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Profiles
Professor Jason Hall-Spencer
Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Professor Jason Hall-Spencer can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
- Climate change
- Diving
- Fishing
- Ocean acidification
- Marine biology
- Government policy
- Oceans
- Carbon dioxide
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Professor of Marine Biology
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan. (教授 )
Council Member of the British Phycological Society
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
Professor, University of Tsukuba, Japan. (教授 )
Council Member of the British Phycological Society
Council Member of the Federation of European Phycological Societies
Qualifications
Google Scholar Author Profile
Research Gate profile
PhD University of London, based at Millport Marine Biological Station
BSc Marine Biology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Health & Safety Executive Part IV Professional Air Diver
Awards
Honorary Lecturer, University of Glasgow.
British Association Charles Lyell Award.
University of Plymouth World Class Researcher Award.
University of Washington Paul Illg Distinguished Lectureship.
Previous positions
2003–2008 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Plymouth.
2000–2002 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Glasgow.
1996–1999 PDRA at University of London and University of Glasgow.
1992–1997 Firefighter with Strathclyde Firebrigade.
1992 Marine Nature Conservation Review Team, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK.
1991 Benthic Ecologist. Institute of Offshore Engineering, Edinburgh, UK.
Research Gate profile
PhD University of London, based at Millport Marine Biological Station
BSc Marine Biology, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Health & Safety Executive Part IV Professional Air Diver
Awards
Honorary Lecturer, University of Glasgow.
British Association Charles Lyell Award.
University of Plymouth World Class Researcher Award.
University of Washington Paul Illg Distinguished Lectureship.
Previous positions
2003–2008 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Plymouth.
2000–2002 Royal Society University Research Fellow, University of Glasgow.
1996–1999 PDRA at University of London and University of Glasgow.
1992–1997 Firefighter with Strathclyde Firebrigade.
1992 Marine Nature Conservation Review Team, Joint Nature Conservation Committee, UK.
1991 Benthic Ecologist. Institute of Offshore Engineering, Edinburgh, UK.
Professional membership
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Marine Biological Association, UK
British Phycological Society
Marine Biological Association, UK
British Phycological Society
Roles on external bodies
UK Delegate to the United Nations World Ocean Assessment and Coordinating Author (2018–present).
Immediate Past President, British Phycological Society (2022-2024).
School Academic Liason Coordinator between Plymouth University and Newquay's Cornwall College (2014–present).
Ocean Acidification international Reference User Group (2013–present).
Immediate Past President, British Phycological Society (2022-2024).
School Academic Liason Coordinator between Plymouth University and Newquay's Cornwall College (2014–present).
Ocean Acidification international Reference User Group (2013–present).
Highlights
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
I lead one Foundation Year module and four second year undergraduate modules and teach on the BSc Marine Biology, BSC Marine Biology and Coastal Ecology, BSc Marine Biology and Oceanography, BSc Conservation Biology, MRes Marine Biology, MSc Aquaculture, MSc Marine Conservation MSc Applied Marine Science Programmes.Current Research Group
Dr Lucia Porzio, Ass Prof macroalgae.
Dr Lina Rassmusson PDRA effects of Arctic melting on algae
Lucas Nunes PhD candidate: fish trophic groups in Brazil
Example MSc/BSc Student dissertations supervised
Lewis Ashton: invasive polychaetes in Plymouth Sound
Patrick Adkins: response of mussels to predatory crabs off Chile
Jake Jefford: sand-blast effects of severe storms on intertidal life off Devon
Abi Miller: non-native and native kelp epiphytes
Ben Peace-Herbert: invasive mussels around London
Toby Russell: effects of TBT on shipwreck fauna
Nicholas Shell: as seaweeds take over coral reefs are toxic algal blooms more likely?
James Thomas: Using Callionymus lyrato investigate changes in diet with fish size and habitat
Melisa Vural: The ecology of a common intertidal starfish of Chile.
Livia Sinagaglia: copepod parasites of Osilinus spp.
Giulia La Bianca: deep-sea crinoids of the NE Atlantic
Neil Thorp: modelling the distribution of Undaria off SW England
Marios Papapgeorgiou: polychaete predation on corals off Cyprus
Nathalie Thompson: filtration rates in Crepidula fornicata
Cameron Clark: bryozoans in Plymouth Sound
Christopher Taylor: the effects of ocean acidification on Japanese microgastropods
Eleanor Picard: Effects of tourism on the marine ecology of a north Cornwall beach
Xavier Stow: disturbance effects of a tropical cyclone
Emily-Beth Millett: Effects of CO2 on coral symbionts
Felix de Wattipont: Turitella communisshell ecology
Rob Van Ree: Holkam Nature Reserve salt marsh carbon stores
Emily Stevenson: fauna found on strandline macroplastics
Suse Rolfe: extent on invasive seaweed spread in North Devon
James O'Williams: Oxybenzone on tropical coral reefs
Holly Morgan working on sea urchins in Japan
Phoebe Baker working on ocean acidification in Japan
Honey Bowker: metals in fauna around CO2 seeps in Dominica
Emily Murphy-Gray: lionfish in Cyprus
Barry Pettifor: seaweed irridesence
Jacques Swain: lionfish otolith analyses
Meg Atkinson: Plymouth Sound zooplankton dynamics
Maddy Entrekin: coral ecology
Vicky Goodier: photoquadrats off Cyprus
Daisy Jauncy: lionfish diet
Amy Linscott: anemone spatial distribution
Jess Miller: Drupella coral infection in the Philippines
Chris rogers: coral disease in the Caribbean
Dr Lucia Porzio, Ass Prof macroalgae.
Dr Lina Rassmusson PDRA effects of Arctic melting on algae
Lucas Nunes PhD candidate: fish trophic groups in Brazil
Example MSc/BSc Student dissertations supervised
Lewis Ashton: invasive polychaetes in Plymouth Sound
Patrick Adkins: response of mussels to predatory crabs off Chile
Jake Jefford: sand-blast effects of severe storms on intertidal life off Devon
Abi Miller: non-native and native kelp epiphytes
Ben Peace-Herbert: invasive mussels around London
Toby Russell: effects of TBT on shipwreck fauna
Nicholas Shell: as seaweeds take over coral reefs are toxic algal blooms more likely?
