WCO Publications

Here, you will find a comprehensive collection of scientific publications that delve into the rich marine ecosystem of the western English Channel. These publications represent years of dedicated research and monitoring efforts, offering valuable insights into various aspects of the marine environment.

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2011-2020
2001-2010
1991-2000
1981-1990
1971-1980

2024

Atkinson A, Rossberg A, Gaedke U, Sprules G, Heneghan RF, Batziakas S….Frangoulis C (2024) Steeper size spectra with deceasing phytoplankton indicate strong trophic amplification of future marine biomass declines. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44406-5
Branscombe L, Harrison EL, Choong ZYD, Swink C, Keys M, Widdicombe C.... Helliwell K (2024). Cryptic bacterial pathogens of diatoms peak during senescence of a winter diatom bloom. New Phytologist, 241(3), 1292-1307. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19441
Corona S, Atkinson D, Hirst AG, J Renz, M Boersma, Atkinson A (2024) Long-term shifts in phenology, thermal niche, population size, and their interactions in marine pelagic copepods. Limnology and Oceanography http://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12499
De Mora L (2024) The Sonification of the Western Channel Observatory (Remastered 2024) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR4dLG72yWk
McQuatters-Gollop A, Stern R, Atkinson A, Best M, Bresnan E, Creach V…. Tett P (2024) The silent majority: Pico- and nanoplankton as ecosystem health indicators for marine policy. Ecological Indicators https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.111650
McEvoy, A., Atkinson, A., & Beesley, A. (2024). Zooplankton abundance time series from net hauls at Western Channel Observatory site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2022. (Version 4) \[Data set\]. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. https://doi.org/10.5285/0FD7CC03-9B99-492C-E063-6C86ABC0E52B

2023

Atkinson A, McEvoy A, Widdicombe C, Beesley A, Tarran G, Sanders J, Hiscock K (2023) Chapter 6. Plankton Observations. In: Hiscock K. and Earll, R. (eds) 2023. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2022. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. https://doi.org/10.17031/7kfv-tq71
Airs RL, Beale R, Polimene L, Chen Y, Mausz MA, Scanlan DJ....McEvoy A. (2023). Seasonal measurements of the nitrogenous osmolyte glycine betaine in marine temperate coastal waters. Biogeochemistry, 162(3), 309-323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-01006-7
Berthou S, Renshaw R, Smyth T, Tinker J, Grist J, Wihsgott J ....Worsford M (2023). June 2023 marine heatwave over the Northwest European shelf: origins, weather feedback and future recurrence. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3417023/v1
Buchholz, H. H., Bolaños, L. M., Bell, A. G., Michelsen, M. L., Allen, M. J., & Temperton, B. (2023). Novel pelagiphage isolate Polarivirus skadi is a polar specialist that dominates SAR11-associated bacteriophage communities at high latitudes. The ISME Journal, 17(10), 1660-1670. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01466-1
Chrismas, N., Allen, R., Allen, M. J., Bird, K., & Cunliffe, M. (2023). A 17-year time-series of fungal environmental DNA from a coastal marine ecosystem reveals long-term seasonal-scale and inter-annual diversity patterns. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(1992), 20222129. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.2129
Gonzalez-Pola, C., Larsen, K. M., Fratantoni, P., & Beszczynska-Möller, A. (2023). ICES Report on Ocean Climate 2021. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.24755574.v1
Graves CA, Best M, Atkinson A, Bear B, Bresnan E, Holland M, …………Ostle C (2023). At what scale should we assess the health of pelagic habitats? Trade-offs between small-scale manageable pressures and the need for regional upscaling. Ecological Indicators, 154, p.110571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110571
Holland MM, Louchart A, Artigas LF, Ostle C, Atkinson A., Rombouts I…………McQuatters-Gollop A (2023). Major declines in NE Atlantic plankton contrast with more stable populations in the rapidly warming North Sea. Science of the Total Environment, 898, p.165505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165505
Jordan, T. M., Simis, S. G., Selmes, N., Sent, G., Ienna, F., & Martinez-Vicente, V. (2023). Spatial structure of in situ reflectance in coastal and inland waters: implications for satellite validation. Frontiers in Remote Sensing, 4. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2023.1249521
McEvoy AJ, Atkinson A, Airs RL, Brittain R, Brown I, Fileman ES…. Widdicombe S. (2023) The Western Channel Observatory: a century of physical, chemical and biological data compiled from pelagic and benthic habitats in the Western English Channel. Earth System Science Data 15, 5701–5737 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-5701-2023
McEvoy A, Atkinson A (2023) The Western Channel Observatory: a century of oceanographic, chemical and biological data compiled from pelagic and benthic habitats in the Western English Channel 1903 - 2022. The Archive for Marine Species and Habitats Data (DASSH). (Dataset). https://doi.mba.ac.uk/data/3048
Magliozzi C, Palma M, Druon J-N, Palialexis A, McQuatters-Gollop, A, Ioanna V, Rafael G-Q, Elena G, Birgit, H, Laura B, Felipe AL, (2023). Status of pelagic habitats within the EU-Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Proposals for improving consistency and representativeness of the assessment. Marine Policy, 148: 105467.
Phillips AB, Templeton R, Roper D, Morrison R, Pebody M, Bagley PM ... Furlong, M. (2023). Autosub Long Range 1500: A continuous 2000 km field trial. Ocean Engineering, 280, 114626.
Ratnarajah L, Abu-Alhaija R, Atkinson A, Batten S, Bax NJ, Bernard KS…………………. Yebra L (2023) Monitoring and modelling marine zooplankton in a warming world. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36241-5
Ruhl S (2023) This dataset supports the publication "Intra-Annual Patterns in the Benthic-Pelagic Fluxes of Dissolved and Particulate Matter". University of Southampton https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars....020.567193 [Dataset]
Simon, A., Poppeschi, C., Plecha, S., Charria, G., & Russo, A. (2023). Coastal and regional marine heatwaves and cold-spells in the Northeast Atlantic. EGUsphere, 2023, 1-25. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-2023-430
Skakala J, Awty-Carroll K, Menon PP, Wang K, Lessin, G. (2023). Future digital twins: emulating a highly complex marine biogeochemical model with machine learning to predict hypoxia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1058837 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1058837
Smyth, T. (2023) Chapter 4. Oceanography Background conditions–Western Channel Observatory. In: Hiscock K. and Earll, R. (eds) 2023. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2022. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. https://doi.org/10.17031/7kfv-tq71
Stern R., Picard K., Clarke J., Walker CE., Martins C., Marshall C., ... Edwards M. (2023). Composition and Patterns of Taxa Assemblages in the Western Channel Assessed by 18S Sequencing, Microscopy and Flow Cytometry. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(3), 480.
Tilstone GH, Land PE, Pardo S, Kerimoglu O, Van der Zande D (2023). Threshold indicators of primary production in the north-east Atlantic for assessing environmental disturbances using 21 years of satellite ocean colour. Science of the Total Environment 854: 158757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158757
Van Leeuwen, S. M., Lenhart, H. J., Prins, T. C., Blauw, A., Desmit, X., Fernand, L., ... & Vilmin, L. (2023). Deriving pre-eutrophic conditions from an ensemble model approach for the North-West European seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 10, 1129951. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1129951
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C. (2023). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi:10.5285/062bf324-63ba-464a-e063-6c86abc07749
Woodward E.M.S.; Harris C. (2023). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2022. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi:10.5285/062bf324-63b9-464a-e063-6c86abc07749
Woolley Maisch C A, Fisher RE, France JL, Lowry D, Lanoisellé M, Bell TG, ... & Nisbet, EG. (2023). Methane Source Attribution in the UK Using Multi‐Year Records of CH4 and δ13C. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128(21), e2023JD039098.
Zhao, Q., Van den Brink, P.J., Xu, C. Wang S, Clark AT, Karakoç C……….. Laender F (2023) Relationships of temperature and biodiversity with stability of natural aquatic food webs. Nature Communications 14, 3507 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38977-6

2022

Bolaños LM, Tait K, Somerfield PJ, Parsons RJ, Giovannoni SJ, Smyth T…Temperton B (2022). Influence of short and long term processes on SAR11 communities in open ocean and coastal systems. ISME Communications, 2(1), 116.https://doi.org/10.1038/s43705-022-00198-1
Louchart A, Lizon F, Claquin P, Artigas LF, Tilstone G, Land P (2022). Pilot assessment on primary production. In: OSPAR, 2023: The 2023 Quality Status Report for the North-East Atlantic. OSPAR Commission, London. Available at: https://oap.ospar.org/en/ospar-assessments/quality-status-reports/ qsr-2023/indicator-assessments/primary-prod-pilot-assessment/
Airs RL, Beale R, Polimene L, Chen Y, Mausz MA, Scanlan DJ, Widdicombe CE, Tarran GA, Woodward EMS, Harris C, McEvoy AJ (2022) Seasonal measurements of the nitrogenous osmolyte glycine betaine in marine temperate coastal waters Biogeochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-022-01006-7
Armitage S, Awty-Carroll K, Clewley D, Martinez-Vicente V (2022) Detection and Classification of Floating Plastic Litter Using a Vessel-Mounted Video Camera and Deep Learning. Remote Sensing, 14, 3425. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14143425
Atkinson A, McEvoy A, Widdicombe, C, Beesley A, Sanders J, Hiscock K (2022) Chapter 5 - plankton observations 2021. In: Hiscock, K. & Earll, R. (eds). South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2021. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. Doi: https://doi.org/10.17031/t98y-1806
Brown AR, Lilley MK, Shutler J, Widdicombe C, Rooks P, McEvoy A., ... & Lowe, C. (2022). Harmful Algal Blooms and their impacts on shellfish mariculture follow regionally distinct patterns of water circulation in the western English Channel during the 2018 heatwave. Harmful Algae 111, 102166.
Chang CW, Miki,T, Ye H, Souissi S, Adrian R, Anneville O., ... & Hsieh CH (2022). Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context. Nature Communications, 13: 1-11.
Collins RA, Baillie C, Halliday NC, Rainbird S, Sims DW, Mariani S, Genner MJ (2022) Reproduction influences seasonal eDNA variation in a temperate marine fish community. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10271
Brown AR, Lilley MK, Shutler J, Widdicombe C, Rooks P, McEvoy A., ... & Lowe, C. (2022). Harmful Algal Blooms and their impacts on shellfish mariculture follow regionally distinct patterns of water circulation in the western English Channel during the 2018 heatwave. Harmful Algae 111, 102166.
Chang CW, Miki,T, Ye H, Souissi S, Adrian R, Anneville O., ... & Hsieh CH (2022). Causal networks of phytoplankton diversity and biomass are modulated by environmental context. Nature Communications, 13: 1-11.
Collins RA, Baillie C, Halliday NC, Rainbird S, Sims DW, Mariani S, Genner MJ (2022) Reproduction influences seasonal eDNA variation in a temperate marine fish community. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. https://doi.org/10.1002/lol2.10271
Currie F, Twigg MS, Huddleson N, Simons KE, Marchant R, Banat IM (2022) Biogenic propane production by a marine Photobacterium strain isolated from the Western English Channel. Frontiers in Microbiology 4084. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1000247
Dedman CJ, Christie-Oleza JA, Fernandez-Jurez V, Echeveste P. (2022). Cell size matters: Nano-and micro-plastics preferentially drive declines of large marine phytoplankton due to co-aggregation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 424, 127488.
Findlay HS, Artoli Y, Birchenough SNR, Hartman S, Len P, Stiasny M (2022). Climate change impacts on ocean acidification relevant to the UK and Ireland. MCCIP Science Review, 2. 24pp. doi: 10.14465/2022.reu03.oac
Ford DA, Grossberg S, Rinaldi G, Menon PP, Palmer MR, Skakala J, Smyth TJ, Williams CAJ, Lorenzo Lopez A, Ciavatta S (2022). A solution for autonomous, adaptive monitoring of coastal ocean ecosystems: Integrating ocean robots and operational forecasts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1067174
Jordan TM, Simis SGH, Grotsch PMM, Wood J. (2022). Incorporating a Hyperspectral Direct-Diffuse Pyranometer in an Above-Water Reflectance Algorithm. Remote Sensing, 14, 2491
Karcher DB, Cvitanovic C, van Putten IE, Colvin RM, Armitage D, Aswani S, Zhang J, (2022). Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy. Journal of Environmental Management 314: 114994. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114994
Langer G, Probert I, Cox MB, Taylor A, Harper GM, Brownlee C, Wheeler G (2022). The effect of cytoskeleton inhibitors on coccolith morphology in Coccolithus braarudii and Scyphosphaera apsteinii. Journal of Phycology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpy.13303
Langer G, Jie VW, Kottmeier D, Flori S, Sturm D, de Vries J, Harper GM, Brownlee C. and Wheeler G, (2022). Distinct physiological responses of Coccolithus braarudii life cycle phases to light intensity and nutrient availability. European Journal of Phycology, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670262.2022.2056925
Longobardi L, Dubroca L, Sarno D, Zingone A (2022) Global long-term observations reveal wide geographic divergence in coastal phytoplankton species niches. Journal of Plankton Research. https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbac050
Liu Z, Collins RA, Baillie C, Rainbird S, Brittain R, Griffiths AM., ... Genner MJ (2022). Environmental DNA captures elasmobranch diversity in a temperate marine ecosystem. Environmental DNA 4:1024-1038 https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.294
Mausz MA, Airs RL, Dixon JL, Widdicombe CE, Tarran GA, Polimene L., ... Chen, Y. (2022). Microbial uptake dynamics of choline and glycine betaine in coastal seawater. Limnology and Oceanography 67: 1052-1064.
McCluskey E, Brewin RJ, Vanhellemont Q, Jones O, Cummings D, Tilstone G, Jackson T, Widdicombe C, Woodward EMS, Harris C., Bresnahan PJ (2022). On the seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton Chlorophyll-a concentration in nearshore and offshore waters of Plymouth, in the English Channel: enlisting the help of a surfer. Oceans 3: 125-146. https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans3020011
McMahon, O., Smyth, T., & Davies, T. W. (2022). Broad spectrum artificial light at night increases the conspicuousness of camouflaged prey. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 1324-1333.
McQuatters-Gollop A, Guerin L, Arroyo NL, Aubert A, Artigas LF, Bedford J, ... Vina-Herbon C (2022). Assessing the state of marine biodiversity in the Northeast Atlantic. Ecological Indicators 141, 109148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109148
Mutshinda, CM, Mishra A, Finkel ZV, Widdicombe CE, Irwin AJ. (2022). Bayesian two-part modeling of phytoplankton biomass and occurrence. Hydrobiologia, 849: 1287-1300.
Olin AB, Banas NS, Johns DG, Heath MR, Wright PJ, Nager RG. (2022). Spatio-temporal variation in the zooplankton prey of lesser sandeels: species and community trait patterns from the Continuous Plankton Recorder. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79: 1649-1661.
Pitois S, Yebra L. (2022). Contribution of marine zooplankton time series to the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. ICES Journal of Marine Science 79: 722-726.
Queiros AM, Tait K, Clark JR, Bedington M, Pascoe C, Torres R., Smale DA (2022). Identifying and protecting macroalgae detritus sinks toward climate change mitigation. Ecological Applications, e2798. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2798
Sims RP, Bedington M, Schuster U, Watson AJ, Kitidis V., Torres R., ... Bell TG (2022). Tidal mixing of estuarine and coastal waters in the western English Channel is a control on spatial and temporal variability in seawater CO2. Biogeosciences, 19: 1657-1674.
Skakala J, Bruggeman J, Ford, D, Wakelin S., Akpinar A, Hull, T, Kaise, J, Loveday BR, O'Dea E, Williams CA, Ciavatta S (2022). The impact of ocean biogeochemistry on physics and its consequences for modelling shelf seas. Ocean Modelling 172, 101976. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocemod.2022.101976
Smyth T (2022) Chapter 4. Oceanography background conditions - Western Channel Observatory In: Hiscock, K. & Earll, R. (eds) 2022. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2021. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17031/t98y-1806
Thyssen M, Gregori GJ, Creach V, Lahbib S, Dugenne M, Aardema HM, Artigas LF ... Zheng S. (2022). Interoperable vocabulary for marine microbial flow cytometry. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9:975877. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.975877
Valdes L, Lopez-Urrutia A, Beaugrand G, Harris RP, Irigoien, X. (2022). Seasonality and interannual variability of copepods in the Western English Channel, Celtic Sea, Bay of Biscay, and Cantabrian Sea with a special emphasis to Calanus helgolandicus and Acartia clausi. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79: 727-740.
Woodward, EMS, Harris C. (2022). Micromolar Nutrient concentration profiles from the long-term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2021. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. https://doi.org/10.5285/d61b955c-93b2-681f-e053-6c86abc0378e
Wright LS, Pessarrodona A, & Foggo A. (2022). Climate-driven shifts in kelp forest composition reduce carbon sequestration potential. Global Change Biology, 28(18), 5514-5531

