Dr Martin Skov

Uwch Ddarlithydd

Contact info

Room: 408 Westbury Mount      Phone: 01248 383846

E-mail: mwskov@bangor.ac.uk

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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 Ecology

Marine Conservation and Resource Management

Sediment Dynamics and Morphology

 

  1. Cyhoeddwyd

    Past and present grazing boosts the photo-autotrophic biomass of biofilms.

    Skov, M. W., Volkelt-Igoe, M., Hawkins, S. J., Jesus, B., Thompson, R. C. & Doncaster, C. P., 22 Chwef 2010, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 401, t. 101-111

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  2. Cyhoeddwyd

    Patchiness in resource distribution mitigates habitat loss: insights from high-shore grazers.

    Skov, M. W., Hawkins, S. J., Volkelt-Igoe, M., Pike, J., Thompson, R. C. & Doncaster, C. P., 1 Mai 2011, Yn: Ecosphere. 2, 5, t. 60

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  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia

    Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Frailler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A., Guttierrez, T., Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. L., Jones, L., Jones, N., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Fesser, L., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Muller, M., Neill, S., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quiliam, R., Robins, P., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakran, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 1 Hyd 2022, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 841, 156704.

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  4. Cyhoeddwyd

    Rapid losses of surface elevation following tree girdling and cutting in tropical mangroves

    Kipkorir, J., Lang'at, S., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M., Bouillon, S., Skov, M. W., Waldron, S. & Huxham, M., 22 Medi 2014, Yn: PLoS ONE. 9, 9

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  5. Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg

    Reorganisation following disturbance: multi trait-based methods in R

    Richardson, L., Magneville, C., Grange, L., Shepperson, J., Skov, M., Hoey, A. & Heenan, A., 3 Meh 2024, (Wedi ei Dderbyn / Yn y wasg) Yn: Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology. 20

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  6. Cyhoeddwyd

    Saltmarsh Blue Carbon in UK and NW Europe - evidence synthesis for a UK Saltmarsh

    Mason, V., Wood, K. A., Jupe, L. L., Burden, A. & Skov, M., 6 Mai 2022, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bangor.

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  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    Saltmarsh resilience to periodic shifts in tidal channels

    Ladd, C. J. T., Duggan Edwards, M., Pages, J. F. & Skov, M., 20 Hyd 2021, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 13 t., 757715.

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  8. Cyhoeddwyd

    Science to Policy: Salt Marsh Resilience and Coastal Management

    Wiik, E., Toberman, H., Skov, M., Jenkins, S., Pages Fauria, J., Ballinger, R., McKinley, E., Hall, C., Griffin, J., Fowler, M. S., de Battisti, D. & Garbutt, A., Maw 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)

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  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Sediment supply explains long-term and large-scale patterns in saltmarsh lateral expansion and erosion

    Ladd, C. J. T., Duggan Edwards, M. F., Bouma, T. J., Pages, J. F. & Skov, M. W., 28 Hyd 2019, Yn: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 20, t. 11178-11187

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  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    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. 259-268

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