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Paul J. Somerfield is affiliated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with extensive work across related subfields such as ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, ocean engineering, and the management, monitoring, policy, and law aspects of environmental issues.

The topics covered in their research include marine and offshore engineering studies, marine biology and ecology research, coastal and marine management, marine and fisheries research, microplastics and plastic pollution, coral and marine ecosystems studies, as well as microbial community ecology and physiology.

Recent publications by Paul J. Somerfield include:

  • Analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) for 2-way layouts using a generalised ANOSIM statistic, with comparative notes on Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA), 2021, Austral Ecology
  • A generalised analysis of similarities (ANOSIM) statistic for designs with ordered factors, 2021, Austral Ecology

They have also frequently co-authored with several researchers, including Michaela Schratzberger, Antony M. Knights, Anaëlle J. Lemasson, Stephen C. L. Watson, and Christine Pascoe.

Their work has been published repeatedly in several journals with the highest number of publications appearing in Austral Ecology. Other significant venues include Environmental Evidence, Ecological Applications, Marine Ecology Progress Series, and the Journal of Environmental Management.

Best Publications

  • The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review

    Ivan A. Nagelkerken;S. Blaber;Steven Bouillon;P Green

  • On resemblance measures for ecological studies, including taxonomic dissimilarities and a zero-adjusted Bray–Curtis coefficient for denuded assemblages

    K. Robert Clarke;K. Robert Clarke;Paul J. Somerfield;M. Gee Chapman

  • Testing of null hypotheses in exploratory community analyses: similarity profiles and biota-environment linkage

    K. Robert Clarke;Paul J. Somerfield;Raymond N. Gorley

  • Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics

    Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Joshua A Steele;J. Gregory Caporaso;Lars Steinbrück

  • Long-term datasets in biodiversity research and monitoring: assessing change in ecological communities through time

    Anne E. Magurran;Stephen R. Baillie;Stephen T. Buckland;Jan McP. Dick

  • Global analysis of response and recovery of benthic biota to fishing

    M. J. Kaiser;K. R. Clarke;Hilmar Hinz;Melanie C. V. Austen

  • Marine reserves: size and age do matter

    Joachim Claudet;Craig W. Osenberg;Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi;Paolo Domenici

  • The seasonal structure of microbial communities in the Western English Channel

    Jack A. Gilbert;Dawn Field;Paul Swift;Lindsay K. Newbold

  • Taxonomic levels, in marine community studies, revisited

    PJ Somerfield;KR Clarke

  • Marine reserves: fish life history and ecological traits matter.

    J Claudet;J Claudet;C W Osenberg;P Domenici;F Badalamenti

  • Quantifying uncertainty in high-resolution coupled hydrodynamic-ecosystem models

    J.I. Allen;P.J. Somerfield;F.J. Gilbert

  • A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates

    Ana M. Queirós;Silvana N. R. Birchenough;Julie Bremner;Jasmin A. Godbold

  • Long-term phytoplankton community dynamics in the western English Channel

    C. E. Widdicombe;D. Eloire;D. Eloire;D. Harbour;R. P. Harris

  • The Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Microbes at a Temperate Coastal Site: A ‘Multi-Omic’ Study of Seasonal and Diel Temporal Variation

    Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Jack A Gilbert;Dawn Field;Paul Swift;Simon Thomas

  • Next generation sequencing reveals the hidden diversity of zooplankton assemblages.

    Penelope K. Lindeque;Helen E. Parry;Rachel A. Harmer;Paul J. Somerfield

  • Dispersion-based weighting of species counts in assemblage analyses

    K. R. Clarke;M. G. Chapman;P. J. Somerfield;H. R. Needham

  • The application of an indicator based on taxonomic distinctness for UK marine biodiversity assessments

    D.R.P. Leonard;K. Robert Clarke;Paul J. Somerfield;Richard M. Warwick

  • Soft sediment meiofaunal community structure in relation to a long-term heavy metal gradient in the Fal estuary system

    P.J. Somerfield;J.M. Gee;R.M. Warwick

  • Surrogates in marine benthic investigations ‐ which taxonomic unit to target?

    Frode Olsgard;Paul J. Somerfield

  • Genetic diversity of marine Synechococcus and co-occurring cyanophage communities: evidence for viral control of phytoplankton

    Martin Mühling;Martin Mühling;Nicholas J. Fuller;Andrew Millard;Paul J. Somerfield

  • Sources, Fate and Effects of Microplastics in the Marine Environment: Part 2 of a Global Assessment

    N. Bednaršek;T. Klinger;C.J. Harvey;S. Weisberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard M. Warwick
Richard M. Warwick Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Christos Arvanitidis
Christos Arvanitidis Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Melanie C. Austen
Melanie C. Austen Plymouth University
Ana M. Queirós
Ana M. Queirós Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Timothy J Smyth
Timothy J Smyth Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Stephen Widdicombe
Stephen Widdicombe Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Michaela Schratzberger
Michaela Schratzberger Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Jack A. Gilbert
Jack A. Gilbert University of California, San Diego
K.R. Clarke
K.R. Clarke Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Ian Joint
Ian Joint Plymouth Marine Laboratory

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