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Biogeochemistry, macronutrient and carbon cycling in the benthic layer - Solan - NERC

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Martin Solan

Professor of Marine Ecology

Research interests

  • Biodiversity ecosystem function bioturbation benthic ecology
Other researchers

Professor Jasmin Godbold

Professor

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 ecosystems. A key focus of my research is to investigate how environmental complexity, disturbance (organic enrichment and habitat modification) and climate change (ocean acidification, warming, hypoxia & extreme events) affect species-specific functional effect and response traits, as well as community composition in order to develop a mechanistic understanding of biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relations in natural ecosystems. To this end I am exploring the importance of variability in biological trait expression, in terms of organism behaviour, growth and more recently reproductive physiology, of individuals within and between populations that have experienced different environmental histories. To realise my research agenda, I use a combination of laboratory and in-situ model systems, as well as observational studies in coastal and shelf-sea environments across temperate and polar sediment ecosystems. I have experience in interrogating and analysing large (historical) data sets to establish generality of the impacts of anthropogenic disturbance and environmental conditions on organism physiology and population structure. 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, and the use of in situ observation technology, to examine natural communities.

Dr Charlie Thompson

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Coastal Monitoring
  • Coastal Processes
  • Sediment Stability, Resuspension and Exchange processes

Research outputs

Fine particle retention and deposition in regions of cyclonic tidal current rotation
M.E. Williams,
L.O. Amoudry,
Charlotte Thompson,
& J.M. Brown
, 2019 , Marine Geology , 410 , 122--134
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2019.01.006
Type: article
Worldwide measurements of bioturbation intensity, ventilation rate, and the mixing depth of marine sediments
Martin Solan,
Ellie R. Ward,
Ellen L. White,
Elizabeth E. Hibberd,
Camilla Cassidy,
Jasmin M. Schuster,
Rachel Hale,
& Jasmin A. Godbold
, 2019 , Scientific Data , 6 (1)
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-019-0069-7
Type: article
Comparing benthic biogeochemistry at a sandy and a muddy site in the Celtic Sea using a model and observations
J.N. Aldridge,
G. Lessin,
L.O. Amoudry,
N. Hicks,
T. Hull,
J. K. Klar,
V. Kitidis,
C.L. McNeill,
J. Ingels,
E.R. Parker,
B. Silburn,
T. Silva,
D.B. Sivyer,
H.E.K. Smith,
S. Widdicombe,
E.M.S. Woodward,
J. Van Der Molen,
L. Garcia,
& S. Kröger
, 2017 , Biogeochemistry , 135 (1-2) , 155--182
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-017-0367-0
Type: article
Consequences of biodiversity loss diverge from expectation due to post-extinction compensatory responses
Matthias S. Thomsen,
Clement Garcia,
Stefan G. Bolam,
Ruth Parker,
Jasmin A. Godbold,
& Martin Solan
, 2017 , Scientific Reports , 7
DOI: 10.1038/srep43695
Type: article
Benthic controls of resuspension in UK shelf seas
C.E.L. Thompson,
M.E. Williams,
L. Amoudry,
T. Hull,
S. Reynolds,
A. Panton,
& G.R. Fones
, 2017 , Continental Shelf Research
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2017.12.005
Type: article
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