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Dr Numair Masud
(Translated he/him)
Reasearch Cyswllt
Trosolwyg
Rwy'n angerddol am ddeall sut mae gwahanol straenwyr anthropogenig yn effeithio ar les pysgod ac, yn hollbwysig, profi a yw strategaethau ymyrryd i helpu i wella lles pysgod a'u hamgylchedd yn gweithio mewn gwirionedd. Mae deall ac o bosibl gwella lles pysgod wedi bod yn ymdrech araf, gyda'r wybodaeth y gall pysgod ymateb niwrolegol i boen gael ei ddarganfod yn 2003. Mae'r esgeulustod hwn o les pysgod wedi cyfrannu at 'ddifodiant tawel' llawer o rywogaethau pysgod, gyda rhywogaethau dŵr croyw yn benodol yn wynebu cyfraddau difodiant uwch nag unrhyw grŵp arall o fertebratau ar y blaned. Mae defnyddio dull rhyngddisgyblaethol wedi golygu fy mod wedi gallu deall sut mae ystod eang o ffactorau anthropogenig, gan gynnwys llygredd plastig, ewtroffeiddio, porthiant dyframaeth a hyd yn oed triniaethau clefydau heintus yn effeithio ar les pysgod.
Diddordebau ymchwil allweddol:
- - Effaith ffactorau anthropogenig ar ymddygiad pysgod, ffisioleg a gwrthsefyll clefydau
- - Datblygu strategaethau atal a rheoli clefydau heintus
Cyhoeddiad
2025
- Khan, S. et al. 2025. Epidemiological and genotypic assessment of cystic echinococcosis in ruminant populations of Northern Punjab, Pakistan: a neglected zoonotic disease. Parasitology Research 124, article number: 7. (10.1007/s00436-025-08451-x)
- Cheung, S. J., Masud, N., Robison-Smith, C., Hansal, P., Davies-Jones, J., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2025. Assessing the chemical interactions and biological effects of a petrochemical and bio-based plastic with a common plastic flame retardant and solvent. Science of the Total Environment 958, article number: 177958.
- Masud, N., Cosgrove, C. and Cable, J. 2025. Benchmarking the sub-lethal chronic aquatic toxicity of an emerging biosurfactant (Sophorolipid) to a traditional amine oxide surfactant in a freshwater fish-pathogen system. Ecotoxicology
2024
- MacAulay, S., Masud, N. and Cable, J. 2024. Analysis of bamboo fibres and their associated dye on a freshwater fish host-parasite system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31(38), pp. 51025-51036. (10.1007/s11356-024-34626-7)
- Masud, N., Williams, C., James, J. and Cable, J. 2024. Infectivity of an emerging fish parasite Gyrodactylus sprostonae in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries 4(3), article number: e170. (10.1002/aff2.170)
- James, J. et al. 2024. Using eDNA to detect freshwater invasive non-native species under controlled conditions. Management of Biological Invasions 15(1), pp. 41-50. (10.3391/mbi.2024.15.1.03)
- Robison-Smith, C., Masud, N., Tarring, E. C., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2024. A class of their own? Water-soluble polymer pollution impacting a freshwater host-pathogen system. Science of the Total Environment 907, article number: 168086. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168086)
2023
- MacAulay, S., Masud, N., Davies-Jones, J., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2023. The impacts of synthetic and cellulose-based fibres and their associated dyes on fish hosts and parasite health. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (10.1007/s11356-023-30794-0)
- Masud, N. and Cable, J. 2023. Microplastic exposure and consumption increases susceptibility to gyrodactylosis and host mortality for a freshwater fish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 153, pp. 81-85. (10.3354/dao03721)
2022
- Masud, N., Davies-Jones, A., Griffin, B. and Cable, J. 2022. Differential effects of two prevalent environmental pollutants on host-pathogen dynamics. Chemosphere 295, article number: 133879. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133879)
2020
- Jackson, J. A., Friberg, I. M., Hablützel, P. I., Masud, N., Stewart, A., Synnott, R. and Cable, J. 2020. Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence. Science of the Total Environment 747, article number: 141152. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141152)
