Huw Griffiths

Marine Biogeographer

Huw Griffiths

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Huw Griffiths

Biography

I am a marine biogeographer with an interest in the Polar Regions. I completed a PhD in Southern Ocean marine biogeography with the British Antarctic Survey and Open University. I am an editor of the The SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean and the Co-chair and theme leader for Spatial Ecology of the SCAR (Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research) scientific research programme AntEco (State of the Antarctic Ecosystem). I am a member of the SCAR Expert Group on Antarctic Biodiversity Information, the international steering committee of ANTABIF (Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility) and a SCAR Delegate to the governing board, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). I have worked for the British Antarctic Survey since June 2000 and have participated in several expeditions to Antarctica investigating benthic biodiversity and biogeography.

I study large-scale biogeographic and ecological patterns in space and time; Using selected groups of animals to investigate trends in distribution in the Polar Regions; Utilising large biological and physical databases to understand key processes in the Antarctic, Arctic and neighbouring regions. I also study the potential effects of marine protected areas, climate change and plastic pollution on these unique ecosystems. Research gate

I am a passionate believer in science communication and making science more accessible to the public, policy makers and government. I regularly present our work to the media, schools, open days and special events and have written two plain language advice documents for the Antarctic Environments Portal on marine biodiversity and plastic pollution. Twitter: @griffiths_huw

 

Research interests

Large-scale biogeographic and ecological patterns in space and time.

Using model groups to investigate trends in distribution at high southern latitudes.

Utilising large biological and physical databases to understand key processes in the Antarctic.

Collaborations

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research  (SCAR)

The SCAR Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean

The SCAR Marine Biodiversity Information Network (SCAR-MarBIN)/ Biodiversity.aq

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

International Barcode of Life (IBoL)

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2018

Hogg, Oliver T., Huvenne, Veerle A.I., Griffiths, Huw J., Linse, Katrin. (2018) On the ecological relevance of landscape mapping and its application in the spatial planning of very large marine protected areas. Science of the Total Environment, 626. 384-398. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.01.009

Waller, Catherine L., Griffiths, Huw J., Waluda, Claire M., Thorpe, Sally E., Loaiza, Iván, Moreno, Bernabé, Pacherres, Cesar O., Ryan, Peter, Suaria, Giuseppe, Isobe, Atsuhiko, Hughes, Kevin A.. (2018) Microplastics in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Environments Portal. 10.18124/D4JK8V

Moreau, Camille, Mah, Christopher, Agüera, Antonio, Améziane, Nadia, Barnes, David, Crokaert, Guillaume, Eléaume, Marc, Griffiths, Huw, Guillaumot, Charlène, Hemery, Lenaïg G., Jażdżewska, Anna, Jossart, Quentin, Laptikhovsky, Vladimir, Linse, Katrin, Neill, Kate, Sands, Chester, Saucède, Thomas, Schiaparelli, Stefano, Siciński, Jacek, Vasset, Noémie, Danis, Bruno. (2018) Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Asteroidea database. ZooKeys, 747. 141-156. 10.3897/zookeys.747.22751

Griffiths, H.J., Danis, B., David, B., de Broyer, C., d'Udekem d'Acoz, C., Grant, S., Gutt, J., Held, C., Hosie, G., Huettmann, F., Koubbi, P., Post, A., Raymond, B., Ropart-Coudert, Y., van de Putte, A.. (2018) Antarctic Marine Biodiversity. Antarctic Environments Portal. 10.18124/D4F04J

Gutt, J., Isla, E., Bertler, A.N., Bodeker, G.E., Bracegirdle, T.J., Cavanagh, R.D., Comiso, J.C., Convey, P., Cummings, V., De Conto, R., De Master, D., di Prisco, G., d'Ovidio, F., Griffiths, H.J., Khan, A.L., Lopez-Martinez, J., Murray, A.E., Nielsen, U.N., Ott, S., Post, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Saucede, T., Scherer, R., Schiaparelli, S., Schloss, I.R., Smith, C.R., Stefels, J., Stevens, C., Strugnell, J.M., Trimborn, S., Verde, C., Verleyen, E., Wall, D.H., Wilson, N.G., Xavier, J.C.. (2018) Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research. Marine Genomics, 37. 1-17. 10.1016/j.margen.2017.09.006

2017

Waller, Catherine L., Griffiths, Huw J., Waluda, Claire M., Thorpe, Sally E., Alamo, Ivan, Moreno, Bernabé, Pacherres, Cesar, Hughes, Kevin. (2017) Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: an emerging area of research. Science of the Total Environment, 598. 220-227. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.283

Ghiglione, Claudio, Alvaro, Maria Chiara, Piazza, Paola, Bowden, David, Griffiths, Huw J., Carota, Cinzia, Nava, Consuelo Rubino, Schiaparelli, Stefano. (2017) Mollusc species richness and abundance from shelf to abyssal depths in the Ross Sea (Antarctica): the importance of fine-mesh-towed gears and implications for future sampling. Polar Biology, 40. 1989-2000. 10.1007/s00300-017-2117-0

