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Dr Widdicombe, Steve

Institute
Publications (35)
Projects (2)
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Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), more

Function: Benthic ecologist
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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

Kendall, M., S. Widdicombe, 1999: Plymouth sound dataset. Soft sediment macrobenthos from the Plymouth Sound from 1995. Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK, more

A1 Publications (27) [show]
März, C.; Freitas, F.S.; Faust, J.C.; Godbold, J.A.; Henley, S.F.; Tessin, A.C.; Abbott, G.D.; Airs, R.; Arndt, S.; Barnes, D.K.A.; Grange, L.J.; Gray, N.D.; Head, I.M.; Hendry, K.R.; Hilton, R.G.; Reed, A.J.; Rühl, S.; Solan, M.; Souster, T.A.; Stevenson, M.A.; Tait, K.; Ward, J.; Widdicombe, S. (2022). Biogeochemical consequences of a changing Arctic shelf seafloor ecosystem. Ambio 51(2): 370-382. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01638-3, more 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 Stark, J.S.; Peltzer, E.T.; Kline, D.I.; Queirós, A.M.; Cox, T.E.; Headley, K.; Barry, J.; Gazeau, F.; Runcie, J.W.; Widdicombe, S.; Milnes, M.; Roden, N.P.; Black, J.; Whiteside, S.; Johnstone, G.; Ingels, J.; Shaw, E.; Bodrossy, L.; Gaitán-Espitia, J.D.; Kirkwood, W.; Gattuso, J.P. (2019). Free Ocean CO₂ Enrichment (FOCE) experiments: scientific and technical recommendations for future in situ ocean acidification projects. Prog. Oceanogr. 172: 89-107. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.01.006, more Ingels, J.; dos Santos, G.; Hicks, N.; Vazquez, Y.V.; Neres, P.F.; Pontes, L.P.; Amorim, M.N.; Román, S.; Du, Y.; Stahl, H.; Somerfield, P.J.; Widdicombe, S. (2018). Short-term CO₂ exposure and temperature rise effects on metazoan meiofauna and free-living nematodes in sandy and muddy sediments: results from a flume experiment. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 502: 211-226. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2017.07.012, more Watson, S.C.L.; Paterson, D.M.; Widdicombe, S.; Beaumont, N.J. (2018). Evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess macro-benthic structure and functioning following nutrient remediation actions: A case study on the Eden estuary Scotland. Regional Studies in Marine Science 24: 379-391. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2018.09.012, more Calosi, P.; Melatunan, S.; Turner, L.M.; Artioli, Y.; Davidson, R.L.; Byrne, J.J.; Viant, M.R.; Widdicombe, S.; Rundle, S.D. (2017). Regional adaptation defines sensitivity to future ocean acidification. Nature Comm. 8(13994): 10 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13994, more Sunday, J.M.; Fabricius, K.E.; Kroeker, K.J.; Anderson, K.M.; Brown, N.E.; Barry, J.P.; Connell, S.D.; Dupont, S.; Gaylord, B.; Hall-Spencer, J.M.; Klinger, T.; Milazzo, M.; Munday, P.L.; Russell, B.D.; Sanford, E.; Thiyagarajan, V.; Vaughan, M.L.H.; Widdicombe, S.; Harley, C.D.G. (2017). Ocean acidification can mediate biodiversity shifts by changing biogenic habitat. Nat. Clim. Chang. 7(1): 81-85. https://hdl.handle.net/10.1038/nclimate3161, more Rastelli, E.; Corinaldesi, C.; Dell'Anno, A.; Amaro, T.; Greco, S.; Lo Martire, M.; Carugati, L.; Queirós, A.; Widdicombe, S.; Danovaro, R. (2016). CO₂ leakage from carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) systems affects organic matter cycling in surface marine sediments. Mar. Environ. Res. 122: 158-168. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.10.007, more Queirós, A.M.; Stephens, N.; Cook, R.; Ravaglioli, C.; Nunes, J.; Dashfield, S.; Harris, C.; Tilstone, G.H.; Fishwick, J.; Braeckman, U.; Somerfield, P.J.; Widdicombe, S. (2015). Can benthic community structure be used to predict the process of bioturbation in real ecosystems? Prog. Oceanogr. 