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Martin A. Collins is affiliated with the British Antarctic Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a significant focus on several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics, highlighting a strong emphasis on marine-related studies. These include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies

Martin A. Collins has contributed to a notable selection of recent papers, which illustrate the scope and diversity of their research interests. These publications include:

  • "Mitigating the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds: Lessons learned from the South Georgia Patagonian toothfish fishery (CCAMLR Subarea 48.3)" (2021) published in Marine Policy
  • "Enhancing the ecosystem approach for the fishery for Antarctic krill within the complex, variable, and changing ecosystem at South Georgia" (2021) in ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • "Yellowfin Tuna Behavioural Ecology and Catchability in the South Atlantic: The Right Place at the Right Time (and Depth)" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Developing UAV Monitoring of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands' Iconic Land-Based Marine Predators" (2021) in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Fidelity of yellowfin tuna to seamount and island foraging grounds in the central South Atlantic Ocean" (2021) in Deep Sea Research Part I Oceanographic Research Papers

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Philip R. Hollyman
  • Vladimir Laptikhovsky
  • Mark Belchier
  • Philip N. Trathan
  • Serena Wright

Martin A. Collins publishes frequently in several venues with multiple works in Frontiers in Marine Science, Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, Polar Biology, Wellcome Open Research, and ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Best Publications

  • Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web.

    E.J Murphy;J.L Watkins;P.N Trathan;K Reid

  • The thermohaline expressway: the Southern Ocean as a centre of origin for deep-sea octopuses

    Jan M. Strugnell;Jan M. Strugnell;Jan M. Strugnell;Alex D. Rogers;Paulo A. Prodöhl;Martin A. Collins

  • The Patagonian toothfish: biology, ecology and fishery.

    Martin Anthony Collins;Paul Brickle;Judith Brown;Mark Belchier

  • Food web dynamics in the Scotia Sea in summer: A stable isotope study

    Gabriele Stowasser;Angus Atkinson;R.A.R McGill;Richard Phillips

  • Long-term changes in deep-water fish populations in the northeast Atlantic: a deeper reaching effect of fisheries?

    D M Bailey;M A Collins;John D M Gordon;A F Zuur

  • The fate of cetacean carcasses in the deep sea: observations on consumption rates and succession of scavenging species in the abyssal north-east Atlantic Ocean

    Emma G. Jones;Martin A. Collins;Philip M. Bagley;Steven Addison

  • Southern Ocean cephalopods.

    Martin A Collins;Paul G K Rodhouse

  • The absence of sharks from abyssal regions of the world's oceans

    Imants G Priede;Rainer Froese;David M Bailey;Odd Aksel Bergstad

  • Patterns in the distribution of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea ecosystem

    Martin A. Collins;Jose C. Xavier;Jose C. Xavier;Nadine M. Johnston;Anthony W. North

  • Bathymetric distribution of some benthic and benthopelagic species attracted to baited cameras and traps in the deep eastern Mediterranean

    E. G. Jones;A. Tselepides;Philip Michael Bagley;M. A. Collins

  • Trends in body size across an environmental gradient: a differential response in scavenging and non-scavenging demersal deep-sea fish.

    M.A Collins;D.M Bailey;D.M Bailey;G.D Ruxton;I.G Priede

  • Feeding ecology of myctophid fishes in the northern Scotia Sea

    R.S. Shreeve;Martin Anthony Collins;Geraint A. Tarling;Charlotte Main

  • Latitudinal and bathymetric patterns in the distribution and abundance of mesopelagic fish in the Scotia Sea

    Martin Anthony Collins;Martin Anthony Collins;Gabriele Stowasser;Sophie Fielding;Rachael Shreeve

  • Trophic position of deep-sea fish - assessment through fatty acid and stable isotope analyses

    G. Stowasser;G. Stowasser;R. McAllen;R. McAllen;G.J. Pierce;M.A. Collins

  • In situ comparison of activity in two deep-sea scavenging fishes occupying different depth zones

    M. A. Collins;I. G. Priede;P. M. Bagley

  • Experimental study on the effect of diet on fatty acid and stable isotope profiles of the squid Lolliguncula brevis

    Gabriele Stowasser;Gabriele Stowasser;Graham J. Pierce;Colin F. Moffat;Martin A. Collins

  • Consumption of large bathyal food fall, a six month study in the NE Atlantic

    Kirsty Kemp;Alan John Jamieson;Philip Michael Bagley;H. Mcgrath

  • Vision in lanternfish (Myctophidae): adaptations for viewing bioluminescence in the deep sea

    J.R. Turner;E.M. White;Martin Anthony Collins;J.C. Partridge

  • Distribution and diet of juvenile Patagonian toothfish on the South Georgia and Shag Rocks shelves (Southern Ocean)

    Martin A. Collins;Katherine A. Ross;Mark Belchier;Keith Reid

  • Distribution of deep-water benthic and bentho–pelagic cephalopods from the north-east Atlantic

    Martin A. Collins;Cynthia Yau;Louise Allcock;Michael H. Thurston

  • Multiplicity of glutamic acid decarboxylases (GAD) in vertebrates: molecular phylogeny and evidence for a new GAD paralog.

    P. T. Bosma;M. Blazquez;M. A. Collins;J. D. D. Bishop

Frequent Co-Authors

Imants G. Priede
Imants G. Priede University of Aberdeen
Geraint A. Tarling
Geraint A. Tarling British Antarctic Survey
José C. Xavier
José C. Xavier University of Coimbra
Peter Ward
Peter Ward University of Washington
Graham J. Pierce
Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council
Paul G. Rodhouse
Paul G. Rodhouse British Antarctic Survey
Jan M. Strugnell
Jan M. Strugnell James Cook University
Angus Atkinson
Angus Atkinson Plymouth Marine Laboratory
David W. Pond
David W. Pond University of Stirling
Julian C. Partridge
Julian C. Partridge University of Western Australia

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