Geraint Tarling

Zooplankton Ecologist WPM - IMP3

Biography

Present roles

Deputy leader of Ecosystems Programme
Head of Ocean Ecosystems team
Individual Merit Promotion Scientist (Band 3)

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

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, Jesus College, Oxford University

Scientific committees and panels

Jun 2018 Executive committee SCAR Krill Action Group
Mar 2017 Convenor, Ocean Acidification session, SCAR Biology Conference, Belgium
Feb 2017 UK Arctic and Antarctic Partnership Steering Committee
Nov 2015 Co-scientific lead of the international krill and salp database, KRILLBASE
May 2015 Pteropod international working group
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

Supervision of students

2016-present Louise Cornwell PhD “Assessing the mechanisms driving marine organism responses to changes in climate using the globally important copepod Oithona similis GW4+ DTP (Joint Supervisor)
2016-present Victoria Fowler PhD “Detecting zooplankton foray behaviour in polar marine environments” EnvEast DTP (Primary supervisor)
2016-present Franki Perry PhD “Understanding how rapid regional climatic-change impact krill-dominated food webs of the Southern Ocean” Spitfire DTP (Joint supervisor)
2015-present Jose Seco PhD “Trace metals in Southern Ocean foodwebs” U Coimbra,Portugal (Joint Supervisor)
2014-2018 Jennifer Freer PhD “Biodiversity and evolutionary ecology of myctophids: an abundant and extraordinarily diverse clade of deep-sea fishes” GW4+ DTP (Joint supervisor)
2014-2019 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)
2014-2018 Cecelia Liszka PhD “Determining the active flux of carbon within the Southern Ocean and its sensitivity to climate change” EnvEAST DTP (Primary supervisor)
2013-2017 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 7 PhD Theses

Research Grants

2018-2021 Co Principal Investigator – CHASE Chronobiology of changing Arctic Sea Ecosystems – NERC Thematic Call on Changing Arctic (£93K)
2017-2021 Co Principal Investigator – DIAPOD Mechanistic understanding of the role of diatoms in the success of the Arctic Calanus complex and implications for a warmer Arctic – NERC Thematic Call on ‘Changing Arctic’(£408K)
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

Sept. 2018 “Influence of advection on the structure of Antarctic krill swarms” 18th Challenger Conference, Newcastle University, UK (oral)
July 2017 “Spatial distributions of Southern Ocean mesozooplankton communities have been resilient to long term surface warming” XIIth SCAR Biology Symposium, Leuven, Belgium (oral)
June 2017 “Detecting satiation sinking within open ocean krill swarms” 3rd International Symposium on krill, St Andrews, UK (oral)
May 2016 “Growth and shrinkage is sex-dependent in Antarctic krill” 6th Zooplankton Production Symposium, Bergen, Norway (oral)
Sept. 2015 “Response of Arctic pelagic food-webs to predicted changes in ocean chemistry” UK Arctic Science conference, Sheffield (oral)
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)

Oct. 2017 “Antarctic krill: its biology and exploitation” University of Hull
Jan 2016 “Antarctic krill: their biomass, behaviour and biogeochemical impact” Atmospheric and Marine Biogeochemistry Seminar, University of East Anglia
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)

Dec 2018 “My working life in Antarctica” Hazelwood School, teleconference for Antarctica Day
Jan 2016 “How I use statistics in my science” Histon and Impington Junior School
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

The Biology of Northern krill. Advances in Marine Biology 57 pp. 314. Tarling GA (Ed.)
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.)
Impacts of surface ocean acidification in polar seas and globally: a field-based approach (2016) Tyrrell T and Tarling GA (Eds.) Deep-Sea Research II: Volume 127

Collaborations

Dan Mayor (National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK): zooplankton community structure, carbon flux, copepod diapause behaviour

Kim Last (Scottish Association for Marine Science, UK): clock genes in zooplankton

Stefano Mariani (University of Salford, UK): eDNA

Martin Genner (University of Bristol, UK): mesopelagic ecology; eDNA

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

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 interactions

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

David Pond (Stirling University, UK); lipids and buoyancy in polar zooplankton

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2022

Freer, Jennifer J. , Daase, Malin, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2022) Modelling the biogeographic boundary shift of Calanus finmarchicus reveals drivers of Arctic Atlantification by subarctic zooplankton. Global Change Biology, 28. 429-440. 10.1111/gcb.15937

