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
- 2024
- E-pub ahead of print
Organic carbon accumulation in British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Garrett, E., Koot, M. B., Ladd, C. J. T., Miller, L. C., McMahon, L., Foster, B., Barlow, N. L. M., Blake, W., Gehrels, W. R., Skov, M. W. & Austin, W. E. N., 29 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science of the Total Environment. 926, p. 172104Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2023
- Accepted/In press
Organic Carbon Stocks of Great British Saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Miller, L. C., McMahon, L., Garrett, E., Barlow, N. L. M., Gehrels, W. R., Skov, M. & Austin, W. E. N., 23 Nov 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers in Marine Science.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Top ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research
Petillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J. B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., Griffin, J. N., Bouma, T., Hacker, S., He, Q., Hensel, M. J. S., Ibanez, C., Macreadie, P. L., Martino, S., Sharps, E., Ballinger, R., de Battisti, D., Beaumont, N., Burdon, D., Daleo, P., D'Alpaos, A., Duggan Edwards, M., Garbutt, A., Jenkins, S., Ladd, C. J. T., Lewis, H., Mariotti, G., McDermott, O., Mills, R., Moller, I., Nolte, S., Pages, J. F., Silliman, B., Zhang, L. & Skov, M., 1 Nov 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165544.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Blue carbon benefits from global saltmarsh restoration
Mason, V., Burden, A., Epstein, G., Jupe, L. L., Wood, K. A. & Skov, M., 25 Sept 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 23, p. 6517-6545 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Impact of mangrove forest structure and landscape on macroplastics capture
Cappa, P., Walton, M., Paler, M. K. O., Taboada, E. B., Hiddink, J. G. & Skov, M., 25 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194, Part A, 115434.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2022
- Published
Best practice for upscaling soil organic carbon stocks in salt marshes
Ladd, C. J. T., Smeaton, C., Skov, M. & Austin, W. E. N., 15 Dec 2022, In: Geoderma. 428, 116188.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Microplastics alter multiple biological processes of marine benthic fauna
Mason, V., Skov, M., Hiddink, J. G. & Walton, M., 1 Nov 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 845, 157362.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Priorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia
Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Frailler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A., Guttierrez, T., Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. L., Jones, L., Jones, N., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Fesser, L., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Muller, M., Neill, S., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quiliam, R., Robins, P., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakran, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 841, 156704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Elucidating the surface macroplastic load, types and distribution in mangrove areas around Cebu Island, Philippines and its policy implications
Paler, M. K. O., Tabanag, I. D. F., Siacor, F. D. C., Geraldino, P. J. L., Walton, M., Dunn, C., Skov, M., Hiddink, J. G. & Taboada, E. B., 10 Sept 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 3, 156408.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Tidal water exchange drives fish and crustacean abundances in salt marshes
de la Barra, P., Skov, M., Lawrence, P., Schiaffi, J. I. & Hiddink, J. G., 11 Aug 2022, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 694, p. 61-72Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using citizen science to estimate surficial soil blue carbon stocks in Great British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Burden, A., Ruranska, P., Ladd, C. J. T., Garbutt, A., Jones, L., McMahon, L., Miller, L. C., Skov, M. & Austin, W. E. N., 11 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 16 p., 959459.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Is estuary shape important for (compound) flooding in estuaries?
Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., 11 Jul 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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The importance of estuary shape in evaluating the flood risk in estuaries
Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., 24 May 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
- Published
Saltmarsh Blue Carbon in UK and NW Europe - evidence synthesis for a UK Saltmarsh
Mason, V., Wood, K. A., Jupe, L. L., Burden, A. & Skov, M., 6 May 2022, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Bangor.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
- Published
Coastal Agricultural Landscapes:: Mapping and understanding grazing intensity on Welsh Saltmarshes
McKinley, E., Harvey, R., Ballinger, R., Davidson, K., Griffin, J. & Skov, M., 1 May 2022, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 222, 106128.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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When One Health Meets the United Nations Ocean Decade: Global Agendas as a Pathway to Promote Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Nature Relationships
Masterson Algar, P., Jenkins, S., Windle, G., Morris-Webb, E., Takahashi, C. K., Burke, T., Rosa, I., Martinez, A. S., Torres-Mattos, E. B., Taddei, R., Morrison, V., Kasten, P., Bryning, L., Cruz de Oliveira, N. R., Gonçalves, L. R., Skov, M., Beynon-Davies, C., Bumbeer, J., Saldiva, P. H. N., Leão, E. & Christofoletti, R., 6 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 809009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional responses of mangrove fauna to forest degradation
Barbanera, A., Markesteijn, L., Kairo, J., Juma, G. A., Karythis, S. & Skov, M., 17 Mar 2022, In: Marine and Freshwater Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flood scenario modelling in estuaries based on different management strategies
Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., Mar 2022, p. 29.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Future mangrove carbon storage under climate change and deforestation
Chatting, M., Al-Maslamani, I., Walton, M., Skov, M., Kennedy, H., Husrevoglu, S. & Le Vay, L., 10 Feb 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 14 p., 781876.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2021
- Published
Modelling Different Flood Management Scenarios in Estuaries
Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., Nov 2021.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
- Published
Saltmarsh resilience to periodic shifts in tidal channels
Ladd, C. J. T., Duggan Edwards, M., Pages, J. F. & Skov, M., 20 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 13 p., 757715.Research 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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Faunal mediated carbon export from mangroves in an arid area
Walton, M., Al Maslamani, I., Chatting, M., Smyth, D., Castillo, A., Skov, M. & Le Vay, L., 10 Feb 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 755, 1, 13 p., 142677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 2020
- Published
Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment
Chatting, M., Le Vay, L., Walton, M., Skov, M., Kennedy, H., Wilson, S. & Al Maslamani, I., 5 Oct 2020, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 244, 106940.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multiple trait dimensions mediate stress gradient effects on plant biomass allocation, with implications for coastal ecosystem services.
de Battisti, D., Fowler, M. S., Jenkins, S., Skov, M., Bouma, T. J., Neyland, P. J. & Griffin, J., Jul 2020, In: Journal of Ecology. 108, 4, p. 1227-1240Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review