A5074866035- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and Offshore Engineering Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Marine and environmental studies
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Nematode management and characterization studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
2016-2025
University of Plymouth
2024
Heriot-Watt University
2024
Bangor University
2020
University of Tasmania
2020
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2019
Ecological Society of America
2019
Ecosystem Sciences
2019
Akvaplan-niva
2009
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
2009
Abstract Here we describe, the longest microbial time-series analyzed to date using high-resolution 16S rRNA tag pyrosequencing of samples taken monthly over 6 years at a temperate marine coastal site off Plymouth, UK. Data treatment effected estimation community richness 6-year period, whereby 8794 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified single-linkage preclustering and 21 130 OTUs by denoising data. The Alphaproteobacteria most abundant Class, frequently recorded members...
Abstract Marine reserves are widely used throughout the world to prevent overfishing and conserve biodiversity, but uncertainties remain about their optimal design. The effects of marine heterogeneous. Despite theoretical findings, empirical studies have previously found no effect size on effectiveness in protecting commercial fish stocks. Using 58 datasets from 19 European reserves, we show that reserve age do matter: Increasing no‐take zone increases density fishes within compared with...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 311:1-14 (2006) - doi:10.3354/meps311001 Global analysis of response and recovery benthic biota fishing M. J. Kaiser1,*, K. R. Clarke2, H. Hinz1, C. V. Austen2, P. Somerfield2, I. Karakassis3 1School Ocean Sciences, University Wales-Bangor, Menai Bridge, Anglesey LL59 5AB, UK 2Plymouth Laboratory, Prospect...
Summary Very few marine microbial communities are well characterized even with the weight of research effort presently devoted to it. Only a small proportion this has been aimed at investigating temporal community structure. Here we present first report application high‐throughput pyrosequencing investigate intra‐annual bacterial Microbial diversity was determined for 12 time points surface L4 sampling site in Western English Channel. This performed over 11 months during 2007. A total 182...
Abstract Bioturbation, the biogenic modification of sediments through particle reworking and burrow ventilation, is a key mediator many important geochemical processes in marine systems. In situ quantification bioturbation can be achieved myriad ways, requiring expert knowledge, technology, resources not always available, feasible some settings. Where dedicated research programmes do exist, practical alternative adoption trait‐based approach to estimate community potential ( BP c ). This...
BackgroundZooplankton play an important role in our oceans, biogeochemical cycling and providing a food source for commercially fish larvae. However, difficulties correctly identifying zooplankton hinder understanding of their roles marine ecosystem functioning, can prevent detection long term changes community structure. The advent massively parallel next generation sequencing technology allows DNA sequence data to be recovered directly from whole samples. Here we assess the ability such...
Abstract Macroalgae drive the largest CO 2 flux fixed globally by marine macrophytes. Most of resulting biomass is exported through coastal ocean as detritus and yet almost no field measurements have verified its potential net sequestration in sediments. This gap limits scope for inclusion macroalgae within blue carbon schemes that support globally, understanding role their plays distal food webs. Here, we pursued three lines evidence (eDNA sequencing, Bayesian Stable Isotope Mixing...
Abstract Ocean warming and acidification, decreases in dissolved oxygen concentrations, changes primary production are causing an unprecedented global redistribution of marine life. The identification underlying ecological processes underpinning species turnover, particularly the prevalence increases warm-water or declines cold-water species, has been recently debated context ocean warming. Here, we track mean thermal affinity communities across European seas by calculating Community...
Understanding the global impact of offshore wind farms (OWF) on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) is crucial in developing sustainable energy transition pathways. This study takes a holistic approach, coupling semi-systematic review with novel analytical methodology, to consider consequences construction & operation OWF deployment ES. 314 pieces evidence taken from 132 peer-reviewed studies provide basis determine ecological ES impacts. The process showed that impacts were...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 127:113-119 (1995) - doi:10.3354/meps127113 Taxonomic levels, in marine community studies, revisited Somerfield PJ, Clarke KR The utility of analyses abundance data at taxonomic levels higher than species, interpretation results from surveys, is examined using nematode and macrofauna a sublittoral dredgings...
How microbial communities change over time in response to the environment is poorly understood. Previously a six-year series of 16S rRNA V6 data from Western English Channel demonstrated robust seasonal structure within bacterial community, with diversity negatively correlated day-length. Here we determine whether metagenomes and metatranscriptomes follow similar patterns. We generated datasets, (1.2 GB) (157 MB) for eight additional points sampled 2008, representing three seasons (Winter,...
Over a 15-year period (1992–2007), weekly water samples were collected from the L4 time-series station in Western English Channel and analysed for phytoplankton community structure abundance. The data produced have been to identify seasonal patterns, inter-annual variability long-term trends composition of seven main functional groups. Phyto-flagellates numerically dominated accounting on average ca. 87% abundance while diatoms, Phaeocystis, coccolithophorids, dinoflagellates ciliates...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 320:11-27 (2006) - doi:10.3354/meps320011 Dispersion-based weighting of species counts in assemblage analyses K. R. Clarke1,2,*, M. G. Chapman2, P. J. Somerfield1, H. Needham1 1Plymouth Laboratory, Prospect Place, West Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH, UK 2Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts Coastal Cities,...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 149:173-181 (1997) - doi:10.3354/meps149173 Relationships between taxonomic resolution and data transformations in analyses of a macrobenthic community along an established pollution gradient Olsgard F, Somerfield PJ, Carr MR Although surveys soft-bottom macrofauna are important tool marine monitoring, high...
Summary Unicellular cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus are a major component picophytoplankton and make substantial contribution to primary productivity in oceans. Here we provide evidence that supports hypothesis virus infection can play an important role determining success different genotypes hence seasonal succession. In study oligotrophic Gulf Aqaba, Red Sea, show succession over annual cycle. There were large changes genetic diversity , as determined by restriction fragment...