Griffiths, Huw J., Meijers, Andrew J.S., Bracegirdle, Thomas J.. (2017) More losers than winners in a century of future Southern Ocean seafloor warming. Nature Climate Change, 7. 749-754. 10.1038/nclimate3377

Waller, Catherine L., Overall, Andy, Fitzcharles, Elaine, Griffiths, Huw. (2017) First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone. Polar Biology, 40. 227-230. 10.1007/s00300-016-1941-y

2016

Hogg, Oliver, Huvenne, Veerle, Griffiths, Huw, Dorschel, Boris, Linse, Katrin. (2016) Landscape mapping at sub-Antarctic South Georgia provides a protocol for underpinning large-scale marine protected areas. Scientific Reports, 6. 10.1038/srep33163

Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel P., Schofield, Oscar, Newman, Louise, Urban, Edward R., Fulton, Elizabeth A., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Ballerini, Tosca, Boyd, Philip W., Brandt, Angelika, de la Mare, Bill, Edwards, Martin, Eléaume, Marc, Emmerson, Louise, Fennel, Katja, Fielding, Sophie, Griffiths, Huw, Gutt, Julian, Hindell, Mark A., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jennings, Simon, La, Hyoung Sul, McCurdy, Andrea, Mitchell, B. Greg, Moltmann, Tim, Muelbert, Monica, Murphy, Eugene, Press, Tony, Raymond, Ben, Reid, Keith, Reiss, Christian, Rice, Jake, Salter, Ian, Smith, David C., Song, Sun, Southwell, Colin, Swadling, Kerrie M., Van de Putte, Anton, Willis, Zdenka. (2016) Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables” — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Journal of Marine Systems, 161. 26-41. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.05.003

Griffiths, Huw James, Waller, Catherine Louise. (2016) The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities. Journal of Biogeography, 43. 1143-1155. 10.1111/jbi.12708

Xavier, Jose, Raymond, Ben, Jones, Daniel C., Griffiths, Huw. (2016) Biogeography of cephalopods in the Southern Ocean using habitat suitability prediction models. Ecosystems, 19. 220-247. 10.1007/s10021-015-9926-1

Miloslavich, Patricia, Webb, Tom, Snelgrove, Paul, Berghe, Edward Vanden, Kaschner, Kristin, Halpin, Partick N., Reeves, Randall R., Lascelles, Ben, Tarzia, Marguerite, Wallace, Bryan P., Dulvy, Nicholas, Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Schillinger, George, Boustany, Andre, Collette, Bruce B., Graves, John E., Obura, David, Edwards, Martin, Clark, Malcolm, Stocks, Karen, Morato, Telmo, Tunnicliffe, Verena, Hopcroft, Russell, Archambault, Philippe, Pepin, Pierre, Tunnell, John W., Moretzsohn, Fabio, Escobar-Briones, Elva, Ojaveer, Henn, Gobin, Judith, Nakaoka, Massa, Fujikura, Katsunori, Yamano, Hiroya, Li, Xinzheng, Venkataraman, K., Raghunathan, C., Griffiths, Charles L., Bax, Nicholas J., Butler, Alan J., Brandt, Angelika, Griffiths, Huw J., Rice, Jake. (2016) Extent of assessment of marine biological diversity. In: The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment. World Ocean Assessment I, United Nations, 58 pp.

2015

O’Loughlin, P. Mark, Mackenzie, Melanie, Vandenspiegel, Didier, Griffiths, Huw. (2015) New taeniogyrinid species of sea cucumber from the Weddell Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Synaptida). Zootaxa, 3995. 271-283. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3995.1.23

Saucede, Thomas, Griffiths, Huw, Moreau, Camille, Jackson, Jennifer, Sands, Chester, Downey, Rachel, Reed, Adam, Mackenzie, Melanie, Geissler, Paul, Linse, Katrin. (2015) East Weddell Sea echinoids from the JR275 expedition. Zookeys, 504. 1-10. 10.3897/zookeys.504.8860

Jackson, Jennifer A., Linse, Katrin, Whittle, Rowan, Griffiths, Huw J.. (2015) The evolutionary origins of the Southern Ocean philobryid bivalves: hidden biodiversity, ancient persistence. PLoS One, 10. 20 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0121198

2014

Brandt, Angelika, Griffiths, Huw, Gutt, Julian, Linse, Katrin, Schiaparelli, Stefano, Ballerini, Tosca, Danis, Bruno, Pfannkuche, Olaf. (2014) Challenges of deep-sea biodiversity assessments in the Southern Ocean. Advances in Polar Science, 25. 204-212. 10.13679/j.advps.2014.3.00204

Van de Putte, Anton P., Griffiths, Huw J., Raymond, Ben, Danis, Bruno. (2014) Data and mapping. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 14-15.