2021

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L. , Reiss, Christian S., Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Beaugrand, Gregory, Tarling, Geraint A. , Yang, Guang, Steinberg, Deborah K., Schmidt, Katrin, Edwards, Martin, Rombolá, Emilce, Perry, Frances A.. (2021) Stepping stones towards Antarctica: Switch to southern spawning grounds explains an abrupt range shift in krill. Global Change Biology, 28. 1359-1375. 10.1111/gcb.16009

Edwards, M., Hélaouët, P., Goberville, E., Lindley, A., Tarling, G.A. , Burrows, M.T., Atkinson, A.. (2021) North Atlantic warming over six decades drives decreases in krill abundance with no associated range shift.. Communications Biology, 4. 10 pp. 10.1038/s42003-021-02159-1

Tarling, Geraint A. , Freer, Jennifer J. , Banas, Neil S., Belcher, Anna , Blackwell, Mayleen, Castellani, Claudia, Cook, Kathryn B. , Cottier, Finlo R., Daase, Malin, Johnson, Magnus L., Last, Kim S., Lindeque, Penelope K., Mayor, Daniel J. , Mitchell, Elaine, Parry, Helen E., Stowasser, Gabriele , Wootton, Marianne. (2021) Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs. Ambio, 51. 333-344. 10.1007/s13280-021-01667-y

Murphy, Eugene J. , Johnston, Nadine M., Hofmann, Eileen E., Phillips, Richard A., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Constable, Andrew J., Henley, Sian F., Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Trebilco, Rowan, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Saunders, Ryan A., Barnes, David K.A. , Costa, Daniel P., Corney, Stuart P., Fraser, Ceridwen I., Höfer, Juan, Hughes, Kevin A. , Sands, Chester J. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Trathan, Philip N., Xavier, José C.. (2021) Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. 29 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624451

Belcher, Anna , Fielding, Sophie , Gray, Andrew, Biermann, Lauren, Stowasser, Gabriele , Fretwell, Peter , Ireland, Louise , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2021) Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea. Antarctic Science, 33. 13 pp. 10.1017/S0954102021000262

López-López, Lucía, Genner, Martin J., Tarling, Geraint A. , Saunders, Ryan A., O’Gorman, Eoin J.. (2021) Ecological networks in the Scotia Sea: Structural changes across latitude and depth. Ecosystems. 14 pp. 10.1007/s10021-021-00665-1

Seco, José, Freitas, Rosa, Xavier, José C. , Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Coppola, Francesca, Saunders, Ryan A., Almeida, Ângela, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Stowasser, Gabriele , Pompeo, Giulia, Tarling, Geraint A. , Brierley, Andrew S., Pereira, Eduarda. (2021) Oxidative stress, metabolic activity and mercury concentrations in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and myctophid fish of the Southern Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112178

Seco, J., Aparício, S., Brierley, A.S., Bustamante, P., Ceia, F.R., Coelho, J.P., Phillips, R.A., Saunders, R.A., Fielding, S. , Gregory, S., Matias, R.S., Pardal, M.A., Pereira, E., Stowasser, G. , Tarling, G.A. , Xavier, J.C. . (2021) Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web. Environmental Pollution, 275. 11 pp. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116620

Liszka, Cecilia M. , Robinson, Carol, Manno, Clara , Stowasser, Gabriele , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2021) Diel vertical migration of the Southern Ocean euphausiid, Euphausia triacantha, and its metabolic response to consequent short-term temperature changes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 660. 37-52. 10.3354/meps13618

2020

Manno, C. , Fielding, S. , Stowasser, G. , Murphy, E.J. , Thorpe, S.E. , Tarling, G.A. . (2020) Continuous moulting by Antarctic krill drives major pulses of carbon export in the north Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Nature Communications, 11. 8 pp. 10.1038/s41467-020-19956-7

Tarling, G.A. , Hobbs, C., Johnson, M.L., Färber Lorda, J.. (2020) Comparative morphology of Southern Ocean Euphausia species: ecological significance of sexual dimorphic features. Polar Biology, 43. 2043-2058. 10.1007/s00300-020-02764-6

Belcher, Anna , Cavan, Emma L., Tarling, Geraint . (2020) Why krill swarms are important to the global climate. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8. 8 pp. 10.3389/frym.2020.518995

Meyer, Bettina, Atkinson, Angus, Bernard, Kim S., Brierley, Andrew S., Driscoll, Ryan, Hill, Simeon L. , Marschoff, Enrique, Maschette, Dale, Perry, Frances A., Reiss, Christian S., Rombolá, Emilce, Tarling, Geraint A. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Trathan, Philip N., Zhu, Guoping, Kawaguchi, So. (2020) Successful ecosystem-based management of Antarctic krill should address uncertainties in krill recruitment, behaviour and ecological adaptation. Communications Earth & Environment, 1. 10.1038/s43247-020-00026-1