James Thomas: Using Callionymus lyrato investigate changes in diet with fish size and habitat
Melisa Vural: The ecology of a common intertidal starfish of Chile.
Livia Sinagaglia: copepod parasites of Osilinus spp.
Giulia La Bianca: deep-sea crinoids of the NE Atlantic
Neil Thorp: modelling the distribution of Undaria off SW England
Marios Papapgeorgiou: polychaete predation on corals off Cyprus
Nathalie Thompson: filtration rates in Crepidula fornicata
Cameron Clark: bryozoans in Plymouth Sound
Christopher Taylor: the effects of ocean acidification on Japanese microgastropods
Eleanor Picard: Effects of tourism on the marine ecology of a north Cornwall beach
Xavier Stow: disturbance effects of a tropical cyclone
Emily-Beth Millett: Effects of CO2 on coral symbionts
Felix de Wattipont: Turitella communisshell ecology
Rob Van Ree: Holkam Nature Reserve salt marsh carbon stores
Emily Stevenson: fauna found on strandline macroplastics
Suse Rolfe: extent on invasive seaweed spread in North Devon
James O'Williams: Oxybenzone on tropical coral reefs
Holly Morgan working on sea urchins in Japan
Phoebe Baker working on ocean acidification in Japan
Honey Bowker: metals in fauna around CO2 seeps in Dominica
Emily Murphy-Gray: lionfish in Cyprus
Barry Pettifor: seaweed irridesence
Jacques Swain: lionfish otolith analyses
Meg Atkinson: Plymouth Sound zooplankton dynamics
Maddy Entrekin: coral ecology
Vicky Goodier: photoquadrats off Cyprus
Daisy Jauncy: lionfish diet
Amy Linscott: anemone spatial distribution
Jess Miller: Drupella coral infection in the Philippines
Chris rogers: coral disease in the Caribbean
Haydn Lewis: Maerl beds in Wester Ross
Ella Price-Jones: Faunal diversity of amerl beds
Aidan Clancy: Lionfish ecology in their native range
Lucy Kitchen: Seagrass microbiota in the Fal estuary
Luke Perry: Marine invasive species irradication in Sussex
Verity Baulch: Fucoid diversity patterns in SW England
Placement Students
Alexander Holdgate: Sustainable fisheries management in Norway
Ho Jiaxuan working on phytoplankton in Taiwan
Emily Millet working on corals in Australia
Emma Cox working on lionfish invasion in Honduras
Lucy Dunlop: climate gasses PML
Kyra Walton: placement with MER, Cyprus
Placement Students
Alexander Holdgate: Sustainable fisheries management in Norway
Ho Jiaxuan working on phytoplankton in Taiwan
Emily Millet working on corals in Australia
Emma Cox working on lionfish invasion in Honduras
Lucy Dunlop: climate gasses PML
Kyra Walton: placement with MER, Cyprus
Jessia Hibbert: Thai Department of Marine & Coastal Resources monitoring
Grace Lennon: Crown of thorn starfish in the Phillipines
Billy Sale: Lionfish ecology in Belize
Mariko Shiel: Efeects of ocean acidification, Shimoda Marine Research Centre, Japan
Conferences, workshops & external teaching events
Invited lecture ‘Effects of CO2 on seabed habitats’ an international monthly Seabed Habitats Seminar Series 26 Jan 2021 www.seabedhabitats.orghttps://youtu.be/qFNgsZyG7ME
Online lecture to the Biology Society of India ‘Ocean acidification in Asia’ 15 Jan 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzWu4H87Z4
World Fisheries Day interview 21 Nov 2020 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655765895112714
The ecological effects of ocean acidification. Invited Public Lecture. The Linnaean Society of London, 27 Feb 2020. https://www.linnean.org/meetings-and-events/events/the-ecological-effects-of-ocean-acidification
Beyond Capturing Our Coast. Invited Public Lecture. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth 13 Feb 2020.
Conferences, workshops & external teaching events
Invited lecture ‘Effects of CO2 on seabed habitats’ an international monthly Seabed Habitats Seminar Series 26 Jan 2021 www.seabedhabitats.orghttps://youtu.be/qFNgsZyG7ME
Online lecture to the Biology Society of India ‘Ocean acidification in Asia’ 15 Jan 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUzWu4H87Z4
World Fisheries Day interview 21 Nov 2020 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655765895112714
The ecological effects of ocean acidification. Invited Public Lecture. The Linnaean Society of London, 27 Feb 2020. https://www.linnean.org/meetings-and-events/events/the-ecological-effects-of-ocean-acidification
Beyond Capturing Our Coast. Invited Public Lecture. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth 13 Feb 2020.
Staff serving as external examiners
External examiner of MSc and BSc courses at the University of Malta 2015-2018 . Examiner of PhD candidates at Universities in Adelaide, Alicante, Brest (2018), Bristol (2017), Coruna (2010), Edinburgh (2019), Exeter (2023), Hong Kong (2018), Iceland (2020), Palermo, Paris (2007 and 2013), Marseille, Newcastle (2011), Stockholm (2018), Swansea (2020) ,Western Australia and York (2012).
Research
Research
Research interests
Current research spans seamount ecology, fisheries, ocean acidification, aquacultureand conservation. My fieldwork sites are currently at volcanic CO2 ventsin the Mediterranean and off Japan.
My work attracts media attention:
What does ocean acidification look like?
Oceans of Acid, BBC Environmental investigation series.
'Jacuzzi vents' model CO2 future
Ocean life under threat
Metabolomics - ocean acidification
Falmouth sailors' concern for marine conservation plans
Scottish Seas resilient against CO2 acidification
Census discovers 5,000 marine species.
'Coral lab' offers acidity insight.
Natural lab shows sea's acid path.
