Address:

309 Craig Mair

School of Ocean Sciences

Bangor University

Menai Bridge LL59 5AB

Wales, UK

Web: ResearchGate; Google Scholar

Overview: 

I am a lecturer in biological oceanography and an observational marine scientist with broad research interests lying at the interface between physical oceanography and marine ecology. I am interested in the following themes: marine optics and primary productivity; abiotic conditions and physical processes influencing the biogeography, structure, and function of marine ecosystems (both on the continental shelf and in the deep ocean); physical oceanographic phenomena and marine animal behaviour; ocean structure and circulation, global ocean change, and their implications for climate regulation and biophysical ecology.

I have a background in physics and ocean sciences, completing a Ph.D. (Bangor University, Wales) in 2015 on tidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for benthic algae. I completed post-docs in deep-sea research at Bangor and at the University of Bergen (Norway), before returning to the UK to work on an ocean-atmosphere climate change project, ArctiCONNECT (Bangor-Oxford), and an Agulhas leakage project, QUICCHE (Bangor). My lectureship at Bangor commenced in 2024.

Research Areas: Marine Ecology; Ocean Physics; Earth System Science and Climate Change.

• PhD: Physical Oceanography (Bangor University)
  2015
• BSc: Ocean Science (Bangor University)
  2010
• Arall: Physics (University of Durham)
  2008

Teaching

• Produced an undergraduate textbook 'Tides: A Very Short Introduction' (OUP, 2019) together with Prof. D.G. Bowers
• Sponges lecture, BNS 1002 Organismal Diversity, Bangor University (2017)
• Marine Optics Short Course, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique (2012)
• Many and various teaching assistant/demonstrating/school's outreach roles.

Supervision

Nuffield Research Placement Students:

• Bryn Harris (2016) - deep-sea research
• Gokul Krishna (2017) - deep-sea research

NERC Research Experience Placement Students:

• Richard Anderson (from Uni. Strathclyde; 2017) - water masses/sponge biogeography project

ERASMUS Research Internships:

• Florian Barge (from ENSTA-Bretagne; 2022) - Arctic wind forcing changes with sea-ice decline

M.Sc. Students:

• Christina Thiele (2013) - tidal light variation effects on the behaviour of starfish
• Heidi Meyer (2017) - spatial patterns and community composition of an Arctic sponge ground
• Mel Decker (2023) - Spatial distribution of the tidal modulation of seabed light
• Seren Jones (2024) - Light and the foraging behaviour of diving seabirds

Ph.D. Students:

• Heidi Meyer (2018-22) - Arctic deep-sea sponge ground ecosystems

2024

• CyhoeddwydShifts from surface density compensation to projected warming, freshening and stronger stratification in the subpolar North Atlantic
  Marsh, R., Dey, D., Lenn, Y.-D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Gorff 2024, Yn: Climate Dynamics. 62, 8, t. 8227-8253 27 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

• CyhoeddwydBeyond the tip of the seamount: Distinct megabenthic communities found beyond the charismatic summit sponge ground on an arctic seamount (Schulz Bank, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge)
  Meyer, H. K., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M., Xavier, J. R., Ribeiro, P. A., Glenner, H., Birkely, S.-R. & Rapp, H. T., 1 Ion 2023, Yn: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 191, 1 t., 103920.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2022

• CyhoeddwydBiodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome
  Busch, K., Slaby, B. M., Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E. M., Sipkema, D. & Pita, L. & 4 eraill, Schupp, P. J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 2 Medi 2022, Yn: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5160 .
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEnvironmental Change at Deep-Sea Sponge Habitats Over the Last Half Century: A Model Hindcast Study for the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change
  Samuelsen, A., Schrum, C., Yumruktepe, V. C., Daewel, U. & Roberts, E. M., 24 Maw 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

