Geraint Tarling

Zooplankton Ecologist/WPM

Geraint Tarling

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Geraint Tarling

Biography

Honorariums

  • May 2015      Honorary Chair, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
  • April 2015     Senior Honorary Fellow of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull
  • April 2008     Honorary Fellow of Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull

 

Previous appointments               

  • NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, U.K. (Advective ecology of zooplankton in the Clyde Sea)
  • 1996-1998     Post-doctoral researcher, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, U.K. (Physiological Ecology of a Pelagic crustacean PEP; EU-MASTIII)

 

Post-school education

  • PhD. Biological Oceanography, Southampton University “Mesoscale distribution patterns and euphausiid population ecology in the south-west Atlantic”
  • BA. Zoology (Upper Second), Jesus College, Oxford University

 
Scientific committees and panels

  • June 2014  IMBER position document, panel leader for Biogeochemistry and Foodwebs
  • Mar 2014  Grant assessment panel, Netherlands Polar Programme
  • Jan 2014  Primary Scientific Advisor, SEASENS project, NRF, Norway
  • Sept 2013  Association of Polar Early Career Scientists mentor panel, UK
  • May 2012  Advisory Board for Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences, University of Hull
  • Jan 2012  Steering group of CircA (Circadian rhythms of Arctic zooplankton from polar twilight to polar night)
  • April 2011  Steering group of the EU Consortium examining effects of climate change on Antarctic krill populations
  • Jan 2011  Executive committee of the Sea Surface Consortium, NERC UKOAP
  • Sept 2010  National Organising Committee, Challenger Society 2010 conference
  • Sept 2009  Convenor, Polar Ecosystem session in BES annual conference
  • May 2008  CCAMLR/IWC Expert group in krill biology
  • March 2008  NERC Merit Promotion board, panel member
  • Sept 2006  Board of the Challenger Society, UK

 
Supervision of students

  • 2014-present    Jennifer Freer PhD “Biodiversity and evolutionary ecology of myctophids: an abundant and extraordinarily diverse clade of deep-sea fishes” GW4+ DTP (Joint supervisor)
  • 2014-present    Jessie Gardner PhD “Winners and losers in a more acidified ocean: impact on the physiology and life history of two pteropod species” EnvEAST DTP (Joint supervisor)
  • 2014-present    Cecelia Liszka PhD “Determining the active flux of carbon within the Southern Ocean and its sensitivity to climate change” EnvEAST DTP (Primary supervisor)
  • 2013-present    Anna Belcher PhD “Sources of carbon flux in the Southern Ocean” NOC Southampton/BAS (Joint supervisor)
  • 2009-2015    Claire Tancell PhD “Identification and structure of distribution hotspots of pelagic fauna in the Scotia Sea” British Antarctic Survey/Cambridge University (Joint supervisor)
  • 2010-2014    Ella Howes PhD “Effects of ocean acidification on calcification, elemental composition and isotopic composition in Mediterranean pteropods and foraminifers” Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris) and Jacobs University (Bremen) (Member of supervisory committee)
  • 2007-2010    Nina Bednarsek PhD “Potential impacts of ocean acidification on Southern Ocean pteropods” British Antarctic Survey/University of East Anglia (Primary supervisor)
  • 2005-2009    Renuka Badhe PhD. “Phytoplanton productivity in the Scotia Sea”, British Antarctic Survey/Essex University (Joint supervisor)
  • 2002-2006    Kate Cresswell Ph.D. “Behavioural modeling of krill-penguin interactions”, British Antarctic Survey (Primary supervisor)
  • 1999-2003    Toby Jarvis Ph.D. “The vertical export of material caused by the vertical migration of zooplankton Scottish Association for Marine Science (Primary supervisor)

External examiner to 3 PhD Theses
Research Grants

  • 2017-2021    Co Principal Investigator – Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage – NERC Large grant (£503K)
  • 2012-2015     Co-investigator – Biophysical and ionic controls of buoyancy in diapausing calanoid copepods – NERC Standard grant (£360K)
  • 2010-2013     Co-Principal Investigator – Ocean Acidification Impacts on Sea-Surface Biology, Biogeochemistry and Climate – NERC UKOAP consortium (£253K)
  • 2008-2009     Co- Investigator – SOFI Ocean 2025 – Impact of Arctic sea-ice retreat on zooplankton foraging behaviour and vertical carbon flux (£66K)
  • 2007-2009    Principal Investigator – FAASIS – University of East Anglia 2-year fellowship to investigate “Vulnerability of pteropods to acidification of Southern Ocean”
  • 2006-2009    Co- Investigator – Antarctic Funding Initiative “Gene function in Antarctic krill: determining the role of clock genes in synchronized behavioural patterns” (£424K)
  • 2005-2010    Project Leader FLEXICON, a project of the DISCOVERY 2010 core-programme at BAS (Budget of £2.5 million over 5 y)
  • 2004-2005    Principal Investigator – AFI-CGS. “Swimming energetics of krill” (Travel and subsistence costs)
  • 2002-2005    Principal Investigator – BAS research studentship. “Modelling krill-penguin interactions”
  • 2000-2002    Principal Investigator – MARPROD. “Advective ecology of the Irish Sea” (post-doc. salary + running costs)
  • 2000-2002    Principal Investigator – MAFF/VMD. “Toxin impacts on zooplankton near fish farms” (post-doc. salary + running costs)
  • 1999-2001    NERC Post-doctoral Fellowship (post-doctoral salary, consumables, capital equipment)

 
Recent Conferences

  • Mar. 2015    “Can pterpods build their way out of dissolution?” American Society for Limnology and Oceanography Conference, Granada, Spain (oral)
  • Sept. 2013    “Modelling the influence of copepod behaviour on faecal pellet export at high latitudes” UK Arctic Science Conference, Cambridge (oral)
  • Jul. 2013       “Implementation and preliminary observations of UKOA fieldwork in the Southern Ocean (cruise JR274)” 3rd UKOA Annual Science Meeting, St Andrews (oral)
  • Sept. 2012    “Pteropods dissolve in response to anthropogenic acidification of the Southern Ocean” UK Antarctic Science Conference, Cambridge (poster)
  • Sept. 2012    “Do Antarctic krill go with the flow” Challenger 2012, University of East Anglia (poster and session chair)
  • Apr. 2012     “Overview of Southern Ocean OA Science” 2nd UKOA Annual Science Meeting, University of Exeter (oral and poster)
  • Apr. 2011     “Distributional and physiological limits of Euphausia superba: what does the future hold?” EU Workshop on ‘Krill in a changing ocean’. Texel, The Netherlands (oral)
  • June 2010     “Comparing mesozooplankton size-structure between the Arctic and Southern Ocean provides trophodynamics insight” International Polar Year, Oslo (oral)

 
Invited Presentations (Scientific)

