Dr Peter Robins

Senior Lecturer in Physical Oceanography

Contact info

Office location: Room 115, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge

(Tel: 01248 383961)

Email:  p.robins@bangor.ac.uk

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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. 

 

  1. 2022
  2. Published

    Kelp detritus: Unutilized productivity or an unacknowledged trophic resource?

    Walton, M., R, B., Griffiths, J., Cartwright, D., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Le Vay, L., 10 May 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 820, 153191.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. 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 conferenceAbstractpeer-review

  4. Published

    Genomic survey of edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic: a baseline for sustainable management of its wild resources.

    Vera, M., Maroso, F., Wilmes, S-B., Malham, S., Groves, E., Hermida, M., Blanco, A., Fernandez, C., Bouza, C., Martinez, P. & Robins, P., 24 Feb 2022, In: Evolutionary Applications. 15, 2, p. 262-285 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Medium-term variability of the UK's combined tidal energy resource for a net-zero carbon grid

    Todeschini, G., Coles, D., Lewis, M., Popov, I., Angeloudis, A., Fairley, I., Johnson, F., Williams, A. J., Robins, P. & Masters, I., 1 Jan 2022, In: Energy. 238, 121990.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. 2021
  8. Published

    Modelling Different Flood Management Scenarios in Estuaries

    Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., Nov 2021.

    Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterpeer-review

  9. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    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 journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Compound flooding: Dependence at sub-daily scales between extreme storm surge and fluvial flow

    Robins, P., Lewis, M., Elnahrawi, M., Lyddon, C., Dickson, N. & Coulthard, T., 16 Aug 2021, In: Frontiers. 7, 727294.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Global riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment

    Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review