Mark John Costello
Professor
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Areas of expertise
Biodiversity, Biogeography, Ecology, Marine conservation, Freshwater conservation, Climate change, Sea-lice, Biodiversity informatics, Marine reserves, Marine Protected Areas (MPA)
My interests are in biodiversity, biogeography and ecology, especially in the ocean, with applications in relation to nature conservation, climate change, invasive species, and aquaculture.
I am from Kildare in Ireland. I studied in Galway (BSc Hon. Zoology NUIG) and Cork (PhD UCC), followed by postdoc's at the Marine Biological Association Plymouth, and jointly with the Marine Laboratory Aberdeen and Napier University Edinburgh (where I was based at Poolewe, a remote field station on the west coast). After being a lecturer in Trinity College Dublin for 6 years my group set up a research and consulting company called EcoServe (Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd) of which I was Managing Director. I was Executive Director of the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada for almost 4 years, and then became a professor at the University of Auckland, New Zealand until joining Nord University in 2020.
My teaching has not yet begun at Nord University but is likely to include aspects of Marine Protected Areas, marine biodiversity and biogeography, and biodiversity informatics.
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See my Research Group website for information on recent research and tips for graduate students (and things I should also remember) and other web links.
Google Scholar profile for publications.
BONWorking Group 2 of the 6th Assessment Report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Lead author of the Australia and New Zealand regional chapter.
I manage the Facebook page for Marine Reserves and the email lists MARINE-B (marine biodiversity for the International Association for Biological Oceanography), and Caligus on sea-lice biology and control.
2023
Oceanographic connectivity explains the intra-specific diversity of mangrove forests at global scales 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Volum 120;Gouvêa, Lidiane P.; Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Cavanaugh, Kyle; Serrão, Ester A.; Araújo, Miguel B.; Costello, Mark John
Social media data should be integrated, but treated with great care 2023, Biological Conservation: Volum 281;Orr, Michael C.; Qiao, Huijie; Costello, Mark John; Hughes, Alice C.
Three decades of increasing fish biodiversity across the northeast Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Volum 120;Gordó-Vilaseca, Cesc; Stephenson, Fabrice; Coll, Marta; Lavin, Charles Patrick; Costello, Mark John
Climate change adaptation through an integrative lens in Aotearoa New Zealand 2023, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand:;Lawrence, Judy; Wreford, Anita; Blackett, Paula; Hall, David; Woodward, Alistair; Awatere, Shaun
Hurdles and opportunities in implementing marine biosecurity systems in data-poor regions 2023, BioScience: Volum 73 s. 494-512;Carvalho, Susana; Shchepanik, Hailey; Aylagas, Eva; Berumen, Michael L; Costa, Filipe O; Costello, Mark John
2022
Warm and cold temperatures limit the maximum body length of teleost fishes across a latitudinal gradient in Norwegian waters 2022, Environmental Biology of Fishes: Volum 105 s. 1415-1429;Lavin, Charles Patrick; Gordo Vilaseca, Francesc; Costello, Mark John; Shi, Zhiyuan; Stephenson, Fabrice; Grüss, Arnaud
Pandemic shows that global climate and biodiversity science assessments need to be annual 2022, Climate Research (CR): Volum 87 s. 199-202;Costello, Mark John; Kelly, Katherine Susan
Climate change projections show shrinking deep-water ecosystems with implications for biodiversity and aquaculture in the Northwest Pacific 2022, Science of the Total Environment:;Zhao, Qianshuo; Huang, Huimin; Costello, Mark John; Chu, Jiansong
Marine species turnover but not richness, peaks at the Equator 2022, Progress in Oceanography: Volum 210;Chaudhary, Chhaya; Costello, Mark John
Biodiversity data synthesis is critical for realizing a functional post-2020 framework
2022, Biological Conservation: Volum 274;Orr, Michael C.; Hughes, Alice C.; Costello, Mark John; Qiao, Huijie
Warmer temperature decreases the maximum length of six species of marine fishes, crustacean, and squid in New Zealand 2022, Environmental Biology of Fishes:;Lavin, Charles Patrick; Gordo Vilaseca, Francesc; Stephenson, Fabrice; Shi, Zhiyuan; Costello, Mark John
Hotspots of Cenozoic Tropical Marine Biodiversity 2022, Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review: Volum 60 s. 243-300;Yasuhara, Moriaki; Huang, Huai-Hsuan May; Reuter, Markus; Tian, Skye Yunshu; Cybulski, Jonathan D.; O'Dea, Aaron
Six steps for building a technological knowledge base for future taxonomic work 2022, National Science Review: Volum 9;Orr, Michael C.; Feijó, Anderson; Chesters, Douglas; Vogler, Alfried P.; Bossert, Silas; Ferrari, Rafael R.
