IMIS - Marine Research Groups

Dr Somerfield, Paul
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Publications (40)
Projects (9)
Datasets (7)

Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more

Function: Marine ecologist
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Biodiversity and ecosystem function under changing climatic conditions - the Arctic as a model system, more
Bringing biogeographical data online, more
Causes and consequences of changing marine biodiversity a fish and fisheries perspective, more
Effects of biodiversity on the functioning and stability of marine ecosystems: European scale comparisons, more
European Marine Biodiversity Observatory System, more
Large scale and long term Networking on the observation of Global Change and its impact on Marine Biodiversity, more
Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning - EU Network of Excellence, more
Meiobenthic And Nematode biodiversity: Unraveling Ecological and Latitudinal Aspects, more
Modelling key aspects of marine biodiversity, more

Somerfield, P.J (1997). Nematodes from Kongsfjord, Svalbard. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Somerfield, P.J. & Austen, M. (1993). Meiofauna from Lynher estuary in microcosms with contaminated sediment from the Fal estuary. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Somerfield, P.J. (1981). Meiofauna from the Firth of Clyde (Scotland). Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Somerfield, P.J. (1991). Liverpool Bay Nematoda and Copepoda (UK). Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Somerfield, P.J. (1992). Nematoda and Copepoda from the Fal estuary (UK). Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Somerfield, P.J. (1994). Nematodes of the Plymouth Sound. Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), UK., more
Boulby meiofauna, more

A1 Publications (31) [show]
Queirós, A.M.; Stephens, N.; Widdicombe, S.; Tait, K.; McCoy, S.J.; Ingels, J.; Rühl, S.; Airs, R.L.; Beesley, A.; Carnovale, G.; Cazenave, P.; Dashfield, S.; Hua, E.; Jones, M.; Lindeque, P.K.; McNeill, C.L.; Nunes, J.; Parry, H.; Pascoe, C.; Widdicombe, C.E.; Smyth, T.J.; Atkinson, A.; Krause-Jensen, D.; Somerfield, P.J. (2019). Connected macroalgal‐sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean. Ecol. Monogr. 89(3): e01366. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecm.1366, more Somerfield, P.J.; Dashfield, S.L.; Warwick, R.M. (2018). The structure and organisation of integral marine benthic communities in relation to sieve mesh size. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 502: 164-173. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.08.007, more Warwick, R.M.; Somerfield, P.J. (2015). Assessing the conservation status of marine habitats: thoughts from a sandflat on the Isles of Scilly. J. Sea Res. 98: 109-119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.07.013, more Somerfield, P.J.; Burton, M.; Sanderson, W.G. (2014). Analyses of sublittoral macrobenthic community change in a marine nature reserve using similarity profiles (SIMPROF). Mar. Environ. Res. 102: 51-58. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.06.004, more Tyler, E.H.M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Bremmer, 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. Glob. Ecol. Biogeogr. 21(9): 922-934. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00726.x, more Reid, E.L.; Worthy, C.A.; Probert, I.; Ali, S.T.; Love, J.; Napier, J.; Littlechild, J.A.; Somerfield, P.J.; Allen, M.J. (2011). Coccolithophores: Functional biodiversity, enzymes and bioprospecting. Mar. Drugs 9(4): 586-602. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md9040586, more Veit-Köhler, G.; De Troch, M.; Grego, M.; Bezerra, T.N.; Bonne, W.; De Smet, G.; Folkers, C.; George, K.H.; Guotong, C.; Herman, R.; Huys, R.; Lampadariou, N.; Laudien, J.; Arbizu, P.M.; Rose, A.; Schratzberger, M.; Seifried, S.; Somerfield, P.J.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vincx, M.; Vriser, B.; Vandepitte, L. (2010). Large-scale diversity and biogeography of benthic copepods in European waters. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 157(8): 1819-1835. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-010-1454-0, more Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Rumohr, H.; Faulwetter, S.; Valavanis, V.D.; Vasileiadou, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Labrune, C.; Grémare, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Kedra, M.