Dr Martyn Roberts
Lecturer in Biological Oceanography
Affiliations
Links
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Emyr-Roberts
Researchgate - https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jUPnRUYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
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Contact info
Address:
309 Craig Mair
School of Ocean Sciences
Bangor University
Menai Bridge LL59 5AB
Wales, UK
Web: ResearchGate; Google Scholar
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 Bangor to work on an ocean-atmosphere climate change project, ArctiCONNECT, and an Agulhas leakage project, QUICCHE. My lectureship at Bangor commenced in 2024.
Research Areas: Marine Ecology; Ocean Physics; Earth System Science and Climate Change.
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. 1-23Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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
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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. 12-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Les Marées
Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jun 2021, EDP Sciences.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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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. 3471-3486Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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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
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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
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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. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review