Principal – Dr Jane Preston CBiol MIBiol, MIEEM, CEnv

Jane is a Chartered Environmentalist and a member of the Institute of Biology and the Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management.

Education
BSc. (2:1) Zoology. Queen's University Belfast. 1990

PhD in Marine Biology. Thesis title ‘The Impact of shell damage on Calliostoma zizyphinum’. Queen's University Belfast 1994

Recent Selected Scientific Publications
Preston, S.J., Portig, A., Montgomery, W.I., Mc Donald, R.A. Dick, J.T.A. & Fairley, J.S. (In Press).Temporal and spatial variation in Otter Lutra lutra diet in Northern Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.

Preston, S.J., Wilson, C., Jennings, S., Provan, J. & McDonald, R.A. (2007). The Status of Juniper Juniperus communis in Northern Ireland in 2005. Irish Naturalists Journal. 28, No. 9, 372-378.

Preston, S.J. & Roberts, D. (2007). Variation in shell morphology of Calliostoma zizyphinum (Gastropoda: Trochidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 73: 101-104.

Preston, S.J., Keys, A. & Roberts, D. (2006). Culturing freshwater pearl mussel Margaritifera margaritifera: A breakthrough in the conservation of an endangered species. Aquatic Conservation.

Preston, S.J., Portig, A., Montgomery, W.I., Mc Donald, R.A. & Fairley, J.S. (2006). Status and diet of the otter Lutra lutra in Northern Ireland. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 106(B), No. 1, 1-7.

Preston, S.J., Portig, A. & Montgomery, I. (2001) Biotope mapping in Strangford Lough.    Pp. 149-157 in  Marine Biodiversity in Ireland and adjacent waters.  J.D. Nunn (Ed).

Preston, S.J. & Stone, R.E. (1999). Masterwort Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) Koch in Glenelly, Co. Tyrone (H36). Irish Naturalists Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1.

Preston, S.J. & Stone, R.E. (1999). Isothecium holtii Kindb., a new record in Co. Down (H38). Irish Naturalists Journal, Vol. 26, No. 1.

Preston, S.J., Roberts, D. & Montgomery, W.I. (1996) Crab predation as a selective agent on shelled gastropods: a case study of Calliostoma zizyphinum (Prosobranchia: Trochidae). Pp 313-325in Origin and evolutionary radiation of the mollusca. 

Preston, S.J., Revie, I., Orr, J. & Roberts, D. (1994) A comparison of the strengths of gastropod shells with forces generated by potential crab predators. Journal of Zoology 238, 181 - 193.

Preston, S.J., Roberts, D. & Montgomery, W.I.M. (1993) Shell scarring in Calliostoma zizyphinum from Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland. Journal of Molluscan Studies  59, 211-22.