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Biography Royal Society of Edinburgh / Scottish Government Research Fellow (2009-2014). University of Glasgow.
NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2006-2009). University of Glasgow.
Honorary Lecturer in Marine Biology (2005 to present). University of Glasgow.
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (2004-2006). University Marine Biological Station Millport.
Ph.D. Marine Biology (2001-2004). University of London.
B.Sc. (Hons) Marine Biology (1997-2000). University of Wales, Bangor.
Research interests Climate change and marine ecosystems: Modelling relationships between Holocene climatic variability and marine ecosystem descriptors
Climatic and ecological proxies for the Holocene: Development of sub-annual resolution palaeoclimatic and palaeoecological proxies for the Holocene
Ecosystem service provision: Investigating the role of marine biogenic carbonates as ecosystem service providers
Fisheries and marine ecosystems: Investigating if/how fisheries impact the expected responses of marine ecosystems to climatic and envrionmental variability
Current research Evidence indicates that current climates and sea levels are atypical of those during much of the Phanerozoic, raising questions addressing the impacts such climatic variations have on terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Unfortunately, there is relatively little, or spatially isolated, knowledge regarding Holocene climatic variability, and thus its extent still remains debated. At present, we are living in a period of rapid climate change where major climatic changes may become visible in as little as 50 years. Due to its speed, that climatic variability may also be having unexpected impacts on marine ecosystems.
I use biogenic carbonate deposits (in particular maerl or rhodolith deposits) and the highly diverse assemblages they host, to obtain high-resolution climatic histories of the Holocene and also determine any relationships between Holocene climatic variability and the ecology of shallow-water marine ecosystems.
In addition, I investigate the impact fisheries have on the responses of commercially targeted species to climatic variability. I use fisheries records to investigate, and project, if/how fishing intensity modifies expected ecological responses of targeted species to seasonal and short-term climatic variability. Recent publications | View all publications >> Kamenos, N.A. and Law, A. 2010. Temperature controls on coralline algal skeletal growth. Journal of Phycology, v46,xx-xx. Kamenos, N.A., Cusack, M., Huthwelker, T., Lagarde, P. and Scheibling, R.E. 2009. Mg-lattice associations in red coralline algae. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v.73,1901-1907. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2009.01.010 >> Claverie, T. and Kamenos N.A. 2008. Spawning aggregations and mass movements in subtidal Onchidoris bilamellata (Mollusca; Opisthobranchia). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, v88, 157-159.
Kamenos, N.A., Cusack, M. and Moore, P.G. 2008. Coralline algae are global palaeothermometers with bi-weekly resolution. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, v.72, 771-779.
View full text >> doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.019 >> Kamenos, N.A., Strong, S.C., Shenoy, D.M., Wilson, S.T., Hatton, A.D. and Moore PG. 2008. Red coralline algae as a source of marine biogenic dimethylsulphoniopropionate. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v.371, 61-66. doi:10.3354/meps07687 >> Linge H., Lauritzen S.E., Mangerud J., Kamenos N.A. & Gherardi J.M. 2008. Assessing the use of U-Th methods to determine the age of cold-water calcareous algae. Quaternary Geochronology , doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2007.09.003. View full text >> doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2007.09.003 >> Kamenos, N.A., Calosi, P. and Moore, P.G. 2006. Substratum-mediated heart rate responses of an invertebrate to predation threat. Animal Behaviour v.71, 809-813. View full text >> doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.05.026 >> Downie, J.R., Robinson, E., Linklater-McLennan, R.J. and Kamenos, N.A. 2005. The costs of extended larval transport in the Trinidadian stream frog, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatodae). Journal of Natural History v.39, 2023-2034. View abstract >> Kamenos, N.A. 2005. Maerl beds fulfil nursery area requirements of marine vertebrates and invertebrates. Scottish Association of Marine Science Newsletter v.31, 15-16. Kamenos, N.A., Moore, P.G. and Hall-Spencer, J.M. 2004. The attachment of the juvenile queen scallop (Aequipecten opercularis) to maerl in mesocosm conditions: juvenile habitat selection. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology v.306 139-155. View full text >> doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2003.10.013 >> Recent research grants | View all grants >> Kamenos, N.A. 2009-2014. Impacts of climatic variability on shallow water marine
ecosystems and resources, ~£500,000 (RSE 48704/1).
Kamenos, N.A. 2009. Travel grant for research in Canada and USA. The Royal Society of Edinburgh. (£11,505, grant num: not yet assigned). Kamenos, N.A. and Hoey, T. 2009. Travel grant for research in Greenland. The Carnegie Trust (£3,600). Kamenos, N.A. 2007. Tavel grant for fieldwork in Canada, £822 (John Robertson Bequest JR07/13) Kamenos, N.A. 2007. Using δ18O in maerl as both a salinity and temperature proxy, £22,500 (NERC IMF 323/1007 grant-in-kind). Current postgraduate students
Heidi Burdett (PhD candidate)
Du-Jiao Guo (PhD candidate)
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