Office location: Room 115, Marine Centre Wales, Menai Bridge

(Tel: 01248 383961)

Email:  p.robins@bangor.ac.uk

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I'm a Professor in Physical Oceanography at the School of Ocean Sciences. I gained my Degree in Mathematics and Physical Oceanography (2003) and Ph.D on internal tides (2008) from Bangor University. I'm interested in a wide range of human and biological impacts of coastal dynamics and change, with applications to coastal hazards (coastal flooding, water quality degradation, pollution and public health risk), coastal morphology, marine population dynamics and connectivity, and marine renewable energy resource and impact studies.

My research generally involves developing hydrodynamic models that simulate coastal processes, such as realistic representations of the past, future climate change impact studies, or hypothetical scenarios such as simulating flood mitigation, the impact of tidal-stream turbines on sediment transport, or marine population spread via larval dispersal. I'm especially interested in estuaries because of the multiple complex estuarine processes that affect communities and wildlife - and as there is still much to discover, with current research focussing on improving our understanding of compound flooding and public exposure to water-borne pathogens. I enjoy working with a wide range of scientists across different disciplines, with climate modellers to ensure their projections are relevant for coastal impact, and with coastal policy makers so that our research has real world outcomes. 

• PhD: Modelling internal tides
  2008
• MSc: Physical Oceanography and Maths

I currently supervise the following PhD students as primary supervisor:

Thomas Clough - Predicting future compound hazards of coastal flooding [KESS-Dwr Cymru Welsh Water, 2020-24]

Aaron Furnish - Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas [NERC ENVISION, 2021-25]

Megan O'Hara - What drives cold pulses at remote tropical reefs? [NERC ENVISION, 2022-25]

Ankita Bhattacharya - The influence of groundwater to future flood risk [NERC ENVISION, 2022-25]

Dani Crowley - The socio-ecological importance of elasmobranchs to coastal communities in a changing climate [NERC SuMMeR, 2024-28]

Adam Winrow - Modelling the fate of wastewater-derived human pathogenic fungi from catchment to coast [NERC RED-ALERT, 2024-28]

.... and as co-supervisor:

Deanna Groom - Historical Shipwrecks and the impacts of climate change [Private, 2021-24]

Claire Carrington - Understanding responses of coastal seabirds to local and daily-scale meteorological variations [NERC ENVISION, 2022-26]

Jake Jackman - There and back again: monitoring the returning fish to the Mersey estuary [Salford/Bangor/MerseyGateway, 2022-26]

Nina Baskerville - Using an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate pollution impacts and antimicrobial resistant pathogen dynamics across terrestrial, estuarine and marine environments [NERC - SuMMeR, 2023-27]

Kaila Kormblum - Factors limiting marine connectivity at a species range edge – the case of the pink sea fan, Eunicella verrucosa [NERC - SuMMeR, 2023-27]

Lauren Evans - Using prey availability metrics to explain the foraging distribution of deep-diving seabirds.  [NERC ENVISION, 2023-27]

Stephen King - Exploring factors underpinning resilience and identifying avenues for restoration of maerl beds, a priority habitat for marine conservation [NERC ENVISION, 2024-28]

Alireza Moradi - Evaluating the influence of a Pumped Storage Hydropower plant on the hydro-environmental characteristics of Loch Ness, Scotland [Glen Earrach Energy, 2025-28]

Past supervision:

Mirko Barada - Coastal flooding: using historical records to mitigate future risk. [Cemlyn Jones, 2020-24, Primary supervisor]

Nic Chopin (MPhil) – Variability in the Irish Mussel shellfishery [BIM, 2020-24, co-supervisor]

Nia Jones - Dispersal of Microplastics in the Marine Environment. [NERC ENVISION, 2020-23, co-supervisor]

Michael Ridgil - The Global Riverine Hydrokinetic energy Resource [KESS, 2019-22, co-supervisor]

Jonathan Demmer - Simulating the temporal and spatial variability of North Wales mussel populations [KESS, 2017-20, Primary supervisor]

I welcome potential Phd projects on a range of coastal oceanography topics: e.g. estuarine processes, flood risk, water quality, coastal dispersal, marine renewable energy, sediment transport and climate change. Please get in touch with your ideas...

Please visit findaphd.com for up-to-date funded phd opportunities...