2021

Atkinson A, McEvoy A, Widdicombe C, Beesley A, Hiscock K, Miller P, Cleley D (2021) Chapter 5 - plankton observations for 2020. In: Hiscock, K., & Earll, R. (eds) 2021. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2020. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17031/p2hc-rg17.
Abdulhussain AH, Cook KB, Turner AD, Lewis AM, Bibby TS, Mayor DJ (2021). The influence of the toxin-producing dinoflagellate, Alexandrium catenella (1119/27), on the survival and reproduction of the marine copepod, Acartia tonsa, during prolonged exposure. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 652225.
Atkinson A, Lilley MKS, Hirst AG, McEvoy, AJ, Tarran GA, Widdicombe CE, Fileman ES, Woodward EMS, Schmidt K, Smyth TJ, Somerfield PJ (2021) Increasing nutrient stress reduces the efficiency of energy transfer through planktonic size spectra. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 422-437. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11613
Agarwal J, James CC, Widdicombe CE, Barton AD, (2021) Intraseasonal predictability of natural phytoplankton population dynamics. Ecol Evol 11: 15720-15739 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8234
Buchholz HH, Michelsen ML, Bolanos LM, Browne E, Allen MJ, Temperton B (2021). Efficient dilution-to-extinction isolation of novel virus-host model systems for fastidious heterotrophic bacteria. The ISME journal, 15: 1585-1598. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-00872-z
Coppock RL, Lindeque PK, Cole M, Galloway TS, Nakki P, Birgani H, Richards S, Queiros AM (2021). Benthic fauna contribute to microplastic sequestration in coastal sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 415, 125583 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125583
Corona S, Hirst A, Atkinson D, Atkinson A (2021) Density-dependent modulation of copepod body size and temperature-size responses in a shelf sea. Limnology and Oceanography 66: 3916-3927 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11930
Dedman CJ, Rizk, MM, Christie-Oleza, JA, Davies, GL, (2021). Investigating the impact of cerium oxide nanoparticles upon the ecologically significant marine cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus. Frontiers in Marine Science 8, 668097 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.668097
Henly L, Stewart JE, Simpson SD (2021). Drivers and implications of change in an inshore multi-species fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science 78: 1815-1825.
ICES. (2021). Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology (WGZE; outputs from 2020 meeting). ICES Scientific Reports. 3:7. 52 pp. https://doi.org/10.17895/ices.pub.7689
Kidd C, Graham E, Smyth TJ, Gill M (2021) Assessing the Impact of Light/Shallow Precipitation Retrievals from Satellite-Based Observations Using Surface Radar and Micro Rain Radar Observations. Remote Sensing, 13 (9), 1708. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13091708
Langer G, Taylor AR, Walker CE, Meyer EM, Ben Joseph O, Gal A, Harper GM, Probert I, Brownlee C, Wheeler GL (2021). Role of silicon in the development of complex crystal shapes in coccolithophores. New Phytologist 231:1845-1857.
Laundon D, Mock T, Wheeler G, Cunliffe M. (2021). Healthy herds in the phytoplankton: The benefit of selective parasitism. The ISME Journal, 15: 2163-2166. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-021-00936-8
Leal I, Bohn K, Hawkins SJ, Jenkins SR, Flores AAV, Tremblay R (2021) Lipid allocation in late-stage barnacle larvae from subtropical and temperate waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 661:147-161. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13578
Lewis HW, & Dadson SJ (2021). A regional coupled approach to water cycle prediction during winter 2013/14 in the United Kingdom. Hydrological Processes, 35, e14438. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14438
Lehtiniemi M, Fileman ES, Hllfors H, Kuosa H, Lehtinen S, Lips I, Setala O, Suikkanen S, Tuimala J, Widdicombe CE, Woodson, B (2021). Optimising sampling frequency for monitoring heterotrophic protists in a marine ecosystem. ICES Journal of Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab132
Leles SG, Bruggeman J, Polimene L, Blackford J, Flynn KJ, Mitra A (2021) Differences in physiology explain succession of mixoplankton functional types and affect carbon fluxes in temperate seas. Progress in Oceanography 190:102481 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102481
Loades, D. C. (2021). Measuring Ozone Deposition to the Ocean Surface and Assessing its Biogeochemical Controls (Doctoral dissertation, University of York).
McEvoy A, Beesley A, Atkinson A (2022). Subset of zooplankton abundance and biomass time series from net hauls at site L4 off Plymouth, UK between 1988-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi:https://doi.org/10.5285/d7fb6ce3-7bc9-307b-e053-6c86abc0671b
Ostle C, Paxman K, Graves CA, Arnold M, Artigas LF, Atkinson A, Aubert A, Baptie M, Bear B, Bedford J, Best M, Bresnan E, Brittain R, Broughton D, Budria A, Cook K, Devlin M, Graham G, Halliday N, Helaouet P, Johansen, M, Johns DG, Lear D, Macairopoulou M, McKinney A, Mellor A, Milligan A, Pitois S, Rombouts I, Scherer C, Tett P, Widdicombe C, McQuatters-Gollop A (2021). The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: a digital tool to increase the discoverability and usability of plankton time-series data. Earth System Science Data 13: 5617-5642 https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5617-2021
Parry HE, Atkinson A, Somerfield PJ, Lindeque PK (2021). A metabarcoding comparison of taxonomic richness and composition between the water column and the benthic boundary layer. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78: 3333-3341.
Phillips DP, Hopkins FE, Bell TG, Liss PS, Nightingale PD, Reeves CE, Wohl C, Yang M (2021). Air-sea exchange of acetone, acetaldehyde, DMS and isoprene at a UK coastal site. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21:10111-10132.
Uriarte, I, Villate F, Iriarte A, Fanjul AI, Atkinson A, Cook K (2021) Opposite phenological responses of zooplankton to climate along a latitudinal gradient through the European Shelf. ICES Journal of Marine Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab008
Rontani F, Smik L, Vaultier F, Widdicombe C, Belt ST (2021). Seasonal monitoring of lipid degradation processes in the western English Channel links bacterial 10S-DOX enzyme activity to free fatty acid production by phytoplankton. Marine Chemistry 230, 103928 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2021.103928
Ruhl S, Thompson CE, Queiros AM, Widdicombe S (2021). Decadal patterns and trends in benthic-pelagic exchange processes. Journal of Marine Systems, 222, 103595.
Redfern JC, Foggo A. Mieszkowska N, (2021). Handling the heat: Responses of two congeneric limpet species to environmental temperature differences. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 536,151500.
Simpson SJ, Humphries NE, Sims DW (2021). Habitat selection, fine-scale spatial partitioning and sexual segregation in Rajidae, determined using passive acoustic telemetry. Marine Ecology Progress Series 666: 115-134
Smyth, T. (2021). Challenging the capability of autonomous gliders in coastal seas. Ocean Challenge 25: 20-21
Smyth T (2021) Chapter 5. Oceanography background conditions - Western Channel Observatory. In: Hiscock, K., & Earll, R. (eds) 2021. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2020. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. Doi: https://doi.org/10.17031/p2hc-rg17.
Tarran GA, May RS (2021). Abundance of phytoplankton, heterotrophic nanoflagellates and bacteria through the water column at time series station L4 in the Western English Channel for 2020. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK doi
White C, Ussher SJ, Fitzsimons MF, Atkinson S, Woodward EMS, Yang MX, Bell TG (2021) Inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus in Western European aerosol and the significance of dry deposition flux into stratified shelf waters. Atmospheric Environment 261: 118391 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2021.118391
Widdicombe CE, Harbour D (2021). Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance and biomass time-series at Plymouth Station L4 in the Western English Channel, 1992-2020. NERC EDS British Oceanographic Data Centre NOC. doi:https://doi.org/10.5285/c9386b5c-b459-782f-e053-6c86abc0d129. doi:https://doi.org/10.5285/c9386b5c-b459-782f-e053-6c86abc0d129

2020

Abdulhussain AH, Cook KB, Turner AD, Lewis AM, Elsafi MA, Major DJ (2020) The Influence of the Toxin Producing Dinoflagellate, Alexandrium catenella (1119/27), on the Feeding and Survival of the Marine Copepod, Acartia tonsa Harmful Algae 98:101890doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2020.101890

