Summary
Krysia is interested in the structural and functional ecology of marine and estuarine benthic communities, sediment processes, pollution, toxicology and data analysis.
Projects have included the impacts of petrochemicals on benthic community structure, bioturbation and sediment erosion patterns; recovery processes and dynamics in soft sediment habitats; impacts of climate change on features of conservation interest; and evaluation of indicators of environmental status.
Krysia is an applied ecologist and has produced more than 80 technical and advisory reports to government agencies and industry, aiming to understand and manage issues in the marine environment.
Undergraduate
Module lead:
Environmental Impact Assessment (MSc; BSc)
Contributes to:
Benthic Ecology
Marine Biology and Oceanography
Threatened Marine Habitats
Landscapes of the World
Independent Research Project
Structured Research Project
MSc dissertation
Applied Renewable Energy
Book Chapter
Temperate Estuaries: their ecology under future environmental changes
Ducrotoy, J., Elliott, . M., Cutts, N., Franco, A., Little, S., Mazik, K., & Wilkinson, M. (2019). Temperate Estuaries: their ecology under future environmental changes. In E. Wolanski, J. Day, M. Elliott, & R. Ramesh (Eds.), Coasts and Estuaries: The Future (577-594). Amsterdam: Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2017-0-00731-0
Journal Article
Dynamic competition and resource partitioning during the early life of two widespread, abundant and ecologically similar fishes
Nunn, A. D., Vickers, L., Mazik, K., Bolland, J., Peirson, G., Axford, S., …Cowx, I. G. (2020). Dynamic competition and resource partitioning during the early life of two widespread, abundant and ecologically similar fishes. Hydrobiologia, 847, 2211-2224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-020-04247-5
A catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators
Teixeira, H., Berg, T., Uusitalo, L., Fürhaupter, K., Heiskanen, A., Mazik, K., …Borja, À. (2016). A catalogue of marine biodiversity indicators. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(NOV), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00207
DPSIR-Two decades of trying to develop a unifying framework for marine environmental management?
Patrício, J., Elliott, M., Mazik, K., Papadopoulou, K., & Smith, C. J. (2016). DPSIR-Two decades of trying to develop a unifying framework for marine environmental management?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(SEP), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00177
European marine biodiversity monitoring networks: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Patrício, J., Little, S., Mazik, K., Papadopoulou, K., Smith, C. J., Teixeira, H., …Elliott, M. (2016). European marine biodiversity monitoring networks: Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(SEP), https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00161
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
Project
Defining Favourable Conservation Status for seagrass beds
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£8,250.00
Started
1 February 2019
Status
Complete
Project
Neyland marina dredging impact study
Funder
Cascade Consulting
Grant
£6,850.00
Started
1 January 2017
Status
Complete
Project
Coastal SSSI series review implementation: scoping study of evidence requirements to support notification of managed realignment sites
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£8,530.00
Started
1 January 2018
Status
Complete
Project
Holderness MCZ
Funder
Natural England
Grant
£1,920.00
Started
1 August 2018
Status
Complete
Postgraduate supervision
Dr Mazik welcomes applications in marine and estuarine benthic ecology, particularly relating to conservation and the impacts of human activities and climate change.
Completed PhDs
- Katie Smyth, Impact of hypersalinity on commercially important crustacean species (2012)
Current PhD supervisions
- Catherine Mascord, Worms on Film: how, where and when did metazoans begin bioturbating microbial substrates? (with Liam Herringshaw and Daniel Parsons)
MSc (research)
Laura Carveth-Marshall (current)
Kate Jones (2014)
Emma Broomhead (2014)
Jonathan Butterfield (2013)
Ellen Bell (2012)
Jane Smith (2007)