Soler-Membrives, Anna, Munilla, Tomas, Arango, Claudia P., Griffiths, Huw . (2014) Southern Ocean biogeographic patterns in Pycnogonida. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 138-141.

Schiaparelli, Stefano, Linse, Katrin. (2014) Gastropoda. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 122-125.

Koubbi, Philippe, De Broyer, Claude, Griffiths, Huw , Raymond, Ben, D'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Van de Putte, Anton, Danis, Bruno, David, Bruno, Grant, Susie, Gutt, Julian, Held, Christoph, Hosie, Graham, Huettmann, Falk, Post, Alix, Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Stoddart, Michael, Swadling, Kerrie M., Wadley, Victoria. (2014) Conclusions: Present and future of Southern Ocean biogeography. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 470-475.

Linse, Katrin. (2014) Bivalvia. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 126-128.

Post, Alexandra L., Meijers, Andrew J.S., Fraser, Alexander D., Meiners, Klaus M., Ayers, Jennifer, Bindoff, Nathan L., Griffiths, Huw J., Van de Putte, Anton, O'Brien, Philip E., Swadling, Kerrie M., Raymond, Ben. (2014) Environmental setting. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 46-64.

Gutt, Julian, Barnes, David, Lockhart, Susanne J.. (2014) Classification and spatially explicit illustration of Antarctic macrobenthic assemblages: a feasibility study. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 229-232.

Griffiths, Huw J., Whittle, Rowan J., Roberts, Stephen J., Belchier, Mark, Linse, Katrin, Thatje, Sven. (2014) Decapoda: crabs and lobsters. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 185-189.

Griffiths, Huw J., Van de Putte, Anton P., Danis, Bruno. (2014) Data distribution: Patterns and implications. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 16-26.

Grant, Susie M., Koubbi, Philippe, Penhale, Polly A.. (2014) Conservation and management. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 408-411.

Duhamel, Guy, Hulley, Percy-Alexander, Causse, Romain, Koubbi, Philippe, Vacchi, Marino, Pruvost, Patrice, Vigetta, Stephanie, Irisson, Jean-Olivier, Mormede, Sophie, Belchier, Mark, Dettai, Agnes, Detrich, H. Williams, Gutt, Julian, Jones, Christopher D., Kock, Karl-Hermann, Lopez Abellan, Luis Jose, Van de Putte, Anton. (2014) Biogeographic patterns of fish. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 328-362.

Danis, Bruno, Griffiths, Huw J., Jangoux, Michel. (2014) Asteroidea. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 200-207.

Crame, J. Alistair. (2014) Evolutionary setting. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 32-35.

Brandt, Angelika, Van de Putte, Anton, Griffiths, Huw. (2014) Southern Ocean benthic deep-sea biodiversity and biogeography. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 233-239.

Barnes, David K.A., Downey, Rachel V.. (2014) Bryozoa. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 195-199.

Allcock, Louise, Griffiths, Huw J.. (2014) Bipolarity. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 431-436.

De Broyer, Claude, Koubbi, Philippe, Griffiths, Huw J., Raymond, Ben, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cedric, Van de Putte, Anton, Danis, Bruno, David, Bruno, Grant, Susie, Gutt, Julian, Held, Christoph, Hosie, Graham, Huettmann, Falk, Post, Alexandra, Ropert-Coudert, Yan (eds.). (2014) Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean. Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 480 pp.

Ropert-Coudert, Yan, Hindell, Mark A., Phillips, Richard A., Charrassin, Jean-Benoit, Trudelle, Laurene, Raymond, Ben. (2014) Biogeographic patterns of birds and mammals. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 364-387.

Constable, Andrew, Costa, Dan, Murphy, Eugene, Hofmann, Eileen, Schofield, Oscar, Press, Anthony, Johnston, Nadine M., Newman, Louise. (2014) Assessing status and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 404-407.

Rogers, Alex D., Linse, Katrin. (2014) Chemosynthetic communities. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 240-244.

Rodhouse, Paul G.K., Griffiths, Huw J., Xavier, Jose C.. (2014) Southern Ocean squid. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 284-289.

Janussen, Dorte, Downey, Rachel. (2014) Porifera. In: Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern Ocean, Cambridge, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research, 94-102.