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Barton AD, Gonzalez Taboada F, Atkinson A, Widdicombe CE, Stock CA (2020) Integration of temporal environmental variation by the marine plankton community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 647: 1-16, 2020 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13432
Bedford J, Ostle, C, Johns DG, Atkinson, A, Best M, Bresnan, E, Machairopolou M, Graves CA, Devlin M, Milligan A, Pitois S, Mellor A, Tett P, McQuatters-Gollop A (2020) Lifeform indicators reveal large-scale shifts in plankton across the North-West European shelf. Global Change Biology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15066
Botterell ZLR, Beaumont N, Cole M, Hopkins FE, Steinke M, Thompson RC, Lindeque PK (2020) Bioavailability of Microplastics to Marine Zooplankton: Effect of Shape and Infochemicals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 12024-12033 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c02715
Brewin RJW, Cyronak T, Bresnahan, Andersson AJ, Richard J, Hammond K, Billson O, de Mora L, Jackson T, Smale D, Dall'Olmo G (2020) Comparison of two methods for measuring sea surface temperature when surfing. Oceans 2020, 1, 6-26; doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans1010002
Charria G, Rimmelin-Maury P, Goberville E, L'Helguen A, Barrier N, David-Beausire C, Cariou T, Grosstffen E, Repecaud E, Quemener L, Theetten S, Treguer P. (2020) Temperature and Salinity Changes in Coastal Waters of Western Europe: Variability, Trends and Extreme Events. In: Ceccaldi HJ., Henocque Y., Komatsu T., Prouzet P., Sautour B., Yoshida J. (eds) Evolution of Marine Coastal Ecosystems under the Pressure of Global Changes. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43484-7_15
Cornwell LE, Fileman ES, Bruun JT, Hirst AG, Tarran GA, Findlay HS, Lewis C, Smyth TJ, McEvot AJ, Atkinson A. 2020. Resilience of the copepod Oithona similis to climatic variability: egg Production, mortality, and vertical habitat partitioning. Frontiers in Marine Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00029
Daniel, A; Laes-Huon, A; Barus, C; Beaton, AD; Blandfort, D; Guigues, N; Knockaert, M; Muraron, D; Salter, I; Woodward, EMS; Greenwood, N; Achterberg, EP. 2020 Toward a Harmonization for Using in situ Nutrient Sensors in the Marine Environment. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00773
Dixon JL, Hopkins FE, Stephens JA, Schafer H (2020) Seasonal Changes in Microbial Dissolved Organic Sulfur Transformations in Coastal Waters. Microorganisms 2020, 8, 337 doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8030337
Dye, S., Berx, B., Opher, J., Tinker, J.P. and Renshaw, R. (2020) Climate change and salinity of the coastal and marine environment around the UK. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 76-102. doi: https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc04.sal
Edwards, M., Atkinson, A., Bresnan, E., Helaouet, P., McQuatters-Gollup, A., Ostle, C., Pitois, S. and Widdicombe, C. (2020) Plankton, jellyfish and climate in the North-East Atlantic. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 322-353. doi: https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc15.plk
Goncalves Leles, S, Bruggeman J, Polimene L, Blackford J, Flynn KJ, Mitra A (2020) Differences in physiology explain succession of mixoplankton functional types and affect carbon fluxes in temperate seas Progr Oceanogr 190 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2020.102481
Hiscock, K., Earll, R. & White, R. (eds) 2020. South-west Marine Ecosystems Report for 2019. Marine Biological Association of the UK, Plymouth. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17031/a4k9-p258
Humphreys, M.P., Artioli, Y., Bakker, D.C.E., Hartman, S.E., Leon, P., Wakelin, S., Walsham. P. and Williamson, P. (2020) Air-sea CO2 exchange and ocean acidification in UK seas and adjacent waters. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 54-75. doi: https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc03.oac
Kennerley B. 2020. Macroalgae: a hitherto neglected source of blue carbon The significant role of seaweed in the sequestration of carbon. Ocean Challenge, Vol. 24, No.1
Kerr T, Clark JR, Fileman ES, Widdicombe CE, Pugeault N (2020) Collaborative Deep Learning Models to Handle Class Imbalance in FlowCam Plankton Imagery. IEEE Access doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3022242 2020
Legge O, Johnson M, Hicks N, Jickells T, Diesing M, Aldridge J, Andrews J, Artioli Y, Bakker DCE, Burrows MT, Carr N, Cripps G, Felgate SL, Fernand L, Greenwood N, Hartman S, Kroger S, Lessin G, Mahaffey C, Mayor DJ, Parker R, Queiros AM, Shutler JD, Silva T, Stahl H, Tinker J, Underwood GJC, Van Der Molen J, Wakelin S, Weston K and Williamson P (2020) Carbon on the Northwest European Shelf: Contemporary Budget and Future Influences. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:143. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00143
Lindeque PK, Cole M, Coppock RL, Lewis CN, Miller RZ, Watts AJR, Wilson-McNeal A, Wright S, Galloway T (2020) Are we underestimating microplastic abundance in the marine environment? A comparison of microplastic capture with nets of different mesh-size? Environmental Pollution 265 (2020) 114721 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114721
Mutshinda CM, Finkel ZV, Widdicombe CE, Irwin AJ (2020) A Trait-Based Clustering for Phytoplankton Biomass Modeling and Prediction Diversity 12 (8), 295 https://doi.org/10.3390/d12080295
Moore, P.J. and Smale, D.A. (2020) Impacts of climate change on shallow and shelf subtidal habitats relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 272-292. doi: https://doi.org/10.14465/2020.arc13.ssh
Parry HE, Atkinson A, Somefield PJ, Lindeque PK (2020) A metabarcoding comparison of taxonomic richness and composition between the water column and the benthic boundary layer. ICES Journal of Marine Science (2020), doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa228
Powley, H. R., Bruggeman, J., Hopkins, J., Smyth, T., & Blackford, J. (2020). Sensitivity of shelf sea marine ecosystems to temporal resolution of meteorological forcing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2019JC015922. https://doi.org/ 10.1029/2019JC015922
Ruhl S, Thompson CEL, Queiros AM, Widdicombe S (2020) Intra-Annual Patterns in the Benthic-Pelagic Fluxes of Dissolved and Particulate Matter. Frontiers in Marine Science. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.567193
Schmidt, K, Birchill AJ, Atkinson A, Brewin RJW, Clark JR, Hickman AE, Johns DG, Lohan MC, Milne A, Pardo S, Polimene L, Smyth TJ, Tarran GA, Widdicombe CE, Woodward EMS, Ussher SJ (2020) Increasing picocyanobacterial success in shelf waters contributes to long-term food web degradation. Global Change Biology doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15161
Samplonius JM , Atkinson A, Hassal C, Keogan K, Thackeray SJ , Assmann JJ, Burgess MD, Johansson J, Macphie KH, Pearce-Higgins JW, Simmonds EG, Varpe O, Weir JC, Childs DZ, Cole EF, Daunt F, Hart T, Lewis OT, Pettorelli N, Sheldon BC, Phillimore AB (2020) Strengthening the evidence base for temperature-mediated phenological asynchrony and its impacts. Nature Ecology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-01357-0
Skakala, J., Bruggeman, J., Brewin, R. J. W., Ford, D. A., & Ciavatta, S. (2020). Improved representation of underwater light field and its impact on ecosystem dynamics: A study in the North Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125, e2020JC016122. https:// doi.org/10.1029/2020JC016122
Smale, D. A., Pessarrodona, A., King, N., Burrows, M. T., Yunnie, A., Vance, T., & Moore, P. (2020). Environmental factors influencing primary productivity of the forest-forming kelp Laminaria hyperborea in the northeast Atlantic. Scientific Reports, 10(1), [12161]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-69238-x
Tinker, J.P. and Howes, E.L. (2020) The impacts of climate change on temperature (air and sea), relevant to the coastal and marine environment around the UK. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 1-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.14465/202 0.arc01.tem
Torres R, Artioli Y, Kitidis V, Ciavatta S, Ruiz-Villareal M, Shutler J, Polimene L, Martinez V, Widdicombe C, Woodward EMS, Smyth TJ, Fishwick J, Tilstone GH (2020) Sensitivity of Modeled CO2 Air-Sea Flux in a Coastal Environment to Surface Temperature Gradients, Surfactants, and Satellite Data Assimilation. Remote Sensing, 12, 2038; doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12122038
Yang M, Buxmann JCE, Delbarre H, Fourmentin M, Smyth TJ (2020) Temporal and spatial trends in aerosols near the English Channel - An air quality success story? Atmospheric Environment X 6 (2020) 100074 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeaoa.2020.100074

2019

Bange, HW; Arévalo-Martínez, DL; de la Paz, Me; Farías, L; Kaiser, J; Kock, A; Law, CS; Rees, AP; Rehder, G; Tortell, PD; Upstill-Goddard, RC; Wilson, ST. 2019 A Harmonized Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Ocean Observation Network for the 21st Century. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00157
Gohin F, Van der Zande D, Tilstone GH. et al. (2019).Twenty years of satellite and in situ observations of surface chlorophyll-a from the northern Bay of Biscay to the eastern English Channel. Is the water quality improving? Remote Sensing of Environment., 233: 111343. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111343
Mutshinda, CM; Finkel, ZV; Widdicombe, CE; Irwin, AJ. 2019 Bayesian inference to partition determinants of community dynamics from observational time series. Community Ecology, 20 (3). 238-251. https://doi.org/10.1556/168.2019.20.3.4
Yang, M; Bell, TG; Brown, IJ; Fishwick, J; Kitidis, V; Nightingale, PD; Rees, AP; Smyth, TJ. 2019 Insights from year-long measurements of airwater CH4 and CO2 exchange in a coastal environment. Biogeosciences, 16 (5). 961-978. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-16-961-2019
Yu, J; Yang, X; Wang, N; Tilstone, GH; Fileman, ES; Zheng, H; Yu, Z; Fu, M; Zheng, B. 2019 Video-Based Real Time Analysis of Plankton Particle Size Spectrum. IEEE Access, 7. 60020-60025. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2914727
Fanjul A, Iriarte A, Villate, F, Uriarte I, Artiachi M, Atkinson A, Cook K (2019) Latitude, distance offshore and local environmental features as modulators of zooplankton assemblages across the NE Atlantic shelves province. Journal of Plankton Research doi:10.1093/plankt/fbz015
Quierós AM, Stephens N, Widdicombe S, Tait K, McCoy SJ, Ingels J, Rühl S, Airs R, Beesley A, Carnovale G, Cazenave P, Dashfield S, Hua E, Jones M, Lindeque P, McNeill CL, Nunes J, Parry H, Pascoe C, Widdicombe C, Smyth T, Atkinson A, Krause-Jensen D, Somerfield PJ (2019) Connected macroalgal-sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean. Ecological Monographs e01366
McQuatters-Gollop A , Atkinson A, Aubert A, Bedford J, Best M, Bresnan E, Cook K, Devlin M, Gowen R, Johns DG, Machairopolou M, McKinney A, Mellor A, Ostle C, Scherer C. (2019) Plankton lifeforms as a biodiversity indicator for regional-scale assessment of pelagic habitats for policy. Ecological Indicators 101: 913-925 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.02.010
G Lessin, J Bruggeman, CL McNeill, S Widdicombe (2019) Time scales of benthic macrofaunal response to pelagic production differ between major feeding groups. Frontiers in Marine Science 6:15 doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00015
SCL Watson, NJ Beaumont, S Widdicombe, DM Paterson (2019) Comparing the network structure and resilience of two benthic estuarine systems following the implementation of nutrient mitigation actions. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science /doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.12.016
L Ye, C Chang, SS Matsuzaki, N Takamura, CE Widdicombe, C Hsieh (2019) Functional diversity promotes phytoplankton resource use efficiency. Journal of Ecology DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.13192
RL Coppock, TS Galloway, M Cole, ES Fileman, AM Queirós, PK Lindeque (2019) Microplastics alter feeding selectivity and faecal density in the copepod, Calanus helgolandicus. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.009
C Ravaglioli1, F. Bulleri, S. Rühl, SJ McCoy, H Findlay, S Widdicombe and AM Queirós (2019) Ocean acidification and hypoxia alter organic carbon fluxes in marine soft sediments. Global Change Biology Glob Change Biol. 2019;25:41654178 DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14806
E Talbot, C Hauton, J Bruggeman, S Widdicombe (2019). Uncovering the environmental drivers of short-term temporal dynamics in an epibenthic community from the Western English Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK. 99: 1467-1479. doi.org/10.1017/S0025315419000663
Hartman SE, Humphreys, MP, Kivimäe, C, Woodward EMS, Kitidis V, McGrath, T, Hydes DJ, Greenwood N, Hulle T, Ostle C, Pearce DJ, Sivyer D, Stewart BM, Walsham P, Painter SC, McGovern E, Harris C, Griffiths A, Smilenova, A, Clarke J, Davis C, Sanders R, Nightingale P. (2019) Seasonality and spatial heterogeneity of the surface ocean carbonate system in the northwest European continental shelf. Progress in Oceanography 177, 101909 doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.02.005
Sharples J , Mayor DJ, Poulton AJ, Rees AP, Robinson C (2019) Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry: Nutrient and carbon cycling in a temperate shelf sea water column. Progress in Oceanography 177, 102182 doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102182
Lewis HW, Siddorn J, Castrillo Sanchez, Petch J, Edwards JM, Smyth T (2019) Evaluating the impact of atmospheric forcing and airsea coupling on near-coastal regional ocean prediction Ocean Science 15, 761778 doi.org/10.5194/os-15-761-2019
Barnett, ML, Kemp, AES, Hickman AE, Purdie DA (2019) Shelf sea subsurface chlorophyll maximum thin layers have a distinct phytoplankton community structure. Continental Shelf Research 174, 140-157 DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2018.12.007
Warren MA, Simis SGH, Martinez-Vicente V, Poser K, Bresciani M, Alikas K, Spyrakos E, Giardino C, Ansper A (2019).Assessment of atmospheric correction algorithms for the Sentinel-2A Multispectral Imager over coastal and inland waters. Remote Sensing of Environment 225, 267-289 doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.03.018
Warwick-Dugdale, J, Solonenko, N, Moore K, Chittick L, Gregory AC, Allen, MJ, Temperton, B (2019) Long-read viral metagenomics captures abundant and microdiverse viral populations and their niche-defining genomic islands PeerJ. 7:e6800. DOI 10.7717/peerj.6800
de Castro TMC, Veldhuis MCW (2019) Temporal changes in phytoplankton biomass and cellular properties; implications for the IMO ballast water convention. Environmental Technology 40, 1455-1466. doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2017.1423117
Djeghri N, Atkinson A, Fileman ES, Harmer RA, Widdicombe CE, McEvoy AJ, Cornwell L, Mayor DJ (2018) High predator-prey size ratios and unselective feeding in copepods: a seasonal comparison of five species with contrasting feeding modes. Progress in Oceanogr.177, 102039. doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2018.11.005