Scientists explore coldwater reef.
Napoli sea fans appear undamaged.
Destruction of coral reefs.
Cold water coralMaterial World
SOS call for Ireland's deep coral
Trawlers 'smashing' cold-water corals
My work attracts media attention:
What does ocean acidification look like?
Oceans of Acid, BBC Environmental investigation series.
'Jacuzzi vents' model CO2 future
Ocean life under threat
Metabolomics - ocean acidification
Falmouth sailors' concern for marine conservation plans
Scottish Seas resilient against CO2 acidification
Census discovers 5,000 marine species.
'Coral lab' offers acidity insight.
Natural lab shows sea's acid path.
Scientists explore coldwater reef.
Napoli sea fans appear undamaged.
Destruction of coral reefs.
Cold water coralMaterial World
SOS call for Ireland's deep coral
Trawlers 'smashing' cold-water corals
Other research
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/rising-carbon-dioxide-levels-will-change-marine-habitats-and-fish-communities
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/ocean-acidification-could-have-consequences-for-millions
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plastics-and-rising-co2-levels-could-pose-combined-threat-to-marine-environment
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/moving-fish-farms-enables-seagrass-meadows-to-thrive-study-shows
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/time-for-total-rethink-on-the-management-of-alien-species
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/citizen-scientists-asked-to-help-the-fight-against-venomous-predators-in-the-mediterranean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plymouth-scientists-join-call-for-major-shift-in-understanding-to-protect-the-ocean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/scientific-experts-call-for-eight-urgent-measures-to-preserve-life-supporting-ocean-function-amid-fears-that-changes-could-be-irreversible
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-scientist-joins-world-experts-to-ask-big-questions-about-blue-carbon
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/invasive-lionfish-likely-to-become-permanent-residents-in-the-mediterranean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/expert-backs-international-call-for-action-to-safeguard-our-oceans
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plymouth-scientists-join-call-for-major-shift-in-understanding-to-protect-the-ocean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/lionfish-culls-aim-to-preserve-marine-species-and-habitats-in-the-mediterranean-sea
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655765895112714
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/ocean-acidification-could-have-consequences-for-millions
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plastics-and-rising-co2-levels-could-pose-combined-threat-to-marine-environment
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/moving-fish-farms-enables-seagrass-meadows-to-thrive-study-shows
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/time-for-total-rethink-on-the-management-of-alien-species
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/citizen-scientists-asked-to-help-the-fight-against-venomous-predators-in-the-mediterranean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plymouth-scientists-join-call-for-major-shift-in-understanding-to-protect-the-ocean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/scientific-experts-call-for-eight-urgent-measures-to-preserve-life-supporting-ocean-function-amid-fears-that-changes-could-be-irreversible
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/university-scientist-joins-world-experts-to-ask-big-questions-about-blue-carbon
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/invasive-lionfish-likely-to-become-permanent-residents-in-the-mediterranean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/expert-backs-international-call-for-action-to-safeguard-our-oceans
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/plymouth-scientists-join-call-for-major-shift-in-understanding-to-protect-the-ocean
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/lionfish-culls-aim-to-preserve-marine-species-and-habitats-in-the-mediterranean-sea
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=655765895112714
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
PhD 2004 Nick Kamenos, Recruitment of commercial species to maerl.
MRes 2006 Hayley Miles, Effects of ocean acidification on the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.
MRes 2008 Emma Ransome, Effects of ocean acidification on intertidal organisms.
Diploma Thesis 2008 Tina Kerby, Seamount fisheries (Erasmus from Kiel,Germany).
MSc 2008 Katie Wanner-Halder, Gorgonian calcification.
MRes 2008 Gemma Veneruso, Gorgonian genetics.
MRes 2008 Amanda Hopes, Transformation systems in coccolithophores.
PhD 2008 Jayme Lohr, Viral disease in corals.
MRes 2009 Samantha Ottolangui, Calcification in coccolithophores.
MRes 2009 Rebecca Lumbis, Effects of marine fisheries closures in SW England 1990-2007.
MRes 2009 Maria Rousou, Seasonality in fisheries discards in Cyprus.
MRes 2010 Thomas Hinman, Ecological niche modelling of seagrass in the UK.
MRes 2012 Matthew Keys, Coccolithophore culture experiments.
MRes 2012 Sarah Heath, pH homeostasis in marine phytoplankton.
MRes 2012 Giuseppe Sauria, Amphipods along pCO2 gradients (Erasmus from Ancona, Italy).
PhD 2012 Vivienne Johnson, Effects of increasing CO2 on microalgae.
PhD 2014 Grazyna Durak: silification mechanisms in algae.
MRes 2015 Ro Allen: marine invertebrate settlement and recruitment on a tropical coral reef.
PhD 2015 Cecilia Baggini: benthic ecology of volcanic seeps off Methana, Greece.
MRes 2016 Alessandra Washbourn: how to control crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks.
PhD 2016 Laura Pettit: effects of CO2 on foraminifera.
MRes 2017 Mariano Peruzzo: a new species of Southern Ocean diatom.
PhD 2017 Joy Smith, demersal coral reef zooplankton, Papua New Guinea.
PhD 2017 Maria Campbell: fisheries, marine conservation, marine renewable energy and displacement.
PhD 2017 Bryony Pearce: The ecology of Sabellariaspinulosareefs
MRes 2018 James Scott: zooplankton along CO2 gradients off Sicily
PhD 2018 Anaelle Lemasson:Ocean acidification and warming impacts on native andnon-native shellfish
PhD 2018 Amrit Kumar Mishra: Global change effects on seagrass ecosystems
PhD 2019 Demetris Kletou: Human impacts on oligotrophic marine ecosystems, case studies from Cyprus.
MRes 2006 Hayley Miles, Effects of ocean acidification on the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.
MRes 2008 Emma Ransome, Effects of ocean acidification on intertidal organisms.
Diploma Thesis 2008 Tina Kerby, Seamount fisheries (Erasmus from Kiel,Germany).
