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Dr Martyn Roberts

Lecturer in Biological Oceanography

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ORCID: 0000-0003-3650-2961

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309 Craig Mair

School of Ocean Sciences

Bangor University

Menai Bridge LL59 5AB

Wales, UK

 

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Overview: 

I am a lecturer in biological oceanography and an observational marine scientist with broad research interests lying at the interface between physical oceanography and marine ecology. I am interested in the following themes: marine optics and primary productivity; abiotic conditions and physical processes influencing the biogeography, structure, and function of marine ecosystems (both on the continental shelf and in the deep ocean); physical oceanographic phenomena and marine animal behaviour; ocean structure and circulation, global ocean change, and their implications for climate regulation and biophysical ecology.

I have a background in physics and ocean sciences, completing a Ph.D. (Bangor University, Wales) in 2015 on tidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for benthic algae. I completed post-docs in deep-sea research at Bangor and at the University of Bergen (Norway), before returning to the UK to work on an ocean-atmosphere climate change project, ArctiCONNECT (Bangor-Oxford), and an Agulhas leakage project, QUICCHE (Bangor). My lectureship at Bangor commenced in 2024.

 

Research Areas: Marine Ecology; Ocean Physics; Earth System Science and Climate Change.

 

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  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Beyond the tip of the seamount: Distinct megabenthic communities found beyond the charismatic summit sponge ground on an arctic seamount (Schulz Bank, Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge)

    Meyer, H. K., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M., Xavier, J. R., Ribeiro, P. A., Glenner, H., Birkely, S.-R. & Rapp, H. T., 1 Jan 2023, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 191, 1 p., 103920.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  3. Published

    Biodiversity, environmental drivers, and sustainability of the global deep-sea sponge microbiome

    Busch, K., Slaby, B. M., Bach, W., Boetius, A., Clefsen, I., Colaço, A., Creemers, M., Cristobo, J., Federwisch, L., Franke, A., Gavriilidou, A., Hethke, A., Kenchington, E., Mienis, F., Mills, S., Riesgo, A., Ríos, P., Roberts, E. M., Sipkema, D., Pita, L., Schupp, P. J., Xavier, J., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 2 Sept 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 5160 .

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  4. Climate change winner in the deep sea? Predicting the impacts of climate change on the distribution of the glass sponge Vazella pourtalesii

    Beazley, L., Kenchington, E., Murillo, F. J., Brickman, D., Wang, Z., Davies, A. J., Roberts, E. M. & Rapp, H. T., 7 Jan 2021, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 657, p. 1-23

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  5. Drivers of Megabenthic Community Structure in One of the World's Deepest Silled-Fjords, Sognefjord (Western Norway)

    Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Mienis, F. & Rapp, H. T., 9 Jun 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  6. Environmental Change at Deep-Sea Sponge Habitats Over the Last Half Century: A Model Hindcast Study for the Age of Anthropogenic Climate Change

    Samuelsen, A., Schrum, C., Yumruktepe, V. C., Daewel, U. & Roberts, E. M., 24 Mar 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  7. Long-term Observations Reveal Environmental Conditions and Food Supply Mechanisms at an Arctic Deep-Sea Sponge Ground

    Hanz, U., Roberts, E. M., Duineveld, G., Davies, A., van Haren, H., Rapp, H. T., Reichart, G.-J. & Mienis, F., 1 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans. 126, 3, e2020JC016776.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  8. Published

    Oceanographic setting and short-timescale environmental variability at an Arctic seamount sponge ground

    Roberts, E., Mienis, F., Rapp, H. T., Hans, U., Meyer, H. & Davies, A., Aug 2018, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 138, August, p. 98-113

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  9. On giant shoulders: how a seamount affects the microbial community composition of seawater and sponges

    Busch, K., Hanz, U., Mienis, F., Mueller, B., Franke, A., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Hentschel, U., 8 Jul 2020, In: Biogeosciences. 17, 13, p. 3471-3486

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  10. Published

    Secchi Disk Measurements in Turbid Water

    Bowers, D. G., Roberts, E. M., Hoguane, A. M., Fall, K. A., Massey, G. M. & Friedrichs, C. T., May 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. 125, 5, 9 p., e2020JC016172.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  11. Published

    Shifts from surface density compensation to projected warming, freshening and stronger stratification in the subpolar North Atlantic

    Marsh, R., Dey, D., Lenn, Y.-D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jul 2024, In: Climate Dynamics. 62, 8, p. 8227-8253 27 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  12. Published

    Spatial patterns of arctic sponge ground fauna and demersal fish are detectable in autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) imagery

    Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T. & Davies, A., 1 Nov 2019, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 153, 103137, 103137.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  13. Published

    Springs–neaps cycles in daily total seabed light: Daylength-induced changes

    Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G. & Davies, A. J., 1 Apr 2014, In: Journal of Marine Systems. 132, p. 116-129

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  14. The First Cut Is the Deepest: Trawl Effects on a Deep-Sea Sponge Ground Are Pronounced Four Years on

    Morrison, K. M., Meyer, H. K., Roberts, E. M., Rapp, H. T., Colaco, A. & Pham, C. K., 23 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  15. Published

    Tidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for benthic algae

    Roberts, E., Bowers, D. & Davies, A., Jan 2018, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 63, 1, p. 91-106

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  16. Published

    Water masses constrain the distribution of deep-sea sponges in the North Atlantic Ocean and Nordic Seas

    Roberts, E. M., Bowers, D. G., Meyer, H. K., Samuelsen, A., Rapp, H. T. & Cardenas, P., 4 Feb 2021, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 659, p. 75-96

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  17. Published

    Water masses, mixing, and the flow of dissolved organic carbon through the Irish Sea

    Bowers, D., Roberts, E., White, M. & Moate, B., 2013, In: Continental Shelf Research. 58, p. 12-20

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  18. Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  19. Published

    Tides: A Very Short Introduction

    Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 1 Feb 2020, Oxford University Press. 168 p. (Very Short Introductions)

    Research output: Book/Report › Book

  20. Book › Research › Peer-reviewed
  21. Published

    Les Marées

    Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jun 2021, EDP Sciences.

    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review