Belcher, Anna , Cook, Kathryn , Bondyale-Juez, Daniel, Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Saunders, Ryan A., Mayor, Daniel J. , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2020) Respiration of mesopelagic fish: a comparison of respiratory electron transport system (ETS) measurements and allometrically calculated rates in the Southern Ocean and Benguela Current. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 77. 1672-1684. 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa031

Seco, José, Xavier, José C. , Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Saunders, Ryan A., Ferreira, Nicole, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Stowasser, Gabriele , Viana, Thainara, Tarling, Geraint A. , Pereira, Eduarda, Brierley, Andrew S.. (2020) Main drivers of mercury levels in Southern Ocean lantern fish Myctophidae. Environmental Pollution, 264. 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114711

Freer, Jennifer , Tarling, Geraint , Collins, Martin , Partridge, J.C., Genner, M.J.. (2020) Estimating circumpolar distributions of lanternfish using 2D and 3D ecological niche models.. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 647. 15 pp. 10.3354/meps13384

Tarling, Geraint A. . (2020) Routine metabolism of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in South Georgia waters: Absence of metabolic compensation at its range edge. Marine Biology, 167. 15 pp. 10.1007/s00227-020-03714-w

Perry, Frances A., Kawaguchi, So, Atkinson, Angus, Sailley, Sévrine F., Tarling, Geraint A. , Mayor, Daniel J. , Lucas, Cathy H., King, R., Cooper, A.. (2020) Temperature-induced hatch failure and nauplii malformation in Antarctic krill.. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7. 13 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2020.00501

Siegert, Martin, Bacon, Sheldon, Barnes, David , Brooks, Ian, Burgess, Henry, Cottier, Finlo, Depledge, Duncan, Dodds, Klaus, Edwards, Mary, Essery, Richard, Heywood, Karen, Hendry, Katharine, Jones, Vivienne, Lea, James, Medby, Ingrid, Meredith, Michael , Screen, James, Steinberg, Philip, Tarling, Geraint , Warner, James, Young, Gillian. (2020) The Arctic and the UK: Climate, research and engagement. Imperial College London, The Grantham Institute, 8 pp. (Grantham Institute Discussion Paper 7.) 10.25561/80095

Mayor, Daniel J. , Cook, Kathryn B. , Anderson, Thomas R. , Belcher, Anna , Jenkins, Holly, Lindeque, Pennie, Tarling, Geraint A. , Pond, David. (2020) Marine Copepods, The Wildebeest of the Ocean. Frontiers for Young Minds, 8. 10.3389/frym.2020.00018

Seco, José, Xavier, José C. , Brierley, Andrew S., Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Gregory, Susan, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Pereira, Bárbara, Stowasser, Gabriele , Tarling, Geraint , Pereira, Eduarda. (2020) Mercury levels in Southern Ocean squid: Variability over the last decade. Chemosphere, 239. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124785

2019

Cavan, E.L., Belcher, A. , Atkinson, A., Hill, S. , Kawaguchi, S., McCormack, S., Meyer, B., Nicol, S., Ratnarajah, L., Schmidt, K., Steinberg, D.K., Tarling, G.A. , Boyd, P.W.. (2019) The importance of Antarctic krill in biogeochemical cycles. Nature Communications, 10. 10.1038/s41467-019-12668-7

Saunders, Ryan A., Hill, Simeon L. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Murphy, Eugene J. . (2019) Myctophid fish (Family Myctophidae) are central consumers in the food web of the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00530

Perry, Frances A., Atkinson, Angus, Sailley, Sévrine F., Tarling, Geraint A. , Hill, Simeon L. , Lucas, Cathy H., Mayor, Daniel J. . (2019) Habitat partitioning in Antarctic krill: Spawning hotspots and nursery areas. PLoS ONE, 14. 10.1371/journal.pone.0219325

Ryabov, Alexey B, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2019) Scaling of size, shape and surface roughness in Antarctic krill swarms. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 76. 1177-1188. 10.1093/icesjms/fsz005

Freer, Jennifer J. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Collins, Martin A. , Partridge, Julian C., Genner, Martin J. (2019) Predicting future distributions of lanternfish, a significant ecological resource within the Southern Ocean. Diversity and Distributions, 25. 1259-1272. 10.1111/ddi.12934