Schiaparelli, Stefano, Ghiglione, Claudio, Alvaro, Maria Chiara, Griffiths, Huw J., Linse, Katrin. (2014) Diversity, abundance and composition in macrofaunal molluscs from the Ross Sea (Antarctica): results of fine-mesh sampling along a latitudinal gradient. Polar Biology, 37. 859-877. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1487-9

Convey, Peter, Chown, Steven L., Clarke, Andrew, Barnes, David K.A., Bokhorst, Stef, Cummings, Vonda, Ducklow, Hugh W., Frati, Francesco, Green, T. G. Allan, Gordon, Shulamit, Griffiths, Huw J., Howard-Williams, Clive, Huiskes, Ad H. L., Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Lyons Berry, W. , McMinn, Andrew, Morley, Simon A., Peck, Lloyd S., Quesada, Antonio, Robinson, Sharon A., Schiaparelli, Stefano, Wall, Diana H.. (2014) The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity. Ecological Monographs, 84. 203-244. doi:10.1890/12-2216.1

Hodgson, Dominic A., Graham, Alastair G.C., Griffiths, Huw J., Roberts, Stephen J., Cofaigh, Colm Ó, Bentley, Michael J., Evans, David J.A.. (2014) Glacial history of sub-Antarctic South Georgia based on the submarine geomorphology of its fjords. Quaternary Science Reviews, 89. 129-147. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.12.005

Whittle, Rowan, Quaglio, Fernanda, Griffiths, Huw, Linse, Katrin, Crame, J. Alistair. (2014) The Early Miocene Cape Melville Formation fossil assemblage and the evolution of modern Antarctic marine communities. Naturwissenschaften, 101. 47-59. 10.1007/s00114-013-1128-0

2013

Gutt, Julian, Griffiths, Huw J., Jones, Christopher D.. (2013) Circumpolar overview and spatial heterogeneity of Antarctic macrobenthic communities. Marine Biodiversity, 43. 481-487. 10.1007/s12526-013-0152-9

Ghiglione, Claudio, Alvaro, Maria Chiara, Griffiths, Huw, Linse, Katrin, Schiaparelli, Stefano. (2013) Ross Sea Mollusca from the Latitudinal Gradient Program: R/V Italica 2004 Rauschert dredge samples. ZooKeys, 341. 37-48. doi:10.3897/zookeys.341.6031

Linse, Katrin, Griffiths, Huw J, Barnes, Dave KA, Brandt, Angelika, Davey, Niki, David, Bruno, De Grave, Sammy, d'Udekem d'Acoz, Cédric, Eléaume, Marc, Glover, Adrian G., Hemery, Lenaïg G., Mah, Christopher, Martín-Ledo, Rafael, Munilla, Tomás, O'Loughlin, Mark, Pierrat, Benjamin, Saucède, Thomas, Sands, Chester J, Strugnell, Jan M, Enderlein, Peter. (2013) The macro- and megabenthic fauna on the continental shelf of the eastern Amundsen Sea, Antarctica. Continental Shelf Research, 68. 80-90. doi:10.1016/j.csr.2013.08.012

Kaiser, Stefanie, Brandão, Simone N., Brix, Saskia, Barnes, David K.A., Bowden, David A., Ingels, Jeroen, Leese, Florian, Schiaparelli, Stefano, Arango, Claudia P., Badhe, Renuka, Bax, Narissa, Blazewicz-Paskowycz, Magdalena, Brandt, Angelika, Brenke, Nils, Catarino, Ana I., David, Bruno, De Ridder, Chantal, Dubois, Philippe, Ellingsen, Kari E., Glover, Adrian G., Griffiths, Huw J., Gutt, Julian, Halanych, Kenneth M., Havermans, Charlotte, Held, Christoph, Janussen, Dorte, Lörz, Anne-Nina, Pearce, David A., Pierrat, Benjamin, Riehl, Torben, Rose, Armin, Sands, Chester J., Soler-Membrives, Ana, Schüller, Myriam, Strugnell, Jan M., Vanreusel, Ann, Veit-Köhler, Gritta, Wilson, Nerida G., Yasuhara, Moriaki. (2013) Patterns, processes and vulnerability of Southern Ocean benthos – a decadal leap in knowledge and understanding. Marine Biology, 160. 2295-2317. 10.1007/s00227-013-2232-6

Griffiths, H.J., Whittle, R.J., Roberts, S.J., Belchier, M., Linse, K.. (2013) Antarctic crabs: invasion or endurance?. PLoS One, 8. 10.1371/journal.pone.0066981

Moreau, Camille, Linse, Katrin, Griffiths, Huw, Barnes, David, Kaiser, Stefanie, Glover, Adrian, Sands, Chester, Strugnell, Jan, Enderlein, Peter, Geissler, Paul. (2013) Amundsen Sea Mollusca from the BIOPEARL II expedition. ZooKeys, 294. 1-8. doi:10.3897/zookeys.294.4796

Sands, Chester J., Griffiths, Huw J., Downey, Rachel V., Barnes, David K. A., Linse, Katrin, Martin-Ledo, Rafael. (2013) Observations of the ophiuroids from the West Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Science, 25. 3-10. 10.1017/S0954102012000612