Dr Paul Clark

Dr Paul Clark

Senior Researcher

ORCID: 0000-0001-5946-0608
Department: Research
Division: Research
Specialisms: decapod taxonomy and systematics; brachyuran and Achelata larvae; decapod invasives; entrainment of the European eel, Anguilla anguilla; Eriocheir sinensis, Chinese mitten crab, UK invasion and commercial exploitation; Thames submerged plastic litter
Email: p.clark@nhm.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44 (0) 207 942 5564

Summary

Started as an Assistance Scientific Officer in the Crustacea Section, Natural History Museum on 19 November 1974 and therefore I have just completed my fortieth year at South Kensington. During this period, duties undertaken include the curation of decapod collection, contract work, research (mainly brachyuran crabs) and rearing brachyuran larvae resulting in the publication of well over 200 research papers, books, edited works, joint reports and other publications. For the last 10 years work has focused mainly on research; taxonomy and systematics of decapods, brachyuran larvae, some eel studies, invasive Decapoda and riverine plastic litter.

Qualifications

Degrees

  • BSc General (external) Physiology & Zoology, Portsmouth Polytechnic, United Kingdom, 1969 - 1973
  • MSc Modern Taxonomy (evening classes), Polytechnic of Central London, United Kingdom, 1977 - 1979
  • PhD, University Marine Biological Station, Millport, University of London (part time), United Kingdom, 1994 - 2007

Certifications

  • RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities, Royal Yachting Association Interactive
  • RYA/MCA National Powerboat Certificate; Advanced, London Powerboat School
  • Fire Prevention & Firefighting, Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton Solent University
  • RYA/MCA Small Craft Basic Sea Survival Course, First Class Sailing, London
  • Personal Safety & Social Responsibilities, Warsash Maritime Academy, Southampton Solent University
  • RYA/MCA Short Range Certificate, Royal Yachting Association/Maritime and Coastguard Agency
  • RYA/MCA National Powerboat Certificate; Level 2, London Powerboat School
  • BSAC, Advanced Nitrox Diver, British Sub Aqua Club
  • BSAC, Nitrox Diver, British Sub Aqua Club
  • Land Rover Experience Winching Course, Land Rover, Solihull
  • Land Rover Experience, Level II Specialist Course, Land Rover, Solihull
  • Land Rover Experience, Level I Familiarisation Course, Land Rover, Solihull
  • BSAC Instructor, First Aid for Divers, British Sub Aqua Club
  • BSAC Instructor, Oxygen Administration, British Sub Aqua Club
  • RYA National Sportboat Certificate, Royal Yachting Association
  • BSAC Advanced Instructor, British Sub Aqua Club
  • HSE Diver Training Certificate, Part IV, Health & Safety Executive, London
  • RYA, Competent Crew & Day Skipper/Watch Leader, Royal Yachting Association
  • UK VHF Radio Certificate, Secretary of State for the Home Department, London
  • BSAC Dry training endorsement, NT 12, British Sub Aqua Club
  • Brevet International de Plongee Scientifique, Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques
  • BSAC, Compressor Operation and Management, Sea Federation, Guildford
  • BSAC Club Instructor, British Sub Aqua Club
  • BSAC 2nd Class Diver, British Sub Aqua Club, West Wickham Branch 533
  • The Sub Aqua Bronze Medallion, Royal Life Saving Society
  • BSAC Boat Handling, British Sub Aqua Club
  • BSAC, Chart Work, British Sub Aqua Club
  • BSAC 3rd Class Diver, British Sun Aqua Club, West Wickham, Branch 533
  • BSAC Snorkel Diver, British Sub Aqua Club, West Wickham, Branch 533
  • 1 star Instructor, Brevet de Moniteur International de Plongee
  • 2 star Instructor, Brevet de Moniteur International de Plongee
  • 3 star Instructor, Brevet de Moniteur International de Plongee
  • RYA/MCA Powerboat Advanced, Certificate of Competence, Royal Yachting Association

