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Dr Douglas Speirs
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Mathematics and Statistics
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Publications
- Structure size may affect fish density around oil platforms
- Lawrence Joshua M, Heath Michael R, Speirs Douglas C, Fernandes Paul G
- ICES Journal of Marine Science (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae083
- Elevated fish densities extend kilometres from oil and gas platforms
- Lawrence Joshua M, Speirs Douglas C, Heath Michael R, Fujii Toyonobu, Burns Finlay, Fernandes Paul G
- PLOS One Vol 19 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0302738
- Synthetic shelf sediment maps for the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea
- Laverick Jack H, Speirs Douglas C, Heath Mike R
- Geoscience Data Journal Vol 10, pp. 220-230 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.154
- Ecosystem approach to harvesting in the Arctic : walking the tightrope between exploitation and conservation in the Barents Sea
- Heath Michael R, Benkort Déborah, Brierley Andrew S, Daewel Ute, Laverick Jack H, Proud Roland, Speirs Douglas C
- Ambio Vol 51, pp. 456–470 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01616-9
- Modelling seabed sediment physical properties and organic matter content in the Firth of Clyde
- Pace Matthew C, Bailey David M, Donnan David W, Narayanaswamy Bhavani E, Smith Hazel J, Speirs Douglas C, Turrell William R, Heath Michael R
- Earth System Science Data Vol 13, pp. 5847–5866 (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-5847-2021
- Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life- cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food- webs
- Tarling Geraint, Freer Jennifer J, Banas Neil S, Belcher Anna, Blackwell Mayleen, Castellani Claudia, Cook Kathryn B, Cottier Finlo R, Daase Malin, Johnson Magnus L, Last Kim S, Lindeque Penelope K, Mayor Daniel J, Mitchell Elaine, Parry Helen, Speirs Douglas C, Stowasser Gabriele, Wootton Marianne
- Ambio (2021)
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01667-y
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Professional Activities
- Modelling fisheries displacement in the North Sea and its ecosystem and economic consequences
- Contributor
- 6/12/2023
- Big-picture modelling to help inform marine management trade-offs in the North Sea
- Contributor
- 13/9/2023
- 5th International Zooplankton Production Symposium in Pucon
- Invited speaker
- 3/2011
- University of Glasgow, DEEB seminar “Cod in a web: modelling multi-species length-structured interactions in a North Sea fish community”, 2nd December 2009.
- Invited speaker
- 2009
- Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Biological Systems
- Editorial board member
- 2008
- Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (External organisation)
- Member
- 1/2008
Projects
- Ocean-ICU Improving Carbon Understanding (OceanICU)
- Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2027
- MEESO Annual Science Meeting (ASM)
- Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator)
- 06-Jan-2022 - 08-Jan-2022
- Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds (ECOWINGS)
- Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator) Banas, Neil (Co-investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- Shaping ecosystem based fisheries management (SEAwise)
- Heath, Mike (Principal Investigator) Speirs, Douglas (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
- Mission Atlantic. Towards the Sustainable Development of the Atlantic Ocean
- Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 31-Jan-2025
- Aggregation, production and spill-over: what are the cumulative effects of manmade structures on North Sea fish?
- Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024
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Contact
Dr
Douglas
Speirs
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics
Email: d.c.speirs@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3813