Havermans, Charlotte, Auel, Holger, Hagen, Wilhelm, Held, Christoph, Ensor, Natalie S., Tarling, Geraint A. . (2019) Predatory zooplankton on the move: Themisto amphipods in high-latitude marine pelagic food webs. In: Advances in Marine Biology, Vol. 82, London, Elsevier, 51-92. (Advances in Marine Biology, ). 10.1016/bs.amb.2019.02.002

Seco, José, Xavier, Jose C. , Coelho, João P., Pereira, Bárbara, Tarling, Geraint , Pardal, Miguel A., Bustamante, Paco, Stowasser, Gabriele , Brierley, Andrew S., Pereira, Maria E.. (2019) Spatial variability in total and organic mercury levels in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba across the Scotia Sea. Environmental Pollution, 247. 332-339. 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.031

Liszka, Cecilia , Manno, Clara , Stowasser, Gabriele , Robinson, Carol, Tarling, Geraint . (2019) Mesozooplankton community composition controls faecal pellet flux and remineralisation depth in the Southern Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00230

Thorpe, Sally E. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Murphy, Eugene J. . (2019) Circumpolar patterns in Antarctic krill larval recruitment: an environmentally-driven model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 613. 77-96. 10.3354/meps12887

Belcher, Anna , Henson, Stephanie , Manno, Clara , Hill, Simeon , Atkinson, A, Thorpe, Sally , Fretwell, Peter , Ireland, Louise , Tarling, Geraint . (2019) Krill faecal pellets drive hidden pulses of particulate organic carbon in the marginal ice zone. Nature Communications, 10. 10.1038/s41467-019-08847-1

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L. , Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Siegel, Volker, Reiss, Christian S., Loeb, Valerie J., Steinberg, Deborah K., Schmidt, Katrin, Tarling, Geraint A. , Gerrish, Laura , Sailley, Sevrine F.. (2019) Krill (Euphausia superba) distribution contracts southward during rapid regional warming. Nature Climate Change, 9. 142-147. 10.1038/s41558-018-0370-z

Belcher, Anna , Saunders, Ryan A., Tarling, Geraint A. . (2019) Respiration rates and active carbon flux of mesopelagic fishes (Family Myctophidae) in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 610. 149-162. 10.3354/meps12861

2018

Xavier, Jose C. , Velez, N., Trathan, Phil N., Cherel, Y., De Broyer, C., Cánovas, F., Seco, J., Ratcliffe, Norman , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2018) Seasonal prey switching in non-breeding gentoo penguins related to a wintertime environmental anomaly around South Georgia. Polar Biology, 41. 2323-2335. 10.1007/s00300-018-2372-8

Manno, Clara , Giglio, F., Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Enderlein, Peter, Tarling, Geraint . (2018) Threatened species drive the strength of the carbonate pump in the northern Scotia Sea. Nature Communications, 9. 7 pp. 10.1038/s41467-018-07088-y

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, 41. 2297-2310. 10.1007/s00300-018-2369-3

Saunders, Ryan A., Collins, Martin A, Shreeve, Rachael, Ward, Peter, Stowasser, Gabriele , Hill, Simeon L. , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2018) Seasonal variation in the predatory impact of myctophids on zooplankton in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Progress in Oceanography, 168. 123-144. 10.1016/j.pocean.2018.09.017

Tarling, Geraint A. , Thorpe, Sally E. , 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, 38. 716-727. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy040

Sheppard, C. (eds.). (2018) The State of the Polar Oceans 2018.

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. Sheppard, C. (eds.). (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. 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

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

Decelle, Johan, Martin, Patrick, Pabortsava, Katsiaryna, Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint , Mahé, Frédéric, de Vargas, Colomban, Lampitt, Richard, Not, Fabrice. (2013) Diversity, ecology and biogeochemistry of cyst-forming Acantharia (Radiolaria) in the oceans. PLoS One, 8. 13 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0053598

Tancell, Claire, Phillips, Richard A., Xavier, Jose C. , Tarling, Geraint A , Sutherland, William J.. (2013) Comparison of methods for determining key marine areas from tracking data. Marine Biology, 160. 15-26. doi:10.1007/s00227-012-2050-2

Murphy, E.J. , Hofmann, E.E., Watkins, J.L., Johnston, N.M., Piñones, A., Ballerini, T., Hill, S.L. , Trathan, P.N., Tarling, G.A. , Cavanagh, R.A. , Young, E.F. , Thorpe, S.E. , Fretwell, P. . (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia. Journal of Marine Systems, 109-110. 22-42. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.011

2012

Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A. , Schmidt, Katrin, Everson, Inigo. (2012) Diet and growth rates of Meganyctiphanes norvegica in autumn. Marine Biology Research, 8. 615-623. 10.1080/17451000.2011.653366

Pond, David, Tarling, Geraint , Ward, Peter, Mayor, Daniel J. . (2012) Wax ester composition influences the diapause patterns in the copepod Calanoides acutus. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 93-104. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.009

Ward, Peter, Atkinson, Angus, Venables, Hugh, Tarling, Geraint , Whitehouse, Michael, Fielding, Sophie , Collins, Martin Anthony , Korb, Rebecca, Black, Andrew, Stowasser, Gabriele , Schmidt, Katrin, Thorpe, Sally , Enderlein, Peter. (2012) Food web structure and bioregions in the Scotia Sea: A seasonal synthesis. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 253-266. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.005

Tarling, Geraint , Ward, Peter, Atkinson, Angus, Collins, Martin Anthony , Murphy, Eugene . (2012) DISCOVERY 2010: Spatial and temporal variability in a dynamic polar ecosystem. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 1-13. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.10.001

Tarling, Geraint , Stowasser, Gabriele , Ward, Peter, Poulton, Alex J., Zhou, M., Venables, Hugh, McGill, R.A.R., Murphy, Eugene . (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. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.002

Flores, H., Atkinson, A., Kawaguchi, S., Krafft, B.A., Milinevsky, G., Nicol, S., Reiss, C., Tarling, G.A. , Werner, R., Bravo Rebolledo, E., Cirelli, V., Cuzin-Roudy, J., Fielding, S. , Groeneveld, J.J., Haraldsson, M., Lombana, A., Marschoff, E., Meyer, B., Pakhomov, E.A., Rombolá, E., Schmidt, K., Siegel, V., Teschke, M., Tonkes, H., Toullec, J.Y., Trathan, P.N., Tremblay, N., Van de Putte, A., van Franeker, J.A., Werner, T.. (2012) Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 458. 1-19. 10.3354/meps09831

Bednarŝek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint , Fielding, Sophie , Bakker, D.C.E. (2012) Population dynamics and biogeochemical significance of Limacina helicina antarctica in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 105-116. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.003

Bednarsek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint A. , Bakker, Dorothee CE, Fielding, Sophie , Cohen, Anne, Kuzirian, Alan, McCorkle, Dan, Lézé, Bertrand, Montagna, Roberto. (2012) Description and quantification of pteropod shell dissolution: a sensitive bioindicator of ocean acidification. Global Change Biology, 18. 2378-2388. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02668.x

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.

Seear, Paul J., Goodall-Copestake, William P. , Fleming, Andrew H. , Rosato, Ezio, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2012) Seasonal and spatial influences on gene expression in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 467. 61-75. doi:10.3354/meps09947

Goodall-Copestake, W.P. , Tarling, G.A. , Murphy, E.J. . (2012) On the comparison of population-level estimates of haplotype and nucleotide diversity: a case study using the gene cox1 in animals. Heredity, 109. 50-56. 10.1038/hdy.2012.12

Ward, Peter, Atkinson, Angus, Tarling, Geraint . (2012) Mesozooplankton community structure and variability in the Scotia Sea: A seasonal comparison. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 78-92. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.004

Bednarsek, N., Tarling, G. A. , Bakker, D. C. E., Fielding, S. , Jones, E. M., Venables, H. J., Ward, P., Kuzirian, A., Lézé, B., Feely, R. A., Murphy, E.J. . (2012) Extensive dissolution of live pteropods in the Southern Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 5. 881-885. doi:10.1038/NGEO1635

Murphy, E. J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Hill, S.L. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M., Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Cavanagh, R.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Korb, R.E., Whitehouse, M.J., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, Blackwell Publishing, 160-212. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6

Watts, Jamie, Tarling, Geraint . (2012) Population dynamics and production of Themisto gaudichaudii (Amphipoda, Hyperiidae) at South Georgia, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60. 117-129. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.05.001

Ward, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A. , Coombs, Stephen H., Enderlein, Peter. (2012) Comparing Bongo net and N70 mesozooplankton catches: using a reconstruction of an original net to quantify historical plankton catch data. Polar Biology, 35. 1179-1186. 10.1007/s00300-012-1163-x

Bednaršek, N., Možina, J., Vogt, M., O'Brien, C., Tarling, G.A. . (2012) The global distribution of pteropods and their contribution to carbonate and carbon biomass in the modern ocean. Earth System Science Data, 4. 167-186. doi:10.5194/essd-4-167-2012

