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Post Doctoral Research Associate in the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Benthic Biogeochemistry

Main research interests

My research interests encompass the effects of environmental change, predominantly ocean acidification but also increasing temperature, on marine benthic systems.  My PhD work focused on determining the effects of elevated CO2 and temperature on benthic primary production under different macrofaunal diversity levels, thus incorporating two trophic levels and examining the role of diversity under changing climatic variables.  

At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the...

I am also a regular user of the Alan Ansell Research Aquarium.

The team I work with consists of Dr Henrik Stahl, Professor Ronnie Glud and Morten Larsen.

 

Education / Career

Research

Research

Ocean Acidification effects on benthic biogeochemistry

Part of a UK-wide NERC funded consortium, research at the Scottish Marine Institute focuses on identifying the effects of ocean acidification on benthic biogeochemistry on mud, sand and maerl. 

Using state of the art imaging technology, this work incorporates the custom-built flume facility and includes collaborators from the universities of St Andrews, Hull and Glasgow. These experiments will help determine the potential future effects of ocean acidification on benthic primary production and global nutrient cycles.

More on the UK Ocean Acidification Programme and the Benthic Consortium within UKOARP.

Publications

Publications and presentations

Publications

  • Hicks, N., Bulling, M., Solan, M., Raffaelli, D., White, P. & Paterson, D. M (2011) Impact of biodiversity-climate futures on primary production and metabolism in a model benthic estuarine system. BMC Ecology 11: 7
  • Bulling, M.T., Hicks, N., Murray, L., Paterson, D.M., Raffaelli, D., White, P.C.L., Solan, M. (2010) Marine biodiversity-ecosystem functions under uncertain environmental futures. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 365: 1549: 2107-2116

 

Conference presentations

  • February, 2010: Ocean Sciences 2010 in the Biological Consequences of Ocean Acidification session “Interactive effects of elevated carbon dioxide, fluctuating temperatures and biodiversity on primary production in estuarine systems” (Oral Presentation) 22nd-26th February, Portland, Oregon, USA
  • November, 2009: St Andrews University Postgraduate Conference “Changes in primary production in marine ecosystems under future climate change scenarios” (Oral Presentation) 12th-13th November, St Andrews, Scotland
  • October, 2009: 2nd DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference: Biodiversity and society: understanding connections, adapting to change, “Effect of future climate change scenarios on primary production in coastal marine ecosystems” (Poster) 13th -16th October, Cape Town, S. Africa
  • September, 2009: Ocean Acidification Session at the British Ecology Society conference “Primary production in marine ecosystems under future climatic scenarios” (Oral Presentation) 8th -10th September, Hertfordshire, UK
  • November, 2008: MarBEF World Conference on Marine Biodiversity “Coastal marine benthic biodiversity and ecosystem process under uncertain environmental futures” (Poster) 11th -15th November, Valencia, Spain

 
 
my contact details

Natalie Hicks SAMS

Dr Natalie Hicks

E: natalie.hicks@sams.ac.uk

T: +44 (0) 1631 559 440

F: +44 (0) 1631 559 001

Scottish Marine Institute

Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

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