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Büntzow, M.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.G.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escavarage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Gray, J.S.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Janas, U.; Karakassis, I.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Laudien, J.; Mackie, A.S.Y.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Oliver, P.G.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rose, A.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Zenetos, A. (2009). Biological geography of the European seas: results from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 265-278. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07955, more Renaud, P.E.; Webb, T.J.; Bjørgesæter, A.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Labrune, C.; Lampadariou, N.; Somerfield, P.J.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Bryne, K.H.; Cochrane, S.J.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.G.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Fleischer, D.; Gil, J.; Grémare, A.; Janas, U.; Mackie, A.S.Y.; Palerud, R.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Speybroeck, J.; Taboada, S.; Van Hoey, G.; Weslawski, J.M.; Whomersley, P.; Zettler, M.L. (2009). Continental-scale patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity: insights from the MacroBen database. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 239-252. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07963, more Schratzberger, M.; Lampadariou, N.; Somerfield, P.J.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2009). The impact of seabed disturbance on nematode communities: linking field and laboratory observations. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 156(4): 709-724. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-008-1122-9, more Somerfield, P.J.; Arvanitidis, C.; Faulwetter, S.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Vasileiadou, A.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Cochrane, S.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Denisenko, S.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Grémare, A.; Heip, C.H.R.; Herrmann, M.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, K.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Nicolaidou, A.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Janas, U.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M. (2009). Assessing evidence for random assembly of marine benthic communities from regional species pools. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 279-286. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07934, more Somerfield, P.J.; Arvanitidis, C.; Vanden Berghe, E.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Hummel, H.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). MarBEF, databases, and the legacy of John Gray. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 221-224. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps08045, more Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S.; Appeltans, W.; Faulwetter, S.; Arvanitidis, C.; Somerfield, P.J.; Aleffi, I.F.; Amouroux, J.M.; Anisimova, N.; Bachelet, G.; Cochrane, S.J.; Costello, M.J.; Craeymeersch, J.A.; Dahle, S.; Degraer, S.; Denisenko, S.; Deprez, T.; Dounas, C.; Duineveld, G.; Emblow, C.; Escaravage, V.; Fabri, M.-C.; Fleischer, D.; Grémare, A.; Herrmann, M.; Hummel, H.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.A.; Kingston, P.; Kotwicki, L.; Labrune, C.; Laudien, J.; Nevrova, E.L.; Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A.; Olsgard, F.; Palerud, R.; Petrov, A.; Rachor, E.; Revkov, N.K.; Rumohr, H.; Sardá, R.; Sistermans, W.C.H.; Speybroeck, J.; Janas, U.; Van Hoey, G.; Vincx, M.; Whomersley, P.; Willems, W.; Wlodarska-Kowalczuk, M.; Zenetos, A.; Zettler, M.L.; Heip, C.H.R. (2009). MacroBen integrated database on benthic invertebrates of European continental shelves: a tool for large-scale analysis across Europe. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 225-238. dx.doi.org/10.3354/meps07826, more Claudet, J.; Osenberg, C.W.; Benedetti-Cecchi, L.; Domenici, P.; García Chartón, J.