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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 R Statistical Programming (50033) L7 Environmental Impact Assessment (58041) L7 Research Design (16967) L6 Environmental Impact Assessment (50020) L6 Malaysia Field Trip L5 Aquatic Zoology (58058)

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Uneasy bedfellows: Fisheries and the search for space for marine conservation zones in english waters

Rodmell, D., Caveen, A., & Johnson, M. L. (2020). Uneasy bedfellows: Fisheries and the search for space for marine conservation zones in english waters. In J. Humphreys, & R. W. Clark (Eds.), Marine Protected Areas: Science Policy and Management (99-112). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102698-4.00005-8

Journal Article

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., …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

Moving Toward a Strategy for Addressing Climate Displacement of Marine Resources: A Proof-of-Concept

Mangano, M. C., Mieszkowska, N., Helmuth, B., Domingos, T., Sousa, T., Baiamonte, G., …Sarà, G. (2020). Moving Toward a Strategy for Addressing Climate Displacement of Marine Resources: A Proof-of-Concept. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 408. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00408

Converting SACFOR data for statistical analysis: Validation, demonstration and further possibilities

Strong, J. A., & Johnson, M. (2020). Converting SACFOR data for statistical analysis: Validation, demonstration and further possibilities. Marine Biodiversity Records, 13(1), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41200-020-0184-3

Home-made fish traps reduce the capture of small shannies (Lipophrys pholis) compared to using hand-nets in the UK

Barrett, C. J., Johnson, M. L., & Hull, S. L. (2020). Home-made fish traps reduce the capture of small shannies (Lipophrys pholis) compared to using hand-nets in the UK. Conservation Evidence Journal, 17, 32-34

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

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. Completed PhDs Knowles, Kathryn (2010) A holistic framework for environmental change : socio-environmental cohesion for sustainability (2nd with Angela Espinosa) Cardoso Castro, Pedro-Pablo (2011) Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities : a methodology for regeneration programs (2nd with Angela Espinosa) Ashelby, Christopher (2012) Taxonomic, systematic, morphological and biological studies on Palaemon Weber, 1795 (crustacea: decapoda: palaemonidae) Christopher Barrett (2012) The ecology of intertidal fishes & the mechanisms which allow for their coexistence (2nd with Sue Hull) Kirkbride-Smith, Anne (2014) The economic, social and conservation benefits of recreation-orientated artificial reefs Dobson, N (2015) Aspects of the eyes of Pontoniine Decapods James Wood (2015) Biology and Ecology of the Holderness Coast Lobster Fishery. Current PhD supervisions Cowing, Daniel: Developing hatcheries for Nephrops Norvegicus Roach, Michael: Interactions of lobster fishing and offshore windfarms

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