- Masud, N. 2020. A fishy tale: the impact of multiple stressors on host behaviour, physiology, and susceptibility to infectious disease. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Masud, N., Ellison, A., Pope, E. C. and Cable, J. 2020. Cost of a deprived environment - increased intraspecific aggression and susceptibility to pathogen infections. Journal of Experimental Biology 223(20), article number: jeb229450. (10.1242/jeb.229450)
- Masud, N., Hayes, L., Crivelli, D., Grigg, S. and Cable, J. 2020. Noise pollution: acute noise exposure increases susceptibility to disease and chronic exposure reduces host survival. Royal Society Open Science 7(9), article number: 200172. (10.1098/rsos.200172)
2019
- Masud, N., Synnott, R., Hablutzel, P. I., Friberg, I. M., Cable, J. and Jackson, J. A. 2019. Not going with the flow: locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish. Ecology and Evolution 9(21), pp. 12089-12098. (10.1002/ece3.5658)
- Masud, N., Ellison, A. and Cable, J. 2019. A neglected fish stressor: mechanical disturbance during transportation impacts susceptibility to disease in a globally important ornamental fish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 134(1), pp. 25-32. (10.3354/dao03362)
Articles
- Khan, S. et al. 2025. Epidemiological and genotypic assessment of cystic echinococcosis in ruminant populations of Northern Punjab, Pakistan: a neglected zoonotic disease. Parasitology Research 124, article number: 7. (10.1007/s00436-025-08451-x)
- Cheung, S. J., Masud, N., Robison-Smith, C., Hansal, P., Davies-Jones, J., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2025. Assessing the chemical interactions and biological effects of a petrochemical and bio-based plastic with a common plastic flame retardant and solvent. Science of the Total Environment 958, article number: 177958.
- Masud, N., Cosgrove, C. and Cable, J. 2025. Benchmarking the sub-lethal chronic aquatic toxicity of an emerging biosurfactant (Sophorolipid) to a traditional amine oxide surfactant in a freshwater fish-pathogen system. Ecotoxicology
- MacAulay, S., Masud, N. and Cable, J. 2024. Analysis of bamboo fibres and their associated dye on a freshwater fish host-parasite system. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31(38), pp. 51025-51036. (10.1007/s11356-024-34626-7)
- Masud, N., Williams, C., James, J. and Cable, J. 2024. Infectivity of an emerging fish parasite Gyrodactylus sprostonae in juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio). Aquaculture, Fish and Fisheries 4(3), article number: e170. (10.1002/aff2.170)
- James, J. et al. 2024. Using eDNA to detect freshwater invasive non-native species under controlled conditions. Management of Biological Invasions 15(1), pp. 41-50. (10.3391/mbi.2024.15.1.03)
- Robison-Smith, C., Masud, N., Tarring, E. C., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2024. A class of their own? Water-soluble polymer pollution impacting a freshwater host-pathogen system. Science of the Total Environment 907, article number: 168086. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168086)
- MacAulay, S., Masud, N., Davies-Jones, J., Ward, B. D. and Cable, J. 2023. The impacts of synthetic and cellulose-based fibres and their associated dyes on fish hosts and parasite health. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (10.1007/s11356-023-30794-0)
- Masud, N. and Cable, J. 2023. Microplastic exposure and consumption increases susceptibility to gyrodactylosis and host mortality for a freshwater fish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 153, pp. 81-85. (10.3354/dao03721)
- Masud, N., Davies-Jones, A., Griffin, B. and Cable, J. 2022. Differential effects of two prevalent environmental pollutants on host-pathogen dynamics. Chemosphere 295, article number: 133879. (10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133879)
