Professor Stuart Jenkins

Professor in Marine Biology

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

  1. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Prey vulnerability and predation pressure shape predator-induced changes in O-2 consumption and antipredator behaviour

    Karythis, S., Cornwell, T., Gimenez Noya, L., McCarthy, I., Whiteley, N. & Jenkins, S., 1 Sept 2020, In: Animal Behaviour. 167, p. 13-22

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Quantification of blue carbon pathways contributing to negative feedback on climate change following glacier retreat in West Antarctic fjords

    Zwerschke, N., Sands, C. J., Roman-Gonzalez, A., Barnes, D. K. A., Guzzi, A., Jenkins, S., Muñoz-Ramírez, C. & Scourse, J., Jan 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 1, p. 8-20

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Recreational vessels as a vector for marine non-natives: developing biosecurity measures and managing risk through an in-water encapsulation system

    Roche, R. C., Monnington, J. M., Newstead, R. G., Sambrook, K., Griffith, K., Holt, R. H. & Jenkins, S. R., 5 Dec 2014, In: Hydrobiologia. 750, 1, p. 187-199

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Regional scale differences in determinism of grazing effects in the rocky intertidal.

    Jenkins, S. R., Coleman, R. A., Della Santina, P., Hawkins, S. J., Burrows, M. T. & Hartnoll, R. G., 15 Feb 2005, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 287, p. 77-86

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Relationships between biodiversity and the stability of marine ecosystems: Comparisons at a European scale using meta-analysis

    Cusson, M., Crowe, T. P., Araújo, R., Arenas, F., Aspden, R., Bulleri, F., Davoult, D., Dyson, K., Fraschetti, S., Herkül, K., Hubas, C., Jenkins, S. R., Kotta, J., Kraufvelin, P., Migné, A., Molis, M., Mulholland, O., Noël, L. M., Paterson, D. M., Saunders, J., Somerfield, P. J., Sousa-Pinto, I., Spilmont, N., Terlizzi, A. & Benedetti-Cecchi, L., 28 Aug 2014, In: Journal of Sea Research. 98, p. 5-14

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Repeatability of escape response performance in the queen scallop, Aequipecten opercularis

    Laming, S. R., Jenkins, S. R. & McCarthy, I. D., Sept 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 216, 17, p. 3264-3272

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Rocky intertidal community structure in oceanic islands: scales of spatial variability.

    Martins, G. M., Thompson, R. C., Hawkins, S. J., Neto, A. I. & Jenkins, S. R., 18 Mar 2008, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 356, p. 15-24

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    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. 775-789

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Scale-dependent natural variation in larval nutritional reserves in a marine invertebrate: implications for recruitment and cross-ecosystem coupling

    Gimenez Noya, J., Torres, G., Pettersen, A., Burrows, M. T., Estevez, A. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2017, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 570, p. 141-155

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Seasonal swimming behaviour in the queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) and its effect on dredge fisheries.

    Jenkins, S. R., Lart, W., Vause, B. J. & Brand, A. R., 13 May 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 289, 2, p. 163-179

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review