MSc 2008 Katie Wanner-Halder, Gorgonian calcification.
MRes 2008 Gemma Veneruso, Gorgonian genetics.
MRes 2008 Amanda Hopes, Transformation systems in coccolithophores.
PhD 2008 Jayme Lohr, Viral disease in corals.
MRes 2009 Samantha Ottolangui, Calcification in coccolithophores.
MRes 2009 Rebecca Lumbis, Effects of marine fisheries closures in SW England 1990-2007.
MRes 2009 Maria Rousou, Seasonality in fisheries discards in Cyprus.
MRes 2010 Thomas Hinman, Ecological niche modelling of seagrass in the UK.
MRes 2012 Matthew Keys, Coccolithophore culture experiments.
MRes 2012 Sarah Heath, pH homeostasis in marine phytoplankton.
MRes 2012 Giuseppe Sauria, Amphipods along pCO2 gradients (Erasmus from Ancona, Italy).
PhD 2012 Vivienne Johnson, Effects of increasing CO2 on microalgae.
PhD 2014 Grazyna Durak: silification mechanisms in algae.
MRes 2015 Ro Allen: marine invertebrate settlement and recruitment on a tropical coral reef.
PhD 2015 Cecilia Baggini: benthic ecology of volcanic seeps off Methana, Greece.
MRes 2016 Alessandra Washbourn: how to control crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks.
PhD 2016 Laura Pettit: effects of CO2 on foraminifera.
MRes 2017 Mariano Peruzzo: a new species of Southern Ocean diatom.
PhD 2017 Joy Smith, demersal coral reef zooplankton, Papua New Guinea.
PhD 2017 Maria Campbell: fisheries, marine conservation, marine renewable energy and displacement.
PhD 2017 Bryony Pearce: The ecology of Sabellariaspinulosareefs
MRes 2018 James Scott: zooplankton along CO2 gradients off Sicily
PhD 2018 Anaelle Lemasson:Ocean acidification and warming impacts on native andnon-native shellfish
PhD 2018 Amrit Kumar Mishra: Global change effects on seagrass ecosystems
PhD 2019 Demetris Kletou: Human impacts on oligotrophic marine ecosystems, case studies from Cyprus.
Grants & contracts
Recent grants
2020 British Phycological Society £3000; Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Marine Institute & MBA £1500; Informa UK Ltd. £1000; The Company of Biologists £1000; Algaecytes Ltd. £500; Varicon Aqua Solutions Ltd £500; Marine Institute £100 for an ocean acidification outreach kit
2020 UK-China Royal Society Collaboration Funding. Effects of ocean acidification and warming in coastal systems.
2019 Research Professorship renewal, Tsukuba University, Japan (2020-2023) £129K (PI)
2019 Brazilian CAPES grant: Integrated internationalization of knowledge production and training of humanresources in the area of marine / coastal biodiversity - bases for sustainability (2019-2022) 800K (Horta & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2019 Chinese NSF grant: phytoplankton zooplankton dynamics on warming, acidified, nutrient rich coasts (2019-2021) $400K (Gao & Hall-Spencer PIs)
2018 Swedish FORMAS mobility grant: rhodochronology using coralline algae (2018-2021) 4648779 SEK (Rasmusson & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2017 EU LIFE RELIONMED Programme (2017-2021) £180K (Kletou and Hall-Spencer PIs)
2017 Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (Project no. 70184235) “Norway's hidden marine biodiversity: The hunt for cryptic species within the coralline algae” (2017-2019) 2 350 000 NOK (Rinde & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2015 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologio of the Brazilian Ministry of Science. PhD studentship 2015-2019. £79,497 (PI)
2015 Daiwa Foundation Japan-UK collaborative grant on coastal volcanoes (2015-16) £2K (PI)
2014 MOFETA – Investigating ecological effects of ocean acidification in shallow water CO2 vents off the Azores. Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (€49,768) 2014-2015. (PI)
2014 Marine Institute Small Collaborative Research Grant (£5K) Holocene sea level rise; the separation of Jersey from France. 2014-15.(Co-I)
2013 EU ASSEMBLE Gulf of Aqaba: a Noah's Ark of heat resistant corals? (€4000) 2013-14. (PI)
2013 EU MARES PhD studentship, Seagrass physiology (€122400) 2013-2017. (PI)
2013 NERC Scaling empirically derived ocean acidification responses to naturally assembled systems (PI M Solan, Southampton Uni) £72000, 2013-14. (Co-I)
2012 EU MARES PhD studentship, Zooplankton ecology on coral reefs (€122400) 2012-2016.(PI)
2011 EU MARES PhD studentship. Effects of ocean acidification at Methana, Greece (€122400) 2011-15.
2011 EU FP7 MedSeA (£180000) 2011-15. (PI)
2010 NERC PhD studentship (£ 89K) Assessing effects of long-term ocean acidification at volcanic CO2 vents 2010-14. (PI)
2020 British Phycological Society £3000; Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Marine Institute & MBA £1500; Informa UK Ltd. £1000; The Company of Biologists £1000; Algaecytes Ltd. £500; Varicon Aqua Solutions Ltd £500; Marine Institute £100 for an ocean acidification outreach kit
2020 UK-China Royal Society Collaboration Funding. Effects of ocean acidification and warming in coastal systems.
2019 Research Professorship renewal, Tsukuba University, Japan (2020-2023) £129K (PI)
2019 Brazilian CAPES grant: Integrated internationalization of knowledge production and training of humanresources in the area of marine / coastal biodiversity - bases for sustainability (2019-2022) 800K (Horta & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2019 Chinese NSF grant: phytoplankton zooplankton dynamics on warming, acidified, nutrient rich coasts (2019-2021) $400K (Gao & Hall-Spencer PIs)
2018 Swedish FORMAS mobility grant: rhodochronology using coralline algae (2018-2021) 4648779 SEK (Rasmusson & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2017 EU LIFE RELIONMED Programme (2017-2021) £180K (Kletou and Hall-Spencer PIs)
2017 Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (Project no. 70184235) “Norway's hidden marine biodiversity: The hunt for cryptic species within the coralline algae” (2017-2019) 2 350 000 NOK (Rinde & Hall-Spencer PIs).
