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Dr Maria Baker BSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow, International Project Coordinator

Dr Maria Baker is Senior Research Fellow within the School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton at the University of Southampton.

BSc Oceanography with Marine Biology, University of Southampton (1993-1996)
Research Assistant, Deepseas Group, University of Southampton (1996 -1998)
PhD Fertilization kinetics of commercial shellfish, University of Southampton (1998-2001)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deepseas Group, National Oceanography Centre (2001-2002)
Seastar Survey, Southampton (marine survey company) (2002)
Project Manager of Census of Marine Life ChEss Programme, University of Southampton (2004-2011)
Senior Research Fellow and Project Manager for INDEEP and DOSI Programmes, University of Southampton (2011-date)

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Specialism

Deep-Sea Marine Ecologist and Project Coordinator.

Over the past 16 years, Maria has built a truly global and transdisciplinary community to come together and address fundamental knowledge gaps in deep-ocean ecology, firstly as project manager of a deep-sea programme within the Census of Marine Life decade (2004-2010), then by establishing a new deep-sea programme called INDEEP (International network of scientific investigations of deep-sea ecosystems, 2011-2020).

Since 2013 she has also led the Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative (DOSI) which seeks to integrate science, technology, policy, law and economics to advise policy on ecosystem-based management of resource use in the deep ocean and strategies to maintain the integrity of deep-ocean ecosystems within and beyond national jurisdiction. Under this programme, critical work has been done to ensure that the deep ocean is recognised by policy makers and the broader community for its central role in maintaining a healthy planet.

Research group

Marine Biology and Ecology

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Articles

Books

Baker, M., Ramirez-llodra, E. Z., & Tyler, P. (Eds.) (2020). Natural capital and exploitation of the deep ocean. Oxford University Press.
Baker, M., Hilario, A., Lily, H., Metaxas, A., Pattenden, A., & Ramirez-Llodra, E. (2020). Treasures in the deep. Self published.
Baker, M., Pattenden, A., & Gunn, V. (2012). Message in a bottle. Hermione & INDEEP Projects.
Baker, M., Ebbe, B., Hoyer, J., Menot, L., Narayanaswamy, B., Ramirez-Llodra, E., & Steffensen, M. (2007). Deeper than light. Bergen Museum Press.

Book Chapters

Chen, W., Peters, K., Amon, D. J., Baker, M., Childs, J., Conte, M., Gollner, S., Magnussen, K., Mondre, A., Navrud, S., Singh, P., Steinberg, P., & Willaert, K. (2023). Assembling the seabed: Pan-European and interdisciplinary advances in understanding seabed mining. In Ocean Governance Springer.
Tyler, P. A., Baker, M., & Ramirez-Llodra, E. (2016). Deep-sea benthic habitats. In M. Clark, M. Consalvey, & A. A. Rowden (Eds.), Biological Sampling in the Deep-Sea (pp. 1-15). John Wiley & Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118332535.ch1
Baker, M., & Eva, R-L. (2015). Deep-sea biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem services on our changing planet. In J. P. Henriet, & . et al (Eds.), Sailing through Challenging Oceans: Ocean and Polar Life and Environmental Sciences on a Warming Planet [Chapter 3] (European Science Foundation Science Position Paper). European Science Foundation.
Baker, M., Ramirez-Llodra, E., Tyler, P., & et al (2010). Biogeography, ecology, and vulnerability of chemosynthetic ecosystems in the deep sea. In A. McIntyre (Ed.), Life in the World's Oceans: Diversity, Distribution and Abundance (pp. 161-182). Wiley-Blackwell.
Baker, M., Bett, B., & Horton, T. (2006). DC-UK: deep-sea conservation for the UK. In M. E. Charlesworth (Ed.), Marine and coastal photographs and videos : their availability, uses and curation: report for the Marine Environmental Data Action Group of the Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST) (pp. 37). (IACMST Information Document; No. 13). Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology (IACMST).
Baker, M. C., & Bett, B. J. (2002). Deep sea mud. In S. Gubbay (Ed.), The Offshore Directory: review of a selection of habitats, communities and species of the north-east Atlantic (pp. 77-87). Worldwide Fund for Nature.

Conferences

Baker, M. (2022). Submission to UN Ocean Conference 2022 for Interactive Dialogue: Managing, protecting, conserving and restoring marine and coastal ecosystems. UN Ocean Conference 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. https://www.dosi-project.org/wp-content/uploads/DOSI-Statement-Submission-UNOC-June-2022-1.pdf
Baker, M., & Hilario, A. (2017). The deep ocean - a new stewardship frontier.

Journal Special Issue

Baker, M., Ramirez-Llodra, E., & Billett, D. (Eds.) (2013). Deep-Sea Biodiversity and Life History Processes (special issue). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 92, 1-260.

Letters/Editorials

Howell, K. L., Hilário, A., Allcock, A. L., Bailey, D., Baker, M., Clark, M. R., Colaço, A., Copley, J., Cordes, E. E., Danovaro, R., Dissanayake, A., Escobar, E., Esquete, P., Gallagher, A. J., Gates, A. R., Gaudron, S. M., German, C. R., Gjerde, K. M., Higgs, N. D., ... Xavier, J. R. (2020). A decade to study deep-sea life. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5, 265-267. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01352-5
Levin, L. A., & Baker, M. (2019). Global challenges of the deep. Environment Coastal & Offshore, 20-21. http://digital.ecomagazine.com/publication/?i=562381&article_id=3287271&view=articleBrowser&ver=html5

Reports

Review

Vare, L. L., Baker, M. C., Howe, J. A., Levin, L. A., Neira, C., Ramirez-Llodra, E. Z., Reichelt-Brushett, A., Rowden, A. A., Shimmield, T. M., Simpson, S. L., & Soto, E. H. (2018). Scientific considerations for the assessment and management of mine tailings disposal in the deep sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5(FEB), [17]. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00017

Thesis

Baker, M. (2001). Fertilization success in commercial shellfish.

Dr Maria Baker
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton SO14 3ZH United Kingdom

Room Number : NOCS/496/09

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