  • Feb. 2015     “Is Antarctic krill to be yet another overexploited marine resource” Life Sciences Department, Bristol University
  • May 2014     “Of Southern Ocean swell and swarms of E. superba” Keynote, Marine Biological Association PG Conference, Scarborough
  • Jan. 2014      “Rational harvesting of the Southern Ocean” Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
  • May 2013     “Influence of copepod behaviour on carbon flux in the Arctic summer” 2nd Annual CIRCA Workshop, Scottish Association Marine Science, Oban
  • Nov. 2012    “DISCOVERY 2010: Findings and implications” Workshop of European Flagship for Polar Ecosystem change and synthesis (PECS), Alfred-Wegener Institute for polar and marine research, Germany
  • Nov. 2012    “The biology of Antarctic krill” Dept of Biology, Plymouth University
  • Mar. 2012    “Spatial and temporal variability in the Scotia Sea” Workshop on Polar Ecosystems at the University Centre in Svalbard
  • Jan. 2009      “Antarctic krill: a saga of industry, ice and intrigue” Hamburg Zoological Museum, Hamburg University, Germany
  • May 2007     “Growth and recruitment in Antarctic krill” a presentation given as an invited participant at the Lenfest Ocean Program workshop “Identifying and Resolving Key Uncertainties in Management Models for Krill Fisheries” Santa Cruz, USA
  • July 2006      “Behavioural ecology of Northern and Antarctic krill”           Kristineberg Marine Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Mar. 2006   “Critical stage ecology in the Southern Ocean” School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor
  • Feb. 2006     “Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Flexible life-cycles in a changing environment” Biology Dept, Hull University
  • Oct. 2005     “Climate change in polar regions” invited speaker at Centro de la Ciencias de la Atmosfera, UNAM, Mexico City

 
Invited Presentations (Public)

  • Feb 2015      “Deep-ocean explorers” Histon and Impington Primary School
  • Oct 2014      “The remit of BAS and ecological issues in the Southern Ocean” Darwin Society, University of Cambridge
  • Mar 2012     “Antarctic krill: a saga of ice and industry” Principia Society, Tonbridge School
  • Nov 2011     “Fishing in the Southern Ocean and the role of BAS” Cornwall College, Newquay (Foundation degree course)
  • Dec 2010     “Are ecologists fearing a krill crisis?” University of the Third Age Seminar series, Scott-Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
  • June 2009     “Inspiring oceans” Ashton Gate, Bristol. gave a presentation on oceanography and convened a debate on climate change solutions between pupils (16 to 18 years of age) invited from a number of schools around Bristol
  • March 2008  “Polar ecosystems under threat”, Edinburgh International Science Festival
  • Sept 2007     “Why should climate change at the poles concern us all” a presentation to United World College of Atlantic, UK
  • June 2007     “The Southern Ocean ecosystem and its vulnerability to change” a presentation to teachers of Appleton School for Staff into Industry Day
  • Nov 2006    “Climate change at the poles: its consequences to humanity and global biodiversity” a presentation to Café Scientifique (British Council), in Helsinki, and filmed for Finnish TV
  • Mar. 2006    “How climate change in Antarctica will affect us all” a presentation to Coffi Gwyddonol Cymru, Bangor
  • Jan 2006      “Working and living in Antarctica” a presentation to CAMMIND, Cambridge
  • Oct-Dec 2005   “Climate change in polar regions” a presentation for Café Scientifique (British Council), in Brussels (6th Oct), Mexico City (28th Oct) and Tallinn (1st Dec)
  • Oct 2005      “Climate change: what role can we play” at UAM-Iztapalapa University, Mexico City. A presentation and debate for the ‘Zero Carbon City’ initiative
  • Oct 2005      “Science in Antarctica and its importance to society” a presentation at the CONACYT science festival, Cuernevaca, Mexico
  • Aug 2005     “Southern Ocean plankton and climate change”, International Youth Conference visit to Cambridge
  • Feb. 2005     “Climate change in Antarctica and why it concerns us all” to academics, fellows and scholars of British Council (Pakistan). 90 min video conference including a 45 min question and answer session
  • Sept 2004     “Antarctica: a continent of peace and science” a keynote talk to the Cambridge Junior Chamber.
  • May 2002     “Science in Antarctica” St Paul’s school, London

 
Editorial Roles

  1. The Biology of Northern krill. Advances in Marine Biology 57 pp. 314. Tarling GA (Ed.)
  2. DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II Special Issue. Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (Eds.)

Collaborations

Magnus Johnson (University of Hull, UK): Swimming energetics of krill

Ezio Rosato (University of Leicester, UK): Clock genes

Jorgen Berge (University centre of Svalbard, Norway); Zooplankton behaviour in Arctic

Andrew Brierley (University of St Andrews, UK); bioacoustics

Finlo Cottier (Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, UK); biophysical inteactions

John Spicer (University of Plymouth, UK); oxygen stress in polar organisms

Angus Atkinson (Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK); krill distribution and population dynamics

David Pond (Scottish Association for Marine Sciences, UK); lipids and buoyancy in polar zooplankton

Grant Stentiford (CEFAS, UK); parasites and diseases in Antarctic krill

Main Research Themes

Krill ecophysiology and population dynamics

Physical and biological influences on krill swarming behaviour

Zooplankton community structure and diversity

Ocean acidification and its effect on zooplankton behaviour and physiology

Vertical migration behaviour of pelagic organisms

Influence of zooplankton on carbon flux, particularly at high latitudes

Peer-reviewed articles (* corresponding author)

  1. Manno C, Stowasser G, Enderlein P, Fielding S, Tarling GA (2015) The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep-carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Biogeosciences 12, 1955–1965, 2015 doi:10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015
  2. Cavan EL, Le Moigne FAC, Poulton AJ, Tarling GA, Ward P, Daniels CJ, Fragoso G, Sanders RJ (2015). Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets Res. Lett. 42, doi:10.1002/2014GL062744
  3. Saunders RA, Collins MA, Ward P, Stowasser G, Shreeve R and Tarling GA (2014) Distribution, population structure and trophodynamics of Southern Ocean Gymnoscopelus (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea. Polar Biol. doi: 10.1007/s00300-014-1584-9
  4. Fielding S, Watkins JL, Trathan P, Enderlein P, Waluda C, Goss C, Stowasser G, Tarling GA, Murphy EJ (2014) Inter-annual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997 – 2012. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsu104
  5. Pond DW, Tarling GA, Mayor DJ (2014) Hydrostatic pressure and temperature effects on the membranes of a seasonally migrating marine copepod. PLOS One 9(10):e111043. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111043
  6. Bednaršek N, Tarling GA, Bakker DCE, Fielding S, Feely RA (2014) Dissolution dominating calcification process in polar pteropods close to the point of aragonite undersaturation. PLOS One 9(10): e109183 doi: 1371/journal.pone.0109183
  7. Saunders RA, Collins MA, Shreeve R, Stowasser G, Ward P, Tarling GA (2014) The trophodynamics of Southern Ocean Electrona (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea. Polar Biology. 37(6):789-807. doi:1016/j.dsr.2013.07.007
  8. Tarling GA, Thorpe SE (2014) Instantaneous movement of krill swarms in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Limnology & Oceanography 59(3):872–886 doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0872
  9. Tarling GA, Cottier FR, Everson I (2014) Spatial patterns in the vertical structure of euphausiids in Gullmarsfjord, Sweden: identifying influences on bilayer formation and distributions. Marine Biology Research 6:537-553. doi: 10.1080/17451000.2013.831180
  10. Ward P, Tarling GA, Thorpe SE (2014) Mesozooplankton in the Southern Ocean: spatial and temporal patterns from Discovery Investigations Progress in Oceangraphy 120:305-319. doi: 11016/j.pocean.2013.10.011
  11. Saunders RA, Fielding A, Thrope SE, Tarling GA (2013) School characteristics of mesopelagic fish at South Georgia. Deep-Sea Research I 81:62-77. doi: 1016/j.dsr.2013.07.007
  12. Saunders RA, Rasmussen J, Tarling GA, Brierley AS (2013) Distribution, population dynamics and growth rates of Thysanopoda acutifrons, Thysanoessa inermis and Nematobranchion boopis in the Irminger Sea, North Atlantic. Journal of Marine Biological Association of UK. 93(5):1287-1301. doi: 1017/s0025315412001385
  13. Pond D, Tarling GA (2013) Taking account of phase transitions in lipids of marine zooplankton: inconvenient but not irrelevant. Journal of Plankton Research 35(2):441-443. doi: 1093/plankt/fbt010
  14. Wallace MI, Cottier FR, Brierley AS, Tarling GA* (2013) Modelling the influence of copepod behaviour on fecal pellet export at high latitudes. Polar Biology 36:579-592. doi: 1093/plankt/fbt010Times Cited: 2
  15. Tancell C, Phillips RA, Xavier JC, Tarling GA, Sutherland WJ (2013) Comparison of methods for determining key marine areas from tracking data. Mar. Biol. 160:15-26. doi: 1007/s00227-012-2050-2 Times Cited: 3
  16. Decelle J, Martin P, Paborstava K, Pond DW, Tarling GA, Mahé F, de Vargas C, Lampitt R, Not F (2013) Diversity, ecology and biogeochemistry of cyst-forming Acantharia (Radiolaria) in the oceans. PlosOne 8(1) e53598 pp 13. doi:. 1371/journal.pone.0053598 Times Cited: 1
  17. Murphy EJ, Hofmann EE, Watkins JL, Johnston NM, Piñones A, Ballerini T, Hill, Trathan PN, Tarling GA et al. (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia. J Mar. Sys. 109-110:22-42. doi: 1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.011 Times Cited: 8
  18. Atkinson A, Nicol S, Kawaguchi S, Pakhomov E, Quetin L, Ross R, Hill S, Reiss C, Siegel V, Tarling G (2012) Fitting Euphausia superba into Southern Ocean food-web models: a review of data sources and their limitations. CCAMLR Science 19:219-245. Times Cited: 2
  19. Bednaršek N, Možina J, Vogt M, O’Brien CO, Tarling GA (2012) Global distribution of pteropods representing carbonate functional type biomass. Earth System Science Data 4:167-186. doi: 5194/essd-1-1-2012
  20. Bednaršek N, Tarling GA*, Bakker DCE, Fielding S, Jones EM, Venables HJ, Ward P, Kuzirian A, Lézé B, Murphy EH (2012) Extensive dissolution of live pteropods in the Southern Ocean. Nature Geoscience. 5:881-885. doi: 881-885. 10.1038/ngeo1635 Times Cited: 17
  21. Seear PJ, Goodall-Copestake WP, Fleming AH, Rosato E, Tarling GA* (2012) Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 467:61-75. doi: 3354/meps09947 Times Cited: 2
  22. Ward P, Tarling GA, Coombs S, Enderlein P (2012) Comparing Bongo net and N70 mesozooplankton catches: using a reconstruction of an original net to quantify historical plankton catch data. Polar Biol. 35:1179-1186. doi: 1007/s00300-012-1163-x Times Cited: 1
  23. Bednaršek N, Tarling GA, Bakker DCE, Fielding S, Cohen A, Kuzirian A, McCorkle D, Lézé B, Montagna R (2012) Description and quantification of pteropod shell dissolution: A sensitive bioindicator of ocean acidification. Global Change Biology 18: 2378–2388. doi: 1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02668.x
  24. Flores H, Atkinson A, Kawaguchi S, Krafft BA, Milinevsky G, Nicol S, Reiss C, Tarling GA et al. (2012). Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 458: 1-19. doi: 3354/meps09831 Times Cited: 7
  25. Goodall-Copestake WP, Tarling GA, Murphy EJ (2012) On the comparison of intra-specific, location specific estimates of haplotype and nucleotide diversity: a case study using the gene cox1. Heredity 109: 50-56. doi: 1038/hdy.2012.12 Times Cited: 4
  26. Pond DW, Tarling GA, Schmidt K, Everson, I. (2012) Diet and growth rates of Meganyctiphanes norvegica in autumn. Mar. Biol. Res. 8: 615-623. doi: 1080/17451000.2011.653366 Times Cited: 1
  27. Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (2012) Discovery 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60: 1-13. doi: 1016/j.dsr2.2011.10.001 Times Cited: 8
  28. Ward P, Atkinson A, Venables HJ, Tarling GA, Whitehouse M, Fielding S, Collins MA, Korb R, Black A, Stowasser G, Schmidt K, Thorpe S, Enderlein P. (2012) Food web structure and bioregions in the Scotia Sea: a seasonal synthesis. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60: 253-266. doi: 1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.005 Times Cited: 16
  29. Pond DW, Tarling GA, Ward P, Mayor D (2012) Wax-ester composition influences diapause patterns in the copepod Calanoides acutus. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60:93-104. doi: 1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.009 Times Cited: 9
  30. Ward P, Atkinson A, Tarling GA (2012) Mesozooplankton community structure and variability in the Scotia Sea: a seasonal comparison. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60:78-92. doi:1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.004 Times Cited: 14
  31. Bednarsek N, Tarling GA, Fielding S, Bakker DCE (2012) Population dynamics and biogeochemical significance of Limacina helicina ant. in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Deep-Sea Research II 59-60:105-116. doi: 1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.003 Times Cited: 4
  32. Watts J and Tarling GA* (2012) Population dynamics and production of Themisto gaudichaudii at South Georgia, Antarctica. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60:117-129. doi:1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.001 Times Cited: 9
  33. Tarling GA, Stowasser G, Ward P, Poulton AJ, Zhou M, Venables HJ, McGill RAR, Murphy EJ (2012) Seasonal trophic structure of the Scotia Sea pelagic ecosystem considered through biomass spectra and stable isotope analysis. Deep-Sea Research II 59-60: 222-236. doi:1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.002 Times Cited: 5
  34. Schmidt K, Atkinson A, Steinberger S, Fielding S, Lindsay MCM, Pond DW, Tarling GA et al. (2011)Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling and the vertical transfer of iron. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56(4):1411-1428. doi: 4319/lo.2011.56.4.1411 Times Cited: 31
  35. Pond DW & Tarling GA (2011) Phase transitions of wax esters adjust buoyancy in diapausing Calanoides acutus. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56(4):1310-1318. doi:4319/lo.2011.56.4.1310 Times Cited: 17
  36. Seear PJ, Tarling GA, Burns G, Goodall-Copestake WP, Gaten E, Ozkaya O Rosato E (2010) Differential gene expression during the moult cycle of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). BMC Genomics 11:582. doi: 1186/1471-2164-11-582 Times Cited: 3
  37. Klevjer T, Tarling GA, Fielding S (2010) Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) relative to the proximity of land. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 409:157-170. doi: 3354/meps08602 Times Cited: 9
  38. Goodall-Copestake WP, Perez-Espoza S, Clark MS, Murphy EJ, Sands CJ, Seear PJ, Tarling GA (2010) Swarms of diversity at the barcoding gene Cox1 in Antarctic krill. Heredity 104:513-518. doi: 1038/hdy.2009.188 Times Cited: 10
  39. Wallace MI, Cottier FR, Brierley AS, Berge J, Tarling GA, Griffiths C (2010) Comparison of zooplankton vertical migration in an ice-free and a seasonally ice-covered Arctic fjord: An insight into the influence of sea ice cover on zooplankton behaviour Oceanogr. 55(2):831-845. doi: 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0831 Times Cited: 20
  40. Cresswell, KA, Tarling GA, Thorpe SE, Burrows MT, Wiedemann J, Mangel M (2009) Diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is flexible during advection across the Scotia Sea. J Plankt Res 31(10):1265-1281. doi: 1093/plankt/fbp062 Times Cited: 4
  41. Seear P, Tarling GA, Teschke M, Meyer B, Thorne MAS, Clark MS, Gaten E, Rosato E (2009) Effects of simulated light regimes on gene expression in Antarctic krill. JEMBE 381:57-64. doi: 1016/j.jembe.2009.09.010 Times Cited: 8
  42. Tarling GA, Klevjer T, Fielding S, Watkins JL, Atkinson A, Murphy EJ, Korb R, Whitehouse M, Leaper R (2009) Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure. Deep Sea Research I 56:1994-2012. doi: 3354/meps08602 Times Cited: 9
  43. Tarling GA, Cuzin-Roudy J, Wootton K, Johnson ML (2009) Egg release behaviour in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Polar Biol 32:1187-1194. doi: 1007/s00300-009-0617-2 Times Cited: 3
  44. Varpe Ø, Jørgensen C, Tarling GA, Fiksen Ø(2009) The adaptive value of energy storage and capital breeding in seasonal environments. OIKOS 118:363-370. doi: 1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17036.x Times Cited: 36
  45. Shreeve RS, Collins MA, Tarling GA, Main, CE, Ward P, Johnston NM (2009) Feeding ecology of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 386:221-236. doi: 3354/meps08064 Times Cited: 21
  46. Gaten E, Tarling G, Dowse H, Kyriacou C, Rosato E (2008) Is vertical migration in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) influenced by an underlying circadian rhythm? J Genet 87:473–483. doi: 1007/s12041-008-0070-y Times Cited: 11
  47. Johnson ML, Tarling GA (2008) Influence of individual state on swimming capacity and behaviour of Antarctic Krill (Euphausia Superba). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 366:99-110. doi: 3354/meps07533 Times Cited: 7
  48. Atkinson A et al, Tarling GA (2008) Oceanic circumpolar habitats of Antarctic krill. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 362:1-23. doi: 3354/meps07498 Times Cited: 79
  49. Collins MA, Xavier JC, Johnston NM, North AW, Enderlein P, Tarling GA, Waluda CM, Hawker, EJ, Cunningham NJ (2008) Patterns in the distribution of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea ecosystem. Polar Biol 31:837-851. doi: 1007/s00300-008-0423-2 Times Cited: 35
  50. Tarling GA, Cuzin-Roudy J (2008) External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) Polar Biol 31:121-130. doi: 1007/s00300-007-0339-2 Times Cited: 7
  51. Varpe Ø., Jørgensen C., Tarling, GA and Fiksen Ø., (2007). Early is better: seasonal egg fitness and timing of reproduction in a zooplankton life-history model. OIKOS 116(8):1331-1342. doi: 1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15893.x Times Cited: 49
  52. Chereskin T, Tarling GA (2007) Interannual to diurnal variability in the near-surface scattering layer in Drake Passage. ICES J Mar Sci 64(9):1617-1626. doi: 1093/icesjms/fsm138 Times Cited: 3
  53. Cresswell KA, Tarling GA, Trathan PN (2007) Weight-loss during breeding is adaptive for female macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus. Evol Ecol Res 9: 1053-1076. Times Cited: 3
  54. Cresswell KA, Tarling GA, Burrows MT (2007) Behaviour affects local-scale distributions of Antarctic krill around South Georgia. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 343:193-206. doi: 3354/meps06908 Times Cited: 12
  55. Tarling GA, Shreeve RS, Ward P, (2007) Life-cycle and population dynamics of Rhincalanus gigas in the Scotia Sea. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 338:145-158. doi: 3354/meps338145 Times Cited: 3
  56. Tarling GA, Cuzin-Roudy J, Thorpe S, Shreeve RS, Ward P, Murphy EJ (2007) Recruitment of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana) in the South Georgia region: adult fecundity and the fate of early developmental stages Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 331:161-179. doi: 3354/meps331161 Times Cited: 19
  57. Everson I, Tarling GA, Bergström B (2007) Improving acoustic estimates of krill: experience from repeat sampling of northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica in Gullmar fjord, Sweden. ICES J Mar Sci 64: 39-48. doi: 1093/icesjms/fsl010 Times Cited: 5
  58. Murphy EJ, Watkins JL, Trathan PN, Reid K, Meredith MP, Thorpe SE, Johnston NM, Clarke A, Tarling GA, Collins MA, Forcada J, Shreeve RS, Atkinson A, Krob R, Whithouse MJ, Ward P, Rodhouse PG, Enderlein P, Hirst AG, Martin AR, Hill SL, Staniland IJ, Pond DW, Briggs DR, Cunningham N, Fleming AH (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Phil Trans R Soc London B 362(1477):113-148. doi: 1098/rstb.2006.1957 Times Cited: 94
  59. Ward P., Shreeve RS, Tarling GA (2006) The autumn zooplankton community at South Georgia: biomass, population structure and vertical distribution. Polar Biol. 29(11): 950-962. doi: 1007/s00300-006-0136-3 Times Cited: 9
  60. Cottier FR, Tarling GA, Wold A, Falk-Petersen S (2006) Unsynchronised and synchronised vertical migration of zooplankton in a high Arctic fjord. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51(6):2586-2599. doi: Times Cited: 35
  61. Buchholz, CM, Buchholz F, Tarling GA (2006) On the timing of moulting processes in reproductively active Northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Biol. 149(6): 1443-1452. doi: 10.1007/s00227-006-0317-1 Times Cited: 10
  62. Xavier JC, Tarling GA, Croxall JP (2006) Determining large scale distribution patterns of pelagic cephalopods, fish and crustaceans in the South Atlantic from Wandering Albatross foraging data. Ecography. 26(2):260-272. ISSN 0906-7590 Times Cited: 5
  63. Tarling GA, Johnson ML (2006) Satiation gives krill that sinking feeling. Current Biology 16(3): 83-84. doi: 1016/j.cub.2006.01.044 Times Cited: 16
  64. Tarling GA, Shreeve RS, Hirst AG, Atkinson A, Pond DW, Murphy EJ, Watkins JL (2006) Natural growth rates in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): I. Improving methodology and predicting intermoult period. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 959-972. Times Cited: 38
  65. Atkinson A, Shreeve RS, Hirst, AG, Rothery P, Tarling GA, Pond DW, Korb R, Murphy EJ, Watkins JL (2006) Natural growth rates in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): II. Predictive models based on food, temperature, body length, sex, and maturity stage. Limnol. Oceanogr. 51: 973-987. Times Cited: 60
  66. Shreeve RS, Tarling GA, Atkinson A, Ward P, Goss C, Watkins J (2005) Relative production of Calanoides acutus (Copepoda: Calanoida) and Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill) at South Georgia, and its implications at wider scales. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 298:229-239. doi: 3354/meps298229 Times Cited: 12
  67. Sims DW, Southall EJ, Tarling GA, Metcalfe JD (2005) Habitat-specific normal and reverse diel vertical migration in the plankton-feeding basking shark. J. Animal Ecology 74: 755-761. doi: 1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00971.x Times Cited: 81
  68. Emsley SM, Tarling GA*, Burrows MT (2005) The effect of vertical migration strategy on retention and dispersion in the Irish Sea during spring-summer. Fish. Oceanogr. 14(3) 161-174. doi: 1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00327.x Times Cited: 14
  69. Pond DW, Atkinson A, Shreeve RS, Tarling G, Ward P (2005) Diatom fatty acid bio-markers indicate recent growth rates in Antarctic krill. Limnol. Oceanogr. 50(2)732-736. Times Cited: 15
  70. Schmidt K, Tarling GA, Plathner N, Atkinson A (2004) Moult cycle related changes in feeding rates of larval krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 281:131-143. doi: 10.3354/meps281131 Times Cited: 9
  71. Tarling GA, Shreeve RS, Ward P, Atkinson A, Hirst AG (2004) Life-cycle phenotypic composition and mortality of Calanoides acutus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Scotia Sea: a modelling approach. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 272:165-181. doi: 3354/meps272165 Times Cited: 17
  72. Cuzin-Roudy J, Tarling GA, Stromberg JO (2004) Life cycle strategies of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) for regulating growth, moult, and reproductive activity in various environments: the case of fjordic populations. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 61:721-737. doi: 1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.008 Times Cited: 13
  73. Burrows MT, Tarling G (2004) Effects of density dependence on diel vertical migration of populations of Northern krill: a genetic algorithm model. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 277: 209-220. doi: 3354/meps277209 Times Cited: 10
  74. Tarling GA, Jarvis T, Matthews JBL (2003) Calanus finmarchicus descends in response to the arrival of krill – better unfed than dead. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 252:307-310. doi: 3354/meps252307 Times Cited: 2
  75. Tarling GA (2003) Sex dependent diel vertical migration in Northern krill and its consequences for population dynamics. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 260:173-188. doi: 3354/meps260173 Times Cited: 21
  76. Tarling GA, Cuzin-Roudy J (2003) Synchronization in the moulting and spawning activity of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) and its effect on recruitment. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48:2020-2033. Times Cited: 23
  77. Tarling GA, Jarvis T, Emsley SM, Matthews JBL (2002) Midnight sinking behaviour in Calanus finmarchicus: a response to satiation or krill predation? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 240:183-194. doi: 3354/meps240183 Times Cited: 26
  78. Saborowski R, Brohl S, Tarling GA, Buchholz F (2002) Metabolic properties of Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, from different climatic zones. I. Respiration and excretion. Mar. Biol. 140:547-556. doi: 1007/s00227-001-0730-4 Times Cited: 18
  79. Tarling GA, Matthews JBL, David P, Guerin O, Buchholz F (2001) The swarm dynamics of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) and pteropods (Cavolinia inflexa) during vertical migration in the Ligurian Sea observed by an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. Deep-Sea Res. (1 Oceanogr. Res. Pap.) 48:1671-1686. doi: 1016/s0967-0637(00)00105-9 Times Cited: 25
  80. Lass S, Tarling GA, Virtue P, Matthews JBL, Mayzaud P, Buchholz F (2001) On the food of Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in relation to its vertical distribution. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 214:177-200. doi: 3354/meps214177 Times Cited: 36
  81. Tarling G, Matthews J, Burrows M, Saborowski R, Buchholz F, Bedo A, Mayzuad P (2000) An optimisation model of the diel vertical migration of “Northern krill” (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in the Clyde Sea and Kattegat. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57 (Suppl. 3):38-50. Times Cited: 21
  82. Tarling GA, Cuzin-Roudy J, Buchholz F (1999) Vertical migration behaviour in the northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica is influenced by moult and reproductive processes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 190:253-262. doi: 3354/meps190253 Times Cited: 33
  83. Tarling GA, Buchholz F, Matthews JBL (1999) The effect of a lunar eclipse on the vertical migration of Meganyctiphanes norvegica (Crustacea: Euphausiacea) in the Ligurian Sea. J. Plankt. Res. 21:1475-1488. doi: 1093/plankt/21.8.1475 Times Cited: 55
  84. Matthews JBL, Buchholz F, Saborowski R, Tarling GA, Dallot S, Labat J-P (1999) On the Physical Oceanography of the Kattegat and Clyde Sea Area, as Background to Ecophysiological Studies of the Planktonic Crustacean, Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters. 53:70-84. doi: 1007/pl00012140 Times Cited: 11
  85. Tarling GA, Matthews JBL, Sabarowski R, Buchholz F (1998) Vertical migratory behaviour of the euphausiid Meganyctiphanes norvegica, and its dispersion in the Kattegat Channel. Hydrobiologia 375/376:331-341. doi: 1023/a:1017044602899 Times Cited: 25
  86. Cripps G, Tarling GA (1997) A rapid procedure for the isolation and analysis of fatty acid and fatty alcohol fractions from wax esters or marine zooplankton. J. Chromat. A 760:309-313. doi: 1016/s0021-9673(96)00780-7 Times Cited: 5
  87. Tarling GA, Ward P, Sheader M, Williams JA, Symon C (1995) Distribution patterns of macrozooplankton assemblages in the southwest Atlantic. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 120:29-40. doi: 3354/meps120029 Times Cited: 24

 
Book Sections

  1. Murphy EJ, Watkins JL, Trathan PN, Reid K., Meredith MP, Hill SL, Thorpe SE, Johnston NM, Clarke A, Tarling GA, et al. (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Rogers, Alex D.; Johnston, Nadine M.; Murphy, Eugene J.; Clarke, Andrew, (eds.) Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World. Blackwell Publishing, 160-212. doi: 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6
  2. Tarling GA, Ensor NS, Fregin T, Goodall-Copestake WP, Fretwell P (2010) An Introduction to Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars). In: Tarling GA (Ed.) The Biology of Northern krill. Adv. Mar. Biol. 57:1-40. doi:1016/S0065-2881(10)57001-9
  3. Tarling GA (2010) Population dynamics of Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars). In: Tarling GA (Ed.) The biology of Northern krill. Adv. Mar. Biol 57:59-90. doi: 1016/S0065-2881(10)57003-2
  4. Tarling GA (2007) Pelagic communities of the Southern Ocean. In Rifferburgh, B (ed) Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Routledge, New York, p. 717-719. ISBN-10:0-415-97024-5
  5. Tarling GA (2007) Productivity and biomass. In Rifferburgh, B (ed) Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Routledge, New York, p. 768-769. ISBN-10:0-415-97024-5.
  6. Gibbons MJ, Spridinov VA, Tarling GA (1999) Euphausiacea. In: Boltovskoy D (ed) Zooplanton of the south-west Atlantic Ocean, Vol 2. Backhuys Publishers, p 1241-1280. ISBN: 90-5782-035-8

 
Edited Books

  1. Tarling GA (2010) The biology of Northern krill. Adv. Mar. Biol vol 57 pp. 314 Academic Press, UK. ISBN: 978-0-12-381308-4

 
Popular articles

  1. Tarling GA (2012) DISCOVERY 2010:  the past, present and future of a dynamic Southern Ocean region. IMBER Newsletter 22 (December): 2.7
  2. Atkinson A, Tarling GA, Pond D, Stowasser G, Schmidt K, Fielding S, Murphy E, Cavanagh R (2010) Discovery 2010: understanding the Scotia Sea food web. GLOBEC International Newsletter April 2010: p 63-66
  3. Tarling GA & Atkinson A (2009) Antarctic krill: an intriguing tale of ice and industry. Ocean Challenge 16(3): p. 20-26
  4. Tarling GA (2008) Discovery in the Scotia Sea. BAS IceSheet Mar 2008
  5. Shreeve RS & Tarling GA (2006) How do krill tell the time? Challenge Wave (Sept 2006)
  6. Atkinson A & Tarling GA (2005) Krill decline in the Southern Ocean. NERC Annual Report (2004-2005): p 8
  7. Atkinson A & Tarling GA (2005) Predicting large scale changes in krill in the Southern Ocean. BAS Annual Report (2004-2005): p. 25
  8. Tarling GA (2004) Tales of the unexpected – thrill-seeking krill. NERC Annual Report (2003-2004): p. 18
  9. Tarling GA (2004) Hardy plankton hedge their bets. BAS Annual Report (2003-2004): p. 22
  10. Tarling GA, Ward P, Shreeve RS, Thorpe S, Murphy E, Hirst AG (2004) Life-cycles, productivity and biomass of copepods in the Southern Ocean: A new perspective. GLOBEC International Newsletter 10:18-19
  11. Tarling GA (2004) Thrill-seeking krill. Planet Earth (Summer): p. 3
  12. Tarling GA (2003) Diving copepods. NERC Annual Report (2002-2003): p. 19
  13. Tarling GA, Jarvis T, Matthews JBL(2000) Zooplankton dynamics. SAMS Annual Report (1999-2000): p. 24-26
  14. Tarling GA (1999) Zooplankton and the partial eclipse in Scotland. SAMS newsletter 20: p. 16

 
Conference proceedings, reports and editorials

  1. Tyrrell T, Tarling GA, Leakey R, Cripps G, Thorpe S, Richier S, Moore CM (In review) Impacts of surface ocean acidification in polar seas and globally: a field-based approach
  2. Bateman K, Hicks R, Tarling GA, Soeffker M, Stentiford G (Submitted) Chiller killers – first steps towards identifying krill pathogens. CCAMLR Working Group-Ecosystem Management 15
  3. Tarling GA, Ward P, Atkinson A, Collins MA, Murphy EJ (2012) Editorial: DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep-Sea Research II Special Issue.
  4. Tarling GA (2005) A GLOBEC Focus 2 symposium at the 6th International Crustacean Congress (Editorial for GLOBEC Newsletter 11.2, p. 13)
  5. Collins MA, Mitchell R, Tarling GA, Belchier M (2004) Patterns in the diet of mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) on the South Georgian and Shag Rocks shelves (CCAMLR Area 48.3). CCAMLR Report (Working Group on Fish Stock Assessment: WG-FSA-04/44)
  6. Tarling GA, Matthews JBL, David P, Guerin-Ancy O, Buchholz F (1998) Vertical migration and vertical velocities of zooplankton measured by an ADCP at the Ligurian Marine Front. In: Alippi A, Cannelli GB (eds) 4th European Conference on underwater acoustics. CNR-IDAC, Rome, Italy: p. 235-240
  7. Guerin-Ancey O, David P, Tarling GA, Matthews JBL, Buchholz F (1998) Northern Krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) biomass acoustical estimation compared with net catches 4th European conference on underwater acoustics, Rome, Italy: p. 223-228
  8. Tarling GA, Ward P (1995) Comparative distribution patterns of mesopelagic macrozooplankton species assemblages in the southwest Atlantic. In: Pierrot-Bults AC, Spoel Svd (eds) Pelagic Biogeography ICoPB II. UNESCO, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, p 358-365

 
Articles In Press

  1. Johnson ML & Tarling GA (In press) Euphausiacea In: Crustacean Fieldwork Methods Eds S. De Grave and JW Martin. Cambridge University Press
  2. Le Moigne FAC, Poulton AJ, Henson SA, Daniels CJ, Fragoso GM, Mitchell E, Richier S, Russell BC, Smith HEK, Tarling GA, Young J, Zubkov M (In Press) Carbon export efficiency and phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research – Oceans.

 
Select publications from above with on-line links

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2018

Tarling, Geraint, Thorpe, Sally, Fielding, Sophie, Klevjer, Thor, Ryabov, Alexey, Somerfield, Paul J. (2018) Varying depth and swarm dimensions of open-ocean Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 (Euphausiacea) over diel cycles. Journal of Crustacean Biology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy040

(2018) The State of the Polar Oceans 2018.

Xavier, Jose, Velez, N, Trathan, Phil, Cherel, Y, De Broyer, C, Cánovas, F, Seco, J, Ratcliffe, Norman, Tarling, Geraint. (2018) Seasonal prey switching in non-breeding gentoo penguins related to a wintertime environmental anomaly around South Georgia. Polar Biology. 10.1007/s00300-018-2372-8

Ward, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E.. (2018) Temporal changes in abundances of large calanoid copepods in the Scotia Sea: comparing the 1930s with contemporary times. Polar Biology. 10.1007/s00300-018-2369-3

Meredith, Michael, Sundfjord, Arild, Henson, Stephanie, Meijers, Andrew, Murphy, Eugene, Bellerby, Richard, Daase, Malin, Cottier, Finlo, Belchier, Mark, Chierici, Melissa, Ellingsen, Ingrid, Falk-Petersen, Stig, Hill, Simeon, Holland, Paul, Tarling, Geraint, Trathan, Phil, Turner, John, Wilkinson, Jeremy, Batchellier, Layla, Capper, Linda, Oliver, Jamie. (2018) The state of the polar oceans 2018: making sense of our changing world. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 14 pp.

Belcher, Anna, Manno, Clara, Thorpe, Sally, Tarling, Geraint. (2018) Acantharian cysts: high flux occurrence in the bathypelagic zone of the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Marine Biology, 165. 11 pp. 10.1007/s00227-018-3376-1

Rembauville, Mathieu, Blain, Stéphane, Manno, Clara, Tarling, Geraint, Thompson, Anu, Wolff, George, Salter, Ian. (2018) The role of diatom resting spores in pelagic–benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean. Biogeosciences, 15. 3071-3084. 10.5194/bg-15-3071-2018

Moodley, Leon, Arnberg, Maj, Dunaevskaya, Evgenia, Seear, Paul, Bærheim, Linda, Nilsen, Marianne, Ramanand, Sreerekha S., Øysæd, Kjell Birger, Westerlund, Stig, Jonsson, Grete, Tarling, Geraint A., Bechmann, Renée K.. (2018) Effects of low crude oil chronic exposure on the northern krill ( Meganyctiphanes norvegica ). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 500. 120-131. 10.1016/j.jembe.2017.07.003

Saunders, Ryan A., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2018) Southern Ocean mesopelagic fish comply with Bergmann’s Rule. The American Naturalist, 191. 343-351. 10.1086/695767

Peck, Victoria L., Oakes, Rosie L., Harper, Elizabeth M., Manno, Clara, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2018) Pteropods counter mechanical damage and dissolution through extensive shell repair. Nature Communications, 9. 7 pp. 10.1038/s41467-017-02692-w

Tarling, Geraint A., Ward, Peter, Thorpe, Sally E.. (2018) Spatial distributions of Southern Ocean mesozooplankton communities have been resilient to long-term surface warming. Global Change Biology, 24. 132-142. 10.1111/gcb.13834

Freer, Jennifer J., Partridge, Julian C., Tarling, Geraint A., Collins, Martin A., Genner, Martin J.. (2018) Predicting ecological responses in a changing ocean: the effects of future climate uncertainty. Marine Biology, 165. 18 pp. 10.1007/s00227-017-3239-1

Gardner, Jessie, Manno, Clara, Bakker, Dorothee C.E., Peck, Victoria L., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2018) Southern Ocean pteropods at risk from ocean warming and acidification. Marine Biology, 165. 12 pp. 10.1007/s00227-017-3261-3

2017

Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E.. (2017) Oceanic swarms of Antarctic krill perform satiation sinking. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284. 7 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2017.2015

Belcher, Anna, Tarling, G.A., Manno, C., Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Skaret, G., Fielding, S., Henson, S.A., Sanders, R.. (2017) The potential role of Antarctic krill faecal pellets in efficient carbon export at the marginal ice zone of the South Orkney Islands in spring. Polar Biology, 40. 2001-2013. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2118-z

Hunt, Benjamin J., Özkaya, Özge, Davies, Nathaniel J., Gaten, Edward, Seear, Paul, Kyriacou, Charalambos P., Tarling, Geraint, Rosato, Ezio. (2017) The Euphausia superba transcriptome database, SuperbaSE: An online, open resource for researchers. Ecology and Evolution, 7. 6060-6077. 10.1002/ece3.3168

Arnberg, Maj, Moodley, Leon, Dunaevskaya, Evgenia, Ramanand, Sreerekha, Ingvarsdóttir, Anna, Nilsen, Marianne, Ravagnan, Elisa, Westerlund, Stig, Sanni, Steinar, Tarling, Geraint A., Bechmann, Renée K.. (2017) Effects of chronic crude oil exposure on early developmental stages of the Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica). Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 80. 916-931. 10.1080/15287394.2017.1352204

Murphy, Eugene J., Thorpe, Sally E., Tarling, Geraint A., Watkins, Jonathan L., Fielding, Sophie, Underwood, Philip. (2017) Restricted regions of enhanced growth of Antarctic krill in the circumpolar Southern Ocean. Scientific Reports, 7. 10.1038/s41598-017-07205-9

Manno, Clara, Bednaršek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint A., Peck, Vicky L., Comeau, Steeve, Adhikari, Deepak, Bakker, Dorothee C.E., Bauerfeind, Eduard, Bergan, Alexander J., Berning, Maria I., Buitenhuis, Erik, Burridge, Alice K., Chierici, Melissa, Flöter, Sebastian, Fransson, Agneta, Gardner, Jessie, Howes, Ella L., Keul, Nina, Kimoto, Katsunori, Kohnert, Peter, Lawson, Gareth L., Lischka, Silke, Maas, Amy, Mekkes, Lisette, Oakes, Rosie L., Pebody, Corinne, Peijnenburg, Katja T.C.A., Seifert, Miriam, Skinner, Jennifer, Thibodeau, Patricia S., Wall-Palmer, Deborah, Ziveri, Patrizia. (2017) Shelled pteropods in peril: Assessing vulnerability in a high CO2 ocean. Earth-Science Reviews, 169. 132-145. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.005

Barnes, David K.A., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2017) Polar oceans in a changing climate. Current Biology, 27. R454-R460. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.01.045

Saunders, Ryan A., Collins, Martin A., Stowasser, Gabriele, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2017) Southern Ocean mesopelagic fish communities in the Scotia Sea are sustained by mass immigration. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 569. 173-185. doi:10.3354/meps12093

Xavier, Jose C., Trathan, Philip N., Ceia, Filipe R., Tarling, Geraint A., Adlard, Stacey, Fox, Derren, Edwards, Ewan W.J., Vieira, Rui P., Medeiros, Renata, De Broyer, Claude, Cherel, Yves. (2017) Sexual and individual foraging segregation in Gentoo penguins Pygoscelis papua from the Southern Ocean during an abnormal winter. PLOS ONE, 12. 25 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0174850

Belcher, Anna, Manno, Clara, Ward, Pete, Henson, Stephanie, Sanders, Richard, Tarling, Geraint. (2017) Copepod faecal pellet transfer through the meso- and bathypelagic layers in the Southern Ocean in spring. Biogeosciences, 14. 1511-1525. 10.5194/bg-14-1511-2017

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L., Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Siegel, Volker, Anadon, Ricardo, Chiba, Sanae, Daly, Kendra L., Downie, Rod, Fielding, Sophie, Fretwell, Peter, Gerrish, Laura, Hosie, Graham W., Jessopp, Mark J., Kawaguchi, So, Krafft, Bjørn A., Loeb, Valerie, Nishikawa, Jun, Peat, Helen J., Reiss, Christian S., Ross, Robin M., Quetin, Langdon B., Schmidt, Katrin, Steinberg, Deborah K., Subramaniam, Roshni C., Tarling, Geraint A., Ward, Peter. (2017) KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016. Earth System Science Data, 9. 193-210. doi:10.5194/essd-9-193-2017

Johnson, Magnus L., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2017) Collecting and processing euphausiids. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 37. 228-231. 10.1093/jcbiol/rux002

Le Moigne, Frederic A.C., Poulton, Alex J., Henson, Stephanie A., Daniels, Chris J., Fragoso, Glaucia M., Mitchell, Elaine, Richier, Sophie, Russell, Benjamin C., Smith, Helen E.K., Tarling, Geraint A., Young, Jeremy R., Zubkov, Mike. (2017) Carbon export efficiency and phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean. In: Climate change and the oceanic carbon cycle: variables and consequences, Oakville, Ontario, Apple Academic Press Inc, 149-190.

2016

Rembauville, M., Manno, C., Tarling, G.A., Blain, S., Salter, I.. (2016) Strong contribution of diatom resting spores to deep-sea carbon transfer in naturally iron-fertilized waters downstream of South Georgia. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 115. 22-35. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2016.05.002

Sanders, R., Henson, S.A., Martin, A.P., Anderson, T.R., Bernardello, R., Enderlein, P., Fielding, S., Giering, S., Hartmann, M., Iversen, M., Khatiwala, S., Lam, P., Mayor, D.J., Moore, C.M., Murphy, E., Painter, S.C., Poulton, A.J., Saw, K., Stowasser, G., Tarling, G.A., Torres-valdes, S., Trimmer, M., Wolff, G.A., Yool, A.. (2016) Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage (COMICS): fieldwork, synthesis and modelling efforts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3. 7 pp. doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00136

Manno, Clara, Peck, Victoria L., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2016) Pteropod eggs released at high pCO2 lack resilience to ocean acidification. Scientific Reports, 6. 10 pp. doi:10.1038/srep25752

Tarling, G.A., Peck, V., Ward, P., Ensor, N.S., Achterberg, E., Tynan, E., Poulton, A.J., Mitchell, E., Zubkov, M.V.. (2016) Effects of acute ocean acidification on spatially-diverse polar pelagic foodwebs: insights from on-deck microcosms. Deep Sea Research II, 127. 75-92. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.008