-A.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Badalamenti, F.; Bayle-Sempere, J.T.; Brito, A.; Bulleri, F.; Culioli, J.-M.; Dimech, M.; Falcón, J.M.; Guala, I.; Milazzo, M.; Sánchez-Meca, J.; Somerfield, P.J.; Stobart, B.; Vandeperre, F.; Valle, C.; Planes, S. (2008). Marine reserves: size and age do matter. Ecol. Lett. 11(5): 481-489. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01166.x, more Nagelkerken, I.A.; Blaber, S.J.M.; Bouillon, S.; Green, P.; Haywood, M.; Kirton, L.G.; Meynecke, J.-O.; Pawlik, J.; Penrose, H.M.; Sasekumar, A.; Somerfield, P.J. (2008). The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: a review. Aquat. Bot. 89(2): 155-185. dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2007.12.007, more da Fonsêca-Genevois, V.; Somerfield, P.J.; Neves, M.H.B.; Coutinho, R.; Moens, T. (2006). Colonization and early succession on artificial hard substrata by meiofauna. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 148(5): 1039-1050. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0145-8, more Kaiser, M.J.; Clarke, K.R.; Hinz, H.; Austen, M.C.V.; Somerfield, P.J.; Karakakkis, I. (2006). Global analysis of response and recovery of benthic biota to fishing. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 311: 1-14, more Somerfield, P.J.; Atkins, M.; Bolam, S.G.; Clarke, K.R.; Garnacho, E.; Rees, H.L.; Smith, R.; Warwick, R.M. (2006). Relative impacts at sites of dredged-material relocation in the coastal environment: a phylum-level meta-analysis approach. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 148(6): 1231-1240. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-005-0168-1, more Somerfield, P.J.; Cochrane, S.J.; Dahle, S.; Pearson, T.H. (2006). Free-living nematodes and macrobenthos in a high-latitude glacial fjord. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330: 284-296, more Warwick, R.M.; Dashfield, S.L.; Somerfield, P.J. (2006). The integral structure of a benthic infaunal assemblage. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 330(1): 12-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2005.12.013, more Somerfield, P.J.; Fonŝeca-Genevois, V.G.; Rodrigues, A.C.L.; Castro, F.J.V.; Santos, G.A.P. (2003). Factors affecting meiofaunal community structure in the Pina Basin, an urbanized embayment on the coast of Pernambuco, Brazil. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 83(6): 1209-1213. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315403008506, more Somerfield, P.J.; Clarke, K.R.; Olsgard, F. (2002). A comparison of the power of categorical and correlational tests applied to community ecology data from gradient studies. J. Anim. Ecol. 71: 581-593, more Warwick, R.M.; Ashman, C.M.; Brown, A.R.; Clarke, K.R.; Dowell, B.; Hart, B.; Lewis, R.E.; Shillabeer, N.; Somerfield, P.J.; Tapp, J.F. (2002). Inter-annual changes in the biodiversity and community structure of the macrobenthos in Tees Bay and the Tees estuary, UK, associated with local and regional environmental events. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 234: 1-13, more Guo, Y.; Somerfield, P.J.; Warwick, R.M.; Zhang, Z. (2001). Large-scale patterns in the community structure and biodiversity of freeliving nematodes in the Bohai Sea, China. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 81(5): 755-763, more Austen, M.C.; Somerfield, P.J. (1997). A community level sediment bioassay applied to an estuarine heavy metal gradient. Mar. Environ. Res. 43(4): 315-328, more Somerfield, P.J.; Clarke, K.R. (1997). A comparison of some methods commonly used for the collection of sublittoral sediments and their associated fauna. Mar. Environ. Res. 43(3): 145-156, more Kendall, M.A.; Widdicombe, S.; Davey, J.T.; Somerfield, P.J.; Austen, M.C.V.; Warwick, R.M. (1996). The biogeography of islands: Preliminary results from a comparative study of the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 76(1): 219-222, more Somerfield, P.J.; Clarke, K.R. (1995). Taxonomic levels, in marine community studies, revisited. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 127: 113-119, more Somerfield, P.J.; Rees, H.L.; Warwick, R.M. (1995). Interrelationships in community structure between shallow-water marine meiofauna and macrofauna in relation to dredgings disposal. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 127: 103-112, more Somerfield, P.J.; Gee, J.M.; Warwick, R.M. (1994). Soft sediment meiofaunal community structure in relation to a long-term heavy metal gradient in the Fal estuary system. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 105(1-2): 79-88, more Somerfield, P.J.; Gee, J.M.; Warwick, R.M. (1994). Benthic community structure in relation to an instantaneous discharge of waste water from a tin mine. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 28(6): 363-369, more
