Dr Martin Skov

Reader in Marine Biology

Contact info

Room: 408 Westbury Mount      Phone: 01248 383846

E-mail: mwskov@bangor.ac.uk

Web: Google Scholar

 

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 Ecology

Marine Conservation and Resource Management

Sediment Dynamics and Morphology

 

  1. 2017
  2. Published

    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. 145-155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 2016
  4. Published

    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. 71-78

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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. 259-268

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. 2015
  7. Published

    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. 119-135

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    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. 131-143

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 239-249

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. 2014
  11. Published

    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. 122-130

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    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, 9

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Outwelling from arid mangrove systems is sustained by inwelling of seagrass productivity

    Walton, M. E., Al-Maslamani, I., Skov, M. W., Al-Shaikh, I., Al-Ansari, I. S., Kennedy, H. A. & Le Vay, L., 17 Jul 2014, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 507, p. 125-137

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    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. 122-135

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review