2018

Fanjul A, Iriarte A, Villate F, Uriarte I, Atkinson A, Cook K (2018) Zooplankton seasonality across a latitudinal gradient in the Northeast Atlantic shelves Province. Continental Shelf Res 160: 49-62 10.1016/j.csr.2018.03.009
Maud JL, Hirst A, Atkinson A, Lindeque P, McEvoy A (2018) Mortality of Calanus helgolandicus: sources, differences between the sexes and consumptive and non-consumptive processes. Limnology and Oceanography 63: 1741-1761 doi10.1002/lno.10805
Taylor JD, Bird KE, Widdicombe CE, Cunliffe M (2018) Active bacterioplankton community response to dissolved 'free' deoxyribonucleic acid (dDNA) in surface coastal marine waters. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 94: fiy132 10.1093/femsec/fiy132
Brewin RJW, Tilstone GH, Bouman HA, Hickman A (2018) Estimation of size-fractionated primary production from satellite ocean colour in UK shelf seas. Remote Sensing 10: no.138910.3390/rs10091389
Skakala J, Ford D, Brewin RJW, McEwan R, Kay S, Taylor, B, deMora L, Ciavatta S (2018) The assimilation of phytoplankton functional types for operational forecasting in the Northwest European shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans 123: 5230-524710.1029/2018JC014153
Castro MCT, Veldhuis MJW, Fileman TW, Hall-Spencer JM. (2018) Different approaches and limitations for testing phytoplankton viability in natural assemblies and treated ballast water. Marine Pollution Bulletin 137. 172-179. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.013
Talbot SE, Widdicombe S, Hauton C, Bruggeman J. (2018) Adapting the dynamic energy budget (DEB) approach to include non-continuous growth (moulting) and provide better predictions of biological performance in crustaceans. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 10.1093/icesjms/fsy164
Atkinson A, Polimene L, Fileman ES, Widdicombe CE, McEvoy AJ, Smyth TJ, Djeghri N, Sailley SF, Cornwell LE. (2018) Comment. What drives plankton seasonality in a stratifying shelf sea? Some competing and complementary theories. Limnology and Oceanography 63 (6). 2877-2884. http://doi.org/10.1002/lno.11036
Kraberg AC, Widdicombe CE, Beckett R, Rick J, Rooks PA, van Wezel R. (2018) Further records of a new diatom species in the English Channel and North Sea: the importance of image-referenced data. Marine Biodiversity Records 11 (1). http://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-018-0155-0
Curran K, Brewin RJW, Tilstone GH, Bouman H, Hickman A. (2018) Estimation of Size-Fractionated Primary Production from Satellite Ocean Colour in UK Shelf Seas [in special issue: Ocean Colour] Remote Sensing MDPI 10 (1389). http://doi.org/10.3390/rs10091389
Cahill AE, Pearman JK, Borja A, Carugati L, Carvalho S, Danovaro R, Dashfield SL, David R, Feral J-P, Olenin S, Siaulys A, Somerfield PJ, Trayanova A, Uyarra MC, Chenuil A. (2018) A comparative analysis of metabarcoding and morphology-based identification of benthic communities across different regional seas. Ecology and Evolution (2018). 1-13. http://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4283
Dornelas M, et al. inc Widdicombe CE. (2018) BioTIME: A database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene. Global Ecology and Biogeography 27(7), 760-786. http://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12729
Cree C, Airs RL, Archer SD, Fitzsimons MF. (2018) Measurement of methylamines in seawater using solid phase microextraction and gas chromatography. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 16 (7). 411-420. 10.1002/lom3.10255
Brewin RJW, Smale DA, Moore PJ, Dall Olmo G , Miller PI, Taylor BH, Smyth TJ, Fishwick J, Yang M.(2018) Evaluating Operational AVHRR Sea Surface Temperature Data at the Coastline Using Benthic Temperature Loggers. Remote Sensing 10 (6) 925. 1-23. 10.3390/rs10060925
Keys M, Tilstone GH, Findlay HS, Widdicombe CE, Lawson T. (2018) Effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on phytoplankton community biomass species composition and photosynthesis during an experimentally induced autumn bloom in the western English Channel. Biogeosciences 15. 3203-3222. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-3203-2018
Cornwell L, Findlay HS, Fileman ES, Smyth TJ, Hirst AG, Bruun JT, McEvoy AJ, Widdicombe CE, Castellani C, Lewis C, Atkinson A. (2018) Seasonality of Oithona similis and Calanus helgolandicus reproduction and abundance: contrasting responses to environmental variation at a shelf site. Journal of Plankton Research 40 (3). 295-310. http://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fby007

2017

Fanjul A, Villate F, Uriarte I, Iriate A, Atkinson A, Cook K (2017) Zooplankton variability at four monitoring sites of the Northeast Atlantic shelves differing in latitude and trophic status. J Plankton Res.39: 891-909 10.1093/plankt/fbx054
Navarro-Barranco C, McNeill CL, Widdicombe CE, Guerra-Garci JM, Widdicombe S (2017) Long-term dynamics in a soft-bottom amphipod community and the influence of the pelagic environment. Marine Environmental Research 129: 133-146 10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.04.013
Steer M, Cole M, Thompson RC, Lindeque PK (2017) Microplastic ingestion by fish larvae in the Western English Channel. Environmental Pollution 226:250-259 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.062
Brewin RJW, de Mora L, Billson O, Jackson T, Russell P, Brewin TG, Shutler J, Miller PI, Taylor BH, Smyth TJ, Fishwick J. (2017) Evaluating operational AVHRR sea surface temperature data at the coastline using surfers. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 196. 276-289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.07.011
Fishwick J. (2017) The Use of Autonomous Sampling Platformswith Particular Reference to Moored Data Buoys. In: Uncles RJ, Mitchell SB (eds.) Estuarine and Coastal Hydrography and Sediment Transport. uk Cambridge University Press 332pp.
Mutshinda CM, Finkel ZV, Widdicombe CE, Irwin AJ. (2017) Phytoplankton traits from long-term oceanographic time-series. Marine Ecology Progress Series. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12220
Keys M, Tilstone GH, Findlay HS, Widdicombe CE, Lawson T. (2017) Effects of elevated CO2 on phytoplankton community biomass and species composition during a spring Phaeocystis spp. bloom in the western English Channel. Harmful Algae 67. 92-106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2017.06.005
Woodward EMS, Harris C, Al-Moosawi L. (2017) Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2016. BODC database. 10.5285/47147f8f-44c7-207a-e053-6c86abc0dc21
Segura AM, Calliari D, Lan BL, Fort H, Widdicombe CE, Harmer RA, Arim M. (2017) Community fluctuations and local extinction in a planktonic food web. Ecology Letters. http://doi.org/10.1111/ele.12749
Kenitz KM, Visser AW, Mariani P, Andersen KH (2017) Seasonal succession in zooplankton feeding traits reveals trophic trait coupling. Limnology and Oceanography, 62(3), 1184-1197 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10494
McConville K, Atkinson A, Fileman ES, Spicer JI, Hirst AG (2017) Disentangling the counteracting effects of water content and carbon mass on zooplankton growth. Journal of Plankton Research, 39(2), 246-256 https://doi.org/10.1093/plankt/fbw094
Tilstone GH, Mallor-Hoya S, Gohin F, Bel Couto A, Sa C, Gloela P, Cristina S, Airs R, Icely J, Zuhlke M, Groom SB (2017). Which Ocean Colour algorithm for MERIS in NW European coastal waters? Remote Sensing Environment, 189. 132-151. 10.1016/j.rse.2016.11.012

2016

Lewandowska AM, Biermann A, Borer ET, Cebria´n-Piqueras MA, Declerck SAJ, De Meester L, Van Donk E, Gamfeldt L, Gruner LS, Hagenah N, Harpole WS, Kirkman K, Klausmeier CA, Kleyer M, Knops JMH, Lemmens P, Lind EM, Litchman E, Mantilla-Contreras J, Martens K, Meier S, Minden V, Moore JL, Olde Venterink H, Seabloom EW, Sommer U, Striebel M, Trenkamp A, Trinogga J, Urabe J, Vyverman W, Van de Waal DB, Widdicombe CE, Hillebrand H (2016) The influence of balanced and imbalanced resource supply on biodiversity–functioning relationship across ecosystems. Philosophical Transactions R. Soc. B 371: 20150283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0283
Cole M, Lindeque PK, Fileman E, Clark J, Lewis C, Halsband C, Galloway TS (2016). Microplastics Alter the Properties and Sinking Rates of Zooplankton Faecal Pellets. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50. 3239-3246. 10.1021/acs.est.5b05905
Haberlin D, Mapstone G, McAllen R, McEvoy AJ, Doyle TK (2016) Diversity and occurrence of siphonophores in Irish coastal waters. Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy Vol 116B Issue 2
Queiros AM, Strong JA, Mazik K, Carstensen J, Bruun JT, Somerfield PJ, Bruhn A, Ciavatta S, Flo E, Bizsel N, Ozaydinli M, Chuseve R, Muxica I, Nygard H, Papadopoulou N, Pantazi M, Krause-Jensen D (2016) An Objective Framework to Test the Quality of Candidate Indicators of Good Environmental Status [in special issue: Bridging the Gap Between Policy and Science in Assessing the Health Status of Marine Ecosystems] Frontiers in Marine Science 3 73. 15 pp. 0.3389/fmars.2016.00073
Rees AP, Tait K, Widdicombe CE, Quartly GD, McEvoy AJ, Al-Moosawi, L (2016) Metabolically active, non-nitrogen fixing, Trichodesmium in UK coastal waters during winter. Journal of Plankton Research, 38. 673-678. 10.1093/plankt/fbv123
Beale R, Airs R (2016) Quantification of glycine betaine, choline and trimethylamine N-oxide in seawater particulates: Minimisation of seawater associated ion suppression. Analytica Chimica Acta, 938. 114-122. 10.1016/j.aca.2016.07.016
Mutshinda CM, Finkel ZV, Widdicombe CE, Irwin AJ (2016) Ecological equivalence of species within phytoplankton functional groups. Functional Ecology, 30. 1714-1722. 10.1111/1365-2435.12641
Sargeant SL, Murrell JC, Nightingale PD, Dixon JL (2016) Seasonal variability in microbial methanol utilisation in coastal waters of the western English Channel. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 550. 53-64. 10.3354/meps11705
Castellani C, Licandro P, Fileman E, Di Capua I, Mazzocchi MG (2016) Oithona similis likes it cool: evidence from two long-term time series. Journal of Plankton Research, 38. 703-717. 10.1093/plankt/fbv104
Lebret K, Schroeder J, Balestreri C, Highfield A, Cummings D, Smyth T, Schroeder, D (2016) Choice of molecular barcode will affect species prevalence but not bacterial community composition. Marine Genomics, 29. 39-43. 10.1016/j.margen.2016.09.001
Yang MX, Bell TG, Hopkins FE, Kitidis V, Cazenave PW, Nightingale PD, Yelland MJ, Pascal RW, Prytherch J, Brooks IM, Smyth TJ (2016) Air-sea fluxes of CO2 and CH4 from the Penlee Point Atmospheric Observatory on the south-west coast of the UK. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16. 5745-5761. 10.5194/acp-16-5745-2016
Yang M, Bell TG, Hopkins FE, Smyth TJ (2016) Attribution of atmospheric sulfur dioxide over the English Channel to dimethyl sulfide and changing ship emissions. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 16. 4771-4783. 10.5194/acp-16-4771-2016
Yang MX, Prytherch J, Kozlova E, Yelland MJ, Mony DP, Bell TG (2016) Comparison of two closed-path cavity-based spectrometers for measuring air-water CO2 and CH4 fluxes by eddy covariance. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 9. 5509-5522. 10.5194/amt-9-5509-2016
Nunes J, Mccoy SJ, Findlay HS, Hopkins FE, Kitidis V, Queiros AM, Rayner L, Widdicombe S (2016) Two intertidal, non-calcifying macroalgae (Palmaria palmata and Saccharina latissima) show complex and variable responses to short-term CO2 acidification. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73. 887-896. 10.1093/icesjms/fsv081
Wiebe PH, Harris R, Gislason A, Margonski P, Skjoldal HR, Benfield M, Hay S, O'Brien T, Valdes L (2016) The ICES Working Group on Zooplankton Ecology: Accomplishments of the first 25 years. Progress in Oceanography, 141. 179-201. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.009
Taylor JD, Cunliffe M (2016) Multi-year assessment of coastal planktonic fungi reveals environmental drivers of diversity and abundance. ISME Journal, 10. 2118-2128. 10.1038/ismej.2016.24
McManus MC, Licandro P, Coombs SH (2016) Is the Russell Cycle a true cycle? Multidecadal zooplankton and climate trends in the western English Channel. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73. 227-238. 10.1093/icesjms/fsv126
Evariste E, Claquin P, Robin JP, Auber A, McQuatters-Gollop A, Dauvin JC (2016) The Channel ecosystem, a cross-roads of anthropogenic pressures and scientific studies: Lessons learned from the European INTERREG IV projects (2009-2015). Marine Policy, 63. 158-165. 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.10.012
Woodward EMS, Harris C, Al-Moosawi L (2016). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bt7h.
Woodward EMS, Harris C, Al-Moosawi L (2016). Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2015. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council, UK. doi:10/bt6b.

