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
- Poster › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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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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
- Abstract › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
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
- Published
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
- Commissioned report › Research › Not peer-reviewed
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Science to Policy: Salt Marsh Resilience and Coastal Management
Wiik, E., Toberman, H., Skov, M., Jenkins, S., Pages Fauria, J., Ballinger, R., McKinley, E., Hall, C., Griffin, J., Fowler, M. S., de Battisti, D. & Garbutt, A., Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
- Commissioned report › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Climate change and marine conservation: Saltmarsh
Ladd, C., Skov, M., Lewis, H. & Leegwater, E., 1 Oct 2018, MCCIP. 8 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
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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
- Review article › Research › Peer-reviewed
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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