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
Google Scholar
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 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.
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
- 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
- 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. 116-129Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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. 7Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 91-106Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 75-96Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- 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. 12-20Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- 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
- Book › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Les Marées
Bowers, D. & Roberts, E. M., 17 Jun 2021, EDP Sciences.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review