Dr Peter Robins
Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography
Affiliations
Contact info
Office location: Room 115, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge
(Tel: 01248 383961)
Email: p.robins@bangor.ac.uk
Author profiles: Google Scholar | Researchgate
I'm a Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography at the School of Ocean Sciences. My Degree in Mathematics and Physical Oceanography (2003) and Ph.D on internal tides (2008) were also from Bangor University. Since then, I've been interested in a wide range of human and biological impacts of coastal dynamics and change, with applications to coastal hazards (flooding, water quality degradation, pollution and public health risk), coastal morphology, marine population dynamics and connectivity, and marine renewable energy resource and impact studies.
My research generally involves developing computer models that simulate coastal processes, whether this is realistic representations of the past, future climate predictions, or hypothetical scenarios such as simulating flood mitigation options or the impact of tidal-stream turbines on sediment transport. I'm especiallly intersted in estuaries because of the so many complex processes occuring here that affect communities and wildlife, and as there is still much to discover such as how extreme river flows and sea levels interact to exacerbate flooding, or how sewage disperses towards coastal beaches and shellfish beds. I enjoy working with a wide range of scientists across different diciplines, with climate modellers to ensure their projections are relevant for coastal impact, and with coastal policy makers so that our research has real world outcomes.
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Trapping and bypassing of suspended particulate matter, particulate nutrients and faecal indicator organisms in the river-estuary transition zone of a shallow macrotidal estuary
Jago, C., Robins, P., Howlett, E., Hassard, F., Rajko-Nenow, P., Jackson, S., Nguyen, C. & Malham, S., 20 Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 917, 170343.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using bio-physical modelling and population genetics for conservation and management of an exploited species, Pecten maximus L.
Hold, N., Robins, P., Szostek, C., Lambert, G., Lincoln, H., Le Vay, L., Bell, E. & Kaiser, M., Nov 2021, In: Fisheries Oceanography. 30, 6, p. 740-756 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of waves on the tidal energy resource at a planned tidal stream array
Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G. & Lewis, M. J., Mar 2015, In: Renewable Energy. 75, p. 626-639Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensitivity of estuaries to compound flooding.
Harrison, L. M., Coulthard, T. J., Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 13 Oct 2021, In: Estuaries and Coasts.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database
Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Robins, P., Aug 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 123, p. 706-718Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Connectivity and Dispersal Patterns of Protected Biogenic Reefs: Implications for the Conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea
Gormley, K., Mackenzie, C., Robins, P. E., Coscia, I., Cassidy, A., James, J., Hull, A., Piertney, S., Sanderson, W. & Porter, J., 1 Dec 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 12, p. e0143337Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role of trait combinations, habitat matrix and network topology in metapopulation recovery from regional extinction
Gimenez Noya, J., Robins, P. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2020, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 4, p. 775-789Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interactive Visual Analytics of Coastal Oceanographic Simulation data
George, R., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Roberts, J. C., 14 Oct 2012. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Interactive visual analytics of hydrodynamic flux for the coastal zone
George, R. L., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 7 May 2014, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 71, 10, p. 3733-3766Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations
Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Jan 2022, In: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Larval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries
Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, p. 2969-2995Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy
Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model
Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Jan 2023, In: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Residual flow, bedforms and sediment transport in a tidal channel modelled with variable bed roughness
Davies, A. & Robins, P., 15 Oct 2017, In: Geomorphology. 295, p. 855-872Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biogeochemical functioning of grazed estuarine tidal marshes along a salinity gradient
Dausse, A., Garbutt, A., Norman, L., Papadimitriou, S., Jones, L. M., Robins, P. E. & Thomas, D. N., 20 Mar 2012, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 100, p. 83-92Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach
Coscia, I., Wilmes, S-B., Ironside, J. E., Goward Brown, A., O'Dea, E., Malham, S., McDevitt, AD. & Robins, P., Sept 2020, In: Evolutionary Applications. 13, 8, p. 1854-1867Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Modelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea
Coscia, I., Robins, P. E., Porter, J. S., Malham, S. K. & Ironside, J. E., 1 Sept 2012, In: Conservation Genetics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Connectivity between Populations of the Scallop Pecten maximus in the Irish Sea and the Implications for Fisheries Management
Close, H., Lambert, G., Robins, P. & Gimenez Noya, L., 3 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Improved Understanding and Characterisation of Climate Hazards in the UK
Catto, J., Brown, S., Barnes, C., Chan, S., Cotterill, D., Dale, M., Dawkins, L., Fowler, H., Garry, F., Keat, W., Kendon, E., Lowe, J., Manning, C., Pritchard, D., Robins, P., Sexton, D., Shooter, R. & Stephenson, D., 23 Dec 2023, Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK. SpringerResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Impact of Sediment Concentration on the Survival of Wastewater-Derived blaCTX-M-15-Producing E. coli, and the Implications for Dispersal into Estuarine Waters
Bashawri, Y. M. A., Robins, P., Jones, D. L., McDonald, J., Cooper, D. & Williams, P., 19 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 20, 15 p., 7608.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › 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
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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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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