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
- 2014
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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 Sept 2014, In: PLoS ONE. 9, 9Research 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
- 2015
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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 Mar 2015, In: Ibis. 157, 2, p. 239-249Research 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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Impact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2016
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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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Light grazing of saltmarshes increases the availability of nest sites for Common Redshank Tringa totanus, but reduces their quality
Sharps, E., Garbutt, A., Hiddink, J. G., Smart, J. & Skov, M. W., 1 Apr 2016, In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment. 221, p. 71-78Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2017
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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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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., Aug 2017, In: Ecology and Evolution. 7, 16, p. 6622-6633Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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., Oct 2017, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 54, 5, p. 1395-1405Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review