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Dr Matthew Perkins

 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3743-530X

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    My research focuses on how anthropogenic impacts (such as marine infrastructure or fishing) may alter the structure and function of marine biodiversity, frequently via their effects on habitat complexity. I have previously worked in terrestrial habitats and frequently used stable isotope techniques to elucidate food web structure. My work tends to lie at the intersection of pure and applied ecology, with the two informing one another. Presently, my work is heavily focused on how ecological engineering can enhance biodiversity in an increasingly urbanised seascape, notably in relation to coastal hardening and offshore energy deployments.

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    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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    • Counteracting Cascades Challenge the Heterogeneity-Stability Relationship

      Sola, J., Fairchild, T. P., Perkins, M. J., Bull, J. C. & Griffin, J. N., 1 Aug 2025, In: Ecology Letters. 28, 8, e70158.

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    • Lost Landscapes of Plymouth: Historical Land Reclamation and Coastal Urbanisation Continue to Shape Britain's Ocean City

      Lemasson, A. L., Firth, L., Jones, E. L., Chai, T., Kamaruzzaman, H., Panes, J., Maudlin, D., Bauer, F., Hu, Y., Read, M., Stephen, N., Knights, A., Allen, J., Cawkwell, F., Fenberg, P., Firth, A., Foggo, A., Griffin, J., Hanley, M. & Hawkins, S. & 8 others, Holloway, P., McQuatters-Gollop, A., Morstang, H., Perkins, M., Sturgeon, A., Thompson, R., Thurstan, R. H. & Sengupta, D., 22 Jul 2025, Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review. CRC Press, Vol. 63. p. 194-228 35 p. (Oceanography and Marine Biology: an annual review).

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    • Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state-of-the-art

      Firth, L. B., Bone, J., Bartholomew, A., Bishop, M. J., Bugnot, A., Bulleri, F., Chee, S. Y., Claassens, L., Dafforn, K. A., Fairchild, T. P., Hall, A. E., Hanley, M. E., Komyakova, V., Lemasson, A. J., Loke, L. H. L., Mayer-Pinto, M., Morris, R., Naylor, L., Perkins, M. J. & Pioch, S. & 31 others, Porri, F., O'Shaughnessy, K. A., Schaefer, N., Strain, E. A., Toft, J. D., Waltham, N., Aguilera, M., Airoldi, L., Bauer, F., Brooks, P., Burt, J., Clubley, C., Cordell, J. R., Espinosa, F., Evans, A. J., Farrugia-Drakard, V., Froneman, W., Griffin, J., Hawkins, S. J., Heery, E., Herbert, R. J. H., Jones, E., Leung, K. M. Y., Moore, P., Sempere-Valverde, J., Sengupta, D., Sheaves, M., Swearer, S., Thompson, R. C., Todd, P. & Knights, A. M., 7 May 2024, In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Maritime Engineering. 177, 2, p. 35-67 33 p.

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    • A global analysis of complexity–biodiversity relationships on marine artificial structures

      Strain, E. M. A., Steinberg, P. D., Vozzo, M., Johnston, E. L., Abbiati, M., Aguilera, M. A., Airoldi, L., Aguirre, J. D., Ashton, G., Bernardi, M., Brooks, P., Chan, B. K. K., Cheah, C. B., Chee, S. Y., Coutinho, R., Crowe, T., Davey, A., Firth, L. B., Fraser, C. & Hanley, M. E. & 26 others, Hawkins, S. J., Knick, K. E., Lau, E. T. C., Leung, K. M. Y., McKenzie, C., Macleod, C., Mafanya, S., Mancuso, F. P., Messano, L. V. R., Naval-Xavier, L. P. D., Ng, T. P. T., O'Shaughnessy, K. A., Pattrick, P., Perkins, M. J., Perkol-Finkel, S., Porri, F., Ross, D. J., Ruiz, G., Sella, I., Seitz, R., Shirazi, R., Thiel, M., Thompson, R. C., Yee, J. C., Zabin, C. & Bishop, M. J., 20 Oct 2020, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30, 1, p. 140-153 14 p.

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    • Provision of refugia and seeding with native bivalves can enhance biodiversity on vertical seawalls

      Bradford, T. E., Astudillo, J. C., Lau, E. T. C., Perkins, M. J., Lo, C. C., Li, T. C. H., Lam, C. S., Ng, T. P. T., Strain, E. M. A., Steinberg, P. D. & Leung, K. M. Y., Nov 2020, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 160, 111578.

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