Peck, Victoria L., Tarling, Geraint A., Manno, Clara, Harper, Elizabeth M., Tynan, Eithne. (2016) Outer organic layer and internal repair mechanism protects pteropod Limacina helicina from ocean acidification. Deep Sea Research II, 127. 41-52. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2015.12.005

Belcher, Anna, Iversen, Morten, Manno, Clara, Henson, Stephanie A., Tarling, Geraint A., Sanders, Richard. (2016) The role of particle associated microbes in remineralisation of faecal pellets in the upper mesopelagic of the Scotia Sea, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography, 61. 1049-1064. doi:10.1002/lno.10269

Tyrrell, Toby, Tarling, Geraint A., Leakey, Raymond J.G., Cripps, Gemma, Thorpe, Sally, Richier, Sophie, Moore, C. Mark. (2016) Preface to special issue (Impacts of surface ocean acidification in polar seas and globally: a field-based approach). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 127. 1-6. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.02.009

Peck, Victoria L., Tarling, Geraint A., Manno, Clara, Harper, Elizabeth M.. (2016) Response to comment “Vulnerability of pteropod (Limacina helicina) to ocean acidification: Shell dissolution occurs despite an intact organic layer” by Bednarsek et al.. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 127. 57-59. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.03.007

Tarling, G.A., Hill, S., Peat, H., Fielding, S., Reiss, C., Atkinson, A.. (2016) Growth and shrinkage in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba is sex-dependent. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 547. 61-78. 10.3354/meps11634

Tarling, Geraint A., Fielding, Sophie. (2016) Swarming and behaviour in Antarctic krill. In: Biology and ecology of Antarctic krill, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, 279-320. (Advances in Polar Ecology, ). 10.1007/978-3-319-29279-3_8

2015

Saunders, Ryan A., Collins, Martin A., Ward, Peter, Stowasser, Gabriele, Hill, Simeon L., Shreeve, Rachael, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2015) Predatory impact of the myctophid fish community on zooplankton in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 541. 45-64. 10.3354/meps11527

Tarling, Geraint A.. (2015) Marine ecology: a wonderland of marine activity in the Arctic night. Current Biology, 25. R1088-R1091. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.09.067

Saunders, R. A., Collins, M. A., Ward, P., Stowasser, G., Shreeve, R., Tarling, G. A.. (2015) Trophodynamics of Protomyctophum (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Journal of Fish Biology, 87. 1031-1058. doi:10.1111/jfb.12776

Le Moigne, Frederic A.C., Poulton, Alex J., Henson, Stephanie A., Daniels, Chris J., Fragoso, Glaucia M., Mitchell, Elaine, Richier, Sophie, Smith, Helen E.K., Russell, Benjamin C., Tarling, Geraint A., Young, Jeremy R., Zubkov, Mike. (2015) Carbon export efficiency and phytoplankton community composition in the Atlantic sector of the Arctic Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 120. 3896-3912. 10.1002/2015JC010700

Manno, Clara, Stowasser, Gabriele, Enderlein, Peter, Fielding, Sophie, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2015) The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Biogeosciences, 12. 1955-1965. 10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015

Saunders, Ryan A., Collins, Martin A., Ward, Peter, Stowasser, Gabriele, Shreeve, Rachael, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2015) Distribution, population structure and trophodynamics of Southern Ocean Gymnoscopelus (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea. Polar Biology, 38. 287-308. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1584-9

Cavan, E.L., Le Moigne, F.A.C., Poulton, A.J., Tarling, G.A., Ward, P., Daniels, C.J., Fragoso, G., Sanders, R.J.. (2015) Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets. Geophysical Research Letters, 42. 821-830. doi:10.1002/2014GL062744

2014

Fielding, Sophie, Watkins, Jonathan L., Trathan, Philip N., Enderlein, Peter, Waluda, Claire M., Stowasser, Gabriele, Tarling, Geraint A., Murphy, Eugene J.. (2014) Inter-annual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997 – 2013. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 71. 2578-2588. 10.1093/icesjms/fsu104

Bednarsek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint A., Bakker, Dorothee C. E., Fielding, Sophie, Feely, Richard A.. (2014) Dissolution dominating calcification process in polar pteropods close to the point of aragonite undersaturation. PLoS ONE, 9. 14 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109183

Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A., Mayor, Daniel J. (2014) Hydrostatic Pressure and Temperature Effects on the Membranes of a Seasonally Migrating Marine Copepod. PLoS ONE, 9. 9 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0111043

Saunders, Ryan A., Collins, Martin A., Foster, Emma, Shreeve, Rachel, Stowasser, Gabriele, Ward, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A.. (2014) The trophodynamics of Southern Ocean Electrona (Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea. Polar Biology, 37. 789-807. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1480-3

Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E.. (2014) Instantaneous movement of krill swarms in the Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Limnology and Oceanography, 59. 872-886. doi:10.4319/lo.2014.59.3.0872

Tarling, Geraint A., Cottier, Finlo R., Everson, Inigo. (2014) Spatial patterns in the vertical structure of euphausiids in Gullmarsfjord, Sweden: Identifying influences on bilayer formation and distribution. Marine Biology Research, 10. 537-553. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.831180

Ward, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A., Thorpe, Sally E.. (2014) Mesozooplankton in the Southern Ocean: spatial and temporal patterns from Discovery Investigations. Progress in Oceanography, 120. 305-319. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2013.10.011

2013

Saunders, Ryan A., Fielding, Sophie, Thorpe, Sally E., Tarling, Geraint A.. (2013) School characteristics of mesopelagic fish at South Georgia. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 81. 62-77. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07.007

Saunders, R.A., Rasmussen, J., Tarling, G.A., Brierley, A.S.. (2013) Distribution, population dynamics and growth rates of Thysanopoda acutifrons, Thysanoessa inermis and Nematobrachion boöpis in the Irminger Sea, North Atlantic. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 93. 1287-1301. doi:10.1017/S0025315412001385

Wallace, M.I., Cottier, F.R., Brierley, A.S., Tarling, G.A.. (2013) Modelling the influence of copepod behaviour on faecal pellet export at high latitudes. Polar Biology, 36. 579-592. doi:10.1007/s00300-013-1287-7

Pond, D.W., Tarling, G.A.. (2013) Solid evidence or fluid ideas on the importance lipid phase transitions to diapausing copepods: reply. Journal of Plankton Research, 35. 441-443. doi:10.1093/plankt/fbt010

National and International Media

  • 2014     Science (9 May) “Sea butterflies” are a canary for ocean acidification – quoted on opinion and wider context of study
  • 2012     New Scientist ‘Ocean waters are dissolving sea snail shells’ – also reported in 106 international news items
  • 2010     BBC Radio 4 Material World (June) ‘International Polar Year’
  • 2010     The Times newspaper (7 July) ‘Species invasions in the Arctic’
  • 2009     BBC Radio 4 Material World (Feb) ‘Iron fertilisation’; BBC Earth News (13 Oct) ‘Krill superswarms’
  • 2008     The Guardian newspaper (23 Mar) ‘Krill harvesting’,
  • 2006     BBC World Service Radio (Mar) ‘Impacts of ice retreat’; Finnish National TV ‘Climate change and global biodiversity’
  • 2005     Radio Estonia and Estonia Breakfast TV (Dec) ‘Climate change at the poles’