Projects

Find out about the active research questions we're investigating as well as past projects.

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Research project

Climate change and future marine ecosystem services and biodiversity (FUTUREMARES)

Status:
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Coastal morphology: coastal sediment budgets and their role in coastal recovery - M Solan - NERC

Lead researchers:
Professor Martin Solan
Other researchers:
Professor Jasmin Godbold,
Professor Julian Leyland,
Dr Charlie Thompson
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Martin Solan

Professor of Marine Ecology

Research interests

Biodiversity ecosystem function bioturbation benthic ecology

Connect with Martin

Email: M.Solan@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Jasmin Godbold

Professor

Research interests

Changes in seafloor biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Effect of human activities and environmental change on species-environment interactions
Trait-expression in benthic invertebrates and how this is affected by climate change and pres…

Connect with Jasmin

Email: J.A.Godbold@soton.ac.uk

Professor Julian Leyland

Professor

Research interests

Fluvial and Intertidal Geomorphology
Remote Environmental Sensing
UAVs, USVs and Autonomy in Geoscience

Connect with Julian

Email: J.Leyland@soton.ac.uk

Dr Charlie Thompson

Associate Professor

Research interests

Coastal Monitoring
Coastal Processes
Sediment Stability, Resuspension and Exchange processes

Connect with Charlie

Email: celt2@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Coldfish: Potential benefits and risks of borealisation for fish stocks and ecosystems in a changing Arctic Ocean

Lead researchers:
Professor Clive Trueman
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
Ecophysiology (fishes)
Sclerochronology

Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Colonisation of hydrothermal vents by complex life: a natural experiment in macroevolution

Lead researchers:
Professor Jon Copley
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Jon Copley BSc(Hons), MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Professor

Research interests

Deep-sea ecology
Ocean exploration

Connect with Jon

Email: jtc@southampton.ac.uk

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Combining Geochemical and Molecular Methods for Catch Location Verification and Traceability

Lead researchers:
Professor Clive Trueman
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
Ecophysiology (fishes)
Sclerochronology

Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Constraining respiration rates of mesopelagic fishes

Lead researchers:
Professor Clive Trueman
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
Ecophysiology (fishes)
Sclerochronology

Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Current and Future Effects of Microplastics on Marine Shelf Ecosystems (MINIMISE)

Lead researchers:
Professor Martin Solan
Other researchers:
Professor Jasmin Godbold
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Martin Solan

Professor of Marine Ecology

Research interests

Biodiversity ecosystem function bioturbation benthic ecology

Connect with Martin

Email: M.Solan@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Jasmin Godbold

Professor

Research interests

Changes in seafloor biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Effect of human activities and environmental change on species-environment interactions
Trait-expression in benthic invertebrates and how this is affected by climate change and pres…

Connect with Jasmin

Email: J.A.Godbold@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Defining nutritional bottlenecks of reef corals growth and stress tolerance

Lead researchers:
Professor Joerg Wiedenmann
Other researchers:
Professor Paul Wilson,
Dr Cecilia D'angelo
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Joerg Wiedenmann

Professor of Biological Oceanography

Research interests

Coral Reef Biology and Ecology
Coral Bleaching
Nutrient biology of coral reefs

Connect with Joerg

Email: jw1w07@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Paul Wilson

Professor

Research interests

Greenhouse climates
Ice sheet instability
Monsoons and Rainfall Deserts and Aridity

Connect with Paul

Email: paw2@soton.ac.uk

Dr Cecilia D'angelo

Associate Professor

Connect with Cecilia

Email: C.Dangelo@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Does developmental plasticity influence speciation?

Lead researchers:
Professor Tom Ezard
Other researchers:
Professor Ian Sinclair,
Professor Richard Watson,
Emeritus Professor Mark Nixon,
Professor Paul Wilson,
Professor Clive Trueman,
Professor Gavin Foster
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tom Ezard

Associate Dean (Education)

Research interests

The bridge from micro- to macroevolution.
Scaling ecological dynamics across individuals, populations and ecosystems.
Demography for conservation and life history evolution.

Connect with Tom

Email: T.Ezard@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ian Sinclair

Professor of Engineering Materials

Connect with Ian

Email: I.Sinclair@soton.ac.uk

Professor Richard Watson

Professor

Connect with Richard

Email: R.A.Watson@soton.ac.uk

Emeritus Professor Mark Nixon

Research interests

My research interests are in image processing and computer vision.
I have helped to develop new techniques for static and moving shape extraction (both parametr…

Connect with Mark

Email: msn@ecs.soton.ac.uk