2015 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologio of the Brazilian Ministry of Science. PhD studentship 2015-2019. £79,497 (PI)
2015 Daiwa Foundation Japan-UK collaborative grant on coastal volcanoes (2015-16) £2K (PI)
2014 MOFETA – Investigating ecological effects of ocean acidification in shallow water CO2 vents off the Azores. Funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (€49,768) 2014-2015. (PI)
2014 Marine Institute Small Collaborative Research Grant (£5K) Holocene sea level rise; the separation of Jersey from France. 2014-15.(Co-I)
2013 EU ASSEMBLE Gulf of Aqaba: a Noah's Ark of heat resistant corals? (€4000) 2013-14. (PI)
2013 EU MARES PhD studentship, Seagrass physiology (€122400) 2013-2017. (PI)
2013 NERC Scaling empirically derived ocean acidification responses to naturally assembled systems (PI M Solan, Southampton Uni) £72000, 2013-14. (Co-I)
2012 EU MARES PhD studentship, Zooplankton ecology on coral reefs (€122400) 2012-2016.(PI)
2011 EU MARES PhD studentship. Effects of ocean acidification at Methana, Greece (€122400) 2011-15.
2011 EU FP7 MedSeA (£180000) 2011-15. (PI)
2010 NERC PhD studentship (£ 89K) Assessing effects of long-term ocean acidification at volcanic CO2 vents 2010-14. (PI)
Creative practice & artistic projects
I produce underwater videos using SCUBA for teaching and TV, e.g. www.conservancy.co.uk/page/Marine-Life/372/
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2024) 'An underwater clash of spears: Public engagement in Mediterranean lionfish control efforts' Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 34, (2) , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Nitrogen availability regulates the effects of a simulated marine heatwave on carbon sequestration and phycosphere bacteria of a marine crop' Limnology and Oceanography , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Shift in algal blooms from micro‐ to macroalgae around China with increasing eutrophication and climate change' Global Change Biology , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Corrigendum: Tropical blue carbon: solutions and perspectives for valuations of carbon sequestration' Frontiers in Climate 5, , DOI
(2023) 'Tropical blue carbon: solutions and perspectives for valuations of carbon sequestration' Frontiers in Climate 5, , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Levelling-up rhodolith-bed science to address global-scale conservation challenges' Science of The Total Environment , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Ocean acidification has a strong effect on communities living on plastic in mesocosms' Limnology and Oceanography Letters 8, (4) 675-684 , DOI Open access
(2023) 'Ocean acidification stunts molluscan growth at CO2 seeps' Science of The Total Environment 873, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Ocean acidification increases the impact of typhoons on algal communities' Science of the Total Environment 865, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Editorial: Biological invasions in the Mediterranean Sea' Frontiers in Marine Science 9, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Lessons From the Western Atlantic Lionfish Invasion to Inform Management in the Mediterranean' Frontiers in Marine Science 9, , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Whole community and functional gene changes of biofilms on marine plastic debris in response to ocean acidification' Microbial Ecology , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Decreased Diversity and Abundance of Marine Invertebrates at CO2 Seeps in Warm-Temperate Japan' Zoological Science: an international journal 39, (1) , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Conflicting interests and growing importance of non‐indigenous species in commercial and recreational fisheries of the Mediterranean Sea' Fisheries Management and Ecology , DOI Open access
(2022) 'Morphological and molecular assessment of Lithophyllum okamurae with the description of L. neo-okamurae sp. nov. (Corallinales, Rhodophyta)' Phycologia , DOI Open access
(2021) 'The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change' Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Understanding coralline algal responses to ocean acidification: Meta‐analysis and synthesis' Global Change Biology , DOI Open access
(2021) 'The Role of Blue Carbon in Climate Change Mitigation and Carbon Stock Conservation' Frontiers in Climate 3, , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Integrating Literature, Biodiversity Databases, and Citizen-Science to Reconstruct the Checklist of Chondrichthyans in Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean Sea)' Fishes 6, (3) 24-24 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Major loss of coralline algal diversity in response to ocean acidification' Global Change Biology , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Simplification, not “tropicalization”, of temperate marine ecosystems under ocean warming and acidification' Global Change Biology , DOI Open access
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(1999) 'The impact of Rapido trawling for scallops, <i>Pecten</i> <i>jacobaeus</i> (L.), on the benthos of the Gulf of Venice' ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE 56, (1) 111-124 , DOI Open access
(1998) 'Conservation issues relating to maerl beds as habitats for molluscs' Journal of Conchology Special Publication 2, 271-286 Open access
Reviews
(2014) 'The future of the northeast Atlantic benthic flora in a high CO2 world' Ecology and Evolution 4, (13) 2787-2798 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2013) 'Towards improved socio-economic assessments of ocean acidification's impacts' MARINE BIOLOGY 160, (8) 1773-1787 , DOI Open access
(2009) 'Predicting global habitat suitability for stony corals on seamounts' JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY 36, (6) 1111-1128 , DOI Open access
Letters
Books
Inaba
K & Hall-Spencer J.M. (2020) Japanese Marine Life: A Practical Training
Guide in Marine Biology. Springer 367pp.
(2022) Guide to Lionfish Management in the Mediterranean. Plymouth, UK University of Plymouth , DOI Open access
(2020) Japanese Marine Life A Practical Training Guide in Marine Biology. Springer Nature
Langar H; Ouerghi A (2019) Tackling the lionfish invasion in the Mediterranean. the EU-LIFE
RELIONMED Project: progress and results. Tunisia SPA/RAC publication Open access
(1994) Biological studies of nongeniculate Corallinaceae. London UK University of London PhD Thesis
Chapters
Hernandez-Kantun,
J.J., Hall-Spencer, J.M., Grall, J., Adey, W., Rindi,F., Maggs, C.A., Bárbara,
I., Peña, V. (2017) North Atlantic rhodolith/maerl beds. In: Rhodolith/maerl beds: A Global
Perspective. (eds. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R., Nelson W. and Aguirre
J.). Springer.
