos marinos de la region de Aysén, sur de Chile. (A Manual of marine biotopes of Region Aysén, Southern Chile. The Laguna San Rafael National Park, Estero Elefantes, Chonos Archipelago And Katalalixar). Biodiversity Aysén Project : London.

SPENCER JONES ME (2003) History of freshwater bryozoology in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 74 :

SPENCER JONES ME (2003) Biodiversity Aysén, southern Chile: a preliminary bryozoan report. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 74 :

SPENCER JONES ME, Sanner J, THOMAS C (2003) Bryozoan exchange: Bassler and Hastings. Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 74 :

Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (2002) From Rondelet to Stockholm: four centuries of bryozoological research., In: Annals of Bryozoology: aspects of the history of research on bryozoans., Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (Eds). International Bryozoology Association : Dublin. 363 - 381.

Gordon DP, d'Hondt J-L, Watson J, Spencer Jones M (1998) Discovery of the lost type species of Caberea (Bryozoa) and the identity of Caberea pinnata Lamouroux, 1816 (Hydroida).. Journal of Natural History, 32 : 405 - 418.

Spencer Jones ME (1996) Procedure for curating old glass museum jars.. The Biology Curator, 133 - 140.

Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (1996) W.H. Harvey’s Bryozoans from Australia (1854-1856).. Gordon DP, Smith AM, Grant-Mackie JA (Eds). 10th International Bryozoology Conference, Bryozoans in Space and Time. Proceedings of the 10th International Bryozoology Conference NIWA : Wellington. 401 - 412.

Peck LS, Hayward PJ, Spencer Jones ME (1995) A pelagic bryozoan from Antarctica.. Marine Biology: international journal on life in oceans and coastal waters, 123 : 757 - 762.

Spencer Jones ME, Gibson DI (1990) A list of old and recently erected monogenean genus-group names not included in Yamaguti's Systema helminthum. Systematic Parasitology, 16 (3) : 213 - 226. doi: 10.1007/bf00009149

Spencer Jones ME (1990) Heptamegacanthus niekerki n.g., n.sp. (Acanthocephala: Oligacanthorhynchidae) from the south-east African insectivore Chrysosapalax trevelyani (Güther, 1875).. Systematic Parasitology, 15 : 133 - 140.

Spencer Jones ME, Gibson DI (1990) A list of monogenean genus-group names published since Yamaguti’s Systema Helminthum.. Systematic Parasitology, 16 : 213 - 226.

Bray RA, Jones MES, Lewis JW (1988) Acanthocephaloides cyrusi n. sp. (Acanthocephala: Arhythmacanthidae) from southeast African teleost fishes. Systematic Parasitology, 12 (2) : 109 - 116. doi: 10.1007/bf00000145

Spencer Jones ME, Gibson DI (1987) A list of old and recently erected genus-group names not included in the ?CIH Keys? to nematode parasites of vertebrates and invertebrates. Systematic Parasitology, 9 (2) : 125 - 136. doi: 10.1007/bf00012190

BERNING B, JONES MES, VIEIRA LM (null) Revision of the European species of the genus Hincksina Norman, 1903 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomatida, Flustridae). Zootaxa, 5081 (3) : 333 - 352. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5081.3.2

GRISCHENKO AV, GORDON DP, TAYLOR PD, KUKLINSKI P, DENISENKO NV, SPENCER-JONES ME, OSTROVSKY AN (null) Taxonomy, ecology and zoogeography of the Recent species of Rhamphostomella Lorenz, 1886 and Mixtoscutella n. gen. (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata). Zootaxa, 5131 (1) : 1 - 115. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5131.1.1

Loxton J, Wood CA, Bishop JDD, Porter JS, Jones MS, Nall CR (2017) Distribution of the invasive bryozoan Schizoporella japonica in Great Britain and Ireland and a review of its European distribution. BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS, 19 (8) : 2225 - 2235. doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1440-2

Loxton J, Wood CA, Bishop JDD, Porter JS, Spencer Jones M, Nall CR (2017) Distribution of the invasive bryozoan Schizoporella japonica in Great Britain and Ireland and a review of its European distribution. Biological Invasions, 19 (8) : 2225 - 2235. doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1440-2

Mohammed Al Ghanem M, Porter JS, Sanderson WG, Spencer Jones ME, Harries D, Mair JM (null) Epifaunal communities on horse mussels (Modiolus modiolus, L.): indicators for a Priority Marine Habitat in the North-East Atlantic?. PLoS ONE,

Mohammed Al Ghanem M, Sanderson WG, Mair JM, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS (null) The first investigation of species diversity and skeletal mineralogy in marine Bryozoa from coastal waters of Qatar, Arabian Gulf.. PLoS ONE,

ROSSO A, SCIUTO F, SANFILIPPO R, JONES MS (null) The bryozoan genus Arbocuspis (Cheilostomata, Electridae) from the Indian Ocean, with description of a new species from off southwestern Thailand, Andaman Sea. Zootaxa, 4282 (1) : 95 - 95. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4282.1.5

Rouse S, Spencer Jones ME, Porter JS (null) A checklist of marine bryozoan taxa in Scottish sea regions. Zootaxa,

Smith AM, Mello HL, Spencer Jones M, Ryland JS (null) Ryland’s Rocks: well-travelled Bryozoans with a story to tell., In: Annals of Bryozoology 7, Aspects of the History of Research on Bryozoans., Wyse Jackson PN, Spencer Jones ME (Eds). International Bryozoology Association : http://bryozoa.net/annals/annals7/index.html. 43 - 55.

