Dr Martin Skov
Uwch Ddarlithydd
Aelodaeth
Dolenni cyswllt
Contact info
Room: 408 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 383846
E-mail: mwskov@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Google Scholar
I did a BSc (1st Class Hons) in marine biology with Bangor University in 1996, which followed by a PhD in mangrove ecology with Liverpool University in 2001. My postdoctoral career took me through a two year research fellowship with Lisbon University in Portugal, studying crustacean recruitment dynamics, a one year postdoc with Bangor University on phytoplankton research, and a 3 year postdoctoral fellowship with Southampton University, in which I used intertidal snails and biofilms to test model predictions related to resource distribution and habitat fragmentation. I returned to Bangor University in 2009 for a Research Lectureship, which in January 2013 led to a permanent lectureship and later a Senior Lectureship with the School of Ocean Sciences.
I am an experimental ecologist with particular interests in the ecological functioning and ecosystem services of coastal salt marshes, mangroves and seagrasses. My research focuses particularly on regulators of landscape-scale functioning, such as examining what determines the delivery of natural coastal protection and carbon sequestration by marshes and mangroves, and explaining and predicting long- and medium-term changes in marsh and mangrove area cover. I have a strong interest in the human interactions with coastal wetlands, including wellbeing associations and how ecosystem management impacts on ecosystem service delivery. My work includes fundamental experimentation with ecosystem simulations in the field and hydrological flumes, use of historical data, records and systematic observations for understanding long-term processes in coastal systems.
Research Areas
Marine Conservation and Resource Management
Sediment Dynamics and Morphology
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Grazing reduces bee abundance and diversity in saltmarshes by suppressing flowering of key plant species
Davidson, K. E., Fowler, M. S., Skov, M., Forman, D., Alison, J., Botham, M., Beaumont, N. & Griffin, J., 1 Ebr 2020, Yn: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 291, 106760.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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External conditions drive optimal planting configurations for salt marsh restoration
Duggan Edwards, M. F., Pages, J. F., Jenkins, S. R., Bouma, T. J. & Skov, M. W., Maw 2020, Yn: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 3, t. 619-629Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Coastal wetlands mitigate storm flooding and associated costs in estuaries
Fairchild, T. P., Bennett, W. G., Day, B., Skov, M., Moller, I., Beaumont, N., Karunarathna, H. & Griffin, J. N., 7 Gorff 2021, Yn: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 7, 074034.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Facing the future: the importance of substratum features for ecological engineering of artificial habitats in the rocky intertidal
Firth, L. B., White, F. J., Schofield, M., Hanley, M. E., Burrows, M. T., Thompson, R. C., Skov, M. W., Evans, A. J., Moore, P. J. & Hawkins, S. J., 13 Gorff 2015, Yn: Marine and Freshwater Research. 67, 1, t. 131-143Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Biodiversity in intertidal rock pools: Informing engineering criteria for artificial habitat enhancement in the built environment
Firth, L. B., Schofield, M., White, F. J., Skov, M. W. & Hawkins, S. J., 1 Rhag 2014, Yn: Marine Environmental Research. 102, December, t. 122-130Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures
Firth, L. B., Thompson, R. C., Bohn, K., Abbiati, M., Airoldi, L., Bouma, T. J., Bozzeda, F., Ceccherelli, V. U., Colangelo, M. A., Evans, A., Ferrario, F., Hanley, M. E., Hinz, H., Hoggart, S. P., Jackson, J. E., Moore, P., Morgan, E. H., Perkol-Finkel, S., Skov, M. W., Strain, E. M., van Belzen, J. & Hawkins, S. J., 1 Mai 2014, Yn: Coastal Engineering. 87, t. 122-135Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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The importance of canopy complexity in shaping seasonal spider and beetle assemblages in saltmarsh habitats
Ford, H., Evans, B., van Klink, R., Skov, M. & Garbutt, A., 1 Ebr 2017, Yn: Ecological Entomology. 42, 2, t. 145-155Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Soil stabilization linked to plant diversity and environmental context in coastal wetlands
Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Ladd, C., Malarkey, J. & Skov, M. W., Maw 2016, Yn: Journal of Vegetation Science. 27, 2, t. 259-268Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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Large-scale predictions of salt-marsh carbon stock based on simple observations of plant community and soil type
Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Duggan-Edwards, M., Pages, J. F., Harvey, R., Ladd, C. & Skov, M. W., 25 Ion 2019, Yn: Biogeosciences. 16, 2, t. 425-436 436 t.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
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No detectable broad-scale effect of livestock grazing on soil blue-carbon stock in salt marshes.
Harvey, R. J., Garbutt, A., Hawkins, S. J. & Skov, M. W., 10 Mai 2019, Yn: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 151.Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid