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List of works by J. Murray Roberts

18O/16O and 13C/12C in an ahermatypic deep‐water coral Lophelia pertusa from the North Atlantic: a case of disequilibrium isotope fractionation

A new laboratory method for monitoring deep-water coral polyp behaviour

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Acoustic mapping using a multibeam echosounder reveals cold-water coral reefs and surrounding habitats

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Ammonium metabolism in the symbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis

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Assessing the living and dead proportions of cold-water coral colonies: implications for deep-water Marine Protected Area monitoring in a changing ocean

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Behavioural differences in microhabitat use by damselfishes (Pomacentridae): implications for reef fish biodiveristy

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Benthic O2 uptake of two cold-water coral communities estimated with the non-invasive eddy correlation technique

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Beta diversity of cold-water coral reef communities off western Scotland

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Biodiversity and ecological composition of macrobenthos on cold-water coral mounds and adjacent off-mound habitat in the bathyal Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic

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Biodiversity of Spongosorites coralliophaga (Stephens, 1915) on coral rubble at two contrasting cold-water coral reef settings

Changes in fossil assemblage in sediment cores from Mingulay Reef Complex (NE Atlantic): Implications for coral reef build-up

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Climate-induced changes in the suitable habitat of cold-water corals and commercially important deep-sea fishes in the North Atlantic

scientific article published on 20 February 2020

Cold-Water Coral Reefs

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Cold-Water Coral Reefs

Cold-Water Corals in an Era of Rapid Global Change: Are These the Deep Ocean’s Most Vulnerable Ecosystems?

Cold-water coral reef frameworks, megafaunal communities and evidence for coral carbonate mounds on the Hatton Bank, north east Atlantic

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Cold-water coral reef habitats benefit recreationally valuable sharks

Cold-water corals in a changing ocean

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Corals as archives

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Corals in deep-water: will the unseen hand of ocean acidification destroy cold-water ecosystems?

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Data challenges and opportunities for environmental management of North Sea oil and gas decommissioning in an era of blue growth

scholarly article by Fiona Murray published in November 2018

Deep sea ecosystem exploration and ‘health check’: sampling strategy and methods applied during the iAtlantic_BR10_Petrobras cruise in the Santos Basin, Southwest Atlantic

scientific article published in 2023

Deep-sea coral δ13C: A tool to reconstruct the difference between seawater pH and δ11B-derived calcifying fluid pH

scholarly article by Patrick Martin et al published 11 January 2016 in Geophysical Research Letters

Do bottom-intensified diurnal tidal currents shape the alignment of carbonate mounds in the NE Atlantic?

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Downwelling and deep-water bottom currents as food supply mechanisms to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) at the Mingulay Reef Complex

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Ecohydrodynamics of cold-water coral reefs: a case study of the Mingulay Reef Complex (western Scotland).

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Environmental variability and biodiversity of megabenthos on the Hebrides Terrace Seamount (Northeast Atlantic).

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Erratum to “Behavioural differences in microhabitat use by damselfishes (Pomacentridae): Implications for reef fish biodiversity” [J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 202 (1996) 85–95]

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Erratum to: Cold-water coral reef frameworks, megafaunal communities and evidence for coral carbonate mounds on the Hatton Bank, north east Atlantic

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Exceptional 20th Century Ocean Circulation in the Northeast Atlantic

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Fine-scale nutrient and carbonate system dynamics around cold-water coral reefs in the northeast Atlantic

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Fish communities associated with cold-water corals vary with depth and substratum type

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Full effects of oil rigs on corals are not yet known

scientific article published on 01 January 2000

Global ocean conveyor lowers extinction risk in the deep sea

Growth and branching patterns of Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) from the North Sea

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Growth of north-east Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and mounds during the Holocene: A high resolution U-series and 14C chronology

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Hidden impacts of ocean acidification to live and dead coral framework

scientific article (publication date: 22 August 2015)

Historic scale and persistence of drill cuttings impacts on North Sea benthos

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Improving predictive mapping of deep-water habitats: Considering multiple model outputs and ensemble techniques

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Larval behaviour, dispersal and population connectivity in the deep sea

scientific article published on 30 June 2020

Lipid biomarkers reveal geographical differences in food supply to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia)

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Lipids and nitrogen isotopes of two deep-water corals from the North-East Atlantic: initial results and implications for their nutrition

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Mainstreaming marine biodiversity into the SDGs: The role of other effective area-based conservation measures (SDG 14.5)

Major impacts of climate change on deep-sea benthic ecosystems

scholarly article by Andrew K. Sweetman et al published 23 February 2017 in Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene

Metabolic tolerance of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) to temperature and dissolved oxygen change

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Monitoring environmental variability around cold-water coral reefs: the use of a benthic photolander and the potential of seafloor observatories

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Multi-scale interactions between local hydrography, seabed topography, and community assembly on cold-water coral reefs

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Multiple feeding strategies observed in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. no. , May 2019

North Atlantic ecosystem sensitivity to Holocene shifts in Meridional Overturning Circulation

scholarly article by Mélanie Douarin et al published 8 January 2016 in Geophysical Research Letters

Northeastern Atlantic cold-water coral reefs and climate

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Ocean sprawl facilitates dispersal and connectivity of protected species

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Physiological response of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus to thermal stress and ocean acidification.

scientific article published on 2 February 2016

Potential Impacts of Offshore Oil and Gas Activities on Deep-Sea Sponges and the Habitats They Form

scientific article published on 09 March 2018

Predicting suitable habitat for the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia)

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Preserving deep-sea natural heritage: Emerging issues in offshore conservation and management

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Primary site and initial products of ammonium assimilation in the symbiotic sea anemone Anemonia viridis

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Protocooperation among Small Polyps Allows the Coral Astroides Calycularis to Prey on Large Jellyfish

scientific article published in 2018

Recommendations for best practice in deep-sea habitat classification: Bullimore et al. as a case study

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Reef-aggregating behaviour by symbiotic eunicid polychaetes from cold-water corals: do worms assemble reefs?

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Reefs of the deep: the biology and geology of cold-water coral ecosystems

scientific article published in April 2006

Role of cold-water Lophelia pertusa coral reefs as fish habitat in the NE Atlantic

Scotland as a case study for how benefits of marine ecosystem services may contribute to the commercial fishing industry

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Self-recognition in corals facilitates deep-sea habitat engineering

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Sensitivity of a cold‐water coral reef to interannual variability in regional oceanography

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Sensitivity of marine protected area network connectivity to atmospheric variability

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Symbiotic anemones can grow when starved: nitrogen budget for Anemonia viridis in ammonium-supplemented seawater

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The Occurrence of the Coral Lophelia pertusa and Other Conspicuous Epifauna around an Oil Platform in the North Sea

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The cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) and enigmatic seabed mounds along the north-east Atlantic margin: are they related?

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The effect of local hydrodynamics on the spatial extent and morphology of cold-water coral habitats at Tisler Reef, Norway.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

The occurrence of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia) on oil and gas platforms in the North Sea: colony growth, recruitment and environmental controls on distribution.

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Tidal downwelling and implications for the carbon biogeochemistry of cold-water corals in relation to future ocean acidification and warming.

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Using novel acoustic and visual mapping tools to predict the small-scale spatial distribution of live biogenic reef framework in cold-water coral habitats

scientific article published on 05 December 2016

Using the Goldilocks Principle to model coral ecosystem engineering

scientific article published in 2021

Video-assisted grabbing: a minimally destructive method of sampling azooxanthellate coral banks

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