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Overview

Matthew J. Witt is affiliated with the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change. Additional areas of study include management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as oceanography.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to marine and fisheries research, coral and marine ecosystems studies, and marine animal studies. Specific subjects within these spheres include ichthyology and marine biology, fish ecology and management studies, turtle biology and conservation, and coastal and marine management.

Frequent co-authors contributing to collaborative research efforts include Lucy A. Hawkes, Brendan J. Godley, Thomas W. Horton, Francesco Garzon, and Owen M. Exeter.

Publication venues where the researcher has been notably productive include Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Animal Biotelemetry, Frontiers in Marine Science, and the ICES Journal of Marine Science.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the diverse scope and marine conservation focus of their work:

  • Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English marine protected areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Network analysis of sea turtle movements and connectivity: A tool for conservation prioritization, 2022, Diversity and Distributions
  • Assessing coastal artificial light and potential exposure of wildlife at a national scale: the case of marine turtles in Brazil, 2020, Biodiversity and Conservation
  • Tracking Atlantic bluefin tuna from foraging grounds off the west coast of Ireland, 2020, ICES Journal of Marine Science

Best Publications

  • Scaling laws of marine predator search behaviour

    David W. Sims;Emily J. Southall;Nicolas E. Humphries;Graeme C. Hays

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

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

  • Measuring acoustic habitats

    Nathan D. Merchant;Nathan D. Merchant;Nathan D. Merchant;Kurt M. Fristrup;Mark P. Johnson;Peter L. Tyack

  • Using continuous plankton recorder data

    AJ Richardson;AJ Richardson;AW Walne;Awg John;TD Jonas

  • Satellite tracking of sea turtles: Where have we been and where do we go next?

    B. J. Godley;J. M. Blumenthal;A. C. Broderick;M. S. Coyne

  • Individual responses of seabirds to commercial fisheries revealed using GPS tracking, stable isotopes and vessel monitoring systems

    Stephen C. Votier;Stuart Bearhop;Matthew J. Witt;Richard Inger

  • Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: A 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data.

    SE Nelms;SE Nelms;C Coombes;LC Foster;TS Galloway

  • Predicting the impacts of climate change on a globally distributed species: the case of the loggerhead turtle

    M. J. Witt;L. A. Hawkes;M. H. Godfrey;B. J. Godley

  • Encounter success of free-ranging marine predator movements across a dynamic prey landscape

    David W Sims;Matthew J Witt;Anthony J Richardson;Emily J Southall

  • Assessing accuracy and utility of satellite-tracking data using Argos-linked Fastloc-GPS

    M. J. Witt;Susanne Åkesson;A. C. Broderick;M. S. Coyne

  • A step towards seascape scale conservation: using vessel monitoring systems (VMS) to map fishing activity.

    Matthew J. Witt;Brendan J. Godley

  • Small cetacean captures in Peruvian artisanal fisheries: High despite protective legislation

    Jeffrey C. Mangel;Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto;Koen Van Waerebeek;Celia Cáceres

  • Home on the range: spatial ecology of loggerhead turtles in Atlantic waters of the USA

    Lucy A. Hawkes;Matthew J. Witt;Annette C. Broderick;John W. Coker

  • Camera technology for monitoring marine biodiversity and human impact

    Anthony Wj Bicknell;Brendan J Godley;Emma V Sheehan;Stephen C Votier

  • Using Satellite Tracking to Optimize Protection of Long-Lived Marine Species: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Central Africa

    Sara M. Maxwell;Greg A. Breed;Barry A. Nickel;Junior Makanga-Bahouna

  • Satellite tracking of manta rays highlights challenges to their conservation.

    Rachel T. Graham;Matthew J. Witt;Dan W. Castellanos;Francisco Remolina

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

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

  • Assessing sound exposure from shipping in coastal waters using a single hydrophone and Automatic Identification System (AIS) data.

    Nathan D. Merchant;Matthew J. Witt;Philippe Blondel;Brendan J. Godley

  • Unravelling migratory connectivity in marine turtles using multiple methods

    Brendan J. Godley;Castro Barbosa;Michael Bruford;Annette C. Broderick

  • Prey landscapes help identify potential foraging habitats for leatherback turtles in the NE Atlantic

    M.J. Witt;A.C. Broderick;D.J. Johns;C. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendan J. Godley
Brendan J. Godley University of Exeter
Annette C. Broderick
Annette C. Broderick University of Exeter
Lucy A. Hawkes
Lucy A. Hawkes University of Exeter
David W. Sims
David W. Sims University of Southampton
Sara M. Maxwell
Sara M. Maxwell University of Washington
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Deborah Greaves
Deborah Greaves Plymouth University
Martin J. Attrill
Martin J. Attrill Plymouth University

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