https://oceanexpert.net/expert/David%20M.%20Paterson

ORCID : orcid.org/0000-0003-1174-6476

PhD

Research
Institutional Management
Decision Making & Policy

Biological Oceanography, Marine Ecology
Marine Geology, Geophysics
Policy, Law, Economics, Management

I direct the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (see 
http://www.masts.ac.uk/

Research on the ecology and dynamics of coastal and estuarine systems. I am interested in the biodiversity and functional ecology and dynamics of coastal systems: the so-called biodiversity/ecosystem function debate (BEF). This includes research into the primary productivity of marine microbes (microbial mats and biofilms). The resilience of coastal systems in the face of global change, their functional variability and the services they provide are key areas of investigation. Part of my interest in ecosystem function includes the interdisciplinary study of "biogenic stabilisation", defined as an increase in the critical threshold force for sediment re-suspension brought about by biological activity 

North Sea

English

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