2011

Schmidt, Katrin, Atkinson, Angus, Steigenberger, Sebastian, Fielding, Sophie , Lindsay, Margaret C.M., Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A. , Klevjer, Thor A., Allen, Claire S. , Nicol, Stephen, Achterberg, Eric P.. (2011) Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron. Limnology and Oceanography, 56. 1411-1428. 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1411

Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A. . (2011) Phase transitions of wax esters adjust buoyancy in diapausing Calanoides acutus. Limnology and Oceanography, 56. 1310-1318. 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1310

2010

Seear, Paul J., Tarling, Geraint A. , Burns, Gavin, Goodall-Copestake, Will P. , Gaten, Edward, Ozkaya, Ozge, Rosato, Ezio. (2010) Differential gene expression during the moult cycle of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). BMC Genomics, 11. 13 pp. 10.1186/1471-2164-11-582

Schmidt, Katrin. (2010) Food and feeding in northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica sars). In: The biology of northern krill, Academic Press, 127-171. (Advances in Marine Biology, 57). 10.1016/S0065-2881(10)57005-6

Atkinson, Angus, Tarling, Geraint , Pond, David, Stowasser, Gabriele , Schmidt, Katrin, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene , Cavanagh, Rachel . (2010) Discovery 2010: understanding the Scotia Sea food web. GLOBEC International Newsletter, April. 63-66.

Klevjer, T.A., Tarling, G.A. , Fielding, S. . (2010) Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba relative to the proximity of land during summer in the Scotia Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 409. 157-170. 10.3354/meps08602

Tarling, Geraint A. (eds.). (2010) The biology of Northern krill. London, Academic Press, 314 pp. (Advances in Marine Biology, 57).

Tarling, Geraint A. , Ensor, Natalie S., Fregin, Torsten, Goodall-Copestake, Will P. , Fretwell, Peter . (2010) An introduction to the biology of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars). In: The biology of Northern krill, London, Academic Press, 1-40. (Advances in Marine Biology, ).

Tarling, Geraint A. . (2010) Population dynamics of Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica Sars). In: The biology of Northern krill, London, Academic Press, 59-90. (Advances in Marine Biology, ).

Goodall-Copestake, WP , Perez-Espona, S, Clark, MS , Murphy, EJ , Seear, PJ, Tarling, GA . (2010) Swarms of diversity at the gene cox1 in Antarctic krill. Heredity, 104. 513-518. 10.1038/hdy.2009.188

Wallace, Margaret I., Cottier, Finlo R., Berge, Jorgen, Tarling, Geraint A. , Griffiths, Colin, Brierley, Andrew S.. (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. Limnology and Oceanography, 55. 831-845. 10.4319/lo.2009.55.2.0831

2009

Cresswell, Katherine A., Tarling, Geraint A. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Burrows, Michael T., Wiedenmann, John, Mangel, Marc. (2009) Diel vertical migration of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is flexible during advection across the Scotia Sea. Journal of Plankton Research, 31. 1265-1281. 10.1093/plankt/fbp062

Varpe, Øystein, Jørgensen, Christian, Tarling, Geraint A. , Fiksen, Øyvind. (2009) The adaptive value of energy storage and capital breeding in seasonal environments. Oikos, 118. 363-370. 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.17036.x

Tarling, G.A. , Atkinson, A.. (2009) Antarctic krill an intriguing tale of ice and industry. Ocean Challenge, 16. 20-27.

Tarling, Geraint A. , Klevjer, Thor, Fielding, Sophie , Watkins, Jon, Atkinson, Angus, Murphy, Eugene , Korb, Rebecca, Whitehouse, Mick, Leaper, Russell. (2009) Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 56. 1994-2012. 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.004

Shreeve, R.S., Collins, Martin Anthony , Tarling, Geraint A. , Main, Charlotte, Ward, Peter, Johnston, Nadine. (2009) Feeding ecology of myctophid fishes in the northern Scotia Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 386. 221-236. 10.3354/meps08064

Seear, Paul, Tarling, Geraint A. , Teschke, Mathias, Meyer, Bettina, Thorne, Michael A.S. , Clark, Melody S. , Gaten, Edward, Rosato, Ezio. (2009) Effects of simulated light regimes on gene expression in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 381. 57-64. 10.1016/j.jembe.2009.09.010

Tarling, Geraint Andrew , Cuzin-Roudy, J., Wootton, K., Johnson, M.L.. (2009) Egg-release behaviour in Antarctic krill. Polar Biology, 32. 1187-1194. 10.1007/s00300-009-0617-2

