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

    Temporal changes in the strength of density-dependent mortality and growth in intertidal barnacles.

    Jenkins, S. R., Murua, J. & Burrows, M. T., 1 May 2008, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 77, 3, p. 573-584

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Temporal differences across a bio-geographical boundary reveal slow response of sub-littoral benthos to climate change.

    Hinz, H., Capasso, E., Lilley, M., Frost, M. & Jenkins, S. R., 10 Feb 2011, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 423, p. 69-82

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Temporal scale of field experiments in benthic ecology

    Jenkins, S. & Yrayzoz, M. U., 1 Apr 2016, In: Marine Ecology: progress series. 547, p. 273-286

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    The distribution of the invasive non-native gastropod Crepidula fornicata in the Milford Haven Waterway, its northernmost population along the west coast of Britain

    Bohn, K., Richardson, C. A. & Jenkins, S. R., 12 Aug 2015, In: Helgoland Marine Research. 69, 4, p. 313-325

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    The effect of dredge capture on the escape response of the great scallop, Pecten maximus (L.): implications for the survival of undersized discards.

    Jenkins, S. R. & Brand, A. R., 30 Nov 2001, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 266, 1, p. 33-50

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    The effect of light on bacterial activity in a seaweed holobiont

    Coelho-Souza, S., Jenkins, S., Casarin, A., Baeta-Neves, M., Salgado, L., Guimaraes, J. & Coutinho, R., Nov 2017, In: Microbial Ecology. 74, 4, p. 868-876

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    The effect of macrofaunal disturbance on Cerastoderma edule post-larvae

    Whitton, T. A., Jenkins, S. R., Richardson, C. A. & Hiddink, J. G., 17 Mar 2016, In: Journal of Sea Research. 112, p. 23-31

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    The effects of repeated dredging and speed of tow on undersized scallops.

    Maguire, J. A., Jenkins, S. R. & Burnell, G. M., 30 Nov 2002, In: Fisheries Research. 58, 3, p. 367-377

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The efficiency and selectivity of spring-toothed scallop dredges: a comparison of direct and indirect methods of assessment.

    Beukers-Stewart, B. D., Jenkins, S. R. & Brand, A. R., 1 Jun 2001, In: Journal of Shellfish Research. 20, 1, p. 121-126

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    The importance of larval supply, larval habitat selection and post-settlement mortality in determining intertidal adult abundance of the invasive gastropod Crepidula fornicata

    Bohn, K., Richardson, C. A. & Jenkins, S. R., Feb 2013, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 440, p. 132-140

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review