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Staff Profile

Dr Benjamin Wigham

Lecturer in Marine Biology

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7831/3054
  • Personal Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/marine
  • Address: Dove Marine Laboratory
    School of Marine Science and Technology
    缅北禁地
    Cullercoats, North Shields
    NE30 4PZ
    UK
Background

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree Programme Director - Marine Sciences

Research Vessel Manager
University Diving Officer

Qualifications

BSc Zoology University of Bristol
PhD Deep-Sea Biology University of Southampton

Previous Positions

2002 - 2004 Post-doctoral Researcher; National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
2004 - 2006 Post-doctoral Researcher; Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen

Teaching

Undergraduate Teaching

  • MST1101 Marine Biology
  • MST1102 Diversity and Behaviour of Marine Animals (Module Leader)
  • MST1104 Marine Research Skills
  • MST2101 Marine Ecology
  • MST2102 Physiology, Reproduction and Adaptation in Marine Animals (Module Leader)
  • MST2104 Research and Employability Skills
  • MST2105 Marine Practical Skills
  • MST3101 Advanced Marine Biology
  • MST3102 Advanced Marine Zoology
  • MST3104 Research Project: Marine Biology
  • MST3105 Research Project: Marine Zoology
  • MST3107 Research Project: Overseas

Postgraduate Teaching

  • MST8022 Environmental Research Skills
  • MST8023 Marine Consultancy

 

Research

Research Interests

Deep-Sea Biology and Ecology
Reproductive and larval ecology in deep-water and 'novel' habitats
Bentho-Pelagic coupling and it's role in regulating rate processes in deep water benthic invertebrates
Trophic structure of mid-ocean ridge communities
Development of technologies for deep-sea experimental biology
The role of sub-sea structures as artificial reefs in the North Sea
Non-destructive assessments of fish assemblages in North Sea no-trawl areas

Other Expertise

Industrial collaboration for scientific access to ROV technology and novel deep water habitats

Current Work

 

Postgraduate Supervision

William Reid - Macro-comsumer food web structure of mid-ocean ridge systems. Working on the NERC ECOMAR project in the North Atlantic. Investigating deep-sea food webs using a tri-stable isotope approach. NERC PhD studentship co-supervised with Prof. Nicholas Polunin.

Funding

 

Publications

  • Articles

    • Hunt GL, Engelhard GH, Pinnegar JK, Wigham BD, Polunin NVC. . Maritime Studies 2024, 23(3), 33.
    • Hunt GL, Engelhard GH, Pinnegar JK, Barry J, Wigham BD, Polunin NVC. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2024, 733, 79-93.
    • Reid WDK, Wigham BD, Marsh L, Weston JNJ, Zhu Y, Copley JT. . Marine Biology 2020, 167(10), 141.
    • Reid WDK, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD, McGill RAR, Polunin NVC. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2016, 542, 13-24.
    • Copley JT, Marsh L, Glover AG, Huhnerbach V, Nye VE, Reid WDK, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD, Wiklund H. . Scientific Reports 2016, 6, 39158.
    • Zwirglmaier Z, Reid WDK, Heywood J, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD, Polunin NVC, Hawkes JA, Connelly DP, Pearce D, Linse K. . MicrobiologyOpen 2015, 4(1), 136-150.
    • Reid WDK, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD, Zwirglmaier K, Hawkes JA, McGill RAR, Linse KL, Polunin NVC. . PLoS One 2013, 8(6), e65553.
    • Reid WDK, Sweeting CJ, Wigham BD, McGill RAR, Polunin NVC. . Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 2013, 98(Part B), 412-420.
    • Jones DOB, Alt CHS, Priede IG, Reid WDK, Wigham BD, Billett DSM, Gebruk AV, Rogacheva A, Gooday AJ. . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 2013, 98(B), 374-387.
    • Cousins NJ, Horton T, Wigham BD, Bagley PM. . African Journal of Marine Science 2013, 35(2), 299-306.
    • Reid WDK, Wigham BD, McGill RAR, Polunin NVC. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2012, 463, 89-103.
    • Martinez I, Jones EG, Davie SL, Neat FC, Wigham BD, Priede IG. . Hydrobiologia 2011, 670(1), 23-34.
    • Wigham BD, Galley EA, Smith CR, Tyler PA. . Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 2008, 55(22-23), 2478-2490.
    • Heger A, King NJ, Wigham BD, Jamieson AJ, Bagley PM, Allan L, Pfannkuche O, Priede IG. . Marine Biology 2007, 151(4), 1471-1478.
    • Jones DOB, Wigham BD, Hudson IR, Bett BJ. . Marine Biology 2007, 151(5), 1731-1741.
    • Billett DSM, Bett BJ, Jacobs CL, Rouse IP, Wigham BD. . Limnology and Oceanography 2006, 51(5), 2077-2083.
    • Hudson IR, Wigham BD, Solan M, Rosenberg R. . Journal of Marine Systems 2005, 57(3-4), 201-218.
    • Hudson IR, Jones DOB, Wigham BD. . Underwater Technology 2005, 26(3), 83-88.
    • Solan M, Wigham BD, Hudson IR, Kennedy R, Coulon CH, Norling K, Nilsson HC, Rosenberg R. . Marine Ecology Progress Series 2004, 271, 1-12.