Professor Colin Jago

Emeritus Professor

Contact info

Dean of College
Room: 104 Marine Centre Wales orG7 Memorial Building
Phone: 01248 382603
E-mail: c.f.jago@bangor.ac.uk

Research Interests

My research interests encompass the sedimentary processes of continental margins from estuaries to continental slopes. My work has focussed on measuring lateral and vertical fluxes of sedimentary material (e.g. rate of infilling of estuarine sediments, settling flux of suspended matter on the shelf, cross-margin flux of suspended matter) and their relation to physical forcing (e.g. turbulence, resuspension, advection). These processes require an interdisciplinary approach and I am especially interested in biota-sediment interactions and their control of benthic-pelagic coupling: influence of micro- and macro-fauna on seabed properties and erosion rate, mediation of particle aggregation and settling flux by plankton. I also have an interest in sedimentary processes in the tropical lagoons of Mauritius. All of these studies have required the design and/or application of novel acoustic and optical technologies for remotely sensing sediment properties.

Research Groups

Research Themes

 

  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
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    A simple method to determine the settling velocity distribution from settling velocity tubes

    Malarkey, J., Jago, C. F., Hubner, R. & Jones, S., 8 Chwef 2013, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 56, t. 82-89

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    An ephemeral turbidity maximum generated by resuspension of organic-rich matter in a macrotidal estaury, SW Wales.

    Jago, C. F., Ishak, A. K., Jones, S. E. & Goff, M. R., 1 Ebr 2006, Yn: Estuaries and Coasts. 29, t. 197-208

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Decay rates of faecal indicator bacteria from sewage and ovine faeces in brackish and freshwater microcosms with contrasting suspended particulate matter concentrations

    Perkins, T. L., Perrow, K. A., Rajko-Nenow, P., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L., Malham, S. K. & McDonald, J. E., 1 Rhag 2016, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 572, t. 1645-1652

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Diagnostic criteria for the reconstruction of tidal continental shelf regimes: changing the paradigm.

    Jago, C. F. & Jones, S. E., 1 Tach 2002, Yn: Marine Geology. 191, 3-4, t. 95-117

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Dynamics of suspended particles in coastal waters (southern North Sea) during a spring bloom.

    Mccandliss, R. R., Jones, S. E., Hearn, M., Latter, R. & Jago, C. F., 1 Meh 2002, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 47, 3-4, t. 285-302

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections

    Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Rhag 2015, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, t. 119-135

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Late Devensian and holocene relative sea-level change in North Wales, UK.

    Roberts, M. J., Scourse, J. D., Bennell, J. D., Huws, D. G., Jago, C. F. & Long, B. T., 1 Chwef 2011, Yn: Quaternary Science. 26, 2, t. 141-155

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Microbial and nutrient pollution of coastal bathing waters in Mauritius.

    Daby, D., Turner, J. R. & Jago, C. F., 1 Chwef 2002, Yn: Environment International. 27, 7, t. 555-566

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Monitoring and modelling of the Irish Sea and Liverpool Bay: An overview and an SPM case study.

    Krivtsov, V., Howarth, M. J., Jones, S. E., Souza, A. J. & Jago, C. F., 24 Maw 2008, Yn: Ecological Modelling. 212, 1-2, t. 37-52

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Nearshore sediment characteristics and formation of mudbanks along the Kerala coast, southwest India.

    Narayana, A. C., Jago, C. F., Manojkumar, P. & Tatavarti, R., 20 Meh 2008, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 78, 2, t. 341-352

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Quantification of errors in transmissometer–derived concentration of suspended particulate matter in the coastal zone: implications for flux determinations.

    Jago, C. F. & Bull, C. F., 15 Hyd 2000, Yn: Marine Geology. 169, 3-4, t. 273-286

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Resuspension of benthic fluff by tidal currents in deep stratified waters, northern North Sea.

    Jago, C. F., Jones, S. E., Latter, R. J., Mccandliss, R. R., Hearn, M. R. & Howarth, M. J., 1 Rhag 2002, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 48, 4, t. 259-269

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    Sediment Composition Influences Spatial Variation in the Abundance of Human Pathogen Indicator Bacteria within an Estuarine Environment

    Perkins, T. L., Clements, K., Baas, J. H., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L., Malham, S. K. & McDonald, J. E., 14 Tach 2014, Yn: PLoS ONE. 9, 11

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Size and settling velocity of suspended flocs during a Phaeocystis bloom in the tidally-stirred Irish Sea, N W European shelf.

    Jago, C. F., Kennaway, G. M., Novarino, G. & Jones, S. E., 1 Ion 2007, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 345, t. 51-62

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Stratification in the presence of an axial convergent front: Causes and implications

    Howlett, E. R., Bowers, D. G., Malarkey, J. & Jago, C. F., 20 Ebr 2015, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 161, t. 1-10

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    Temporal variation of suspended particulate matter and turbulence in a high energy, tide-stirred, coastal sea: relative contributions of resuspension and disaggregation.

    Jago, C., Jones, S. E., Sykes, P. & Rippeth, T. P., 1 Tach 2006, Yn: Continental Shelf Research. 26, 17-18, t. 2019-2028

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    The area-to-mass ratio and fractal dimension of marine flocs

    Bowers, D., McKee, D., Jago, C. & Nimmo-Smith, W. A. M., 5 Ebr 2017, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 189, t. 224-234

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    The influence of schlieren on in situ optical measurements used for particle characterization

    Mikkelsen, O. A., Milligan, T. G., Hill, P. S., Chant, R. J., Jago, C. F., Jones, S. E., Krivtsov, V. & Mitchelson-Jacob, E. G., 1 Maw 2008, Yn: Limnology and Oceanography - Methods. 6, t. 133-143

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolynErthygladolygiad gan gymheiriaid

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    The interaction of human microbial pathogens, particulate material and nutrients in estuarine environments and their impacts on recreational and shellfish waters

    Malham, S. K., Rajko-Nenow, P., Howlett, E., Tuson, K. E., Perkins, T. L., Pallett, D. W., Wang, H., Jago, C. F., Jones, D. L. & McDonald, J. E., 7 Gorff 2014, Yn: Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 16, t. 2145-2155

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    Trapping and bypassing of suspended particulate matter, particulate nutrients and faecal indicator organisms in the river-estuary transition zone of a shallow macrotidal estuary

    Jago, C., Robins, P., Howlett, E., Hassard, F., Rajko-Nenow, P., Jackson, S., Nguyen, C. & Malham, S., 20 Maw 2024, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 917, 170343.

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  22. Pennod › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
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    The Mascarene Region

    Turner, J. R., Jago, C. F., Daby, D., Klaus, R. & Sheppard, C. R. (gol.), 1 Ion 2000, Seas at the Millenium: An Environmental Evaluation: An Environmental Evaluation. 2000 gol. Elsevier Science, t. 243-258

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  24. Papur › Ymchwil › Heb ei adolygu gan gymheiriaid
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    Suspended and bedload dynamics in a tidally influenced river: the river Dyfi, Wales, UK.

    Brewer, P., Vericat, D., Baas, J. H., Jago, C. F., Brasington, J., Wheaton, J. M. & Causer, F., 1 Ion 2007.

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