2015

Nissimov JI, Napier JA, Allen MJ, Kimmance SA (2015) Intragenus competition between coccolithoviruses: an insight on how a select few can come to dominate many. Environmental Microbiology 18 (1). 133-145. 10.1111/1462-2920.12902
Queiros AM, Bruggeman J, Stephens N, Artioli Y, Butenschon M, Blackford JC, Widdicombe S, Allen JI, Somerfield PJ (2015) Placing biodiversity in ecosystem models without getting lost in translation. Journal of Sea Research. 10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.004
Taubert M, Grob C, Howat AM, Burns OJ, Dixon JL, Chen Y, Murrell JC (2015) XoxF encoding an alternative methanol dehydrogenase is widespread in coastal marine environments. Environmental Microbiology 17 (10). 3937-3948. 10.1111/1462-2920.12896
White DA, Widdicombe CE, Somerfield PJ, Tarran GA, Maud JL, Atkinson A (2015) The combined effects of seasonal community succession and adaptive algal physiology on lipid profiles of coastal phytoplankton in the Western English Channel. Marine Chemistryi, 177. 638-652. 10.1016/j.marchem.2015.10.005
Beale R, Dixon JL, Smyth T, Nightingale PD (2015), Annual study of oxygenated volatile organic compounds in UK shelf waters. Marine Chemistry, 171. 96-106.
Cross J, Nimmo-Smith WAM, Hosegood PJ, Torres R. (2015) The role of advection in the distribution of plankton populations at a moored 1-D coastal observatory. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 342-359. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.016
Uncles RJ, Stephens JA, Harris C (2015) Physical processes in a coupled bay-estuary coastal system: Whitsand Bay and Plymouth Sound. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 360-384. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.019
Uncles RJ, Stephens JA, Harris C (2015) Estuaries of southwest England: Salinity, suspended particulate matter, loss-on-ignition and morphology. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 385-408. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.030
Stern RF, Picard KT, Hamilton KM, Walne A, Tarran GA, Mills D, McQuatters-Gollop A, Edwards M (2015) Novel lineage patterns from an automated water sampler to probe marine microbial biodiversity with ships of opportunity. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 409-420. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.015
Llewellyn CA, Sommer U, Dupont CL, Allen AE, Viant MR (2015) Using community metabolomics as a new approach to discriminate marine microbial particulate organic matter in the western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 421-433. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.022
Tarran GA, Bruun JT (2015) Nanoplankton and picoplankton in the Western English Channel: abundance and seasonality from 2007-2013. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 446-455. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.024
Atkinson A, Harmer RA, Widdicombe CE, McEvoy AJ, Smyth TJ, Cummings DG, Somerfield PJ, Maud JL, McConville K (2015) Questioning the role of phenology shifts and trophic mismatching in a planktonic food web. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 498-512. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.023
Barnes MKS, Tilstone GH, Smyth TJ, Widdicombe CE, Gloel J, Robinson C, Kaiser J, Suggett DJ (2015) Drivers and effects of Karenia mikimotoi blooms in the western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 456-469. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.018
Barnes MKS, Tilstone GH, Suggett DJ, Widdicombe CE, Bruun JT, Martinez-Vicente V, Smyth TJ (2015) Temporal variability in total, micro- and nano-phytoplankton primary production at a coastal site in the Western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 470-483. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.017
Maud JL, Atkinson A, Hirst AG, Lindeque PK, Widdicombe CE, Harmer RA, McEvoy AJ, Cummings DG (2015) How does Calanus helgolandicus maintain its population in a variable environment? Analysis of a 25-year time series from the English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 513-523. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.028
Steele DJ, Tarran GA, Widdicombe CE, Woodward EMS, Kimmance SA, Franklin DJ, Airs RL (2015) Abundance of a chlorophyll a precursor and the oxidation product hydroxychlorophyll a during seasonal phytoplankton community progression in the Western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 434-445. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.021
Tait K, Airs RL, Widdicombe CE, Tarran GA, Jones M, Widdicombe S (2015) Dynamic responses of the benthic bacterial community at the Western English Channel observatory site L4 are driven by deposition of fresh phytodetritus. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 546-558. /10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.020
Reygondeau G, Molinero JC, Coombs SH, Mackenzie BR, Bonnet D (2015) Progressive changes in the Western English Channel foster a reorganization in the plankton food web [in special issue: The UK Western Channel Observatory: Integrating pelagic and benthic observations in a shelf sea ecosystem] Progress in Oceanography, 137. 524-532. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.025
Smyth TJ, Atkinson A, Widdicombe S, Frost MT, Allen JI, Fishwick J, Queiros AM, Sims DW, Barange M (2015) The Western Channel Observatory. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 335-341. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.05.020
Queiros AM, Stephens N, Cook R, Ravaglioli C, Nunes J, Dashfield SL, Harris C, Tilstone GH, Fishwick J, Braeckman U, Somerfield PJ, Widdicombe S (2015) Can benthic community structure be used to predict the process of bioturbation in real ecosystems. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 559-569. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.027
Qingtian Z, Warwick RM, McNeill CL, Widdicombe CE, Sheehan A, Widdicombe S (2015) An unusually large phytoplankton spring bloom drives rapid changes in benthic diversity and ecosystem function. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 533-545. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.029
Polimene L, Mitra A, Sailley SF, Ciavatta S, Widdicombe CE, Atkinson A, Allen JI (2015) Decrease in diatom palatability contributes to bloom formation in the Western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography, 137. 484-497. 10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.026
Xie Y, Tilstone GH, Widdicombe C, Woodward EMS, Harris C, Barnes MK. (2015) Effects of increases in temperature and nutrients on phytoplankton community structure and photosynthesis in the Western English Channel. Marine Ecology Progress Series 519: 61-73. doi: 10.3354/meps11101
Cole M, Lindeque PK, Fileman E, Halsband C, Galloway T (2015) The impact of microplastics on feeding, function and fecundity in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Environmental Science & Technology 49 (2): 1130-1137
Lindeque PK, Dimond A, Harmer RA, Parry HE, Pemberton KL, Fileman ES (2015) Feeding selectivity of bivalve larvae on natural plankton assemblages in the Western English Channel. Marine Biology 162(2). 291-308. 10.1007/s00227-014-2580-x
Sneha A, Ianora A, Lauritanoa C, Lindeque PK, Carotenutoa Y (2015). High-quality RNA extraction from copepods for Next Generation Sequencing: A comparative study. Marine Genomics, 24, 115-118. 10.1016/j.margen.2014.12.004
Gloel J, Robinson C, Tilstone G, Tarran G, Kaiser J. (2015) Could Benzalkonium chloride be a suitable alternative to mercuric chloride for preservation of seawater samples? Ocean Sciences 11, 947-952. 10.5194/os-11-947-2015
Nechad B, Ruddick K, Schroeder T, Oubelkheir K, Blondeau-Patissier D, Cherukuru NC, Brando VE, Dekker AG, Clementson L, Banks AC, Maritorena S, Werdell J, Sa C, Brotas V, Caballero de Frutos I, Ahn Y-H, Salama S, Tilstone G, Vicente V, Foley D, McKibben M, Nahorniak J, Peterson T, Silio-Calzada A, Rottgers R, Lee Z, Peters M, Brockman C. (2015). CoastColour Round Robin datasets: a database to evaluate the performance of algorithms for the retrieval of water quality parameters in coastal waters. Earth System Science Data, 7. 319-348. 10.5194/essd-7-319-2015

2014

Atkinson A, Hill SH, Barange M, Pakhomov EA, Raubenheimer D, Schmidt K, Simpson SJ, Reiss C (2014) Sardine cycles, krill declines and locust plagues: revisiting wasp-waist food webs. Trend in Ecology and Evolution 29: 309-316
Blackett M, Licandro, P, Coombs SH, Lucas CH (2014) Long-term variability of the siphonophores Muggiaea atlantica and M. kochi in the Western English Channel. Progress in Oceanography 128, 1-14
Cole M, Webb H, Lindeque PK, Fileman ES, Halsband, C, Galloway TS (2014) Isolation of microplastics in biota-rich seawater samples and marine organisms. Scientific Reports 4, no 4528, doi 10.1038/srep04528
Clark DR, Brown I, Rees AP, Somerfield PJ, Miller PI (2014) The influence of ocean acidification on nitrogen regeneration and nitrous oxide production in the North-West European shelf sea. Supplement to: Clark DR, Brown I, Rees AP, Somerfield PJ, Miller PI (2014) The influence of ocean acidification on nitrogen regeneration and nitrous oxide production in the North-West European shelf sea. Biogeosciences 11: 4985-5005. Size: 12526 datapoints. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.837515
Dixon JL, Beale R, Sargeant S, Tarran GA, Nightingale PD (2014) Microbial acetone oxidation in coastal seawater. Frontiers in Microbiology, 5. 243. 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00243
Highfield, A, Evans C, Walne A, Miller PI, Schroeder DC (2014) How many Coccolithovirus genotypes does it take to terminate an Emiliania huxleyi bloom? Virology 466, 138-145
Pingree RD, Garcia-Soto C (2014) Plankton blooms, ocean circulation and the European slope current: response to weather and climate in the Bay of Biscapy and W English Channel (NE Atlantic). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 106. 5-22. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2014.07.008
Taylor JD, Cunliffe M (2014) High-throughput sequencing reveals neustonic and planktonic microbial eukaryote diversity in coastal waters. Journal of Phycology 50, 960-965
Taylor JD, Cottingham SD, Billinge J, Cunliffe M (2014) Seasonal microbial community dynamics correlate with phytoplankton-derived polysaccharides in surface coastal waters. ISME Journal 8, 245-248
DR Clark, Brown, I, Rees, AP, Somerfield, PJ, Miller, PI (2014) The influence of ocean acidification on nitrogen regeneration and nitrous oxide production in the North-West European shelf sea. Biogeosciences 11: 4985-5005. doi: 10.5194/bg-11-4985-2014
ES Fileman, PK Lindeque, R Harmer, C Halsband, A Atkinson (2014) Feeding rates and selectivity of planktonic decapod larvae in the Western English Channel. Marine Biology 161(11): 2479-2494. (doi:10.1007/s00227-014-2520-9)
B Laverock, K Tait, JA Gilbert, AM Osborn, S Widdicombe (2014) Impacts of bioturbation on temporal variation in bacterial and archaeal nitrogen-cycling gene abundance in coastal sediments. Environmental Microbiology Reports 6(1): 113-121. (doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.12115)
TJ Smyth, JI Allen, A Atkinson, JT Bruun, RA Harmer, RD Pingree, CE Widdicombe, PJ Somerfield (2014) Ocean net heat flux influences seasonal to interannual patterns of plankton abundance. PLOS ONE 9 (6) e98709. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098709)
K Tait, V Kitidis, BB Ward, DG Cummings, MR Jones, PJ Somerfield, S Widdicombe (in press) Spatio-temporal variability in ammonia oxidation and ammonia oxidising bacteria and archaea in coastal sediments of the Western English Channel. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 511: 41–58 (doi:10.3354/meps10933)
Barnes, M., Tilstone G.H., Smyth, T.J., Suggett, Kromkamp J, Astoreca R, Lancelot C. 2014. Absorption based algorithm of primary production for total and size-fractionated phytoplankton in coastal waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 504: 73-89.
L Polimene, C Brunet, M Butenschon, V. Martinez-Vicente, C Widdicombe, R Torres and JI Allen (2014). Modelling a light-driven phytoplankton succession. J. Plankton Res. 36(1): 214–229, doi:10.1093/plankt/fbt086

