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Simon A. Morley is affiliated with the Natural Environment Research Council in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with a particular emphasis on oceanography and ecological studies. The main fields of their work include Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, supported by significant contributions in subfields such as Oceanography, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work addresses various topics within marine biology and ecology, including ocean acidification effects and responses, marine and coastal plant biology, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, physiological and biochemical adaptations, polar research and ecology, as well as marine and fisheries research.

Simon A. Morley has published in several frequent venues, which include:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Global Change Biology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Biology

Their recent papers highlight research on marine ecosystems and climate impacts, with notable publications such as:

  • "Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Responses of Southern Ocean Seafloor Habitats and Communities to Global and Local Drivers of Change," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science

Additional influential papers in related fields include:

  • "Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Interpreting empirical estimates of experimentally derived physiological and biological thermal limits in ectotherms," 2020, Canadian Journal of Zoology
  • "Fish heating tolerance scales similarly across individual physiology and populations," 2021, Communications Biology

Simon A. Morley collaborates frequently with researchers including David K. A. Barnes, Lloyd S. Peck, Amanda E. Bates, Paul Brickle, and Leyla Cárdenas, indicating ongoing partnerships in the marine and environmental sciences. These collaborations have contributed to a body of work that intersects climate change, marine ecosystem dynamics, and physiological adaptations.

Best Publications

  • Animal temperature limits and ecological relevance: Effects of size, activity and rates of change

    Lloyd S. Peck;Melody S. Clark;Simon A. Morley;Alison Massey

  • The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity

    Peter Convey;Peter Convey;Steven Loudon Chown;Andrew Clarke;David K A Barnes

  • Upper Temperature Limits of Tropical Marine Ectotherms: Global Warming Implications

    Khanh Dung T. Nguyen;Simon A. Morley;Chien-Houng Lai;Melody S. Clark

  • From cells to colonies: at what levels of body organization does the ‘temperature-size rule’ apply?

    David Atkinson;Simon A. Morley;Roger N. Hughes

  • Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms

    Lloyd S Peck;Simon A Morley;Joëlle Richard;Melody S Clark

  • Invasive non-native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region.

    Kevin A. Hughes;Oliver L. Pescott;Jodey Peyton;Tim Adriaens

  • Adult acclimation to combined temperature and pH stressors significantly enhances reproductive outcomes compared to short-term exposures.

    Coleen C. Suckling;Melody S. Clark;Joelle Richard;Joelle Richard;Simon A. Morley

  • Physiological acclimation and persistence of ectothermic species under extreme heat events

    S. A. Morley;L. S. Peck;J. M. Sunday;S. Heiser

  • High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect.

    Guilherme V.B. Ferreira;Mário Barletta;André R.A. Lima;Simon A. Morley

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • Geographical range, heat tolerance and invasion success in aquatic species

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Catherine M. McKelvie;Cascade J. B. Sorte;Simon A. Morley

  • Marine invertebrate skeleton size varies with latitude, temperature and carbonate saturation: implications for global change and ocean acidification

    Sue-Ann Watson;Sue-Ann Watson;Sue-Ann Watson;Lloyd S. Peck;Paul A. Tyler;Paul C. Southgate

  • Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System

    Simon A. Morley;Doris Abele;David K. A. Barnes;César A. Cárdenas

  • Poor acclimation capacities in Antarctic marine ectotherms

    Lloyd S. Peck;Simon A. Morley;Melody S. Clark

  • The response of two ecologically important Antarctic invertebrates (Sterechinus neumayeri and Parborlasia corrugatus) to reduced seawater pH: effects on fertilisation and embryonic development

    Jessica A. Ericson;Miles D. Lamare;Simon A. Morley;Mike F. Barker

  • Estimating long-term survival temperatures at the assemblage level in the marine environment: towards macrophysiology.

    Joëlle Richard;Simon Anthony Morley;Michael A. S. Thorne;Lloyd Samuel Peck

  • A minimal substorm model that explains the observed statistical distribution of times between substorms

    Mervyn P. Freeman;Simon A. Morley

  • Biodiversity in marine invertebrate responses to acute warming revealed by a comparative multi‐omics approach

    Melody S Clark;Ulf Sommer;Jaspreet K Sihra;Michael A S Thorne

  • Warming by 1°C Drives Species and Assemblage Level Responses in Antarctica's Marine Shallows.

    Gail V. Ashton;Gail V. Ashton;Simon A. Morley;David K.A. Barnes;Melody S. Clark

  • Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas.

    D.K.A. Barnes;S.A. Morley;J. Bell;P. Brewin

  • Physiological plasticity, long term resistance or acclimation to temperature, in the Antarctic bivalve, Laternula elliptica.

    Simon A. Morley;Timo Hirse;Michael A.S. Thorne;Hans O. Pörtner

  • Genetic structure of Patagonian toothfish ( Dissostichus eleginoides ) populations on the Patagonian Shelf and Atlantic and western Indian Ocean Sectors of the Southern Ocean

    A.D. Rogers;A.D. Rogers;S.A. Morley;E. Fitzcharles;K. Jarvis;K. Jarvis

Frequent Co-Authors

Lloyd S. Peck
Lloyd S. Peck British Antarctic Survey
David K. A. Barnes
David K. A. Barnes British Antarctic Survey
Melody S. Clark
Melody S. Clark British Antarctic Survey
Amanda E. Bates
Amanda E. Bates Memorial University of Newfoundland
Miles D. Lamare
Miles D. Lamare University of Otago
Elie Poulin
Elie Poulin University of Chile
Andrew Constable
Andrew Constable University of Tasmania
Huw J. Griffiths
Huw J. Griffiths British Antarctic Survey
Hans-Otto Pörtner
Hans-Otto Pörtner Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research
Peter Convey
Peter Convey British Antarctic Survey

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