Dr Magnus Johnson

Dr Magnus Johnson

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Marine Science

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Environmental Sciences

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Plymouth)
  • MSc (University of Aberdeen)
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Leicester)

Summary

Dr Magnus Johnson is an environmental marine scientist with interests in crustaceans, fisheries science and management and statistical programming.

L7 PGTS Statistical Programming in R (700607)

L7 Research Skills

L7 Environmental Change in the Anthropocene

L6 Mallorca Field Trip

L6 Diving Fieldtrip

L5 Coastal Seas

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Lipophrys pholis is larger, grows faster and is in better condition in protected than in unprotected rocky shores

Compaire, J. C., Visintini, N., Soriguer, M. C., Johnson, M. L., Hull, S. L., & Barrett, C. J. (2024). Lipophrys pholis is larger, grows faster and is in better condition in protected than in unprotected rocky shores. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 34(2), Article e4083. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4083

DNA metabarcoding reveals the dietary profiles of a benthic marine crustacean, Nephrops norvegicus

Shum, P., Wäge-Recchioni, J., Sellers, G. S., Johnson, M. L., & Joyce, D. A. (2023). DNA metabarcoding reveals the dietary profiles of a benthic marine crustacean, Nephrops norvegicus. PLoS ONE, 18(11 November), Article e0289221. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289221

Carbon and Lipid Contents of the Copepod Calanus finmarchicus Entering Diapause in the Fram Strait and Their Contribution to the Boreal and Arctic Lipid Pump

Tarling, G. A., Belcher, A., Blackwell, M., Castellani, C., Cook, K. B., Cottier, F. R., Dewar-Fowler, V., Freer, J. J., Gerrish, L., Johnson, M. L., Last, K. S., Lindeque, P. K., Mayor, D. J., Parry, H. E., Stowasser, G., & Wootton, M. (2022). Carbon and Lipid Contents of the Copepod Calanus finmarchicus Entering Diapause in the Fram Strait and Their Contribution to the Boreal and Arctic Lipid Pump. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, Article 926462. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.926462

Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs

Tarling, G. A., Freer, J. J., Banas, N. S., Belcher, A., Blackwell, M., Castellani, C., Cook, K. B., Cottier, F. R., Daase, M., Johnson, M. L., Last, K. S., Lindeque, P. K., Mayor, D. J., Mitchell, E., Parry, H. E., Speirs, D. C., Stowasser, G., & Wootton, M. (2022). Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 51(2), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01667-y

Newspaper / Magazine

Using shoddy science to generate biased headlines helps no one

Johnson, M. (2024). Using shoddy science to generate biased headlines helps no one. [Newspaper]. UK

Research interests

Crustacean Biology and Ecology

Sustainable Fisheries

Marine Environmental Management

Tropical Marine Systems

Environmental Marine Ecology Research Group

Collaborations with Oxford University Natural History Museum, British Antartctic Survey, Holderness Fishing Industry Group, Institute of Estuarine and Coastal Studies

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Humber Aquaculture Project Phase II ENG3680

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£59,288.00

Started

1 January 2019

Status

Complete

Project

Electrifying the fleet

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£18,958.00

Started

14 January 2022

Status

Complete

Project

UK Seafood Fund – Science & Innovation Pillar - Fisheries Industry Science Partnerships (FISP) Research Proposal Development - Investigation into the potential of an east-coast stone crab fishery

Funder

DEFRA

Grant

£19,848.00

Started

1 July 2022

Status

Complete

Project

Humber Aquaculture Partnership - Project 1

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£32,057.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Humber Aquaculture Partnership - Project 2

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£33,955.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Humber Aquaculture Partnership - Project 3

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£29,058.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Yorkshire Coast Shark & Ray Programme ENG3021

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£23,438.00

Started

1 June 2019

Status

Complete

Project

Assessment of nearshore shallow water Marine Protected Areas

Funder

Marine Management Organisation

Grant

£57,387.00

Started

1 May 2018

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Great Yorkshire Kelp Forest

Funder

ERYC East Riding of Yorkshire Council

Grant

£62,405.00

Started

1 April 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

Sublittoral rock indicator: spatial correlation between environmental conditions and biological data

Funder

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Grant

£53,965.00

Started

1 January 2017

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

I welcome applications from potential PhD or research MSc students interested in crustacean biology/ecology, fisheries science and management or environmental marine science.

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