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

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Prioritization of knowledge-needs to achieve best practices for bottom trawling in relation to seabed habitats

    Kaiser, M. J., Hilborn, R., Jennings, S., Amaroso, R., Andersen, M., Balliet, K., Barratt, E., Bergstad, O. A., Bishop, S., Bostrom, J. L., Boyd, C., Bruce, E. A., Burden, M., Carey, C., Clermont, J., Collie, J. S., Delahunty, A., Dixon, J., Eayrs, S., Edwards, N., Fujita, R., Gauvin, J., Gleason, M., Harris, B., He, P., Hiddink, J. G., Hughes, K. M., Inostroza, M., Kenny, A., Kritzer, J., Kuntzsch, V., Lasta, M., Lopez, I., Loveridge, C., Lynch, D., Masters, J., Mazor, T., McConnaughey, R. A., Moenne, M., Francis, Nimick, A. M., Olsen, A., Parker, D., Parma, A., Penney, C., Pierce, D., Pitcher, R., Pol, M., Richardson, E., Rijnsdorp, A. D., Rilatt, S., Rodmell, D. P., Rose, C., Sethi, S. A., Short, K., Suuronen, P., Taylor, E., Wallace, S., Webb, L., Wickham, E., Wilding, S. R., Wilson, A., Winger, P. & Sutherland, W. J., Sept 2016, In: Fish and Fisheries. 17, 3, p. 637-663

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Quantification and prediction of the impact of fishing on epifaunal communities.

    Lambert, G. I., Jennings, S., Kaiser, M. J., Hinz, H. & Hiddink, J. G., 26 May 2011, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 430, p. 71-86

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Quantifying recovery rates and resilience of seabed habitats impacted by bottom fishing

    Lambert, G. I., Jennings, S., Kaiser, M. J., Davies, T. W. & Hiddink, J. G., Oct 2014, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 51, 5, p. 1326-1336

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. E-pub ahead of print

    Quantifying the carbon benefits of ending bottom trawling

    Hiddink, J. G., van de Velde, S. J., McConnaughey, R. A., De Borger, E., Tiano, J., Kaiser, M. J., Sweetman, A. & Sciberras, M., 10 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature. 617, p. E1–E2

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    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. 1060-1070

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Regional warming changes fish species richness in the eastern North Atlantic Ocean

    ter Hofstede, R., Hiddink, J. G. & Rijnsdorp, A. D., 2010, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 414, p. 1-9

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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. 701-710

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 698-715

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Selection of indicators for assessing and managing the impacts of bottom trawling on seabed habitats

    Hiddink, J. G., Kaiser, M. J., Sciberras, M., McConnaughey, R. A., Mazor, T., Hilborn, R., Collie, J. S., Pitcher, C. R., Parma, A. M., Suuronen, P., Rijnsdorp, A. D. & Jennings, S., 1 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 7, p. 1199-1209 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Similar effects of bottom trawling and natural disturbance on composition and function of benthic communities across habitats

    van Denderen, P. D., Bolam, S. G., Hiddink, J. G., Jennings, S., Kenny, A., Rijinsdorp, A. D. & van Kooten, T., 15 Dec 2015, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 541, p. 31-43

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review