Global biodiversity patterns of marine forests of brown macroalgae 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography: Volum 31 s. 636-648;Fragkopoulou, Eliza; Serrão, Ester A.; De Clerck, Olivier; Costello, Mark John; Araújo, Miguel B.; Duarte, Carlos M.
2021
Towards a global list of accepted species V: the devil is in the detail. Organisms 2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution: Volum 21 s. 657-675;Pyle, Richard L.; Barik, Saroj K.; Christidis, Les; Conix, Stijn; Costello, Mark John; van Dijk, Peter Paul
Introducing the World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). 2021, Management of Biological Invasions: Volum 12 s. 792-811;Costello, Mark John; Dekeyzer, Stefanie; Galil, Bella S.; Hutchings, Pat; Katsanevakis, Stelios; Pagad, Shyama
Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion. 2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution: Volum 21 s. 631-643;Conix, Stijn; Garnett, Stephen T.; Thiele, Kevin R.; Christidis, Les; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Bánki, Olaf S.
Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists. 2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution: Volum 21 s. 645-655;Lien, Aaron M.; Conix, Stijn; Zachos, Frank E.; Christidis, Les; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Bánki, Olaf S.
Sampling biases shape our view of the natural world 2021, Ecography:;Costello, Mark John
Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters. 2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution: Volum 21 s. 615-622;Thiele, Kevin R.; Conix, Stijn; Pyle, Richard L.; Barik, Saroj K.; Christidis, Les; Costello, Mark John
Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. 2021, Biological Conservation: Volum 263;Bates, Amanda E.; Primack, Richard B.; Biggar, Brandy S.; Bird, Tomas J.; Clinton, Mary E.; Command, Rylan J.
Endemism increases species’ climate change risk in areas of global biodiversity importance. 2021, Biological Conservation: Volum 257;Manes, Stella; Costello, Mark John; Beckett, Heath; Debnath, Anindita; Devenish-Nelson, Eleanor; Grey, Kerry-Anne
Not all biodiversity rich spots are climate refugia 2021, Biogeosciences: Volum 18 s. 6567-6578;Kocsis, Ádám T.; Zhao, Qianshuo; Costello, Mark John; Kiessling, Wolfgang
Synergies between COVID-19 and climate change impacts and responses 2021, Journal of Extreme Events: Volum 8;Pelling, Mark; Kerr, Rachel Bezner; Biesbroek, Robert; Caretta, Martina Angela; Cissé, Guéladio; Costello, Mark John
The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network: 10‐year achievements and new strategies to 2030. 2021, Ecological Research: Volum 36 s. 232-257;Takeuchi, Yayoi; Muraoka, Hiroyuki; Yamakita, Takehisa; Kano, Yuichi; Nagai, Shin; Bunthang, Touch
Conserving threatened marine species and biodiversity requires 40% ocean protection 2021, Biological Conservation: Volum 264;Jefferson, Tamlin; Costello, Mark John; Zhao, Qianshuo; Lundquist, Carolyn J.
