Dr Krysia Mazik

Dr Krysia Mazik

Senior Lecturer. Marine Biology

+44 (0)1482 466796 | K.Mazik@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Science and Engineering
  • School of Environmental Sciences

Related groups

  • Marine Science

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 over 100 technical and advisory reports to government agencies and industry, aiming to understand and manage issues in the marine environment.

Module lead:

Environmental Impact Assessment and Spatial Data

Environmental Impact Assessment and Monitoring

Contributes to:

Marine Biology: An introduction

Oceanography

Coastal Seas

Marine Interactions

Adaptations to the Marine Environment

Landscapes of the World

Independent Research Project

MSc dissertation

Recent outputs

View more outputs

Book Chapter

Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates

Burgess, J., Thomas, S., Mazik, K., Al-Mudallal, S., Tang, S. K., & Breithaupt, T. (2023). Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates. In A. N. Popper, J. Sisneros, A. D. Hawkins, & F. Thomsen (Eds.), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life : Principles and Practical Considerations (1-20). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_21-1

Jordan Burgess Thomas Breithaupt

Journal Article

Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing

Lecordier, E. M., Gernez, P., Mazik, K., York, K., & Forster, R. M. (2025). Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing. Science of the Total Environment, 967, Article 178814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178814

Rodney Forster

Report

Evidence review on the impact of nutrients on seagrass

Mazik, K., Forster, R., Want, A., & Hull, S. (in press). Evidence review on the impact of nutrients on seagrass. Natural England

Sue Hull Rodney Forster Andrew Want

Boosting Offshore Wind Skills for Environmental Professions

Munro, P., Elliot, M., Mazik, K., & Weir, J. (2022). Boosting Offshore Wind Skills for Environmental Professions. York: Natural England

Mike Elliott

UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)

Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., Coulthard, T., Malik, K., Harrison, L., Ramsden, S., Moloney, J., Ahmed, J., Carter, C., Wolstenholme, J., Halstead, F., & Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)

Kate Smith Thomas Coulthard Stuart McLelland Robert Thomas

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Towards enabling sustainable expansion of offshore wind while protecting marine benthic biodiversity and functioning (BEcoWIND)

Funder

NERC Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£612,236.00

Started

1 April 2023

Status

Ongoing

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 assessment

Funder

Ricardo-AEA Ltd

Grant

£9,975.00

Started

13 June 2019

Status

Complete

Project

Neyland marina dredging impact study

Funder

Cascade Consulting

Grant

£6,850.00

Started

1 January 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Marine ecosystem health: A streamlined approach for assessments through integration, harmonisation and forecasting

Funder

Joint Nature Conservation Committee

Grant

£40,507.00

Started

16 September 2019

Status

Complete

Project

A review of the Environmental Status of the waters of the Tidal Thames.

Funder

RWE Npower plc

Grant

£16,000.00

Started

1 August 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Blue carbon restoration in Northern Ireland - a feasibility study

Funder

Ulster Wildlife Trust

Grant

£9,240.00

Started

1 December 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Accelerating Green and Blue Recovery

Funder

Department of Agriculture (Northern Ireland)

Grant

£36,655.00

Started

1 September 2021

Status

Complete

Project

Evidence review on the sensitivity of seagrass to nutrients

Funder

Natural England

Grant

£18,450.00

Started

21 November 2022

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

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Regional pilot of approaches to monitoring inshore fish communities

Funder

Natural England

Grant

£38,008.00

Started

4 December 2018

Status

Complete

Project

NE-IFCA bait-digging MSc.

Funder

North Eastern Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority

Grant

£18,724.00

Started

1 January 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Evidence based approach to effect of decommissioning on MPA conservation and ecosystem services

Funder

NERC Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£159,178.00

Started

1 February 2017

Status

Complete

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

Project

Investigation on the origin of the deep mud habitat in Whitsand and Looe Bay MCZ

Funder

Natural England

Grant

£9,900.00

Started

26 August 2016

Status

Complete

Project

Connectivity of Hard Substrate Assemblages in the North Sea (CHASANS)

Funder

NERC Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£64,525.00

Started

1 January 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Implications of climate change for the Scottish Marine Protected Area Network

Funder

NatureScot

Grant

£51,625.00

Started

18 July 2016

Status

Complete

Project

MSFD-BHD Coordinated assessment

Funder

ICT Next SA

Grant

£53,586.00

Started

1 March 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Assessment of the Functional Development of a Habitat Offset Site on the Humber (PHS)

Funder

Halcrow Group Ltd

Grant

£96,870.00

Started

1 October 2008

Status

Complete

Project

A Proposal to Natural England to investigate and improve environmental skills and recruitment to the offshore wind sector from academia.

Funder

Natural England

Grant

£14,200.00

Started

17 January 2022

Status

Complete

Project

Holyhead Port Reclamation: Marine Ecological Survey & Assessment

Funder

Stena Line Ports Limited

Grant

£72,617.00

Started

1 May 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; Daniel Parsons (University of Hull) and Duncan McIlroy (Memorial University Newfoundland).

Sophie Al Mudallal. 2020-2023. Impacts of Seabed vibration on sediment structure and infaunal organisms. NERC/EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (Project Aura) (with Thomas Breithaupt (University of Hull) and Louise Roberts (Cornell University, USA)).

Jordan Burgess. 2020 -2023. The impact of windfarm associated noise on commercially important benthic invertebrates. NERC/EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (Project Aura). with Thomas Breithaupt (University of Hull) and Louise Roberts (University of Liverpool)

Enora Lecordier. 2021-2024. ORE Catapult/AURA Doctoral Training Partnership. Aquaculture and offshore wind. (With Rodney Forster, University of Hull)

Ellie-Mae Cook. 2021-2024. NERC/EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (project Aura). Cumulative effects of offshore infrastructure. (with Bryony Caswell, Sue Hull, Rodney Forster, University of Hull)

Ellie Burrell 2022-2026. Blue Carbon potential of restored habitats in estuaries (with Hannah Mossman, Manchester Metropolitan University).

Zoe Bainbridge. 2024-2027. NERC/EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (project Aura). Impact of oshore windfarm development on marine ecosystem functioning: Inter-

action with ecosystem level stressors

Teri Farthing. 2024-2027. NERC/EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (project Aura). The role of marine growth on the performance and survivability of dynamic subsea cables (with Dr Andrew Want and Prof. Stuart McLelland, University of Hull)

MSc (research)

Kate Jones (2014)

Emma Broomhead (2014)

Jonathan Butterfield (2013)

Ellen Bell (2012)

Jane Smith (2007)

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

2019

Similar profiles

Rodney Forster

Marine Science

Alex Riley

Marine Science

Charlotte Hopkins

Marine Science

Sue Hull

Marine Science
Top