Academic

  • Grade 4, level 3, Researcher in the Crustacea Section, The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology and Life Sciences, United Kingdom, 2008 - ongoing
  • Grade 4, Decapoda Worker and Contract Support, The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 2001 - 2008
  • Grade 4, Curation Manager, Invertebrates II, The Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 1992 - 2001
  • Senior Scientific Officer, Crustacea Section, British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 1990 - 1992
  • Higher Scientific Officer, Crustacea Section, British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 1985 - 1990
  • Scientific Officer, Crustacea Section, British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 1977 - 1985
  • Assistant Scientific Officer, Crustacea Section, British Museum (Natural History), Department of Zoology, United Kingdom, 1974 - 1977
  • Laboratory Assistant, Wellcome Research Laboratories, Beckenham, Kent, Chemotherapy, England, 1968 - 1969

Non-academic

  • Computer Operator, Seismograph Services Ltd (UK), Keston, Kent, 1973 - 1974

Highlighted publications

  • Morritt D, Stefanoudis PV, Pearce D, Crimmen OA, Clark PF (2014) Plastic in the Thames: A river runs through it. Marine Pollution Bulletin 78, 196 - 200. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.035
  • Naser MD, Page TJ, Ng NK, Apel M, Yasser AG, Bishop JM, Ng PKL, CLARK PF (2012) Invasive records of Eriocheir hepuensis Dai, 1991 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Grapsoidea: Varunidae): implications and taxonomic consideration. BioInvasions Records 1, 71 - 86.
  • Clark PF (2011) The commercial exploitation of the Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis in the River Thames, London: damned if we don’t and damned if we do. Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts. Galil BS, Clark PF, Carlton JD (Eds). Springer 537 - 580.
  • Lai JCY, Mendoza JCE, Guinot D, Clark PF, Ng PKL (2011) Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) systematics: A multi-gene approach with support from adult and zoeal morphology. Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology 250, 407 - 448. doi: 10.1016/j.jcz.2011.07.002
  • Palero F, Guerao G, Clark PF, Abello P (2010) Final-stage phyllosoma of Palinustus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Achelata: Palinuridae)-The first complete description. ZOOTAXA 42 - 58.
  • Clark PF, Mortimer DN, Law RJ, Averns JM, Cohen BA, Wood D, D. Rose M, Fernandes AR, Rainbow PS (2009) Dioxin and PCB Contamination in Chinese Mitten Crabs: Human Consumption as a Control Mechanism for an Invasive Species. Environmental Science & Technology 43, 1624 - 1629. doi: 10.1021/es802935a
  • Clark PF (2009) The bearing of larval morphology on brachyuran phylogeny. Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics. Martin JW, Crandeall KA, Felder DL (Eds). 18, CRC Press 221 - 241.
  • Richard J, Clark PF (2009) African Caridina (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae): redescriptions of C-africana Kingsley, 1882, C-togoensis Hilgendorf, 1893, C-natalensis Bouvier, 1925 and C-roubaudi Bouvier, 1925 with descriptions of 14 new species. ZOOTAXA 1 - 75.
  • Clark PF, Ng PKL (2008) The lecithotrophic zoea of Chirostylus ortmanni Miyake & Baba, 1968 (Crustacea&COLFAML; Anomura: Galatheoidea: Chirostylidae) described from laboratory hatched material. RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 56, 85 - 94.
  • CLARK PF (2005) The evolutionary significance of heterochrony in the abbreviated zoeal development of pilumnine crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthoidea). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143, 417 - 446. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00149.x
  • CLARK PF, NG PKL (2004) Two zoeal stages and the megalop ofPilumnus sluiteriDe Man, 1892 [Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthoidea: Pilumnidae] described from laboratory-reared material. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 45, 205 - 219. doi: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652592
  • Ng PKL, Clark PF (2001) The eumedonid file: a case study of systematic compatibility using larval and adult characters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Invertebrate Reproduction and Development 38, 225- - 252.
  • CLARK PF (2000) Interpreting patterns in chaetotaxy and segmentation associated with abbreviated brachyuran zoeal development. Invertebrate Reproduction & Development 38, Informa UK Limited 171 - 181. doi: 10.1080/07924259.2000.9652454

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