Spencer Jones ME, Smith AM (null) Captain F.W. Hutton's bryozoans of New Zealand. Annals of Bryozoology,

Courses taught

Other: Identifying Bryozoans and Hydroids

7/2019.

Other: Identifiying Bryozoans and Hydroids
9/2014.

Supervision

Doctorate (PhD) Co supervisor(s): Porter JS
Underpinning marine spatial planning of Blue Carbon resources; Orkney Islands Catchment Audit case study
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2019 - on going.

Doctorate (PhD) Adviser to Mohammed Al Ghanem M
Co supervisor(s): Porter JS
Investigation of the biodiversity of encrusting epifauna associated with bivalve Molluscs in the North-East Atlantic and Qatar
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Funding: Ministry of Interior Affairs, Qatar
2014 - 2018.

Doctorate (PhD) Adviser to Loxton J
Co supervisor(s): Porter JS
Investigations into the Skeletal Mineralogy of Temperate and Polar Bryozoans
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2012 - 2014.

Course developed

Co developers: Knapp S, Thues H, Carine M, Brodie J, Ellis L, Wilbraham J, Spencer M, Rumsey F
Taxonomic Principles and Tools in Botanical Research,

Invited and keynote speaker

Cheilostome bryozoan evolution through time - insights from a time-calibrated family-level phylogeny., 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference: Technicka Univerzita v Liberci, Liberec, Czech Republic, 21/6/2019.

Working towards a Blue Carbon Audit of Orkney Waters; contribution of Bryozoa, 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference: Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia, 2019.

Old specimens in a new light: the Challenger Reteporids, 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference: Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia, 20/6/2019.

CURRENT DIVERSITY OF BRYOZOANS IN THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT OF THE ARCTIC ARCHIPELAGO - SVALBARD, 18th International Bryozoology Association Conference: Technical University of Liberec, Liberec, Czechia, 2019.

Invited speaker, Bryozoans as a source of Blue Carbon, Orkney International Science Festival: Orkney International Science Festival, Kirkwall, Scotland, 6/9/2018.

Diversity of Bryozoa in submerged caves; St Kilda and North Rona Expedition August 2015, 15th Larwood Symposium: National Museum Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru, Cardiff, Wales, 8/6/2018.

Mining bryos: the NHM portal, Larwood Symposium 2017: 27/5/2017.

Robert Rendall: Orcadian naturalist and poet, 13th Larwood Symposium: 20/6/2015.

A brief bryozoologist: Arthur Hill Hassall (1817-1894), 13th Larwood Symposium: 20/6/2015.

Boozy bryozoans: a history of preservation and cleaning methods from 1700 to the present day., 13th Larwood Symposium: 20/6/2015.

First records of marine invasive non-native Bryozoa in Norwegian coastal waters from Bergen to Trondheim, 13th Larwood Symposium: 18/6/2015.

The “Substrate for settlement” V-factor project, Larwood Symposium: 13/6/2014.

Current diversity of bryozoans in the changing environment of the Arctic Archipelago - Svalbard, 18th International Bryozoology Association: Technicka Univerzita v Liberci, Liberec, Czech Republic,

Public Engagement

External activities

29th Orkney International Science Festival, ICIT, Heriot Watt University Orkney Campus, Stromness, United Kingdom, 7/9/2019

City Nature Challenge London 2019, Hyde Park & Kensington Gardens, London, 27/4/2019

28th Orkney International Science Festival, Orkney International Science Festival, Kirkwall, Scotland, 8/9/2018

Orkney International Science Festival, King Street Halls, Kirkwall, United Kingdom, 9/9/2017

Orkney International Science Festival, 5/9/2015

Orkney International Science Festival, Kirkwall, 6/9/2014

Lyme Regis Fossil Fair, 2015 - 2015.

Lyme Regis Fossil Fair, 2015 - 2015.

Internal activities

Science Uncovered, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 28/9/2018

Science Uncovered, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom, 30/9/2016

Science Uncovered, 25/9/2015

Nature Live, 10/6/2015

Big Nature Day, 23/5/2015

Nature Live, 13/5/2015

Nature Live, 2/5/2015

Science Uncovered, 26/9/2014

Natures Lates, 29/8/2014