Professor Jan Geert Hiddink
Professor in Marine Biology
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Room: 406 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382864
E-mail: j.hiddink@bangor.ac.uk
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Jan is a professor in the School of Ocean Sciences and specialise in the field of marine benthic ecology. For his PhD he studied the adaptive value of migrations and nursery use for the intertidal bivalve Macoma balthica at the Department of Marine Biology at Groningen University, and he received the Annual VLIZ North Sea Award 2002 from the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) for his PhD thesis. After completing his PhD in 2002, he started a postdoc at Bangor University, where he studied the impact of bottom trawling on the functioning of benthic invertebrate communities. He joined the lecturing staff in SOS in 2006 and was promoted to Reader in 2013. He was awarded a Personal Chair in 2017. JGH has published >95 peer reviewed papers since 2001. His grant capture since 2006 totals over £7M.
His research broadly examines the effect of human disturbance on benthic ecosystems, including fishing and climate change. He has a broad interest in other topics and has been working on research ranging from cattle trampling wader nests on saltmarshes to acoustic monitoring of cetaceans. His research is focussed on gaining a quantitative understanding of the effect of disturbance (such as exploitation and climate change) on the biodiversity and functioning of marine benthic communities, and on how such effects can be mitigated. JGH aims to increase understanding of ecosystem functioning and distribution patterns by comparing empirical data with predictions of ecological models. Much of this research has focused ont the effect of bottom trawling on benthic ecosystems.
Research Areas
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Bottom trawl-fishing footprints on the world’s continental shelves
Amoroso, R. O., Pitcher, R., Rijnsdorp, A. D., McConnaughey, R. A., Parma, A. M., Suuronen, P., Eigaard, O. R., Bastardie, F., Hintzen, N. T., Althaus, F., Baird, S. J., Black, J., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Campbell, A., Caterino, R., Collie, J., Cowan, J. H., Durholtz, D., Engstrom, N., Fairweather, T. P., Fock, H. O., Ford, R., Galvez, P. A., Gerritsen, H., Gongora, M. E., Gonzalez, J. A., Hiddink, J., Hughes, K., Intelmann, S. S., Jenkins, C., Jonsson, P., Kainge, P., Kangas, M., Kathena, J. N., Kavadas, S., Leslie, R. W., Lewis, S. G., Lundy, M., Makin, D., Martin, J., Mazor, T., Mirelis, G. G., Newman, S. J., Papadopoulou, N., Posen, P. E., Rochester, W., Russo, T., Sala, A., Semmens, J. M., Silva, C., Tsolos, A., Vanelslander, B., Wakefield, C. B., Wood, B. A., Hilborn, R., Kaiser, M. & Jennings, S., 23 Oct 2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. 115, 43, p. E10275-E10282Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Predation of the shelduck Tadorna tadorna on the mud snail Hydrobia ulvae.
Anders, N. R., Churchyard, T. & Hiddink, J. G., 1 Dec 2009, In: Aquatic Ecology. 43, 4, p. 1193-1199Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conservation benefits of temperate marine protected areas: variation among fish species.
Blyth-Skyrme, R. E., Kaiser, M. J., Hiddink, J. G., Edwards-Jones, G. & Hart, P. J., 1 Jun 2006, In: Conservation Biology. 20, 3, p. 811-820Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differences in biological traits composition of benthic assemblages between unimpacted habitats
Bolam, S., Garcia, C., Eggleton, J., Kenny, A. J., Buhl-Mortensen, L., Gonzalez-Mirelis, G., van Kooten, T., Dinesen, G., Hansen, J., Hiddink, J., Sciberras, M., Smith, C., Papadopoulou, N., Gumus, A., Van Hoey, G., Eigaard, O. R., Bastardie, F. & Rijnsdorp, A., May 2017, In: Marine Environmental Research. 126, May 2017, p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients
Burrows, M. T., Bates, A. E., Costello, M. J., Edwards, M., Edgar, G. J., Fox, C. J., Halpern, B. S., Hiddink, J. G., Pinsky, M. L., Batt, R. D., Molinos, J. G., Payne, B., Schoeman, D., Stuart-Smith, R. D. & Poloczanska, E. S., 25 Nov 2019, In: Nature Climate Change. 9, 12, p. 959-963Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Diversity of fishing métier use can affect incomes and costs in small-scale fisheries
Cambie, G., Pantin, J., Lincoln, H., Hiddink, J., Lambert, G. & Kaiser, M., 2017, In: Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74, 12, p. 2144-2152Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of mangrove forest structure and landscape on macroplastics capture
Cappa, P., Walton, M., Paler, M. K. O., Taboada, E. B., Hiddink, J. G. & Skov, M., 25 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194, Part A, 115434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Indirect Effects of Bottom Fishing on the Productivity of Marine Fish
Collie, J., Hiddink, J., van Kooten, T., Rijnsdorp, A. D., Kaiser, M., Jennings, S. & Hilborn, R., Jul 2017, In: Fish and Fisheries. 18, 4, p. 619-637Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extirpation-resistant species do not always compensate for the decline in ecosystem processes associated with biodiversity loss
Davies, T. W., Jenkins, S. R., Kingham, R., Hawkins, S. J. & Hiddink, J. G., 31 Aug 2012, In: Journal of Ecology. 100, 6, p. 1475-1481Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dominance, Biomass and Extinction Resistance Determine the Consequences of Biodiversity Loss for Multiple Coastal Ecosystem Processes
Davies, T. W., Jenkins, S. R., Kingham, R., Kenworthy, J., Hawkins, S. J. & Hiddink, J. G., 7 Dec 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 12, p. e28362Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review