Dr Martin Skov

Uwch Ddarlithydd

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 Ecology

Marine Conservation and Resource Management

Sediment Dynamics and Morphology

 

  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  2. Cyhoeddwyd

    Light grazing of saltmarshes is a direct and indirect cause of nest failure in Common Redshank Tringa totanus

    Sharps, E., Smart, J., Skov, M. W., Garbutt, A. & Hiddink, J. G., 2 Maw 2015, Yn: Ibis. 157, 2, t. 239-249

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    Livestock grazing alters multiple ecosystem properties and services in salt marshes: a meta-analysis

    Davidson, K. E., Fowler, M. S., Skov, M., Doerr, S. H., Beaumont, N. & Griffin, J. N., Hyd 2017, Yn: Journal of Applied Ecology. 54, 5, t. 1395-1405

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    Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment

    Chatting, M., Le Vay, L., Walton, M., Skov, M., Kennedy, H., Wilson, S. & Al Maslamani, I., 5 Hyd 2020, Yn: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 244, 106940.

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    Microplastics alter multiple biological processes of marine benthic fauna

    Mason, V., Skov, M., Hiddink, J. G. & Walton, M., 1 Tach 2022, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 845, 157362.

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    Multiple trait dimensions mediate stress gradient effects on plant biomass allocation, with implications for coastal ecosystem services.

    de Battisti, D., Fowler, M. S., Jenkins, S., Skov, M., Bouma, T. J., Neyland, P. J. & Griffin, J., Gorff 2020, Yn: Journal of Ecology. 108, 4, t. 1227-1240

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    Nest trampling and ground nesting birds: quantifying temporal and spatial overlap between cattle activity and breeding redshank

    Sharps, E., Smart, J., Mason, L. R., Jones, K., Skov, M., Garbutt, A. & Hiddink, J., Awst 2017, Yn: Ecology and Evolution. 7, 16, t. 6622-6633

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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.

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  9. Cyhoeddwyd

    Opposing indirect effects of domestic herbivores on saltmarsh erosion

    Pages Fauria, J., Jenkins, S., Bouma, T., Sharps, E. & Skov, M., 15 Awst 2019, Yn: Ecosystems. t. 1055-1068

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  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    Organic Carbon Stocks of Great British Saltmarshes

    Smeaton, C., Miller, L. C., McMahon, L., Garrett, E., Barlow, N. L. M., Gehrels, W. R., Skov, M. & Austin, W. E. N., 4 Rhag 2023, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10, 1229486.

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    Organic carbon accumulation in British saltmarshes

    Smeaton, C., Garrett, E., Koot, M. B., Ladd, C. J. T., Miller, L. C., McMahon, L., Foster, B., Barlow, N. L. M., Blake, W., Gehrels, W. R., Skov, M. W. & Austin, W. E. N., 20 Mai 2024, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 926, t. 172104

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  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    Outwelling from arid mangrove systems is sustained by inwelling of seagrass productivity

    Walton, M. E., Al-Maslamani, I., Skov, M. W., Al-Shaikh, I., Al-Ansari, I. S., Kennedy, H. A. & Le Vay, L., 17 Gorff 2014, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 507, t. 125-137

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    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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    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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    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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  16. 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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    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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    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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    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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    Species mixing boosts root yield in mangrove trees

    Lang’at, J. K., Kirui, B. K., Skov, M. W., Kairo, J. G., Mencuccini, M. & Huxham, M., 1 Hyd 2012, Yn: Oecologia.

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  21. Cyhoeddwyd

    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. 145-155

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  22. Cyhoeddwyd

    Tidal water exchange drives fish and crustacean abundances in salt marshes

    de la Barra, P., Skov, M., Lawrence, P., Schiaffi, J. I. & Hiddink, J. G., 11 Awst 2022, Yn: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 694, t. 61-72

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  23. Cyhoeddwyd

    Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research

    Petillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J. B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., Griffin, J. N., Bouma, T., Hacker, S., He, Q., Hensel, M. J. S., Ibanez, C., Macreadie, P. L., Martino, S., Sharps, E., Ballinger, R., de Battisti, D., Beaumont, N., Burdon, D., Daleo, P., D'Alpaos, A., Duggan Edwards, M., Garbutt, A., Jenkins, S., Ladd, C. J. T., Lewis, H., Mariotti, G., McDermott, O., Mills, R., Moller, I., Nolte, S., Pages, J. F., Silliman, B., Zhang, L. & Skov, M., 1 Tach 2023, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165544.

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  24. Cyhoeddwyd

    Using citizen science to estimate surficial soil blue carbon stocks in Great British saltmarshes

    Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C. J. T., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L. C., Skov, M. & Austin, W. E. N., 11 Awst 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 16 t., 959459.

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  25. Cyhoeddwyd

    When One Health Meets the United Nations Ocean Decade: Global Agendas as a Pathway to Promote Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Nature Relationships

    Masterson Algar, P., Jenkins, S., Windle, G., Morris-Webb, E., Takahashi, C. K., Burke, T., Rosa, I., Martinez, A. S., Torres-Mattos, E. B., Taddei, R., Morrison, V., Kasten, P., Bryning, L., Cruz de Oliveira, N. R., Gonçalves, L. R., Skov, M., Beynon-Davies, C., Bumbeer, J., Saldiva, P. H. N., Leão, E. & Christofoletti, R., 6 Ebr 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 809009.

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    The Intertidal Zone of the North-East Atlantic Region: Pattern and Process

    Hawkins, S. J., Pack, K. E., Firth, L. B., Mieszkowska, N., Evans, A. J., Martins, G. M., Åberg, P., Adams, L. C., Arenas, F., Boaventura, D. M., Bohn, K., Borges, C. D. G., Castro, J. J., Coleman, R. A., Crowe, T. P., Cruz, T., Davies, M. S., Epstein, G., Faria, J., Ferreira, J. G., Frost, N. J., Griffin, J. N., Hanley, ME., Herbert, R. J. H., Hyder, K., Johnson, M. P., Lima, F. P., Masterson-Algar, P., Moore, P. J., Moschella, P. S., Notman, G. M., Pannacciulli, F. G., Ribeiro, P. A., Santos, A. M., Silva, A. C. F., Skov, M. W., Sugden, H., Vale, M., Wangkulangkul, K., Wort, E. J. G., Thompson, R. C., Hartnoll, R. G., Burrows, M. T. & Jenkins, S. R., Medi 2019, Interactions in the Marine Benthos: Global Patterns and Processes. Hawkins, S. J., Bohn, K., Firth, L. B. & Williams, G. A. (gol.). 1 gol. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Cyfrol 87. t. 7-46 40 t. (Systematics Assocations; Cyfrol Special Volume 87).

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