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Overview

Martin J. Attrill is affiliated with Plymouth University in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions in earth and planetary sciences as well. Within these broader fields, their work spans several subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, oceanography, management, monitoring, policy and law, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's main research topics include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, marine and coastal plant biology, coastal and marine management, marine biology and ecology research, and coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics.

Martin J. Attrill's recent publications reflect these interests. Notable papers include:

  • A review of a decade of lessons from one of the world's largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges (2020, Marine Biology)
  • Offshore longline mussel farms: a review of oceanographic and ecological interactions to inform future research needs, policy and management (2021, Reviews in Aquaculture)
  • Emerging themes to support ambitious UK marine biodiversity conservation (2020, Marine Policy)
  • Using Habitat Classification to Assess Representativity of a Protected Area Network in a Large, Data-Poor Area Targeted for Deep-Sea Mining (2020, Frontiers in Marine Science)
  • Mesophotic coral bleaching associated with changes in thermocline depth (2023, Nature Communications)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their most frequent co-authors include Kerry L. Howell, Emma V. Sheehan, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Michel J. Kaiser, and David N. Thomas.

Martin J. Attrill publishes in multiple scientific venues, with several papers appearing in Frontiers in Marine Science, Diversity and Distributions, Journal of Applied Ecology, Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries, and Fisheries Research.

In addition to articles, they have contributed to academic books, including a publication with Oxford University Press titled Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems, and Impacts, released in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Marine renewable energy: potential benefits to biodiversity? An urgent call for research

    Richard Inger;Martin J. Attrill;Stuart Bearhop;Annette C. Broderick

  • THE IMPORTANCE OF SEAGRASS BEDS AS A HABITAT FOR FISHERY SPECIES

    Emma L. Jackson;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Ecotone or Ecocline: Ecological Boundaries in Estuaries

    M.J Attrill;S.D Rundle

  • Climatic influence on a marine fish assemblage

    Martin J. Attrill;Michael Power

  • Are macroinvertebrate communities influenced by seagrass structural complexity

    Martin J. Attrill;James A. Strong;Ashley A. Rowden

  • A testable linear model for diversity trends in estuaries

    Martin J. Attrill

  • Climate-related increases in jellyfish frequency suggest a more gelatinous future for the North Sea

    Martin J. Attrill;Jade Wright;Martin Edwards

  • A long-term chlorophyll dataset reveals regime shift in North Sea phytoplankton biomass unconnected to nutrient levels

    Abigail McQuatters-Gollop;Dionysios E. Raitsos;Martin Edwards;Yaswant Pradhan

  • Community and population indicators of ecosystem health: targeting links between levels of biological organisation

    Martin J. Attrill;Michael H. Depledge

  • Effect of patch size and in-patch location on the infaunal macroinvertebrate assemblages of Zostera marina seagrass beds.

    David A Bowden;Ashley A Rowden;Martin J Attrill

  • Public perceptions of the UK marine environment

    R.L. Jefferson;I. Bailey;D. d′A. Laffoley;J.P. Richards

  • The value of marine biodiversity to the leisure and recreation industry and its application to marine spatial planning

    Siân E. Rees;Lynda D. Rodwell;Martin J. Attrill;Melanie C. Austen

  • Effect of Shoot Density on the Infaunal Macro-invertebrate Community within aZostera marinaSeagrass Bed

    P.J. Webster;A.A. Rowden;M.J. Attrill

  • Nutrification impacts on coral reefs from northern Bahia, Brazil

    O. S. Costa;O. S. Costa;Z. M. A. N. Leão;M. Nimmo;M. J. Attrill

  • Assessing wave energy effects on biodiversity: the wave hub experience.

    M. J. Witt;E. V. Sheehan;S. Bearhop;A. C. Broderick

  • Heavy metal concentrations in sediment from the Thames Estuary, UK

    Martin J. Attrill;R.Myles Thomes

  • Potential impacts of wave-powered marine renewable energy installations on marine birds

    W. James Grecian;Richard Inger;Martin J. Attrill;Stuart Bearhop

  • Estimating marine species richness: an evaluation of six extrapolative techniques

    Andrew Foggo;Martin J. Attrill;Matthew T. Frost;Ashley A. Rowden

  • Effect of habitat fragmentation on the macroinvertebrate infaunal communities associated with the seagrass Zostera marina L.

    Matthew T. Frost;Ashley A. Rowden;Martin J. Attrill

  • Decadal basin‐scale changes in diatoms, dinoflagellates, and phytoplankton color across the North Atlantic

    S. C. Leterme;M. Edwards;L. Seuront;L. Seuront;M. J. Attrill

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashley A. Rowden
Ashley A. Rowden Victoria University of Wellington
Malcolm B. Jones
Malcolm B. Jones Plymouth University
Michael Power
Michael Power University of Waterloo
Simon D. Rundle
Simon D. Rundle Plymouth University
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Patrick J. Schembri
Patrick J. Schembri University of Malta
Richard M. Warwick
Richard M. Warwick Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Matthew J. Witt
Matthew J. Witt University of Exeter
Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter

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