Dr Martin Skov
Reader in Marine Biology
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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 Conservation and Resource Management
Sediment Dynamics and Morphology
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Grazing reduces bee abundance and diversity in saltmarshes by suppressing flowering of key plant species
Davidson, K. E., Fowler, M. S., Skov, M., Forman, D., Alison, J., Botham, M., Beaumont, N. & Griffin, J., 1 Apr 2020, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 291, 106760.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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External conditions drive optimal planting configurations for salt marsh restoration
Duggan Edwards, M. F., Pages, J. F., Jenkins, S. R., Bouma, T. J. & Skov, M. W., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 3, p. 619-629Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Coastal wetlands mitigate storm flooding and associated costs in estuaries
Fairchild, T. P., Bennett, W. G., Day, B., Skov, M., Moller, I., Beaumont, N., Karunarathna, H. & Griffin, J. N., 7 Jul 2021, In: Environmental Research Letters. 16, 7, 074034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facing the future: the importance of substratum features for ecological engineering of artificial habitats in the rocky intertidal
Firth, L. B., White, F. J., Schofield, M., Hanley, M. E., Burrows, M. T., Thompson, R. C., Skov, M. W., Evans, A. J., Moore, P. J. & Hawkins, S. J., 13 Jul 2015, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 67, 1, p. 131-143Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biodiversity in intertidal rock pools: Informing engineering criteria for artificial habitat enhancement in the built environment
Firth, L. B., Schofield, M., White, F. J., Skov, M. W. & Hawkins, S. J., 1 Dec 2014, In: Marine Environmental Research. 102, December, p. 122-130Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between a rock and a hard place: Environmental and engineering considerations when designing coastal defence structures
Firth, L. B., Thompson, R. C., Bohn, K., Abbiati, M., Airoldi, L., Bouma, T. J., Bozzeda, F., Ceccherelli, V. U., Colangelo, M. A., Evans, A., Ferrario, F., Hanley, M. E., Hinz, H., Hoggart, S. P., Jackson, J. E., Moore, P., Morgan, E. H., Perkol-Finkel, S., Skov, M. W., Strain, E. M., van Belzen, J. & Hawkins, S. J., 1 May 2014, In: Coastal Engineering. 87, p. 122-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Apr 2017, In: Ecological Entomology. 42, 2, p. 145-155Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Mar 2016, In: Journal of Vegetation Science. 27, 2, p. 259-268Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Large-scale predictions of salt-marsh carbon stock based on simple observations of plant community and soil type
Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Duggan-Edwards, M., Pages, J. F., Harvey, R., Ladd, C. & Skov, M. W., 25 Jan 2019, In: Biogeosciences. 16, 2, p. 425-436 436 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 May 2019, In: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7, 151.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review