Martin, S. & Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2017) Effects of ocean warming and acidification on rhodolith/maerl beds. In: Rhodolith/maerl beds: A Global Perspective(eds. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R., Nelson W. and Aguirre J.) Springer.
Martin, S. & Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2017) Effects of ocean warming and acidification on rhodolith/maerl beds. In: Rhodolith/maerl beds: A Global Perspective(eds. Riosmena-Rodriguez, R., Nelson W. and Aguirre J.) Springer.
(2020) 'Marine Environmental Science Introduction' Japanese Marine Life Springer Singapore 285-287 , DOI
(2019) 'Established and Emerging Techniques for Characterising the Formation, Structure and Performance of Calcified Structures under Ocean Acidification' Oceanography and Marine Biology CRC Press 89-125 , DOI
(2016) 'Effects of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Rhodolith/Maërl Beds' in Riosmena-Rodriguez R; Nelson W; Aguirre J Rhodolith/Maërl Beds: A Global Perspective Switzerland Springer 87-102 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Effects of ocean acidification on Mediterranean coastal habitats: Lessons from carbon dioxide vents off Ischia' Life in the Mediterranean Sea: A Look at Habitat Changes 671-684
(2012) 'Threats to ultraoligotrophic marine ecosystems' Marine Ecosystems http://www.intechopen.com/books/marine-ecosystems/threats-to-ultraoligotrophic-marine-ecosystems InTech Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2012) 'Effects of ocean acidification on Mediterranean coastal habitats' in Stambler N Life in the Mediterranean Sea: A look at habitat changes Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York 671-684 Open access
(2011) 'Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function' in Gattuso JP; Hannsen L Ocean acidification Oxford University Press Open access
(2010) 'In situ perturbation experiments: natural venting sites, spatial/temporal gradients in ocean pH, manipulative in situ pCO2 perturbations' in Riebesell U; Fabry VJ; Hansson L; Gattuso J-P Guide to Best Practices in Ocean Acidification Research and Data Reporting Luxenbourg 123-136 Open access
(2007) 'Corals on seamounts' in Pitcher TJ; Hart PJB; Morato T; Santos R; Clark M Seamounts: Ecology Fisheries and Conservation, Blackwell Fisheries and Aquatic resources Series Blackwell Scientific 141-169 Open access
(2005) 'Climate records from the Faroe-Shetland Channel using Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758)' in Freiwald A; Roberts JM Cold-water corals and ecosystems 1097-1108 , DOI Open access
(2005) 'Distribution and habitats of Acesta excavata (Bivalvia: Limidae) with new data on its shell ultrastructure' in Roberts JM; Freiwald A Cold-Water Corals and Ecosystems Springer 173-205 Open access
(2000) 'Impact of scallop dredging on maerl grounds' in Kaiser MJ; de Groot SJ Effects of fishing on non-target species and habitats Blackwell Science 105-117
Conference Papers
(2015) 'Effects of reduced pH on shell mineral composition and integrity of three common gastropods from a natural undersea CO<sub>2</sub> vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy' E50-E50 Open access
(2014) 'Effects of reduced pH on shell integrity of a common whelk from a natural undersea CO2 vent community off Vulcano Island, Italy' E269-E269
(2012) 'Investigation of the calcification response of foraminifera and pteropods to high CO2 environments in the Pleistocene, Paleogene and Cretaceous' EGU General Assembly 2012 Vienna Austria 4-/-0/20124-/-0/2012Open access
(2011) 'Evidence of Northeastern Atlantic Ocean Acidification Recorded by Boron Isotopes on Deep-sea Coral Madrepora oculata' American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011 San Francisco USA 2-/-1/20112-/-1/2011Open access
(2011) 'Corals, bryozoans and gastropods are able to calcify in acidified seawater' 7th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference Penang Malaysia 6-/-0/20116-/-0/2011Open access
(2011) 'The response of foraminifera to modern seawater acidification: A real-time proxy for Paleogene hypothermal events' Berichte Geol. B.-A., 85 Salzburg, June 5th – 8th 6-/-0/20116-/-0/2011Open access
(2011) 'Exploring CO2 volcanic vents at Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea, to study the planktonic calcifier response to long-term changes in carbonate chemistry' EGU General Assembly 2011 Vienna Austria 4-/-0/20114-/-0/2011Open access
(2011) 'Exploring the geochemistry and shell ultrastructure of bivalves as archives of past ocean acidification events: recent Mytilidae in a natural acidic setting in Ischia (Italy, Mediterranean Sea)' EGU General Assembly 2011 Vienna Austria 4-/-0/20114-/-0/2011Open access
(2011) 'Response of pteropods and foraminifera to changing pCO2 and pH: Examples from the Mediterranean Sea' EGU General Assembly Vienna Austria 4-/-0/20114-/-0/2011Open access
(2011) 'A celebration of life on seamounts' A Celebration Of Marine Life Southampton UK 3-/-0/20113-/-0/201154-56
(2009) 'Using scientific diving to investigate the long-term effects of ocean acidification at CO2 vents' in Merkel BJ; Schipek M Research in shallow marine and freshwater systems Freiburg Germany 5-/-0/20095-/-0/200972-76 Open access
(2009) 'Scientific divers quantify first known outbreaks of cold-water coral disease' in Merkel BJ; Schipek M 44-48 Open access
(2008) 'Loss of Mediterranean marine biodiversity in a high-CO2 world' in Briand F IMPACTS OF ACIDIFICATION ON BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL SYSTEMS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEAS Menton 0-/-1/20080-/-1/2008CIESM, 16 bd de Suisse, MC-98000, Monaco 61-64 Open access
(2007) 'Cold-water coral reefs as fish habitat. Comparison of a trawled and non-trawled site in the Northeast Atlantic'
(2006) 'Using satellite data to compare fishing vessel positions with deep-water habitat types'
