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Personal Statement
Having graduated with a joint honors degree in Marine Biology and Oceanography, I completed a PhD on cell division phasing under light-dark cycles in populations of micro-algae, involving laboratory culturing and mathematical modelling of cell stage demography. Then in 1982 I obtained a post at the Scottish Office Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen. Initially I was researching and modelling migrations of herring using parasite fauna as natural tags, designed to improve stock assessments of herring. During the following years I led field and modelling programmes on thedispersal and survival of fish larvae, observational and modelling projects on nutrient dynamics in coastal ecosystems, and led a sequence of EU and NERC funded programmes on the population dynamics of zooplankton in the North Atlantic. These projects were designed to advise the Scottish Government on the impacts of aquaculture nutrient release on the environment, impacts of climate change on fisheries, and latterly on human and climate impacts on indices of ecosystem status.
During my time at the Marine Laboratory in Aberdeen I developed strong links with the Statistics and Modelling Science Department at Strathclyde, and in 2010 I was successful in obtaining a research post at the University funded by the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS), which is a SFC science pooling initiative. My current research interests are the mathematical and statistical modelling of fish populations and fisheries, and the dynanics of ecosystems.
Research Interests
Research interests - modelling of marine ecosystems
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, university College of North Wales, Bangor
1 Oct 1978 → 30 Sep 1981
Award Date: 1 Jun 1983
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Network
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Art of Mapping Ocean Change
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)
25/10/21 → 1/09/22
Project: Knowledge Exchange
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Shaping ecosystem based fisheries management (SEAwise)
European Commission - Horizon 2020
1/10/21 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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Synthetic shelf sediment maps for the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea
Laverick, J. H., Speirs, D. C. & Heath, M. R., 5 Apr 2022, In: Geoscience Data Journal. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the coastal North Sea supports the Disturbance Recovery Hypothesis
González-Gil, R., Banas, N. S., Bresnan, E. & Heath, M. R., 10 May 2022, In: Biogeosciences. 19, 9, p. 2417-2426 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Data for: "Synthetic Shelf Sediment Maps for the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea."
Laverick, J. (Creator), Speirs, D. (Supervisor) & Heath, M. (Supervisor), University of Strathclyde, 1 Feb 2022
DOI: 10.15129/bb91fbc2-b4e9-4919-9631-bee4fb231a92
Dataset
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StrathE2E2 - End-to-End Marine Food Web Model
Heath, M. (Creator) & Thurlbeck, I. (Contributor), University of Strathclyde, 13 Jul 2020
https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=StrathE2E2 and one more link, https://marineresourcemodelling.gitlab.io/resources/index.html (show fewer)
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Prizes
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Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sir James Black Medal
Heath, Mike (Recipient), 6 Aug 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Fisheries Innovation Scotland Annual Conference
Mike Heath (Keynote/plenary speaker)
22 Aug 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
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DEFRA (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (External organisation)
Mike Heath (Advisor)
23 Feb 2016Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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Recovery of cod stocks in the North Sea achieved by a change in EU fisheries policy driven by evidence from mathematical models
Mike Heath (Participant) & William Gurney (Participant)
Impact: Impact - for External Portal › Economic and commerce, Environment and sustainability - natural world and built environment
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