- Jackson, J. A., Friberg, I. M., Hablützel, P. I., Masud, N., Stewart, A., Synnott, R. and Cable, J. 2020. Partitioning the environmental drivers of immunocompetence. Science of the Total Environment 747, article number: 141152. (10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141152)
- Masud, N., Ellison, A., Pope, E. C. and Cable, J. 2020. Cost of a deprived environment - increased intraspecific aggression and susceptibility to pathogen infections. Journal of Experimental Biology 223(20), article number: jeb229450. (10.1242/jeb.229450)
- Masud, N., Hayes, L., Crivelli, D., Grigg, S. and Cable, J. 2020. Noise pollution: acute noise exposure increases susceptibility to disease and chronic exposure reduces host survival. Royal Society Open Science 7(9), article number: 200172. (10.1098/rsos.200172)
- Masud, N., Synnott, R., Hablutzel, P. I., Friberg, I. M., Cable, J. and Jackson, J. A. 2019. Not going with the flow: locomotor activity does not constrain immunity in a wild fish. Ecology and Evolution 9(21), pp. 12089-12098. (10.1002/ece3.5658)
- Masud, N., Ellison, A. and Cable, J. 2019. A neglected fish stressor: mechanical disturbance during transportation impacts susceptibility to disease in a globally important ornamental fish. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 134(1), pp. 25-32. (10.3354/dao03362)
Thesis
- Masud, N. 2020. A fishy tale: the impact of multiple stressors on host behaviour, physiology, and susceptibility to infectious disease. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
Ymchwil
Prosiect Ymchwil Diweddaraf
Pysgod plastig: asesu graddfa, priodweddau cemegol, ac effeithiau biolegol plastigau petrocemegol a bioplastigion ar bysgod dyframaeth
Mae gan y prosiect hwn ddau nod eang: defnyddiwch ddadansoddiad polymer blaengar i ymchwilio i raddfa, a phriodweddau biocemegol polymerau plastig o fewn dyframaeth ac ymchwilio i effeithiau is-set o'r plastigau cyffredin hyn ac ychwanegion cemegol cysylltiedig ar iechyd pysgod. Amcanion penodol:
1) Arolwg plastig: nodi a maint halogiad plastig mewn cyfleusterau dyframaeth dŵr croyw y DU.
2) Plastigau petrocemegol: penderfynu ar allu arsugniad cemegol a dadsugno microblastigau mewn perthynas â phlastigau, sefydlogwyr thermol, a thocsinau dyfrol yn ogystal â deall eu heffeithiau ar dwf pysgod dyframaethu, metaboledd, ymwrthedd clefyd a mecanweithiau moleciwlaidd sylfaenol.
3) Plastigau bioseiliedig: pennu diraddadwyedd, arsugniad, a gallu dadsugno plastigau biobased (hy bioplastigion) o'i gymharu â phlastigau petrocemegol mewn amgylcheddau dyframaeth a'u heffeithiau biolegol ar iechyd pysgod.
Themâu Ymchwil Eang
Aquaculture: gyda'n partner diwydiant Adisseo-Nutriad, rwyf wedi ymchwilio i sut mae porthwyr caerog yn effeithio ar ymwrthedd clefydau mewn pysgod. Wrth ddatblygu a phrofi porthiant caerog, mae dyframaeth yn mynd i'r afael â strategaethau ataliol a rheoli sy'n disodli'r dull traddodiadol o driniaethau cemegol.
Masnach addurniadol: Mae fy ymchwil wedi canolbwyntio ar sut mae gwahanol straenwyr, gan gynnwys straen trafnidiaeth, amddifadedd cyfoethogi a llygredd sŵn yn effeithio ar ffisioleg pysgod, ymddygiad, a gwrthsefyll afiechydon. Gyda physgod yw'r anifeiliaid anwes mwyaf poblog mewn aelwydydd gorllewinol, mae ymchwil sylfaenol o'r fath yn cynnig cipolwg ar sut y gallai straenwyr sydd wedi'u hesgeuluso fod yn effeithio ar les pysgod. Mae'r technegau a ddefnyddir yn cynnwys dadansoddi ymddygiad, resbirometreg a pharasitoleg arbrofol.
Ecosystemau: gan ddefnyddio dull rhyngddisgyblaethol, rwy'n ymchwilio i sut mae gwahanol lygryddion ecosystemau fel microblastigau a chwynladdwyr yn effeithio ar les pysgod dŵr croyw. Yma, rwyf wedi defnyddio technegau amrywiol gan gynnwys sbectrosgopeg NMR, dadansoddi trawsgrifigol, a pharasesiteg arbrofol.
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Themâu ymchwil
Arbenigeddau
- Ecoleg dŵr croyw
- Asesiad stoc dyframaethu a physgodfeydd
- Plâu a chlefydau pysgod
- Polymerau a phlastigau