(2004) 'Degradation of Cornish calcified seaweed (maerl) in soil, and effects on soil fertility' 9-/-0/20049-/-0/2004Open access
(2003) '234U/230Th, excess-226Ra and 210Pb/226Ra dating of deep-sea corals' 65-65
(2003) 'Acesta excavata (Mollusca: Limidae) in Europe - a prime candidate for recording oceanographic change in continental shelf-break areas' Germany 43-43
(2003) 'Climate records from the Faroe-Shetland Trough using Lophelia: Problems and prospects' 70-70
(2003) 'Deep-water Coral Mounds on the Porcupine Bank, Irish Margin: Preliminary Results from the Polarstern ARK-XIX/3a ROV cruise' Germany
(2003) 'Evidence of major fisheries impact on cold-water corals off the Porcupine Bank, west coast of Ireland: implications for offshore coral conservation within the European Union' 42-42
(2003) 'Maerl bed diversity in Brittany: the importance of architectural complexity and heterogeneity and consequences of disturbance' in Cunha M; Queiroga H 38th European Marine Biology Symposium Aveiro Universidade 51-51
(2003) 'Conservation and management of northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean maerl beds' International Workshop on ‘The Conservation and Management of Maerl’ 2-/-0/20012-/-0/2001S65-S76 , DOI Open access
(2002) 'Satellite tracking trawlers to protect deep-water habitats' Cambridge UK 56-56
(2001) 'Relative cost-effectiveness of three methods of monitoring coral cover and damage on a heavily used Red Sea reef' Reef Conservation UK Meeting Cambridge UK 2-/-1/20012-/-1/2001
(2001) 'The first ecological study of a Red Sea maerl bed' Reef Conservation UK Meeting Cambridge UK 2-/-1/200128-28 Open access
(2001) 'Maerl - a spectacular Firth of Clyde habitat' Conference on the Ecology and Management of the Firth of Clyde Glasgow Glasgow Open access
(2000) 'EFFECTS OF TOWED DEMERSAL FISHING GEAR ON BIOGENIC SEDIMENTS: A 5-YEAR-STUDY' Impact of trawl fishing on benthic communities Rome 1-/-1/19991-/-1/1999Rome Italy 9-24 Open access
(1998) 'Maerl grounds: habitats of high biodiversity in European Seas' Third European Marine Science and Technology Conference Lisbon, Portugal 5-/-0/19985-/-0/1998Lisbon, Portugal 169-178
(1998) 'Diferencias estructurales biogeograficas de los fondos de maerl en aguas del atlantico notre entre las latitudes 42° y 56°' Xth Iberian Symposium on Benthic Marine Studies 2-/-0/19982-/-0/1998203-209
(1995) 'The influence of urchin grazing on encrusting coralline algae in tropical rock pools' 1-/-0/19951-/-0/1995Casilla, Chile
Reports
(2016) European Red List of Habitats Part 1. Marine habitats. European Union Printed in England Publications Office of the European Union Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2014) Final Report to OSPAR of the Joint OSPAR/ICES Ocean Acidification Study Group (SGOA). International Council for the Exploration of the Sea International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Open access
(2013) AMAP Assessment 2013: Arctic Ocean Acidification. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). Oslo, Norway AMAP Publisher Site Open access
(2013) Report of the ICES\NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), 11–15 March 2013, Floedevigen, Norway. Report of the ICES\NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), 11–15 March 2013, Floedevigen, Norway Open access
(2013) MSC Assessment Report for USA Sea Scallop Fishery. Version 3: Public Comment Draft Report. INTERTEK MOODY MARINE LTD Open access
(2011) Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen Denmark Open access
(2010) Background document for maerl. Background document for maerl. OSPAR Commission, 491/2010 OSPAR Commission Open access
(2010) Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC). Report of the ICES/NAFO Joint Working Group on Deep‐water Ecology (WGDEC), 22–26 March 2010 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen, Denmark Open access
(2009) Background document for Lophelia pertusa reefs. Background document for Lophelia pertusa reefs OSPAR Commission Open access
(2008) The Science behind the Guidelines: A Scientific Guide to the FAO Draft International Guidelines (December 2007) for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and Examples of How the Guidelines may be Practically Implemented. The Science behind the Guidelines: A Scientific Guide to the FAO Draft International Guidelines (December 2007) for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas and Examples of How the Guidelines may be Practically Implemented IUCN Global Marine Programme Gland, Switzerland IUCN, Gland, Switzerland Open access
(2008) Response to HEFCE’s consultation on the assessment and funding of higher education research post-2008. Response to HEFCE’s consultation on the assessment and funding of higher education research post-2008 London The Royal Society Open access
(2007) Impact of fish farm deposition on maerl beds. Scottish Natural Heritage Report ROAME No. AHLA10020348. Open access
(2007) Report of the Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC) , 26-28 February 2007. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Open access
(2006) Report of the Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), 4-7 December 2005, Miami, USA. Report of the Working Group on Deep- water Ecology (WGDEC) International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen Denmark Open access
(2005) Report of the Working Group on Deep-water Ecology (WGDEC), 8-11 March 2005. International Council for the Exploration of the Sea Copenhagen, Denmark Open access
(2002) Hydraulic bivalve dredging on maerl in Scotland. A study of the potential impacts and recommendations for management. Scottish Natural Heritage Contract BAT AA410/01/02/159.
(2001) The impact caused by toothed dredges requantified on a pan-European scale. European Commission
(1999) Final Report (in 2 vols), BIOMAERL project. EC Contract No. MAS3-CT0020.