2013

AM Queirós, S Birchenough, J Bremner, JA Godbold, RE Parker, A Romero-Ramirez, H Reiss, M Solan, PJ Somerfield, C Van Colen, G Van Hoey, S Widdicombe (2013) A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. Ecology & Evolution, 3: 3958 – 3985.
McConville K, Halsband C, Fileman ES, Somerfield PJ, Findlay HS, Spicer JI (2013) Seawater carbonate chemistry and reproduction of the two calanoid copepods Centropages typicus and Temora longicornis in a laboratory experiment. Supplement to: McConville K, Halsband C, Fileman ES, Somerfield PJ, Findlay HS, Spicer JI (2013) Effects of elevated CO2 on the reproduction of two calanoid copepods. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 73: 428-434. Size: 9998 datapoints. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.823445
S Dashfield, L McNeill (2013): Plymouth Marine Laboratory Benthic Survey macrofauna abundance and biomass data set from four sites in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from 2008 to 2010 containing the data from the samples analysed as at December 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. doi:10.5285/0ad59521-712e-11e2-824b-1803734a77fb
P Frickers, S Dashfield (2013): PML Benthic Survey redox measurements from four sites (Cawsand, L4, Rame and Jennycliff) in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from January 2010 to May 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. doi:10.5285/b3fe4c0f-8d7a-11e2-93c8-1803734a77fb
HE Parry, PK Lindeque, R Harmer (2013). Diversity of zooplankton assemblages at Station L4, Western English Channel, measured using next generation sequencing. Plymouth Marine Laboratory. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.817188
K Tait (2013): PML Benthic Survey microbial gene abundance data from four sites (Jennycliff, Cawsand, Rame and L4) in the Western English Channel surveyed bimonthly from July 2008 to May 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. doi:10.5285/aa8a7d00-8d7c-11e2-ab1c-1803734a77fb
EMS Woodward, C Harris and L Al-Moosawi (2013): Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station E1 in the Western English Channel from 2002 to 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. DOI - doi:10.5285/ad314fa1-7118-11e2-938c-1803734a77fb
EMS Woodward, C Harris and L Al-Moosawi (2013): Nutrient concentration profiles from long term time series at Station L4 in the Western English Channel from 2000 to 2012. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. DOI - doi:10.5285/075f8000-7114-11e2-907f-1803734a77fb
A Beesley and EMS Woodward (2013): PML Benthic Survey sediment nutrient flux rates data from a benthic flux survey experiment at 4 different study sites off Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. DOI - doi:10.5285/de04ea05-ea55-4191-e044-000b5de50F38
A Beesley and EMS Woodward (2013): PML Benthic Survey nutrient concentration data from a benthic flux survey experiment at 4 different study sites of Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. doi:10.5285/ea6e6cee-8d7d-11e2-bbe0-1803734a77fb
EMS Woodward, C Harris and K Tait (2013): PML Benthic Survey water column nutrient concentrations from 4 different benthic study sites off Plymouth, South West England, between 2008 and 2011. British Oceanographic Data Centre - Natural Environment Research Council UK. doi:10.5285/ed97f20f-8d7e-11e2-b183-1803734a77fb
M Cole, P Lindeque, E Fileman, C Halsband, R Goodhead, J Moger, T Galloway (2013). Microplastic ingestion by zooplankton. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (12): 6646-6655.
B Laverock, V Kitidis, K Tait, JA Gilbert, AM Osborn, S Widdicombe (2013). Bioturbation determines the response of benthic ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms to ocean acidification. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 368, 20120441-20120441.
K McConville, C Halsband, ES Fileman, PJ Somerfield, HS Findlay and JI Spicer (2013). Effect of elevated CO2 on the reproduction of two calanoid copepods. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 73, 428-434.
PK Lindeque, HE Parry, RA Harmer, PJ Somerfield and A Atkinson (2013) Next Generation Sequencing reveals the hidden diversity of zooplankton assemblages. PLoS ONE, 8 (11) e81327.
P Marrec, T Cariou, E Collin, A Durand, M Latimer, E Mace, P Morin, S Raimund, M Vernet and Y Bozec (2013) Seasonal and latitudinal variability of the CO2 system in the western English Channel based on voluntary observing ship (VOS) measurements. Marine Chemistry, 155, 29-41
V Martinez-Vicente, SGH Simis, R Alegre, PE Land and SB Groom (2013) Above-water reflectance for the evaluation of adjacency effects in Earth observation data: initial results and methods comparison for near-coastal waters in the Western Channel, UK. Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications 8 no 13060. doi: 10.2971/jeos.2013.13060
JF Nissimov, M Jones, JA Napier, CB Munn, SA Kimmance and MJ Allen (2013) Functional inferences of environmental coccolithovirus biodiversity. Viologica Sinica 28, 291-302
J Cross, WAM Nimmo-Smith, R Torres and PJ Hosegood (2013) Biological controls on resuspension and the relationship between particle size and the Kolmogorov length scale in a shallow coastal sea. Marine Geology 343, 29-38
SM Gibbons, JG Caporaso, J Gregory, M Pirrung, D Field, R Knight, and JA Gilbert. Evidence for a persistent microbial food bank throughout the global ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United Stes of America. 10, 4651-4655
TD O’Brien, PH Wiebe and T Falkenhaug (eds) (2013) ICES Zooplankton Staus Report 2010/2011. ICES Cooperative Research Report 318. 208 pp
N Downes-Tettmar, S Rowland, C Widdicombe, M Woodward and C Llewellyn (2013). Seasonal variation in Pseudo-nitzschia spp. and domoic acid in the Western English Channel. Continental Shelf Research, 53, 40–49.
RH Condon, CM Duarte, KA Pitt, KL Robinson, CH Lucas, KR Sutherland, HW Mianzan, M Bogeberg, JE Purcell, M-B Decker, S Uye, LP Madin, RD Brodeur, SHD Haddock, A Malej, GD Parry, E Eriksen, J Quiñones, M Acha, M Harvey, JM Arthur, and WM Graham (2013) Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations PNAS doi:10.1073/pnas.1210920110
AM Segura, C Kruk, D Calliari, F García-Rodriguez, D Conde, C Widdicombe, H Fort (in press) Competition drives clumpy species coexistence in estuarine phytoplankton. Scientific Reports
KF Edwards, E Litchman and CA Klausmeier (2013) Functional traits explain phytoplankton community structure and seasonal dynamics in a marine ecosystem, Ecology Letters, 16, 56–63. doi: 10.1111/ele.12012
CJ O'Brien, JA Peloquin, M Vogt, M Heinle, N Gruber, P Ajani, H Andruleit, J Arístegui, L Beaufort, M Estrada, D Karentz, E Kopczyńska, R Lee, T Pritchard, C Widdicombe (2013) Global marine plankton functional type biomass distributions: coccolithophores. Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss., 5: 491-520.

2012

EF Møller, M Maar SH Jónasdóttir SH, TG Nielsen and K Tönnesson (2012) The effect of changes in temperature and food on the development of Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus populations. Limnol Oceanogr, 57, 211-220
Allen MJ, Martinez-Martinez J, Schroeder DC, Somerfield PJ, Wilson WH (2012) Comparative genomic hybridization of Emiliania huxleyi infected with coccolithovirus to investigate EhV-99B1 strain diversity. ArrayExpress Archive DRCI:DATA2012149001329365 http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-MAXD-23
Rees AP, Somerfield PJ, Joint I, Ward BB (2012) Linking phytoplankton community composition to seasonal changes in f ratio. ArrayExpress Archive DRCI:DATA2012151001356803 http://www.ebi.ac.uk/arrayexpress/experiments/E-GEOD-27998
Cox MJ, Schaefer H, Nightingale PD, McDonald IR, Murrell JC (2012) Diversity of methyl halide-degrading microorganisms in oceanic and coastal waters. FEMS Microbiol Lett., 334. 111-118. 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02624
Avgoustidi V, Nightingale PD, Joint I, Steinke M, Turner SM, Hopkins FE, Liss PS (2012) Decreased marine dimethyl sulfide production under elevated CO2 levels in mesocosm and in vitro studies. Env. Chem., 9, 399-404. 10.1071/EN11125
HP Batchelder, DL Mackas and TD O’Brien (2012) Spatial-temporal scales of synchrony in marine zooplankton biomass and abundance patterns: a world-wide comparison. Progress in Oceanography, 97, 15-30
DL Mackas, W Graeve, M Edwards, S Chiba, K Tadokoro, D Eloire, MG Mazzocchi, S Batten, AJ Richardson, C Johnson, E Head, A Conversi and T Peluso (2012). Changing zooplankton seasonality in a changing ocean: comparing time series of zooplankton phenology. Progress in Oceanography, 97, 31-62
V Estelles, TJ Smyth and M Campanelli (2012) Columnar aerosol properties in a Northeastern Atlantic site (Plymouth, United Kingdom) by means of ground based skyradiometer data during years 2000-2008, Atmospheric Environment, 61, 180-188. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.024
M Campanelli, V Estelles, T Smyth, C Tomasi, MP Martinez-Lozano, B Claxton, P Muller, G Pappalardo, A Pietruczuk, J Shanklin, S Colwell, C Wrench, A Lupi, M Mazzola, C Lanconelli, V Vitale, F Congeduti, D Dionisi, F Cardillo, M Cacciani, G Casasanta and T Nakajima (2012) Monitoring of Eyjafjallajokull volcanic aerosol by the new European Skynet Radiometers (ESR) network. Atmospheric Environment, 48, 33-45. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.09.070
J Holt, S Hughes, J Hopkins,SL Wakelin, NP Holliday, S Dye, C Gonzalez-Pola, SS Hjollo, KA Mork, G Nolan,R Proctor, J Read, T Shammon, T Sherwin, T Smyth, G Tattersall, B Ward and KH Wiltshire (2012) Multi-decadal variability and trends in the temperature of the northwest European continental shelf: A model-data synthesis, Progress in Oceanography, 106, 96-117. doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.08.001
V Kitidis, NJ Hardman-Mountford, E Litt, I Brown, D Cummings, S Hartman, D Hydes, JR Fishwick, C Harris, V Martinez-Vicente, EMS Woodward and TJ Smyth (2012) Seasonal dynamics of the carbonate system in the Western English Channel, Continental Shelf Research, 42, 30-40. doi: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.04.012
LP Scheef, DE Pendleton, SE Hampton, SL Katz, EE Holmes, MD Scheuerell, and DG Johns (2012) Assessing marine plankton community structure from long-term monitoring data with multivariate autoregressive (MAR) models: a comparison of fixed station versus spatially distributed sampling data, Limnol. Oceanogr.: Methods 10, 54–64
JA Gilbert, JA Steele, JG Caporaso, L Steinbrueck, J Reeder, B Temperton, S Huse, AC McHardy, R Knight, I Joint, P Somerfield, JA Fuhrman, D Field (2012) Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics. ISME Journal, 6: 298-308
M Spencer, N Mieszkowska, LA Robinson, SD Simpson, MT Burrows, SNR Birchenough, E Capasso, P Cleall-Harding, J Crummy, C Duck, D Eloire, M Frost, AJ Hall, SJ Hawkins, DG Johns, DW Sims, TJ Smyth and CLJ Frid (2012) Region-wide changes in marine ecosystem dynamics: state-space models to distinguish trends from step changes, Global Change Biology, 18, 1270-1281. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02620.x
A Kraberg, C Widdicombe, K Wiltshire, E Bresnan, D Soudant, GA Tarran, TJ Smyth (2012) Phytoplankton and microbial plankton of the North Sea and English Channel. In: O'Brien T.D, Li W.K.W, and Morán X.A.G. (Eds) ICES Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton Status Report 2009/2010. ICES Cooperative Research Report No. 131. 196pp., ICES Phytoplankton and Microbial Plankton Status Report 2009/2010, 6: 70-91.
K Leblanc, J Arístegui, L Armand, P Assmy, B Beker, A Bode, E Breton, V Cornet, J Gibson, M.-P Gosselin, E Kopczynska, H Marshall, J Peloquin, S Piontkovski, AJ Poulton, B Quéguiner, R Schiebel, R Shipe, J Stefels, MA van Leeuwe, M Varela, C Widdicombe & M Yallop (2012) A global diatom database – abundance, biovolume and biomass in the world ocean. Earth System Science Data Discussion, 5: 147-185
M Vogt, C O'Brien, J Peloquin, V Schoemann, E Breton, M Estrada, J Gibson, D Karentz, MA Van Leeuwe, J Stefels, C Widdicombe & L Peperzak (2012) Global marine plankton functional type biomass distributions: Phaeocystis sp. Earth System Science Data Discussion, 5: 405-443.
Davies N. and Field D. and the Genomic Observatories Network (2012) Sequencing data: A genomic network to monitor Earth, Nature, 481, 145, DOI: 10.1038/481145a.
Marini S. and Conversi A. Understanding zooplankton long term variability through Genetic Programming. In: EvoBIO 2012 - Evolutionary computation, machine learning and data mining in bioinformatics: 10th European conference (Malaga, Spain, 11-13 April 2012). Mario Giacobini, Leonardo Vanneschi, and William Bush (eds.). (TO APPEAR IN Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer, 2012.
Tilstone, G. H., Peters, S. W. M., van der Woerd, H. J., Eleveld, M. A., Ruddick, K., Schönfeld, W., Krasemann, H., Martinez-Vicente, V., Blondeau-Patissier, D., Röttgers, R., Sørensen, K., Jørgensen, P. V. and Shutler, J. D. (2012) Variability in specific-absorption properties and their use in a semi-analytical ocean colour algorithm for MERIS in North Sea and Western English Channel Coastal Waters, Remote Sensing Environment, 118, 320 - 338.

