Professor Stuart Jenkins
Professor in Marine Biology
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Affiliations
Contact info
Room: 404 Westbury Mount Phone: 01248 382896
E-mail: s.jenkins@bangor.ac.uk
Web: www.stuartjenkins.net; Google Scholar; ResearchGate
I graduated in Zoology from Cambridge University in 1990 and undertook my PhD in intertidal ecology at Port Erin Marine Laboratory, on the Isle of Man between 1991 and 1995. I remained at Port Erin for a further 6 years, undertaking two post-doctoral research posts, the first, within the EUROROCK project, addressing ecological questions on intertidal rocky shores over a European scale and the second, examining the impacts of demersal fishing techniques on benthic communities. In 2001 I was appointed a Research Fellow at the Marine Biological Association where I developed a research group in experimental benthic ecology. In 2007 I moved to the School of Ocean Sciences, in 2009 was appointed Reader in Marine Ecology and was awarded a personal chair in 2015.
I am an experimental benthic ecologist and over the past 25 years I have addressed questions in both fundamental and applied ecology in intertidal and shallow sub-littoral habitats. Particular areas of interest include: the transport, supply and recruitment dynamics of benthic invertebrate larvae; the role of ecosystem engineers and key herbivores in intertidal systems and the generality of their effects over large geographic scales; the role of biodiversity in marine systems; the ecology of non native species and practical biosecurity interventions; anthropogenic impacts in the marine environment. I take an empirical approach using a combination of field / mesocosm experiments and long term surveys.
Research Areas
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Patterns of abundance across geographical ranges as a predictor for responses to climate change: evidence from UK rocky shores
Vye, S., Dickens, S., Adams, L. C., Bohn, K., Chenery, J., Dobson, N., Dunn, R. E., Earp, H., Evans, M., Foster, C., Grist, H., Holt, B., Hull, S., Jenkins, S., Lamont, P., Long, S., Mieszkowska, N., Millard, J., Morrall, Z., Pack, K., Parry-Wilson, H., Pocklington, J., Pottas, J., Richardson, L., Scott, A., Sugden, H., Watson, G., West, V., Winton, D., Delaney, J. & Burrows, M. T., Oct 2020, In: Diversity and Distributions. 26, 10, p. 1357-1365Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Functional composition, but not richness, affected the performance of sessile suspension-feeding assemblages.
Valdivia, N., De la Haye, K. L., Jenkins, S. R., Kimmance, S. A., Thompson, R. C. & Molis, M., 1 Apr 2009, In: Journal of Sea Research. 61, 4, p. 216-221Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Persistent and context-dependent effects of the larval feeding environment on post-metamorphic performance through the adult stage
Torres, G., Gimenez, L., Pettersen, A. K., Bue, M., Burrows, M. T. & Jenkins, S. R., 8 Mar 2016, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 545, p. 147-160Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial skyglow disrupts celestial migration at night
Torres, D., Tidau, S., Jenkins, S. & Davies, T., 22 Jun 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 12, p. PR696-R697Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Marine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide
Tidau, S., Smyth, T., McKee, D., Wiedenmann, J., D'Angelo, C., Wilcockson, D., Ellison, A., Grimmer, A., Jenkins, S., Widdicombe, S., de Moura Queiros, A., Talbot, E., Wright, A. & Davies, T., Sept 2021, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 12, 9, p. 1588-1601Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial light at night reverses monthly foraging pattern under simulated moonlight
Tidau, S., Whittle, J., Jenkins, S. & Davies, T., Jul 2022, In: Biology Letters. 18, 7, 20220110.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of artificial light at night on the early life history of two ecosystem engineers
Tidau, S., Brough, F., Jenkins, S. & Davies, T. W., 18 Dec 2023, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 378, 1892, 20220363.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differences in photosynthetic marine biofilms between sheltered and moderately exposed rocky shores.
Thompson, R. C., Moschella, P. S., Jenkins, S. R., Norton, T. A. & Hawkins, S. J., 12 Jul 2005, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 296, p. 53-63Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A method for recording predator-prey encounters between crabs and limpets using wax replicas.
Thompson, R. C., Jenkins, S. & Bussell, JA., 1 Aug 2000, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80, 4, p. 633-638Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Population resistance to climate change: modelling the effects of low recruitment in open populations.
Svensson, C. J., Jenkins, S. R., Hawkins, S. J. & Aberg, P., 1 Jan 2005, In: Oecologia. 142, 1, p. 117-126Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review