(1996) Mapping of benthic biotopes in the proposed Sound of Arisaig Special Area of Conservation. Mapping of benthic biotopes in the proposed Sound of Arisaig Special Area of Conservation
Presentations and posters
'Foraminifera resist ocean acidification in the Wagner Basin under conditions similar to high CO2 environments of the Cretaceous-Paleogene' Open access
'MODERN SEAWATER ACIDIFICATION: THE RESPONSE OF FORAMINIFERA TO HIGH CO2 CONDITIONS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND PTEROPODS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA' Open access
'MOLECULAR DIVERSITY OF MAERL-FORMING CORALLINES (CORALLINALES, RHODOPHYTA)' Open access
'LITHOTHAMNION SPECIES (HAPALIDIALES, RHODOPHYTA) IN THE ARCTIC AND SUBARCTIC: PROVIDING A SYSTEMATICS FOUNDATION IN A TIME OF RAPID CLIMATE CHANGE' , DOI Open access
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
Reports, published conference proceedings and policy documents
Gubbay, S. et al., inc. Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2016) European Red List of Habitats, Part 1 Marine habitats. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 52pp. ISBN 978-92-79-61586-3doi: 10.2779/032638
Hall-Spencer J., Grall J., Gerovasileiou V., Mavraki D., Paranou P., Baily N., Nikolopoulou S. (2018) BIOMAERL. Maerl biodiversity. Functional structure and anthropogenic Impacts (1996-1998). Hellenic Center for Marine Research http: //ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=biomaerl
MCCIP (2018) Climate change and marine conservation: Coral Gardens (Eds. Rush S, Carr H, Henry L-A, Neat F, Hall-Spencer J, Jesus A and Pettit L) MCCIP, Lowestoft, 8pp. doi:10.14465.2018.ccmco.001-cga
Gubbay, S. et al., inc. Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2016) European Red List of Habitats, Part 1 Marine habitats. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 52pp. ISBN 978-92-79-61586-3doi: 10.2779/032638
Hall-Spencer J., Grall J., Gerovasileiou V., Mavraki D., Paranou P., Baily N., Nikolopoulou S. (2018) BIOMAERL. Maerl biodiversity. Functional structure and anthropogenic Impacts (1996-1998). Hellenic Center for Marine Research http: //ipt.medobis.eu/resource?r=biomaerl
MCCIP (2018) Climate change and marine conservation: Coral Gardens (Eds. Rush S, Carr H, Henry L-A, Neat F, Hall-Spencer J, Jesus A and Pettit L) MCCIP, Lowestoft, 8pp. doi:10.14465.2018.ccmco.001-cga
Conferences organised
Conferences and workshops organised
Organised and hosted the British Phycological Society Conference, University of Plymouth 4-8 Jan 2020
https://brphycsoc.org/annual-meeting-plymouth-2020/
Assessing the effects of ocean acidification on SE Asian ecosystems, Shimoda, Japan 25-27 July 2017.
Using natural analogues to investigate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on northern ecosystems, ESSAS Open Science Meeting, Tromso, Norway 11-15 June 2017.
Scientific Steering Committee member for the 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress 12-16 June 2017.
Organised and hosted the British Phycological Society Conference, University of Plymouth 4-8 Jan 2020
https://brphycsoc.org/annual-meeting-plymouth-2020/
Assessing the effects of ocean acidification on SE Asian ecosystems, Shimoda, Japan 25-27 July 2017.
Using natural analogues to investigate the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on northern ecosystems, ESSAS Open Science Meeting, Tromso, Norway 11-15 June 2017.
Scientific Steering Committee member for the 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress 12-16 June 2017.
Other academic activities
Reviewer of international grant applications for the EU (FP7, SEAS-ERA) and national funding councils in Australia (CSIRO), Austria (Austrian Science Foundation), France (French National Research Agency), Israel (the German-Israeli Foundation), Italy (Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca), Norway (Norwegian Research Council), Portugal (Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia) the UK (Natural Environment Research Council) and the USA (National Undersea Research Centre, NOAA Sea Grants and the National Science Foundation, PG Allen Family Foundation). Reviewer of scientific papers for ACS Earch and Space Chemistry, AIMS Environmental Science, Aquaculture Environment Interactions, the American Fisheries Society, Aquatic Conservation, Aquatic Microbial Ecology, Biological Conservation, Biology Letters, Biogeoscience, Botanica Marina, Bulletin of Marine Science, Climatic Change, Current Biology, Deep -Sea Research Part I, Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science, Ecology, Ecology Letters, European Journal of Phycology, Fish and Fisheries, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Frontiers in Marine Science, Geophysical Research Letters, Global Change Biology, ICES Journal of Marine Science, Journal of Coastal Research, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, Journal of Experimental Biology and Ecology, Journal of the Marine Biological Association, UK, Journal of the Royal Society Interface,, Journal of Volcanology Geothermal Research, Limnology & Oceanography, Marine Biology, Marine Ecology, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Marine Environmental Research, Marine and Freshwater Systems, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Geoscience, Naturwissenschaften, New Phytologist, Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review, Oikos, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Phycologia, PLoS One, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Royal Society Open Science, Science of the Total Environment and Water.
Additional information
Royal Society MP-Scientist pairing scheme participant 2004-5 (paired with David George Lib. Dem. MP covering fisheries)
Royal Society Civil service-Scientist pairing scheme participant 2008 (paired with Jo Myers DEFRA covering biodiversity)
Royal Society Civil service-Scientist pairing scheme participant 2008 (paired with Jo Myers DEFRA covering biodiversity)
Links
Ocean acidification: a National Geographic articleGuardian profile
Mount Vesuvious and the Island of Ischia
Thriving Seagrass, Reduced Biodiversity
Guardians of the oceans - Euronews documentarymy first go at presenting
News feature in NatureMagazine
Sea mounts and changing sea ecosystems- Australian radio interview
Naked Scientist Interview: Coral Reefs and Creatures of the Deep Sea
Ocean Acidification in Google Earth Tourat High CO2 Conference
Mount Vesuvious and the Island of Ischia
Thriving Seagrass, Reduced Biodiversity
Guardians of the oceans - Euronews documentarymy first go at presenting
News feature in NatureMagazine
Sea mounts and changing sea ecosystems- Australian radio interview
Naked Scientist Interview: Coral Reefs and Creatures of the Deep Sea
Ocean Acidification in Google Earth Tourat High CO2 Conference