Dr Jasmin A Godbold BSc, MSc

Lecturer

I am a Lecturer within Ocean and Earth Science and Biological Sciences at the University of Southampton.

Career History:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Coastal Ecology, University of Southampton (2012-2014)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate “What are the impacts of ocean acidification on key benthic (seabed) ecosystems, communities, habitats, species and their life cycles?” University of Aberdeen (2010-2012)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate “Impacts of fishing on deep-sea benthic fish communities” University of Aberdeen (2008-2009)

Academic Qualifications:
PhD Marine Ecology, University of Aberdeen (2009)
MSc Marine Environmental Protection, University of Bangor, UK (2005)
BSc (Hons) Marine Biology/Zoology, University of Bangor, UK (2003)

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Research interests

The aim of my research is to understand how marine communities interact with the environment and affect community dynamics and ecosystem properties in natural and disturbed benthic ecosystems. A key focus is to incorporate environmental complexity, disturbance, and climate change and ocean acidification into laboratory and in-situ model systems in order to develop a mechanistic understanding of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in natural ecosystems.

A growing area of interest is the linkage between biodiversity, the environment and ecosystem services with respect to socio-economic benefits, management and policy decisions.

My work involves the handling, manipulation and analysis of large and complex datasets, large scale mesocosm experiments, in situ manipulative experiments, as well as the development of statistical approaches (including GAM and mixed modelling) and the use of in situ observation technology, to examine natural communities.

Research projects:

NERC Arctic Research Programme - The Changing Arctic Ocean Seafloor (ChAOS) - how changing sea ice conditions impact biological communities, biogeochemical processes and ecosystems (2016-2020)
https://www.changing-arctic-ocean.ac.uk/project/chaos/

NERC Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). Building resilience along the Colombian Caribbean coast in the face of sudden and slow-onset environmental hazards (2016-2017)

NERC BLUEcoast Physical and biological dynamic coastal processes and their role in coastal recovery (2015-2020)
http://projects.noc.ac.uk/bluecoast/

NERC Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry – Benthic (2013-2018)
https://www.uk-ssb.org/science_components/work_package_2/

NERC Biodiversity Ecosystem Services Sustainability (2012-2016)
https://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/cbess/

NERC UK Ocean Acidification Programme (2010 – 2013)
http://www.benthic-acidification.org

PhD Supervision:
Camilla Cassidy
Christina Wood
Matthias Thomsen

Research group

Marine Biology and Ecology

Research project(s)

Man-made underwater sound may have wider ecosystem effects than previously thought