2011

Ciavatta, S., Torres, R., Saux-Picart, S., and Allen, J. I. (2011) Can ocean color assimilation improve biogeochemical hindcasts in shelf seas? J. Geophys. Res., 116, C12043, doi:10.1029/2011JC007219.
Dixon, J. L., Beale, R., and Nightingale, P. D. (2011) Microbial methanol uptake in northeast Atlantic waters, ISME J, 5, 704 - 716. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2010.169.
McHugh, M., Sims, D. W., Partridge, J. C. and Genner, M. J. (2011) A century later: Long-term change of an inshore temperate marine fish assemblage. J. Sea Res., 65, (2) 187-194.
Larsen P. E., Collart, F. R., Field, D., Meyer, F., Keegan, K. P., Henry, C. S., McGrath, J., Quin, J., and Gilbert, J. A. (2011) Predicted Relative Metabolomic Turnover (PRMT): determining metabolic turnover from a coastal marine metagenomic dataset. Microbial Informatics and Experimentation, 1:4. DOI:10.1186/2042-5783-1-4.
Spencer, M., Birchenough, S. N. R., Mieszkowska, N., Robinson, L. A., Simpson, S. D., Burrows, M. T., Capasso, E., Cleall-Harding, P., Crummy, J., Duck, C., Eloire, D., Frost, M., Hall, A. J., Hawkins, S. J., Johns, D. G., Sims, D. W., Smyth, T. J. and Frid, C. L. J. (2011) Temporal change in UK marine communities: trends or regime shifts? Mar. Ecol.-Evol. Persp., 32, 10-24.
Ward, B. B., Rees, A. P., Somerfield, P. J. and Joint, I. (2011) Linking phytoplankton community composition to seasonal changes in f-ratio. ISME J, 5, 1759 - 1770. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2011.50
Ward BB, Rees AP, Somerfield PJ, Joint I (2011) GSE27998: Linking phytoplankton community composition to seasonal changes in f ratio. Gene Expression Omnibus DRCI:DATA2012124000627998 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE27998
Yebra, L., Bonnet, D., Harris, R., Lindeque, P. and Peijnenburg, T. C. (2011). Barriers in the pelagic: population structuring of Calanus helgolandicus and Calanus euxinus in European waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 428, 135 - 149.

2001 - 2010

2010

DL Mackas and G Beaugrand (2010). Comparisons of zooplankton time series. Journal of Marine Systems, 79, 286-304
Bonnet, D., Lindeque, P. K. and Harris, R. P. Sagitta setosa predation on Calanus helgolandicus in the English Channel (2010). Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 725-737.
Breckels, M. N., Boakes, D. E., Codling, E. A., Malin, G., Archer, S. D. and Steinke, M. (2010) Modelling the concentration of exuded dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) in the boundary layer surrounding phytoplankton cells. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (2) 253-257.
Coombs, S. H., Halliday, N. C., Conway, D. V. P. and Smyth, T. J. (2010) Sardine (Sardina pilchardus) egg abundance at station L4, Western English Channel, 1988-2008. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 693-697.
Eloire, D., Somerfield, P. J., Conway, D. V. P., Halsband-Lenk, C., Harris, R. and Bonnet, D. (2010) Temporal variability and community composition of zooplankton at station L4 in the Western Channel: 20 years of sampling. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 657-679.
Fileman, E., Petropavlovsky, A. and Harris, R. (2010) Grazing by the copepods Calanus helgolandicus and Acartia clausi on the protozooplankton community at station L4 in the Western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 709-724.
Genner, M. J., Halliday, N. C., Simpson, S. D., Southward, A. J., Hawkins, S. J. and Sims, D. W. (2010) Temperature-driven phenological changes within a marine larval fish assemblage. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 699-708.
Gilbert, J. A., Meyer, F., Schriml, L., Joint, I. R., Muhling, M. and Field, D. (2010) Metagenomes and metatranscriptomes from the L4 long-term coastal monitoring station in the Western English Channel. Standards in Genomic Sciences, 3, (2) 183-193.
Gilbert, J. A., Field, D., Swift, P., Thomas, S., Cummings, D., Temperton, B., Weynberg, K., Huse, S., Hughes, M., Joint, I., Somerfield, P. J. and Muhling, M. (2010) The Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Microbes at a Temperate Coastal Site: A 'Multi-Omic' Study of Seasonal and Diel Temporal Variation. PLoS One, 5, (11) 17.
Harris, R. (2010) The L4 time-series: the first 20 years. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 577-583.
Highfield, J. M., Eloire, D., Conway, D. V. P., Lindeque, P. K., Attrill, M. J. and Somerfield, P. J. (2010) Seasonal dynamics of meroplankton assemblages at station L4. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 681-691.
Kamenir, Y., Dubinsky, Z. and Harris, R. (2010) Taxonomic size structure consistency of the English Channel phytoplankton. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 383, (2) 105-110.
Karl, D. M. (2010) Oceanic Ecosystem Time-Series Programs: Ten Lessons Learned. Oceanography, 23, (3) 104-125.
Litt, E. J., Hardman-Mountford, N. J., Blackford, J. C., Mitchelson-Jacob, G., Goodman, A., Moore, G. F., Cummings, D. G. and Butenschon, M. (2010) Biological control of pCO(2) at station L4 in the Western English Channel over 3 years. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 621-629.
Magurran, A. E., Baillie, S. R., Buckland S. T., et al. (2010) Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, 574 - 582.
Martinez-Vicente, V., Land, P. E., Tilstone, G. H., Widdicombe, C. and Fishwick, J. R. (2010) Particulate scattering and backscattering related to water constituents and seasonal changes in the Western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 603-619.
Smyth, T. J., Fishwick, J. R., Al-Moosawi, L., Cummings, D. G., Harris, C., Kitidis, V., Rees, A., Martinez-Vicente, V. and Woodward, E. M. S. (2010) A broad spatio-temporal view of the Western English Channel observatory. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 585-601.
Smyth, T. J., Fishwick, J. R., Gallienne, C. P., Stephens, J. A., and Bale, A. J. (2010) Technology, design, and operation of an autonomous buoy system in the western English Channel. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 27, 2056 - 2064.
Vandepitte, L., Bart, V., Kraberg, A., et al. (2010) Data integration for European marine biodiversity research: creating a database on benthos and plankton to study large-scale patterns and long-term changes. Hydrobiologia, 644, 1 - 13.
Veit-Koehler G., De Troch, M., Grego M., et al. (2010) Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters, Marine Biology, 157, 1819 - 1835.
Widdicombe, C. E., Eloire, D., Harbour, D., Harris, R. P. and Somerfield, P. J. (2010) Long-term phytoplankton community dynamics in the Western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 643-655.
Widdicombe CE, Eloire D, Harbour D, Harris RP, Somerfield PJ (2010): Time series of phyto- and microzooplankton abundance and composition at station L4 in the English Channel from 1988 to 2009. Supplement to: Widdicombe CE, Eloire D, Harbour D, Harris RP, Somerfield PJ (2010) Long-term phytoplankton community dynamics in the western English Channel. J. Plankton Res. 32:643-655. Size: 2 datasets. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.758061
Widdicombe CE, Eloire D, Harbour D, Harris RP, Somerfield PJ (2010): Time series of microzooplankton abundance and composition at station L4 in the English Channel from 1988 to 2009. Size: 55360 data points. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.754236
Widdicombe CE, Eloire D, Harbour D, Harris RP, Somerfield PJ (2010): Time series of phytoplankton abundance and composition at station L4 in the English Channel from 1988 to 2009. Size: 141167 data points. doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.754335
Wyatt, N. J., Kitidis, V., Woodward, E. M. S., Rees, A. P., Widdicombe, S. and Lohan, M. (2010) Effects of high CO2 on the fixed nitrogen inventory of the Western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 32, (5) 631-641.

2009

Archer, S. D., Cummings, D. G., Llewellyn, C. A. and Fishwick, J. R. (2009) Phytoplankton taxa, irradiance and nutrient availability determine the seasonal cycle of DMSP in temperate shelf seas. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 394, 111-124.
Bonnet, D., Harris, R. P., Yebra, L., Guilhaumon, F., Conway, D. V. P. and Hirst, A. G. (2009) Temperature effects on Calanus helgolandicus (Copepoda: Calanoida) development time and egg production. Journal of Plankton Research, 31, (1) 31-44.
Devlin, M., Barry, J., Painting, S. and Best, M. (2009) Extending the phytoplankton tool kit for the UK Water Framework Directive: indicators of phytoplankton community structure. Hydrobiologia, 633, (1) 151-168.
Gilbert, J. A., Field, D., Swift, P., Newbold, L., Oliver, A., Smyth, T., Somerfield, P. J., Huse, S. and Joint, I. (2009) The seasonal structure of microbial communities in the Western English Channel. Environmental Microbiology, 11, (12) 3132-3139.
Groom, S., Martinez-Vicente, V., Fishwick, J., Tilstone, G., Moore, G., Smyth, T. and Harbour, D. (2009) The Western English Channel observatory: Optical characteristics of station L4. Journal of Marine Systems, 77, (3) 278-295.
Lewis, K. and Allen, J. I. (2009) Validation of a hydrodynamic-ecosystem model simulation with time-series data collected in the western English Channel. Journal of Marine Systems, 77, (3) 296-311.
Rees, A.P, Gilbert, J.A. and Kelly-Gerreyn, B.A. (2009) Nitrogen fixation in the western English Channel (NE Atlantic Ocean). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 374, 7- 12. doi:10.3354/meps07771
Rees, A. P., Hope, S. B., Widdicombe, C. E., Dixon, J. L., Woodward, E. M. S. and Fitzsimons, M. F. (2009) Alkaline phosphatase activity in the western English Channel: Elevations induced by high summertime rainfall. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 81, (4) 569-574.
Vergnon, R., Dulvy, N. K. and Freckleton, R. P. (2009) Niches versus neutrality: uncovering the drivers of diversity in a species-rich community. Ecol. Lett., 12, (10) 1079-1090.

2008

Cermeno, P., Maranon, E., Harbour, D., Figueiras, F. G., Crespo, B. G., Huete-Ortega, M., Varela, M. and Harris, R. P. (2008) Resource levels, allometric scaling of population abundance, and marine phytoplankton diversity. Limnol. Oceanogr., 53, (1) 312-318.
Cermeno, P. and Figueiras, F. G. (2008) Species richness and cell-size distribution: size structure of phytoplankton communities. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 357, 79-85.
Hardman-Mountford NJ, Moore G, Bakker D, Watson AJ, Schuster U, Barciela R, Hines A, Moncoiffe G, Brown J, Dye S, Blackford J, Somerfield PJ, Holt J, Hyndes DJ, Aiken J (2008) An operational monitoring system to provide indicators of CO2-related variables in the ocean. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 65:1498-1503.

2007

Allen MJ, Martinez-Martinez J, Schroeder DC, Somerfield PJ, Wilson WH (2007) Use of microarrays to assess viral diversity: from genotype to phenotype. Environmental Microbiology 9:971-982.
Archer SD, Goldson LE, Liddicoat MI, Cummings DG, Nightingale PD (2007) Marked seasonality in the concentrations and sea-to-air flux of volatile iodocarbon compounds in the western English Channel. Journal Geophysical Research, 112. C08009. 10.1029/2006JC003963
Bonnet, D., Harris, R., Lopez-Urrutia, A., Halsband-Lenk, C., Greve, W., Valdes, L., Hirche, H. J., Engel, M., Alvarez-Ossorio, M. T. and Wiltshire, K. (2007) Comparative seasonal dynamics of Centropages typicus at seven coastal monitoring stations in the North Sea, English Channel and Bay of Biscay. Prog. Oceanogr., 72, (2-3) 233-248.
Hirst, A. G., Bonnet, D. and Harris, R. P. (2007) Seasonal dynamics Calanus helgolandicus and mortality rates of over two years at a station in the English Channel. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 340, 189-205.
Kimmance SA, Wilson WH, Archer SD (2007) Modified dilution technique to estimate viral versus grazing mortality of phytoplankton: limitations associated with method sensitivity in natural waters. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 49(3). 207-222.
Shutler, J. D., P. E. Land, T. J. Smyth and S. B. Groom (2007) Extending the MODIS 1 km ocean colour atmospheric correction to the MODIS 500 m bands and 500 m chlorophyll-a estimation towards coastal and estuarine monitoring, Remote Sensing of Environment, 107, 521-532, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2006.10.004.
Widdows J, Bale AJ, Brinsley MD, Somerfield P, Uncles RJ (2007) An assessment of the potential impact of dredging activity on the Tamar Estuary over the last century: II. Ecological changes and potential drivers. Hydrobiologia 588:97-108.

