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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
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, university College of North Wales, Bangor
1 Oct 1978 → 30 Sep 1981
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Projects
Doctoral Training Grant - Scottish Universities Partnership for Environmental Research (SUPER)
NERC (Natural Environment Research Council)
1/10/19 → 30/09/27
Project: Research - Studentship
SUMMER - Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources
European Commission - Horizon 2020
1/09/19 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
Research Output
Guest blog - Risks to North Sea fish stocks and wildlife if post-Brexit fisheries negotiations go awry
Heath, M. & Cook, R., 21 May 2020, Edinburgh. 1 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Risks to North Sea Fish Stocks and Wildlife if Post-Brexit Fishery Negotiations Fail to Reach Agreement on Quotas and Access to UK Waters: Extended Technical Report
Heath, M. R. & Cook, R. M., 18 Mar 2020, Glasgow. 138 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Open Access
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Datasets
StrathE2E2 - End-to-End Marine Food Web Model
Heath, M. (Creator), 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)
Dataset
Finite Volume Community Ocean Model (FVCOM) and outputs for the Firth of Clyde
Sabatino, A. (Creator), University of Strathclyde, 7 Apr 2016
DOI: 10.15129/6bc5101c-5b9a-4fd6-9460-4d488307fc74
Dataset
Thesis
A unified population model of Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus in the North Atlantic
Author: Wilson, R., 13 Oct 2015Supervisor: Speirs, D. (Supervisor) & Heath, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Length-structured approach to fisheries stock assessment
Author: Bakhshi, A., 2 Jun 2017Supervisor: Speirs, D. (Supervisor) & Heath, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
Prizes
Royal Society of Edinburgh, Sir James Black Medal
Mike Heath (Recipient), 6 Aug 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Fisheries Innovation Scotland Annual Conference
Mike Heath (Keynote/plenary speaker)22 Aug 2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Key-note speaker and plenary lectures at conferences
DEFRA (Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (External organisation)
Mike Heath (Advisor)23 Feb 2016
Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
Impacts
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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