• CyhoeddwydClimate change winner in the deep sea? Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii
  Beazley, L., Kenchington, E., Murillo, F. J., Brickman, D., Wang, Z., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M. & Rapp, H. T., 7 Ion 2021, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 657, t. 1-23
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydLes Marées
  Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Meh 2021, EDP Sciences.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydLong-term Observations Reveal Environmental Conditions and Food Supply Mechanisms at an Arctic Deep-Sea Sponge Ground
  Hanz, U., Roberts, E. M., Duineveld, G., Davies, A., van Haren, H., Rapp, H. T., Reichart, G.-J. & Mienis, F., 1 Maw 2021, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 126, 3, e2020JC016776.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydWater masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas
  Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G., Meyer, H. K., Samuelsen, A., Rapp, H. T. & Cardenas, P., 4 Chwef 2021, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 659, t. 75-96
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydDrivers of Megabenthic Community Structure in One of the World's Deepest Silled-Fjords, Sognefjord (Western Norway)
  Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Mienis, F. & Rapp, H. T., 9 Meh 2020, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydOn giant shoulders: how a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges
  Busch, K., Hanz, U., Mienis, F., Mueller, B., Franke, A., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 8 Gorff 2020, Yn: Biogeosciences. 17, 13, t. 3471-3486
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydSecchi Disk Measurements in Turbid Water
  Bowers, D. G., Roberts, E. M., Hoguane, A. M., Fall, K. A., Massey, G. M. & Friedrichs, C. T., Mai 2020, Yn: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 125, 5, 9 t., e2020JC016172.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on
  Morrison, K. M., Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T., Colaco, A. & Pham, C. K., 23 Rhag 2020, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTides: A Very Short Introduction
  Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 1 Chwef 2020, Oxford University Press. 168 t. (Very Short Introductions)
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr

2019

• CyhoeddwydSpatial patterns of arctic sponge ground fauna and demersal fish are detectable in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imagery
  Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Davies, A., 1 Tach 2019, Yn: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 153, 103137, 103137.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydOceanographic setting and short-timescale environmental variability at an Arctic seamount sponge ground
  Roberts, E., Mienis, F., Rapp, H. T., Hans, U., Meyer, H. & Davies, A., Awst 2018, Yn: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 138, August, t. 98-113
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for benthic algae
  Roberts, E., Bowers, D. & Davies, A., Ion 2018, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 1, t. 91-106
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2014

• CyhoeddwydSprings–neaps cycles in daily total seabed light: Daylength-induced changes
  Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G. & Davies, A. J., 1 Ebr 2014, Yn: Journal of Marine Systems. 132, t. 116-129
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

• CyhoeddwydWater masses, mixing, and the flow of dissolved organic carbon through the Irish Sea
  Bowers, D., Roberts, E., White, M. & Moate, B., 2013, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 58, t. 12-20
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

• ReAct: Revealing Climate Change Activism and Bias in Environmental Scientists

  09/01/2023 – 30/04/2023 (Wedi gorffen)

Grant Awards:

• ‘Researcher like me…’ – Supporting diversity in our research community through relatable role models and exemplar pathways to success (2024) - £2000 - (PI: Emyr Martyn Roberts, Co-I: Prof. Shelagh Malham; Prof. Yueng-Djern Lenn; Dr. Lynda Yorke; Gwyn Roberts; Dr. Tracey Lloyd (all Bangor University); Prof. Philip Asare (University of Toronto, Canada)). HEFCW Enhancing Research Culture

• ReAct - Revealing Climate Change Activism and Bias in Environmental Scientists (2023) - approx. £19,000 - NERC cross-discipline (Linguistics, Psychology, Ocean/Earth Sciences; PI: Emyr Martyn Roberts) research for Discovery Science

• EQUINOR Industry-Sponsored Research Project (2019) - approx. 1,000,000 NOK - investigation of hydrothermal vent sites near mid-ocean ridges (proposal contribution; grant currently managed by Dr. Pedro Ribeiro, University of Bergen)
• NERC Research Experience Placement Grant (2017) - approx. £2,500 - 8-week stipend for a student to work under my supervision mapping sponge species to water masses in the Nordic Seas

Projects (worked on):

• NERC-NSF QUICCHE project (Jan-Mar 2024)
• NERC-funded ArctiCONNECT project (2021-2023)
• EU Horizon 2020-funded SponGES project (2016-2020)
• NERC-funded BRITICE CHRONO and CLAM projects (2015-2016)
• NERC-funded DTP project (Ph.D.; 2010-2015) - Tidal modulation of seabed light
• NERC/MoD-funded project (2010) - Application of remote sensing to the measurement of marine particle sizes and their relation to turbulence.