I am biological oceanographer with a substantial research record in the biology, ecology and sustainable management of living marine resources in the Antarctic, South Atlantic, Peru Current, USA, Ireland and the UK. My most recent research has been concerned with recruitment processes in short-lived species in relation to physical oceanographic variability, the spatial dynamics of fishing fleets, and interactions between commercial fisheries and higher predators. I have published about 130 papers in the primary scientific literature and I have also co-authored two books and co-edited one book and five symposium journal special issues.
I was a Board Member and Head of the Biological Sciences Division at BAS from 2000 – 2010. I was Principal Scientist for the South Georgia Government Fisheries Laboratory at King Edward Point from 2001 until 2013 and was responsible for the planning and design of the base and for the initial Science Plan. In 2010 I was appointed to the NERC Science Innovation and Strategy Board for a term of three years. I have supervised ten PhD students, all successfully, and I have an established track record of interdisciplinary research, commissioned research and international collaboration. I am an honorary Professor in the Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen. I retired from the British Antarctic Survey in 2013 and am now a BAS Emeritus Fellow. Since retiring I have been elected to the South Georgia Association Committee and have become a trustee for Gilbert White’s House and the Oates Collection at Selborne.
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Collins, M., Piatkowski, U., & Saunders, R. (2021). Distribution of mesopelagic fish in the Scotia Sea from RMT25 and pelagic trawls deployed from RRS James Clark Ross and RRS John Biscoe (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/f4dfc0ee-4f61-47c5-a5a8-238e02ff2fdd
Professor Paul Rodhouse, biological oceanographer with the British Antarctic Survey, has been appointed to the Science and Innovation Strategy Board (SISB) of the Natural Environment Research Council. SISB is responsible […]
