Projects per year
Overview
Organisation profile
Achieve your ambitions by linking research to real world problems. Equip yourself with the skills you need to make a positive impact on the sustainability of our environment and society.
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Over 70 academics, 40 technical staff and over 1,200 students
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World class research from internationally renowned researchers
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100% satisfaction on the National Student Survey (NSS, 2019) in several of our courses
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£4.65 million Marine Station with several research boats and diving facilities
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Newly refurbished, state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Profiles
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Ella Ackroyd
- School of Biological and Marine Sciences - Weekend Duty Technician (Main Campus), Doctoral Teaching Assistant
Person: Doctoral Student (D00), Academic (Teaching), Non-Academic
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Oceanographic drivers of zooplankton distribution and predator foraging in British Indian Ocean Territories
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator)
1/01/16 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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Assessing the sensitivity of marginally stratified shelf seas within a changing climate
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator)
1/01/11 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
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SMILES: Surface Mixed Layer Evolution at Submesoscales
Hosegood, P. (PI - Principal Investigator), Taylor, J. R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Sallee, J. B. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Torres, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator)
1/01/14 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Research output
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A coastal risk analysis for the outermost small islands of Indonesia: a multiple natural hazards approach
Gusriana Harahap, R., Masselink, G. & Boulton, S., 14 Mar 2025, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 121, 105377.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An assessment model for linking changes in pelagic habitat state to impacts on human wellbeing
Faith, M. P., Rees, S. E., Atkinson, A., Best, M., Bresnan, E., Devlin, M. J., Holland, M. M., Niner, H. J., Ostle, C., Tett, P. & McQuatters-Gollop, A., 6 Aug 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Policy. 182, 106863.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new species of Anacaena Thomson, 1859 from the Cederberg Range, South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Bilton, D. T., Mlambo, M. C. & Balke, M., 26 Mar 2025, In: Zootaxa. 5613, 1, p. 165-170 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology, Tours, France.
Boschetti, C. (Participant)
2016Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
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International Symposium on ‘Current Trends in Nanotoxicology: Implications for Human and Environmental Health’.
Jha, A. (Organiser)
1 Jun 2017Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising a conference/congress (organisational committee role)
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Evaluation of radionuclide induced genetic damage in marine invertebrates.
Jha, A. (Consultant)
2003Activity: Consultancy and contribution to enterprise › Consultancy
Prizes
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Vice President, United Kingdom Environmental Mutagenesis Society (UKEMS; Established 1976)
Jha, A. (Recipient), Jun 2025
Prize: Election to learned society
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Gerald J. Lieberman Fellowship
Lindhart, M. (Recipient), 1 Oct 2021
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Press/Media
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Genes that jump between species could rewrite our understanding of evolution
19/07/18
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
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-University of Leeds: Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions
17/03/21
1 item of Media coverage
Media story
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Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
15/03/21
2 items of Media coverage
Media story
Datasets
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Data for: "Thresholds of wave forcing: Implications for atoll reef dynamics under sea level rise"
Lindhart, M. (Creator), Masselink, G. (Creator), Holsclaw, A. (Creator) & Scott, T. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 25 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.24382/f4b20024-dae5-4f07-886d-af3c6df06dd7, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/55/
Dataset
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Data from: A bird’s eye view on turbulence: Seabird foraging associations with evolving surface flow features
Lieber, L. (Creator), Langrock, R. (Creator) & Nimmo-Smith, W. A. M. (Creator), ZENODO, 6 Apr 2021
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kh189325b, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.kh189325b
Dataset
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Data for: "Alongshore Setup Gradients Drive Reef Flat Currents on a Coral Atoll Island"
Holsclaw, A. (Creator), Lindhart, M. (Creator) & Masselink, G. (Creator), University of Plymouth, 21 Oct 2025
DOI: 10.24382/22f1a07b-e28e-4cce-9643-155cbeed1e67, https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/fose-datasets/61/
Dataset
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Student theses
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A biologically meaningful evaluation of phenological responses to climate change
Mansfield, N. (Author), Boschetti, C. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Franco, M. (Other Supervisor), 2022Student thesis: PhD
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ABSORPTION AND UTILISATION OF NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC ASTAXANTHIN FORMS IN SALMONID NUTRITION
WHITE, D. A. (Author), 2001Student thesis: PhD
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