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  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Mark Huxham is affiliated with Edinburgh Napier University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to environmental science, focusing on coastal and marine ecosystems. Their work spans various subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, and molecular biology.

The scientist's research topics cover several key areas: coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine management, plant and fungal species descriptions, agricultural and environmental management, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Capitalizing on the global financial interest in blue carbon (2022, PLOS Climate)
  • Integrating blue: How do we make nationally determined contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities? (2022, AMBIO)
  • When nature needs a helping hand: Different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment (2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change)
  • Public Perceptions of Mangrove Forests Matter for Their Conservation (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Climate and intertidal zonation drive variability in the carbon stocks of Sri Lankan mangrove forests (2021, Geoderma)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark Huxham include:

  • James Gitundu Kairo
  • Lilian Mwihaki Mugi
  • Daniel A. Friess
  • Robyn Shilland
  • Hilary Kennedy

Mark Huxham has published multiple times in several journals and repositories, with notable frequent publication venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • AMBIO
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • PLOS Climate
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Over the course of their career, Mark Huxham has contributed thirty-five publications in the broader field of environmental science, with significant work in ecology (23 publications), oceanography (9 publications), global and planetary change (7 publications), management, monitoring, policy and law (5 publications), and molecular biology (3 publications).

In recognition of their professional standing, they were awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2020.

Best Publications

  • The future of Blue Carbon science

    Peter I. Macreadie;Andrea Anton;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;John A. Raven;Nicola Beaumont

  • Mapping of mangrove forest land cover change along the Kenya coastline using Landsat imagery

    K.B. Kirui;J.G. Kairo;J. Bosire;K.M. Viergever

  • Framework for understanding marine ecosystem health

    P. Tett;R. J. Gowen;S. J. Painting;M. Elliott

  • Do Parasites Reduce the Chances of Triangulation in a Real Food Web

    M. Huxham;S. Beaney;D. Raffaelli

  • Diversity, biomass and ecosystem processes in the marine benthos.

    Stefan G Bolam;Teresa Fernandes;Mark Huxham

  • Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation.

    Maria Potouroglou;James C. Bull;Ken W. Krauss;Hilary A. Kennedy

  • Defining and detecting undesirable disturbance in the context of marine eutrophication.

    Paul Tett;Richard J Gowen;Dave Mills;Teresa Fernandes

  • Turning the Tide: How Blue Carbon and Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) Might Help Save Mangrove Forests

    Tommaso Locatelli;Thomas Binet;James Gitundu Kairo;Lesley King

  • High mangrove density enhances surface accretion, surface elevation change, and tree survival in coastal areas susceptible to sea-level rise

    M P Kumara;Loku P Jayatissa;Ken W Krauss;D H Phillips

  • Parasites and food web patterns

    Mark Huxham;Dave Raffaelli;Alan Pike

  • Applying Climate Compatible Development and economic valuation to coastal management: A case study of Kenya's mangrove forests

    Mark Huxham;Lucy Emerton;James Kairo;Fridah Munyi

  • Intra- and interspecific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats

    Mark Huxham;Marappullige P Kumara;Loku P Jayatissa;Ken W Krauss

  • The European Water Framework Directive: a new era in the management of aquatic ecosystem health?

    Peter Pollard;Mark Huxham

  • Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya

    F. Tamooh;F. Tamooh;M. Huxham;M. Karachi;Maurizio Mencuccini

  • Mangrove fish: a comparison of community structure between forested and cleared habitats

    Mark Huxham;E Kimani;Julian John Augley

  • Rapid Losses of Surface Elevation following Tree Girdling and Cutting in Tropical Mangroves

    Joseph Kipkorir Sigi Lang'at;James G. Kairo;Maurizio Mencuccini;Steven Bouillon

  • The effects of salinity on growth and survival of mangrove seedlings changes with age

    Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda Kodikara;Kodikara Arachchilage Sunanda Kodikara;Loku Pullukuttige Jayatissa;Mark Huxham;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas;Farid Dahdouh-Guebas

  • The influence of Cryptocotyle lingua (Digenea: Platyhelminthes) infections on the survival and fecundity of Littorina littorea (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia); an ecological approach.

    M. Huxham;D. Raffaelli;A. Pike

  • Harnessing the climate mitigation, conservation and poverty alleviation potential of seagrasses: prospects for developing blue carbon initiatives and payment for ecosystem service programmes

    Adam P. Hejnowicz;Hilary Kennedy;Murray A. Rudd;Mark R. Huxham

  • Carbon in the Coastal Seascape: How Interactions Between Mangrove Forests, Seagrass Meadows and Tidal Marshes Influence Carbon Storage

    M. Huxham;D. Whitlock;M. Githaiga;A. Dencer-Brown

  • TURNING THE TIDE: HOW PAYMENTS FOR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (PES) MIGHT HELP SAVE MANGROVE FORESTS.

    Tommaso Locatelli;Thomas Binet;James Gitundu Kairo;Lesley King

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Kairo
James G. Kairo Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Maurizio Mencuccini
Maurizio Mencuccini Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications
Martin W. Skov
Martin W. Skov Bangor University
Teresa F. Fernandes
Teresa F. Fernandes Heriot-Watt University
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Pere Masqué
Pere Masqué Edith Cowan University
Robert A. Briers
Robert A. Briers Edinburgh Napier University
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Ken W. Krauss
Ken W. Krauss United States Geological Survey

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