137(Part B): 559-569. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2015.04.027, more Queirós, A.M.; Bruggeman, J.; Stephens, N.; Artioli, Y.; Butenschon, M.; Blackford, J.C.; Widdicombe, S.; Allen, J.I.; Somerfield, P.J. (2015). Placing biodiversity in ecosystem models without getting lost in translation. J. Sea Res. 98: 83-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.seares.2014.10.004, more Widdicombe, S.; Blackford, J.; Spicer, J.I. (2013). Assessing the environmental consequences of CO₂ leakage from geological CCS: Generating evidence to support environmental risk assessment. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 73(2): 399-401. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.05.044, more Burdett, H.L.; Aloisio, E.; Calosi, P.; Findlay, H.S.; Widdicombe, S.; Hatton, A.D.; Kamenos, N.A. (2012). The effect of chronic and acute low pH on the intracellular DMSP production and epithelial cell morphology of red coralline algae. Mar. Biol. Res. 8(8): 756-763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2012.676189, more Findlay, H.S.; Wood, H.L.; Kendall, M.A.; Spicer, J.I.; Twitchett, R.J.; Widdicombe, S. (2011). Comparing the impact of high CO₂ on calcium carbonate structures in different marine organisms. Mar. Biol. Res. 7(6): 565-575. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2010.547200, more Findlay, H.S.; Kendall, M.A.; Spicer, J.I.; Widdicombe, S. (2010). Post-larval development of two intertidal barnacles at elevated CO2 and temperature. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 157(4): 725-735. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-009-1356-1, more Beesley, A.; Lowe, D.M.; Pascoe, C.A.; Widdicombe, S. (2008). Effects of CO₂-induced seawater acidification on the health of Mytilus edulis. Clim. Res. 37: 215-225. https://dx.doi.org/10.3354/cr00765, more Spicer, J.I.; Raffo, A.; Widdicombe, S. (2007). Influence of CO₂-related seawater acidification on extracellular acid–base balance in the velvet swimming crab Necora puber. Mar. Biol. (Berl.) 151(3): 1117-1125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0551-6, more Howe, R.L.; Rees, A.P.; Widdicombe, S. (2004). The impact of two species of bioturbating shrimp (Callianassa subterranea and Upogebia deltaura) on sediment denitrification. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 84(3): 629-632. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S002531540400966Xh, more Olsen, J.L.; Stam, W.T.; Coyer, J.T.; Reusch, T.B.; Boström, C.; Clavert, E.; Christie, H.C.; Granger, S.; La Lumière, R.; Mmilchakova, N.; Oudot-Le Secq, M.-P.; Procaccini, G.; Sanjabi, B.; Serrão, E.; Veldsink, J.; Widdicombe, S.; Wyllie-Echeverria, S. (2004). North Atlantic phylogeography and large-scale population differentiation of the seagrass Zostera marina L. Mol. Ecol. 13(7): 1923-1941. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02205.x, more Widdicombe, S.; Austen, M.C.; Kendall, M.A.; Olsgard, F.; Schaanning, M.; Dashfield, S.L.; Needham, H.R. (2004). The importance of bioturbators for biodiversity maintenance: The indirect effects of fishing disturbance. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 274: in press, more Kendall, M.A.; Widdicombe, S.; Weslawski, J.M. (2003). A multiscale study of the biodiversity of the benthic fauna of the high-latitude Kongsfjord, Svalbard. Polar Biol. 26: 383-388, more Widdicombe, S.; Austen, M.C. (2001). The interaction between physical disturbance and organic enrichment: An important element in structuring benthic communities. Limnol. Oceanogr. 