Peer reviewed publication [show]
Arvanitidis, C.; Warwick, R.M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Pavloudi, C.; Pafilis, E.; Oulas, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patkos, T.; Bailly, N.; Hernandez, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Keklikoglou, K.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Michalakis, N.; Filiopoulou, I.; Panteri, E.; Gougousis, A.; Bravakos, P.; Christakis, C.; Kassapidis, P.; Kotoulas, G.; Magoulas, A. (2019). The collaborative potential of research infrastructures in addressing global scientific questions. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards 3: e37289. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/biss.3.37289, more
Books (2) [show]
Heip, C.H.R.; Hummel, H.; van Avesaath, P.H.; Appeltans, W.; Arvanitidis, C.; Aspden, R.; Austen, M.; Boero, F.; Bouma, T.J.; Boxshall, G.; Buchholz, F.; Crowe, T.; Delaney, A.E.; Deprez, T.; Emblow, C.; Feral, J.-P.; Gasol, J.M.; Gooday, A.J.; Harder, J.; Ianora, A.; Kraberg, A.C.; MacKenzie, B.R.; Ojaveer, H.; Paterson, D.; Rumohr, H.; Schiedek, D.; Sokolowski, A.; Somerfield, P.J.; Sousa Pinto, I.; Vincx, M.; Weslawski, J.M.; Nash, R. (2009). Marine biodiversity & ecosystem functioning. MarBEF EU Network of Excellence: Dublin. 100 pp., more Warwick, R.M.; Platt, H.M.; Somerfield, P.J. (1998). Free-living marine nematodes: III. Monhysterids: pictorial key to world genera and notes for the identification of British species. Synopses of the British Fauna, N.S. 53. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury. ISBN 1-85153-260-9. VII, 296 pp., more
Book chapters (3) [show]
Widdicombe, S.; Somerfield, P.J. (2012). Marine biodiversity: Its past development, present status, and future threats, in: Solan, M. et al. (Ed.) Marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Frameworks, methodologies, and integration. pp. 1-15, more Somerfield, P.J.; Warwick, R.M.; Moens, T. (2005). Meiofauna techniques, in: Eleftheriou, A. et al. (Ed.) Methods for the study of marine benthos. pp. 229-272, more Moore, C.G.; Somerfield, P.J. (1997). Response of the meiofaunal community to sewage sludge disposal in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, in: McLusky, D.S. (Ed.) The Estuaries of Central Scotland. Coastal Zone Topics: Process, Ecology and Management, 3: pp. 121-128, more
Abstracts (3) [show]
Arvanitidis, C.; Warwick, R.M.; Somerfield, P.J.; Pavloudi, C.; Pafilis, E.; Oulas, A.; Chatzigeorgiou, G.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patkos, T.; Bailly, N.; Hernandez, F.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vandepitte, L.; Appeltans, W.; Keklikoglou, K.; Chatzinikolaou, E.; Michalakis, N.; Filiopoulou, I.; Panteri, E.; Gougousis, A. (2018). Research Infrastructures offer capacity to address scientific questions never attempted before: Are all taxa equal?, in: Mees, J. et al. (Ed.) Book of abstracts – 53^rd European Marine Biology Symposium. Oostende, Belgium, 17-21 September 2018. VLIZ Special Publication, 82: pp. 71, more Renaud, P.; Bjørgesæter, A.; Karakassis, I.; Kedra, M.; Kendall, M.; Labrune, C.; Lampadariou, N.; Somerfield, P.; Webb, T.; Vanden Berghe, E.; Claus, S. (2008). Latitudinal patterns in benthic invertebrate diversity on European continental shelves: insights from the MARBEF database, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more Schratzberger, M.; Lampadariou, N.; Somerfield, P.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanden Berghe, E. (2008). The impact of seabed disturbance on the diversity of meiofauna communities? Linking field and laboratory observations, in: World Conference on Marine Biodiversity, Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November 2008: book of abstracts. pp. 1, more

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