2008

Gaten, Edward, Tarling, Geraint , Dowse, Harold, Kyriacou, Charalambos, Rosato, Ezio. (2008) Is vertical migration in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) influenced by an underlying circadian rhythm?. Journal of Genetics, 87. 473-483. 10.1007/s12041-008-0070-y

Tarling, Geraint A. , Cuzin-Roudy, J.. (2008) External parasite infestation depends on moult-frequency and age in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba). Polar Biology, 31. 121-130. 10.1007/s00300-007-0339-2

Collins, M A , Xavier, J C C, Johnston, N M, North, A W, Enderlein, P, Tarling, G A , Waluda, C M, Hawker, E J, Cunningham, N J. (2008) Patterns in the distribution of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea ecosystem. Polar Biology, 31. 837-851.

Atkinson, A., Siegel, V., Pakhomov, E. A., Rothery, P., Loeb, V., Ross, R. M., Quetin, L. B., Schmidt, K., Fretwell, P. , Murphy, E. J. , Tarling, G. A. , Fleming, A. H. . (2008) Oceanic circumpolar habitats of Antarctic krill. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 362. 1-23. doi:10.3354/meps07498

Johnson, Magnus L., Tarling, Geraint A. . (2008) Influence of individual state on swimming capacity and behaviour of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 366. 99-110. 10.3354/meps07533

2007

Cresswell, Katherine A., Tarling, Geraint A. , Burrows, Michael T.. (2007) Behaviour affects local-scale distributions of Antarctic krill around South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 343. 193-206. 10.3354/meps06908

Cresswell, Katherine A., Tarling, Geraint A. , Trathan, Phil N.. (2007) Weight loss during breeding is adaptive for female macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 9. 1053-1076.

Everson, Inigo, Tarling, Geraint A. , Bergstrom, Bo. (2007) Improving acoustic estimates of krill: experience from repeat sampling of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) in Gullmarsfjord, Sweden. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 64. 39-48. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsl010

Chereskin, T.K., Tarling, Geraint A. . (2007) Interannual to diurnal variability in the near-surface scattering layer in Drake Passage. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64. 1617-1626. 10.1093/icesjms/fsm138

Varpe, Øystein, Jørgensen, Christian, Tarling, Geraint A. , Fiksen, Øyvind. (2007) Early is better: seasonal egg fitness and timing of reproduction in a zooplankton life-history model. Oikos, 116. 1331-1342. 10.1111/j.2007.0030-1299.15893.x

Tarling, G.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Ward, P.. (2007) Life-cycle and population dynamics of Rhincalanus gigas (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Scotia Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 338. 145-158. 10.3354/meps338145

Tarling, G.A. , Cuzin-Roudy, J., Thorpe, S.E. , Shreeve, R.S., Ward, P., Murphy, E.J. . (2007) Recruitment of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba in the South Georgia region: adult fecundity and the fate of larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 331. 161-179. doi:10.3354/meps331161

Tarling, G.A. . (2007) Productivity and biomass. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 768-769.

Tarling, G.A. . (2007) Pelagic communities of the Southern Ocean. In: Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, New York, Routledge, 717-719.

Murphy, E.J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N., Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M., Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Shreeve, R.S., Atkinson, A., Korb, R., Whitehouse, M.J., Ward, P., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Hill, S.L. , Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2007) Spatial and temporal operation of the Scotia Sea ecosystem: a review of large-scale links in a krill centred food web. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 362. 113-148. doi:10.1098/rstb.2006.1957

2006

Ward, Peter, Shreeve, Rachael, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2006) The autumn mesozooplankton community at South Georgia: biomass, population structure and vertical distribution. Polar Biology, 29. 950-962. doi:10.1007/s00300-006-0136-3

Buchholz, Cornelia M., Buchholz, Friedrich, Tarling, Geraint A. . (2006) On the timing of moulting processes in reproductively active Northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Marine Biology, 149. 1443-1452. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0317-1

Cottier, Finlo R., Tarling, Geraint A. , Wold, Anette, Falk-Petersen, Stig. (2006) Unsynchronized and synchronized vertical migration of zooplankton in a high arctic fjord. Limnology and Oceanography, 51. 2586-2599.

Tarling, Geraint A. , Shreeve, Rachael S., Hirst, Andrew G., Atkinson, Angus, Pond, Dave W., Murphy, Eugene J. , Watkins, Jon L.. (2006) Natural growth rates in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): I. Improving methodology and predicting intermolt period. Limnology and Oceanography, 51. 959-972.