46(7): 1720-1733, more Widdicombe, S.; Austen, M.C.; Kendall, M.A.; Warwick, R.M.; Jones, M.B. (2000). Bioturbation as a mechanism for setting and maintaining levels of diversity in subtidal macrobenthic communities. Hydrobiologia 440(1-3): 369-377. https://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004120621842, more Kendall, M.A.; Widdicombe, S. (1999). Small scale patterns in the structure of macrofaunal assemblages of shallow soft sediments. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 237: 127-140, more Austen, M.C.; Widdicombe, S. (1998). Experimental evidence of effects of the heart urchin Brissopsis lyrifera on associated subtidal meiobenthic nematode communities. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 222(1-2): 219-238. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00146-9, more Austen, M.C.; Widdicombe, S.; Villano-Pitacco, N. (1998). Effects of biological disturbance on biodiversity and structure of nematode communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 174: 233-246, 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 Kendall, M.A.; Davey, J.T.; Widdicombe, S. (1995). The response of two estuarine benthic communities to the quantity and quality of food. Hydrobiologia 311(1-3): 207-214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00008581, more
Book [show]
Queirós, A.M.; Norling, K.; Amaro, T.; Nunes, J.; Cummings, D.; Yakushev, E.; Sørensen, K.; Harris, C.; Woodward, M.; Danovaro, R.; Rastelli, E.; Alve, E.; De Vittor, C.; Karuza, A.; Cibic, T.; Monti, M.; Ingrosso, G.; Fornasaro, D.; Beaubien, E.S.; Guilini, K.; Vanreusel, A.; Molari, M.; Boetius, A.; Ramette, A.; Wenzhöfer, F.; de Beer, D.; Weber, M.; Grünke, S.; Bigalke, N.; Widdicombe, S. (2014). Potential impact of CCS leakage on marine communities. ECO₂ project number: 265847: Deliverable, D4.1. Plymouth Marine Laboratory: Plymouth. 86 pp., more
Book chapters (7) [show]
Dupont, S.; Muller-Karger, F.; Canonico, G.; Schoo, K.L.; Castillo-Briceno, P.; Johnson, M.D.; Widdicombe, S.; Kavousi, J.; Appeltans, W.; Findlay, H.S.; Bellerby, R.G.J.; Isensee, K. (2024). OARS Outcome 4: Increase understanding of ocean acidification impacts to protect marine life by 2030, in: IOC-UNESCO Ocean acidification research for sustainability: A community vision for the Ocean Decade. pp. 37-45, more 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 Barry, J.P.; Widdicombe, S.; Hall-Spencer, J.M. (2011). Effects of ocean acidification on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function, in: Gattuso, J.P. et al. Ocean acidification. pp. 192-209, more Widdicombe, S.; Spicer, J.I.; Kitidis, V. (2011). Effects of ocean acidification on sediment fauna, in: Gattuso, J.P. et al. Ocean acidification. pp. 176-191, more Widdicombe, S. (2003). Setting patterns of diversity in marine sediment communities: the importance of bioturbation, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. Biodiversity of coastal marine ecosystems pattern and process: a Euroconference, Corinth, Greece 05-10 May 2001. pp. 34-35, more Widdicombe, S.; Austen, M.C.; Kendall, M.A.; Warwick, R.M.; Jones, M.B. (2000). Bioturbation as a mechanism for setting and maintaining levels of diversity in subtidal macrobenthic communities, in: Jones, M.B. et al. Island, Ocean and Deep-Sea Biology: Proceedings of the 34th European Marine Biology Symposium, held in Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, 13-17 September 1999. Developments in Hydrobiology, 152: pp. 369-377. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1982-7_34, more Kendall, M.A.; Davey, J.T.; Widdicombe, S. (1995). The response of two estuarine benthic communities to the quantity and quality of food, in: Heip, C.H.R. et al. Major biological processes in European tidal estuaries. Developments in Hydrobiology, 110: pp. 207-214, more