Selected key publications
Ingels, J, Dashfield, SL, Somerfield, PJ, Widdicombe, S, Austen, MC (2014) Interactions between multiple large macrofauna species and nematode communities - mechanisms for indirect impacts of trawling disturbance J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 456: 41-49
Pearce, B, Fariñas-Franco, J, Wilson, C, Pitts, J, De-Burgh, A, Somerfield, PJ (2014) Repeated mapping of reefs constructed by Sabellaria spinulosa Leuckart 1849 at an offshore wind farm site. Contl Shelf Res. 83: 3-13
Clark, DR, Brown, I, Rees, AP, Somerfield, PJ, Miller, PI (2014) The influence of ocean acidification on nitrogen regeneration and nitrous oxide production in the North-West European shelf sea. Biogeosciences Discuss. 11: 3113-3165
Smyth, TJ, Allen, JI, Atkinson, A, Bruun, JT, Harmer, RA, Pingree, RD, Widdicombe, CE, Somerfield, PJ (2014) Ocean net heat flux influences seasonal to interannual patterns of plankton abundance. PLoS ONE 9 (6) e98709
Clarke, KR, Gorley, RN, Somerfield, PJ, Warwick, RM (2014) Change in marine communities: an approach to statistical analysis and interpretation, 3rd edn. PRIMER-E, Plymouth. 256 pp
Lyons, D, Arvanitidis, C, Blight, A, Chatzinikolaou, E, Guy-Haim, T, Kotta, J, Orav-Kotta, H, Queirós, AM, Rilov, G, Somerfield, PJ, Crowe, TP (2014) Macroalgal blooms alter community structure and primary productivity in marine ecosystems. Global Change Biology 20: 2712-2724
Moore, M. N., Viarengo, A. G., Somerfield, P. J., Sforzini, S. (2013) Chapter 5: Linking lysosomal biomarkers and ecotoxicological effects at higher biological levels. In: Amiard-Triquet, C., Amiard, J-C., Rainbow, P. S. (eds) Ecological Biomarkers: Indicators of Ecotoxicological Effects. CRC Press Ltd, Oxford. Pp. 107-130.
Somerfield, P. J., Warwick, R. M. (2013) Chapter 6: Meiofauna Techniques. In: Eleftheriou A. (ed) Methods for the study of Marine Benthos, 4th Edn. Wiley-Blackwell Ltd, Oxford. Pp. 253-284.
Forde, J., Shin, P. K. S., Somerfield, P. J., Kennedy, R. (2013) M-AMBI derived from taxonomic levels higher than species allows Ecological Status assessments of benthic habitats in new geographical areas. Ecological Indicators. 34: 411-419.
McConville, K., Halsband, C., Fileman, E. S., Somerfield, P. J., Findlay, H. S., Spicer, J. I. (2013) Effects of elevated CO2 on the reproduction of two calanoid copepods. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 73: 428-434.
Pinto, T. K., Austen, M. C. V., Warwick, R. M., Somerfield, P. J., Esteves, A. M., Castro, F. J. V., Genevois, V. G. F., Santos, P. J. P. (2013) Nematode diversity in different microhabitats in a mangrove region. Marine Ecology 34: 257-268.
Cooper, K., Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Weiss, L., Somerfield, P., Elliott, M., Turner, K., Ware, S., Vivian, C. (2013) Can the benefits of physical seabed restoration justify the costs? An assessment of a disused aggregate extraction site off the Thames Estuary, UK. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 75: 33-45.
Queirós, A. M., Birchenough, S., Bremner, J., Godbold, J., Parker, R., Romero-Ramirez, A., Reiss, H., Solan, M., Somerfield, P. J., Van Colen, C., Van Hoey, G., Widdicombe, S. (2013) A bioturbation classification of European marine infaunal invertebrates. Ecol. Evol. 3: 3958-3985
Somerfield, P. J., Clarke, K. R. (2013) Inverse analysis in non-parametric multivariate analyses: distinguishing of groups of associated species which covary coherently across samples. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 449: 261–273.
Lindeque, P. K., Parry, H. E., Harmer, R. A., Somerfield, P. J., Atkinson, A. (2013) Next Generation Sequencing Reveals the Hidden Diversity of Zooplankton Assemblages. PLOS ONE 8 (11): e81327.
Tait, K, Laverock, B, Shaw, J, Somerfield, PJ, Widdicombe, S (2013) Minor impact of ocean acidification to the composition of the active microbial community in an Arctic sediment. Environmental Microbiology Reports 5: 851-860
Widdicombe, S., Somerfield P. J. (2012) Marine biodiversity: its past development, present status and future threats. In: Paterson, D. M., Aspen, R. L., Solan, M. (Eds.), Marine Biodiversity Futures and Ecosystem Functioning: frameworks, methodologies and integration. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Pp. 1-15.
Muxika, I., Somerfield, P. J., Borja, A., Warwick, R. M. (2012) Assessing proposed modifications to the AZTI marine biotic index (AMBI), using biomass and production. Ecological Indicators 12:96-104.
Gilbert, J. A., Steele, J. A., Caporaso, J. G., Steinbrück, L., Reeder, J., Temperton B., Huse, S., McHardy, A., Knight, R., Joint, I. R., Somerfield, P., Fuhrman, J. A., Field, D. (2012) Defining seasonal marine microbial community dynamics. ISME Journal 6:298-308
Tyler, E. H. M., Somerfield, P. J., Vanden Berghe, E., Bremner, J., Jackson, E., Langmead, O., Palomares, M. L. D., Webb, T. J. (2012) Extensive gaps and biases in our knowledge of a well-known fauna: implications for integrating biological traits into macroecology. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 21: 922–934.
Buckland, S. T., Baillie, S. R., Dick, J. McP., Elston, D. A., Magurran, A. E., Scott, E. M. S., Smith, R. I., Somerfield, P. J., Studeny, A. C., Watt, A. (2012) How should regional biodiversity be monitored? Environmental and Ecological Statistics 19: 601–626.