2006

Mary, I., Cummings, D. G., Biegala, I. C., Burkill, P. H., Archer, S. D. and Zubkov, M. V. (2006) Seasonal dynamics of bacterioplankton community structure at a coastal station in the western English Channel. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 42, (2) 119-126.
Poulet, S. A., Wichard, T., Ledoux, J. B., Lebreton, B., Marchetti, J., Dancie, C., Bonnet, D., Cueff, A., Morin, P. and Pohnert, G. (2006) Influence of diatoms on copepod reproduction. I. Field and laboratory observations related to Calanus helgolandicus egg production. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 308, 129-142.
Sherrard, N. J., Nimmo, M. and Llewellyn, C. A. (2006) Combining HPLC pigment markers and ecological similarity indices to assess phytoplankton community structure: An environmental tool for eutrophication? Sci. Total Environ., 361, (1-3) 97-110.

2005

Bonnet, D., Richardson, A., Harris, R., Hirst, A., Beaugrand, G., Edwards, M., Ceballos, S., Diekman, R., Lopez-Urrutia, A., Valdes, L., Carlotti, F., Molinero, J.C., Weikert, H., Greve, W., Lucic, D., Albaina, A., Daly Yahia, N., Fonda Umani, S., Miranda, A., Dos Santos, A., Cook, K., Robinson, S. Fernandez Puelles, M.L., (2005). An overview of Calanus helgolandicus ecology in European waters. Progress in Oceanography, 65, 1-53.
Castellani, C., Robinson, C., Smith, T., and Lampitt, R. S. (2005). Temperature affects respiration rate of Oithona similis. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 285, 173-182.
Hardman-Mountford NJ, Allen JI, Frost MT, Hawkins SJ, Kendall MA, Mieszkowska N, Richardson KA, Somerfield PJ (2005) Diagnostic monitoring of a changing environment: An alternative UK perspective. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 50:1463-1471.
Coombs, S. H., Halliday, N. C., Southward, A. J., and Hawkins, S. J. (2005). Distribution and abundance of sardine (sardina pilchardus) eggs in the English Channel from continuous plankton recorder sampling. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 85, 1243-1247.
Irigoien, X., Flynn, K.J. and Harris, R.P. (2005) Phytoplankton blooms: A "loophole" in microzooplankton grazing impact? Journal of Plankton Research, 27, 313 - 321.
Llewellyn, C. A., Fishwick, J. R., and Blackford, J. C. (2005). Phytoplankton community assemblage in the English Channel: A comparison using chlorophyll a derived from HPLC-CHEMTAX and carbon derived from microscopy cell counts. Journal of Plankton Research, 27, 103-119.
Lopez-Urrutia,A., Harris, R.P., Acuna, J.L., Bämstedt, U., Flood, P.R., Fyhn, H.J., Gasser, B., Gorsky, G., Irigoien, X., and Martinussen, M. (2005). A comparison of appendicularian seasonal cycles in four contrasting European coastal environments. In, "Response of Marine Ecosystems to Global Change: Ecological Impact of Appendicularians", eds. Gorsky, G., Youngbluth, M.J. and Deibel, D., pp. 255-276.
Schafer H, McDonald IR, Nightingale PD, Murrell JC (2005) Evidence for the presence of a CmuA methyltransferase pathway in novel marine methyl halide-oxidizing bacteria. Environ. Microbiol., 7. 839-852.
Southward, A.J., Langmead, O., Hardman-Mountford, N.J., Aiken, J., Boalch, G.T., Dando, P.R., Genner, M.J., Joint, I., Kendall, M.A., Halliday, N.C., Harris, R.P., Leaper, R., Mieszkowska, N., Pingree, R.D., Richardson, A.J., Sims, D.W., Smith, T., Walne, A.W. and Hawkins, S.J. (2005). Long-term oceanographic and ecological research in the western English Channel. Advances in Marine Biology, 47, 1-105.
Yebra L., Harris R.P. and Smith T. (2005). Comparison of five methods for estimating growth of Calanus helgolandicus later developmental stages (CV- CVI). Marine Biology, 147, 1367-1375.

2004

Aiken, J., Fishwick, J., Moore, G., and Pemberton, K. (2004) The annual cycle of phytoplankton photosynthetic quantum efficiency, pigment composition and optical properties in the western English Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84, 301-313.
Irigoien, X., Huisman, J. Harris, R.P. (2004). Global biodiversity patterns of marine phytoplankton and zooplankton. Nature, 429, 863-867.
Irigoien, X., Meyer, B., Harris, R. and Harbour, D. (2004). Using HPLC pigment analysis to investigate phytoplankton taxonomy: the importance of knowing your species. Helgoland Marine Research. 58, 77-82.
Lindeque, P. K., Harris, R. P., Jones, M. B., and Smerdon, G. R. (2004). Distribution of Calanus spp. as determined using a genetic identification system. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), Vol. 68, suppl. 1, p.
Rey-Rassat, C., Bonnet, D., Irigoien, X., Harris, R., Head, R., and Carlotti, F. (2004). Secondary production of Calanus helgolandicus in the western English Channel. Journal of experimental marine biology and ecology, 313, 29-46.

2003

Hawkins, S. J., Southward, A. J. and Genner, M. J. (2003) Detection of environmental change in a marine ecosystem - evidence from the western English Channel. Sci. Total Environ., 310, (1-3) 245-256.
Irigoien, X. and Harris, R.P. 2003. Interannual variability in Calanus helgolandicus dynamics. Fisheries Oceanography. 12: 317-326.
Lindeque, P. K. and Smerdon, G. R., (2003). Temporal transcription of two Antennapedia class homeobox genes in the marine copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Mar. Biotech., 5 (6), 604-615.
Llewellyn, C. A., and Harbour, D. S. (2003). A temporal study of mycosporine-like amino acids in surface water phytoplankton from the English Channel and correlation with solar irradiation. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83, 1-9.
Lopez-Urrutia,A., Acuna, J.L., Irigoien, X., and Harris, R.P. (2003). Food limitation, growth and reproduction in temperate epipelagic appendicularians (Tunicata). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252, 143-157.
Lopez-Urrutia,A., Acuna, J.L., Irigoien, X., and Harris, R.P. (2003). In situ feeding physiology and grazing impact of the appendicularian community in temperate waters: seasonal dynamics in coastal and oceanic environments. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252, 125-141.
Pinkerton, M. H., Lavender, S. J. and Aiken, J. (2003). Validation of SeaWiFS ocean color satellite data using a moored databuoy. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(C5), Art. No. 3133

2002

Fileman, E.S., Cummings, D.G., and Llewellyn C.A. (2002). Microplankton community structure and the impact of microzooplankton grazing during an Emiliana huxleyi bloom, off the Devon coast. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 82, 359-368.

2001

John, E.H., Batten, S.D., Harris, R.P. and Hays, G.C. (2001). Comparison between zooplankton data collected by the Continuous Plankton Recorder survey in the English Channel and by WP-2 nets at station L4, Plymouth (UK). Journal of Sea Research, 46, 223-232.

1991 - 2000

Acuna, J.L., Bedo, A.W., Harris, R.P. and Anadon, R. (1995) On the occurrence of Oikopleura longicauda (Tunicata: Appendicularia) and the seasonal succession of appendicularians off Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 75, 755-758.
Bautista, B. and Harris, R.P. (1992) Copepod gut contents, ingestion rates and grazing impact on phytoplankton in relation with the size structure of zooplankton and phytoplankton during a spring bloom. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 82, 41- 50.
Bautista, B., Harris, R.P., Rodriguez, V., Guerrero, F. (1994). Temporal variability in copepod fecundity during two different spring bloom periods in coastal waters off Plymouth (SW England). Journal of Plankton Research, 16, 1367-1377.
Bautista, B., Harris, R.P., Tranter, P.R.G. and Harbour, D. (1992). In situ copepod feeding and grazing rates during a spring bloom dominated by Phaeocystis sp. in the English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 14, 691-703.
Biegala, I. and Harris, R.P. (1999). Sources of seasonal variability in mesozooplankton ATCase activity in coastal waters off Plymouth, UK. Journal of Plankton Research, 21, 2085-2103.
Green, E.P., Harris, R.P. and Duncan. A. (1992). The seasonal abundance of the copepodite stages of Calanus helgolandicus and Pseudocalanus elongatus off Plymouth, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 73, 109-122.
Guisande, C. and Harris, R.P. (1995). Effect of the biochemical composition of the egg on hatching viability and naupliar survival in the copepod Calanus helgolandicus. Limnology and Oceanography, 40, 476-482.
Irigoien, X., Harris, R.P., Head, R.N. and Harbour, D. (2000) North Atlantic Oscillation and spring bloom phytoplankton composition in the English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 22, 2367-2371.
Irigoien, X., Harris, R.P., Head, R.N. and Harbour, D. (2000). The influence of diatom abundance on the egg production rate of Calanus helgolandicus in the English Channel. Limnology and Oceanography, 45, 1433-1439
Irigoien, X., Meyer-Harms, B., Head, R.N., Harris, R.P., Cummings, D. and Harbour, D. (2000). Feeding selectivity and egg production of Calanus helgolandicus in the English Channel. Limnology and Oceanography. 45, 44-54 Joint, I., Jordan, M. B. and Carr, M. R. (1997) Is phosphate part of the Russell Cycle? J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K., 77, (3) 625-633.
Jordan, M. B. and Joint, I. (1998) Seasonal variation in nitrate : phosphate ratios in the English Channel 1923-1987. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 46, (1) 157-164.
Jordan, M. B. and Joint, I. R. (1984) Studies on Phytoplankton Distribution and Primary Production in the Western English-Channel in 1980 and 1981. Cont. Shelf Res., 3, (1) 25-34.
Laabir, M., Poulet, S.A., Harris, R.P., Pond, D.W., Head, R.N., Cueff, A. and Ianora, A. (1998). Reproductive potential of Calanus helgolandicus in well-mixed and strongly-stratified waters of the western English Channel. Journal of Plankton Research, 20, 404-421.
Laane, R., Southward, A. J., Slinn, D. J., Allen, J., Groeneveld, G. and deVries, A. (1996) Changes and causes of variability in salinity and dissolved inorganic phosphate in the Irish Sea, English Channel, and Dutch coastal zone. ICES J. Mar. Sci., 53, (6) 933-944.
Lindeque, P. K., Harris, R. P., Jones, M. B., and Smerdon, G. R., (1999). Simple molecular method to distinguish the identity of Calanus species (Copepoda: Calanoida) at any developmental stage. Mar. Biol., 133, 91-96.
Llewellyn, C. A. and Gibb, S. W. (2000) Intra-class variability in the carbon, pigment and biomineral content of prymnesiophytes and diatoms. Marine Ecology- Progress Series, 193, 33-44.
Pilling, E.D., Leakey, R.J.G., and Burkill, P.H. (1992) Marine pelagic ciliates and their productivity during summer in Plymouth coastal waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K., 72, 265-268.
Pond, D., Harris, R., Head, R., Harbour, D. (1996). Environmental and nutritional factors determining seasonal variability in the fecundity and egg viability of Calanus helgolandicus in coastal waters off Plymouth, UK. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 143, 45-63.
Rodriguez, F., Fernandez, E., Head, R.N., Harbour, D.S., Bratbak, G., Heldal, M., and Harris, R.P. (2000). Temporal variability of virus, bacteria, phytoplankton and zooplankton in the Western English Channel off Plymouth. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80, 575-586
Somerfield PJ, Clarke KR (1997) A comparison of some methods commonly used for the collection of sublittoral sediments and their associated fauna. Mar. Environ. Res. 43:145-156.
Southward, A. J. (1995a) The Importance of Long Time-Series in Understanding the Variability of Natural Systems. Helgol. Meeresunters., 49, (1-4) 329-333.
Southward, A. J. (1995b) Occurrence in the English-Channel of a Warm-Water Cirripede, Solidobalanus-Fallax. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K., 75, (1) 199-210.
Southward, A. J., Hawkins, S. J. and Burrows, M. T. (1995) 70 Years Observations of Changes in Distribution and Abundance of Zooplankton and Intertidal Organisms in the Western English-Channel in Relation to Rising Sea Temperature. Journal of Thermal Biology, 20, (1-2) 127-155.

1981 - 1990

Burkill, P. H., Mantoura, R. F. C., Llewellyn, C. A. and Owens, N. J. P. (1987) Microzooplankton Grazing and Selectivity of Phytoplankton in Coastal Waters. Mar. Biol., 93, (4) 581-590.

1971 - 1980

Pingree, R. D. (1980) Physical Oceanography of the Celtic Sea and the English Channel. In: F. T. Banner, Collins, B., and Massie, K.S. (ed) The northwest European shelf seas: the sea-bed and the sea in motion. Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 638.
Southward, A. J. (1974) Long-Term Changes in Abundance of Eggs of Cornish Pilchard (Sardina-Pilchardus-Walbaum) Off Plymouth. J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. U.K., 54, (3) 641-649.