Towards a global list of accepted species II. Consequences of inadequate taxonomic list governance 2021, Organisms Diversity & Evolution: Volum 21 s. 623-630;Thomson, Scott A.; Thiele, Kevin; Conix, Stijn; Christidis, Les; Costello, Mark John; Hobern, Donald
A global ecological classification of coastal segment units: To complement marine biodiversity observation network assessments 2021, Oceanography: Volum 34 s. 120-129;Sayre, Roger; Butler, Kevin; Graafeiland, Keith Van; Breyer, Sean; Wright, Dawn; Frye, Charlie
Global warming is causing a more pronounced dip in marine species richness around the equator 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Volum 118 s. 1-6;Chaudhary, Chhaya; Richardson, Anthony J.; Schoeman, David S.; Costello, Mark
The distribution of benthic amphipod crustaceans in Indonesian seas 2021, PeerJ: Volum 9;Arfianti, Tri; Costello, Mark John
Biogeography of polychaete worms (Annelida) of the world 2021, Marine Ecology Progress Series: Volum 657 s. 147-159;Pamungkas, Joko; Glasby, Chris; Costello, Mark
Earth's coastlines GIS For Science : Maps for saving the planet 2021, ESRI Press: s. 4-27;Sayre, Roger; Martin, Madeline; Cress, Jill; Butler, Kevin; Graafeiland, Keith Van; Breyer, Sean
2020
A modelled global distribution of the kelp biome 2020, Biological Conservation: Volum 252;Costello, Mark; Jayathilake, Dinusha R.M.
Taxonomy as the key to life. 2020, Megataxa:;Costello, Mark
Quantifying sample completeness and comparing diversities among assemblages. 2020, Ecological Research: Volum 35 s. 292-314;Chao, Anne; Kubota, Yasuhiro; Zelený, David; Chiu, Chun-Huo; Li, Ching-Feng; Kusumoto, Buntarou
Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world's species 2020, PLoS Biology: Volum 18 s. 1-10;Garnett, Stephen T.; Christidis, Les; Conix, Stijn; Costello, Mark; Zachos, Frank E.; Bánki, Olaf S.
Past and future decline of tropical pelagic biodiversity. 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Volum 117 s. 12891-12896;Yasuhara, Moriaki; Wei, Chih-Lin; Kucera, Michal; Costello, Mark; Tittensor, Derek P.; Kiessling, Wolfgang
Time machine biology: cross-timescale integration of ecology, evolution, and oceanography 2020, Oceanography: Volum 33 s. 16-28;Yasuhara, Moriaki; Huang, Huai-Hsuan May; Hull, Pincelli; Rillo, Marina C.; Condamine, Fabien L.; Tittensor, Derek P.
Where Marine Protected Areas would best represent 30% of ocean biodiversity. 2020, Biological Conservation: Volum 244;Zhao, Qianshuo; Stephenson, Fabrice; Lundquist, Carolyn; Kaschner, Kristin; Jayathilake, Dinusha R.M.; Costello, Mark John
2023
INTRODUCTION TO FRONTIERS IN OCEAN OBSERVING 2023, Oceanography: Volum 36 s. 1;Kappel, Ellen S.; Costello, Mark John; Galgani, Luisa; Gordó-Vilaseca, Cesc; Govindarajan, Annette; Kouhi, Soroush
Correction to: Warm and cold temperatures limit the maximum body length of teleost fishes across a latitudinal gradient in Norwegian waters (Environmental Biology of Fishes, (2022), 105, 10, (1415-1429), 10.1007/s10641-022-01270-4) 2023, Environmental Biology of Fishes:;Lavin, Charles Patrick; Gordó-Vilaseca, Cesc; Costello, Mark John; Shi, Zhiyuan; Stephenson, Fabrice; Grüss, Arnaud
Modeling Aquaculture Suitability in a Climate Change Future 2023, Oceanography: Volum 36 s. 34-35;Mackintosh, Amy Leigh; Hill, Griffin Goldstein; Costello, Mark John; Jüterbock, Alexander Oliver; Assis, Jorge
2022
Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions 2022, One Earth:;Leadley, Paul; Gonzalez, Andrew; Obura, David; Krug, Cornelia B.; Londoño-Murcia, Maria Cecilia; Millette, Katie L.
2021
Version 2 of the world map of laminarian kelp benefits from more Arctic data and makes it the largest marine biome. 2021, Biological Conservation: Volum 257;Jayathilake, Dinusha R.M.; Costello, Mark John
2020