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Overview

Stephen Widdicombe is affiliated with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on oceanography, global and planetary change, ecology, atmospheric science, and nature and landscape conservation. Their work prominently covers topics related to the impact of light on the environment and health, marine and coastal ecosystems, marine animal studies, ocean acidification effects and responses, marine and fisheries research, marine biology and ecology research, and marine and coastal plant biology.

The scientist has published research in multiple venues, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Diversity and Distributions
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Environmental Pollution

Recently published papers by Stephen Widdicombe include:

  • Artificial light at night alters the activity and feeding behaviour of sandy beach amphipods and pose a threat to their ecological role in Atlantic Canada, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Spatial ecology of loggerhead turtles: Insights from stable isotope markers and satellite telemetry, 2020, Diversity and Distributions
  • Marine artificial light at night: An empirical and technical guide, 2021, Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • The effects of elevated temperature and PCO2 on the energetics and haemolymph pH homeostasis of juveniles of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus, 2020, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Effects of artificial light at night and predator cues on foraging and predator avoidance in the keystone inshore mollusc Concholepas concholepas, 2021, Environmental Pollution

Frequent collaborators with Stephen Widdicombe include:

  • Ana M. Queirós
  • Saskia Rühl
  • Diego Quintanilla-Ahumada
  • José Pulgar
  • Patricio H. Manríquez

The main fields of study in Stephen Widdicombe's research are environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their subfields focus largely on oceanography and global and planetary change, alongside ecology and atmospheric science.

The primary topics explored in their research cover:

  • Impact of Light on Environment and Health
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Best Publications

  • Ocean acidification may increase calcification rates, but at a cost

    Hannah L Wood;John I Spicer;Stephen Widdicombe

  • Predicting the impact of ocean acidification on benthic biodiversity: What can animal physiology tell us?

    Stephen Widdicombe;John I. Spicer

  • North Atlantic phylogeography and large‐scale population differentiation of the seagrass Zostera marina L.

    Jeanine L. Olsen;Wytze T. Stam;James A. Coyer;Thorsten B. H. Reusch

  • Species-specific responses to ocean acidification should account for local adaptation and adaptive plasticity.

    Cristian A. Vargas;Nelson A. Lagos;Nelson A. Lagos;Marco A. Lardies;Marco A. Lardies;Cristian Duarte;Cristian Duarte

  • Effects of ocean acidification on the immune response of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis

    Ruth Bibby;Steve Widdicombe;Helen Parry;John Spicer

  • A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates

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

  • Ocean acidification disrupts induced defences in the intertidal gastropod Littorina littorea.

    Ruth Bibby;Polly Cleall-Harding;Simon Rundle;Steve Widdicombe

  • Ocean acidification through the lens of ecological theory

    Brian Gaylord;Kristy J Kroeker;Jennifer M Sunday;Kathryn M Anderson

  • Effects of anthropogenic seawater acidification on acid-base balance in the sea urchin Psammechinus miliaris.

    Hayley Miles;Stephen Widdicombe;John I. Spicer;Jason Hall-Spencer

  • Predicted levels of future ocean acidification and temperature rise could alter community structure and biodiversity in marine benthic communities

    R. Hale;P. Calosi;L. McNeill;N. Mieszkowska

  • Immunological function in marine invertebrates: responses to environmental perturbation.

    RP Ellis;HE Parry;JI Spicer;TH Hutchinson

  • Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Katharina E. Fabricius;Kristy J. Kroeker;Kathryn M. Anderson

  • Influence of CO2-related seawater acidification on extracellular acid-base balance in the velvet swimming crab Necora puber

    John I. Spicer;Angela Raffo;Stephen Widdicombe

  • Bioturbation: impact on the marine nitrogen cycle.

    Bonnie Laverock;Bonnie Laverock;Jack A. Gilbert;Karen Tait;A. Mark Osborn

  • Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage

    Jerry Blackford;Henrik Stahl;Jonathan M. Bull;Benoît J.P. Bergès

  • Effects of CO2 induced seawater acidification on infaunal diversity and sediment nutrient fluxes

    S. Widdicombe;S. L. Dashfield;C. L. McNeill;H. R. Needham

  • Scaling up experimental ocean acidification and warming research: from individuals to the ecosystem

    Ana M. Queirós;José A. Fernandes;Sarah Faulwetter;Joana Nunes

  • Impact of CO2-induced seawater acidification on the burrowing activity of Nereis virens and sediment nutrient flux

    S. Widdicombe;H. R. Needham

  • Connected macroalgal-sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean

    Ana Moura Queirós;Nicholas Stephens;Stephen Widdicombe;Karen Tait

  • Coralline algal structure is more sensitive to rate, rather than the magnitude, of ocean acidification.

    Nicholas A. Kamenos;Heidi L. Burdett;Heidi L. Burdett;Elena Aloisio;Helen S. Findlay

  • Predicting ecosystem shifts requires new approaches that integrate the effects of climate change across entire systems

    Bayden D. Russell;Christopher D. G. Harley;Thomas Wernberg;Nova Mieszkowska

Frequent Co-Authors

Ana M. Queirós
Ana M. Queirós Plymouth Marine Laboratory
John I. Spicer
John I. Spicer Plymouth University
Piero Calosi
Piero Calosi Université du Québec à Rimouski
Melanie C. Austen
Melanie C. Austen Plymouth University
Michael A. Kendall
Michael A. Kendall Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University
Paul J. Somerfield
Paul J. Somerfield Plymouth Marine Laboratory
Cristian Duarte
Cristian Duarte Andrés Bello University
Nova Mieszkowska
Nova Mieszkowska University of Liverpool
Patricio H. Manríquez
Patricio H. Manríquez Center for Advanced Studies in Arid Zones (CEAZA)

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