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Articles

Nicholls, R., Brown, S., Goodwin, P., Wahl, T., Lowe, J., Solan, M., ... Merkens, J-L. (2018). Stabilization of global temperature at 1.5°C and 2.0°C: Implications for coastal areas. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A, 376(2119). DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2016.0448
Thompson, C. E. L., Silburn, B., Williams, M. E., Hull, T., Sivyer, D., Amoudry, L. O., ... Solan, M. (2017). An approach for the identification of exemplar sites for scaling up targeted field observations of benthic biogeochemistry in heterogeneous environments. Biogeochemistry, 135(1-2), 1-34. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0366-1
Green, D. S., Christie, H., Pratt, N., Boots, B., Godbold, J. A., Solan, M., & Hauton, C. (2017). Competitive interactions moderate the effects of elevated temperature and atmospheric CO2 on the health and functioning of oysters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 582, 93-103. DOI: 10.3354/meps12344
Thomsen, M. S., Garcia, C., Bolam, S. G., Parker, R., Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2017). Consequences of biodiversity loss diverge from expectation due to post-extinction compensatory responses. Scientific Reports, 7, [43695]. DOI: 10.1038/srep43695
Hale, R., Godbold, J. A., Sciberras, M., Dwight, J., Wood, C. L., Hiddink, J., & Solan, M. (2017). Mediation of macronutrients and carbon by post-disturbance shelf sea sediment communities. Biogeochemistry, 135(1-2), 121–133 .
Sciberras, M., Tait, K., Brochain, G., Hiddink, J. G., Hale, R., Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2017). Mediation of nitrogen by post-disturbance shelf communities experiencing organic matter enrichment. Biogeochemistry, 135(1-2), 135-153. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0370-5
De Los Santos, C. B., Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2017). Short-term growth and biomechanical responses of the temperate seagrass Cymodocea nodosa to CO2 enrichment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 572, 91-102. DOI: 10.3354/meps12153
Wohlgemuth, D., Solan, M., & Godbold, J. A. (2017). Species contributions to ecosystem process and function can be population dependent and modified by biotic and abiotic setting. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284(1855), 20162805. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.2805
Godbold, J. A., Hale, R., Wood, C. L., & Solan, M. (2017). Vulnerability of macronutrients to the concurrent effects of enhanced temperature and atmospheric pCO2 in representative shelf sea sediment habitats. Biogeochemistry, 135(1-2), 89–102. DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0340-y
Solan, M., Hauton, C., Godbold, J. A., Wood, C. L., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. (2016). Anthropogenic sources of underwater sound can modify how sediment-dwelling invertebrates mediate ecosystem properties. Scientific Reports, 6, [20540]. DOI: 10.1038/srep20540
Wohlgemuth, D., Solan, M., & Godbold, J. (2016). Specific arrangements of species dominance can be more influential than evenness in maintaining ecosystem process and function. Scientific Reports, 6, 39325. DOI: 10.1038/srep39325
Wieczorek, M. M., Spallek, W. A., Niedzielski, T., Godbold, J. A., & Priede, I. G. (2014). Use of remotely-derived bathymetry for modelling biomass in marine environments. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171(6), 1029-1045. DOI: 10.1007/s00024-013-0705-7
Queirós, A. M., Birchenough, S. N. R., Bremner, J., Godbold, J. A., Parker, R. E., Romero-Ramirez, A., ... Widdicombe, S. (2013). A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. Ecology and Evolution, 3(11), 3958-3985. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.769
Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2013). Long term effects of warming and ocean acidification are modified by seasonal variation in species responses and environmental conditions. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 368(1627), 1-11. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0186
Godbold, J. A., & Calosi, P. (2013). Ocean acidification and climate change: advances in ecology and evolution. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 368(1627), 20120448. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0448
Godbold, J. A., Bailey, D. M., Collins, M. A., Gordon, J. D. M., Spallek, W. A., & Priede, I. G. (2013). Putative fishery-induced changes in biomass and population size structures of demersal deep-sea fishes in ICES Sub-area VII, Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Biogeosciences, 10(1), 529-539. DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-529-2013
Khanna, N., Godbold, J. A., Austin, W. E. N., & Paterson, D. M. (2013). The Impact of Ocean Acidification on the Functional Morphology of Foraminifera. PLoS ONE, 8(12), e83118. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083118
Godbold, J. A., & Calosi, P. (Eds.) (2013). Theme Issue 'Ocean acidification and climate change: advances in ecology and evolution'. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences, 368(1627).
Priede, I. G., Godbold, J. A., Niedzielski, T., Collins, M. A., Bailey, D. M., Gordon, J. D. M., & Zuur, A. F. (2011). A review of the spatial extent of fishery effects and species vulnerability of the deep-sea demersal fish assemblage of the Porcupine Seabight, Northeast Atlantic Ocean (ICES Subarea VII). ICES Journal of Marine Science, 68(2), 281-289. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsq045
Godbold, J. A., Bulling, M. T., & Solan, M. (2011). Habitat structure mediates biodiversity effects on ecosystem properties. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278(1717), 2510-2518. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2414
Holt, A. R., Godbold, J. A., White, P. C. L., Slater, A-M., Pereira, E. G., & Solan, M. (2011). Mismatches between legislative frameworks and benefits restrict the implementation of the Ecosystem Approach in coastal environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 434, 213-228. DOI: 10.3354/meps09260
Priede, I. G., Godbold, J. A., King, N., Collins, M. A., Bailey, D. M., & Gordon, J. D. M. (2010). Deep-sea demersal fish species richness in the Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic Ocean: global and regional patterns. Marine Ecology, 31(1), 247-260. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0485.2009.00330.x
Godbold, J. A., Solan, M., & Killham, K. (2009). Consumer species richness and identity effects on marine macroalgal decomposition. Oikos, 118(1), 77-86. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17072.x
Godbold, J. A., & Solan, M. (2009). Relative importance of biodiversity and the environment in mediating ecosystem process. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 396, 273-282. DOI: 10.3354/meps08401
Godbold, J. A., Rosenberg, R., & Solan, M. (2009). Species-Specific Traits Rather Than Resource Partitioning Mediate Diversity Effects on Resource Use. PLoS ONE, 4(10), e7423. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007423
Solan, M., Batty, P., Bulling, M. T., & Godbold, J. A. (2008). How biodiversity affects ecosystem processes: implications for ecological revolutions and benthic ecosystem function. Aquatic Biology, 2(3), 289-301. DOI: 10.3354/ab00058

Report

Solan, M., Godbold, J., Thompson, C., Ruhl, H., Mayor, D., & Cripps, G. (2017). Biogeochemistry, macronutrient and carbon cycling in the benthic layer, NERC. (7 ed.) UK: Science Impact.

Dr Jasmin A Godbold
Student Office, Room 166/09 University of Southampton Waterfront Campus National Oceanography Centre European Way Southampton SO14 3ZH

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