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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Journal Article

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. (in press). DNA metabarcoding reveals the dietary profiles of a benthic marine crustacean,Nephrops norvegicus. PLoS ONE, 18(11), 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., …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., …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

Preliminary study into the trophic position of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) using stable isotopes

De Grave, S., Struck, U., & Johnson, M. L. (2021). Preliminary study into the trophic position of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) using stable isotopes. Crustaceana, 94(9), 1145-1153. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-bja10143

The Crustacean Society Morphology and reproduction in the Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 species complex (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae)

Bähr, S., Johnson, M. L., Berumen, M. L., Hardenstine, R. S., Rich, W. A., & Van Der Meij, S. E. T. (2021). The Crustacean Society Morphology and reproduction in the Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859 species complex (Decapoda: Brachyura: Cryptochiridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 41(3), Article ruab052. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruab052

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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