Tarling, Geraint A. , Johnson, Magnus L.. (2006) Satiation gives krill that sinking feeling. Current Biology, 16. R83-R84. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2006.01.044

Atkinson, Angus, Shreeve, Rachael S., Hirst, Andrew G., Rothery, Peter, Tarling, Geraint A. , Pond, David W., Korb, Rebecca E., Murphy, Eugene J. , Watkins, Jonathon L.. (2006) Natural growth rates in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba): II. Predictive models based on food, temperature, body length, sex, and maturity stage. Limnology and Oceanography, 51. 973-987.

2005

Sims, David W., Southall, Emily J., Tarling, Geraint A. , Metcalfe, Julian D.. (2005) Habitat-specific normal and reverse diel vertical migration in the plankton-feeding basking shark. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74. 755-761. 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00971.x

Shreeve, Rachael S., Tarling, Geraint A. , Atkinson, Angus, Ward, Peter, Goss, Cathy, Watkins, Jonathon. (2005) Relative production of Calanoides acutus (Copepoda: Calanoida) and Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill) at South Georgia, and its implications at wider scales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 298. 229-239. 10.3354/meps298229

Pond, D.W., Atkinson, A., Shreeve, R.S., Tarling, G.A. , Ward, P.. (2005) Diatom fatty acid biomarkers indicate growth rates in Antarctic krill. Limnology and Oceanography, 50. 732-736.

Emsley, S.M., Tarling, G.A. , Burrows, M.T.. (2005) The effect of vertical migration strategy on retention and dispersion in the Irish Sea during spring–summer. Fisheries Oceanography, 14. 161-174. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2419.2005.00327.x

2004

Tarling, G.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Ward, P., Atkinson, A., Hirst, A.G.. (2004) Life-cycle phenotypic composition and mortality of Calanoides acutus (Copepoda: Calanoida) in the Scotia Sea: a modelling approach. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 272. 165-181.

Schmidt, K., Tarling, G.A. , Plathner, N., Atkinson, A.. (2004) Moult cycle-related changes in feeding rates of larval krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica and Thysanoessa spp. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 281. 131-143.

Burrows, Michael T., Tarling, Geraint . (2004) Effects of density dependence on diel vertical migration of populations of northern krill: a genetic algorithm model. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 277. 209-220. 10.3354/meps277209

Cuzin-Roudy, J., Tarling, G.A. , Strömberg, J.-O.. (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 Journal of Marine Science, 61. 721-737. 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.03.008

2003

Tarling, Geraint A. , Cuzin-Roudy, Janine. (2003) Synchronization in the molting and spawning activity of northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) and its effect on recruitment. Limnology and Oceanography, 48. 2020-2033.

Tarling, Geraint A. . (2003) Sex-dependent diel vertical migration in northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica and its consequences for population dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 260. 173-188. 10.3354/meps260173

Tarling, G.A. , Jarvis, T., Matthews, J.B.L.. (2003) Calanus finmarchicus descends in response to the arrival of krill – better unfed than dead. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 252. 307-310.

1997

Cripp, G.C., Tarling, G.A. . (1997) Rapid procedure for the isolation and analysis of fatty acid and fatty alcohol fractions from wax esters of marine zooplankton. Journal of Chromatography A, 760. 309-313. doi:10.1016/S0021-9673(96)00780-7

1995

Tarling, G.A. , Ward, P., Sheader, M., Williams, J.A., Symon, C.. (1995) Distribution patterns of macrozooplankton assemblages in the southwest Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 120. 29-40. doi:10.3354/meps120029

National and International Media

2018 CNN – Interview on krill vertical migration, contribution of krill to C pump and threats from krill fishery
2017 The Observer newspaper (5 March) ‘Arctic sea-ice decline and wildlife’ quoted on opinion on impact to lower trophic levels
2015 BBC Radio 4 Costing the Earth (23 Sept) “Oceans of acid” Interview with myself and my research group
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’

Impacts (2016 onwards)

July 2018 The State of the Polar Ocean 2018 – Contributed to the writing of the FCO commissioned article, detailing oceanographic change to policy makers
Nov 2016 G7 Future Oceans Initiative – Provided advice on international coordination of marine plankton monitoring
Dec 2016 International Atomic Energy Agency Ocean Acidification ICC – Provision of key datasets on Arctic and Southern Ocean zooplankton responses to OA
Jan 2017 House of Commons Select Committee on Science and Technology Inquiry on Ocean Acidification – Contributor to written evidence
May 2017 A network of Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean The Pew Charitable Trusts – cited my work on krill satiation sinking as major evidence for krill protection measures

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