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
- 2018
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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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The effects of bottom trawling and primary production on the biological traits composition of benthic assemblages
Howarth, L. M., Waggitt, J. J., Bolam, S. G., Eggleton, J., Hiddink, J. & Somerfield, P. J., 23 Aug 2018, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 602, p. 31-48Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Combined measurements of prey availability explain habitat-selection in foraging seabirds
Waggitt, J., Cazenave, P. W., Evans, P., Howarth, L., Van der Kooij, J. & Hiddink, J., 1 Aug 2018, In: Biology Letters. 14, 8, 20180348.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Response of benthic fauna to experimental bottom fishing: a global meta-analysis
Sciberras, M., Hiddink, J. G., Jennings, S., Szostek, C. L., Hughes, K. M., Kneafsey, B., Clarke, L., Ellis, N., Rijnsdorp, A. D., McConnaughey, R. A., Hilborn, R., Collie, J. S., Pitcher, R., Amoroso, R. O., Parma, A. M., Suuronen, P. & Kaiser, M. J., Jul 2018, In: Fish and Fisheries. 19, 4, p. 698-715Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recovery linked to life history of sessile epifauna following exclusion of towed-mobile fishing gear
Kaiser, M., Hormbrey, S., Booth, J. R., Hinz, H. & Hiddink, J., May 2018, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 55, 3, p. 1060-1070Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Regional-scale patterns in harbour porpoise occupancy of tidal stream environments
Waggitt, J., Dunn, H., Evans, P. G. H., Hiddink, J., Holmes, L. J., Keen, E., Murcott, B. D., Piano, M., Robins, P., Scott, B. E., Bond, J. & Veneruso, G., 1 Mar 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. p. 701-710Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of chronic bottom trawling on soft seafloor macrofauna in the Kattegat
Skold, M., Göransson, P., Jonsson, P., Bastardie, F., Blomqvist, M., Agrenius, S., Hiddink, J., Nilsson, H. C. & Bartolino, V., Jan 2018, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 586, p. 41-55Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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Trawl Exposure and Protection of Seabed Fauna at Large Spatial Scales
Mazor, T., Pitcher, C. R., Ellis, N., Rochester, W., Jennings, S., Hiddink, J., McConnaughey, R., Kaiser, M., Parma, A., Suuronen, P., Kangas, M. & Hilborn, R., Nov 2017, In: Diversity and Distributions. 23, 11, p. 1280-1291Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An approach for the identification of exemplar sites for scaling up targeted field observations of benthic biogeochemistry in heterogeneous environments
Thompson, C., Silburn, B., Williams, M., Hull, T., Sivyer, D., Amoudry, L., Widdicombe, S., Ingels, J., Carnovale, G., McNeill, C., Hale, R., Marchais, C. L., Hicks, N., Smith, H., Klar, J., Hiddink, J., Kowalik, J., Kitidis, V., Reynolds, S., Woodward, M., Tait, K., Homoky, W., Kroger, S., Bolam, S., Godbold, J., Aldridge, J., Mayor, D., Benoist, N., Bett, B., Morris, K., Parker, R., Ruhl, H., Statham, P. & Solan, M., Sept 2017, In: Biogeochemistry. 135, 1-2, p. 1-34Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mediation of macronutrients and carbon by post-disturbance shelf sea sediment communities
Hale, R., Godbold, J., Sciberras, M., Dwight, J., Wood, C., Hiddink, J. & Solan, M., Sept 2017, In: Biogeochemistry. 135, 1-2, p. 121-133Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review