2024

• E-pub ahead of printAssessing hydrodynamic impacts of tidal range energy impoundments in UK coastal waters
  Roome, E., Robins, P., Ahmadian, R., Austin, M., Hanousek, N., Guo, B. & Neill, S., 18 Oct 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Renewable Energy. 121601.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedConnectivity between Populations of the Scallop Pecten maximus in the Irish Sea and the Implications for Fisheries Management
  Close, H., Lambert, G., Robins, P. & Gimenez Noya, L., 3 Jan 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 10
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEngaging Communities in Sulawesi Island, Indonesia: A Collaborative Approach to Modelling Marine Plastic Debris through Open Science and Online Visualization
  Jones, N., Robins, P., Christie, D., Demmer, J., Faizal, I., Giebink, N., Huang, P., Jones, G., Kantamaneni, K., Lewis, M., Pratama, M., Purba, N. & Ward, S., 16 May 2024, In: Cambridge Prisms: Plastics.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFloating plastics as a potential dispersal vector for rafting marine non-native species
  González -Ortegó , E., Demmer, J., Robins, P. & Jenkins, S., 1 Oct 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 207, 116919.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• In preparationInfluence of groundwater in compound flooding in UK estuaries
  Bhattacharya, A. & Robins, P., 2024, (In preparation).
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedMicrocosm experiment investigating climate-induced thermal effects on human virus viability in seawater: qPCR vs capsid integrity for enhanced risk management
  Kevill, J., Li, X., Garcia-Delgado, A., Herridge, K., Farkas, K., Gaze, W. H., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208, 117006.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPlastic pollution and human pathogens: Toward s a conceptual shift in risk management at bathing water and beach environments
  Oliver, D., Metcalf, R., Jones, D. L., Matallana-Surget, S., Thomas, D., Robins, P., Tulloch, C., Cotterell, B., Williams, G., ChristieOleza, J. & Quilliam, R., 1 Sept 2024, In: Water Research. 261, 121879.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting potential spawning areas of European bass, Dicentrarchus labrax, in the Irish and Celtic Seas
  Lincoln, H., Robins, P., Wilmes, S.-B., Pérez-Mayol, S., Moore, A., Simpson, S., Goward Brown, A., Heney, C., Malham, S., Morales-Nin, B., Hold, N. & McCarthy, I., 1 Feb 2024, In: Fisheries Research. 270, 106884.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• E-pub ahead of printSettling and rising velocities of microplastics: Laboratory experiments and lattice Boltzmann modeling
  Shen, X., Lin, M., Chong, H., Zhang, J., Li, X., Robins, P., Bi, Q., Zhu, Y., Zhang, Y. & Chen, Q., 15 Dec 2024, In: Environmental Pollution. 363, 1, 125107.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThresholds for storm-driven estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach.
  Lyddon, C., Nguyen, C., Vasilopoulos, G., Ridgill, M., Moradian, S., Olbert, A., Coulthard, T., Barkwith, A. & Robins, P., 21 Mar 2024, In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 24, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTrapping and bypassing of suspended particulate matter, particulate nutrients and faecal indicator organisms in the river-estuary transition zone of a shallow macrotidal estuary
  Jago, C., Robins, P., Howlett, E., Hassard, F., Rajko-Nenow, P., Jackson, S., Nguyen, C. & Malham, S., 20 Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 917, 170343.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

• PublishedExploring regional coastal sediment pathways using a coupled tide-wave-sediment dynamics model
  Davies, A. G., Robins, P., Austin, M. & Walker-Springett, G., 15 Jan 2023, In: Continental Shelf Research. 253, 104903.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHeterogeneous microgeographic genetic structure of the common cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean: biogeographic barriers and environmental factors
  Vera, M., Wilmes, S.-B., Maroso, F., Hermida, M., Blanco, A., Casanova, A., Iglesias, D., Cao, A., Culloty, S. C., Mahony, K., Orvain, F., Bouza, C., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lynch, S., Antonio, V. & Martínez, P., Oct 2023, In: Heredity. 131, 4, p. 292-305
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHistoric Spatial Patterns of Storm-Driven Compound Events in UK Estuaries
  Lyddon, C., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Barkwith, A., Vasilopoulos, G., Haigh, I. & Coulthard, T., Jan 2023, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 46, 1, p. 30-56 27 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImproved Understanding and Characterisation of Climate Hazards in the UK
  Catto, J., Brown, S., Barnes, C., Chan, S., Cotterill, D., Dale, M., Dawkins, L., Fowler, H., Garry, F., Keat, W., Kendon, E., Lowe, J., Manning, C., Pritchard, D., Robins, P., Sexton, D., Shooter, R. & Stephenson, D., 23 Dec 2023, Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK. Springer
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedThe importance of resolving nearshore currents in coastal dispersal models
  Ward, S., Robins, P., Owen, A., Demmer, J. & Jenkins, S., 1 Jun 2023, In: Ocean Modelling. 183, 102181.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThresholds for estuarine compound flooding using a combined hydrodynamic-statistical modelling approach
  Lyddon, C., Nguyen, C., Vasilopoulos, G., Ridgill, M., Moradian, S., Olbert, A., Coulthard, T., Barkwith, A. & Robins, P., 4 Oct 2023, (Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences).
  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

2022

• PublishedA Comprehensive Assessment of Climate Change and Coastal Inundation through Satellite-Derived Datasets: A Case Study of Sabang Island, Indonesia
  Kantamaneni , K., Christie, D., Lyddon, C., Huang, P., Nizar, M., Balasubramani, K., Ravichandran, V., Prasad, K. A., Pushparaj, R. R. B., Robins, P. & Panneer, S., 15 Jun 2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 12, 2857.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEvidence of potential synergy between aquaculture and offshore renewable energy
  Demmer, J., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Neill, S., 30 Sept 2022, In: International Marine Energy Journal. 5, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedFlood scenario modelling in estuaries based on different management strategies
  Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., Mar 2022, p. 29.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedGenomic survey of edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Northeast Atlantic: a baseline for sustainable management of its wild resources.
  Vera, M., Maroso, F., Wilmes, S.-B., Malham, S., Groves, E., Hermida, M., Blanco, A., Fernandez, C., Bouza, C., Martinez, P. & Robins, P., 24 Feb 2022, In: Evolutionary Applications. 15, 2, p. 262-285 24 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHydrokinetic energy conversion: A global riverine perspective
  Ridgill, M., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Patil, S. & Neill, S., Jul 2022, In: Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 14, 4, 044501.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedIs estuary shape important for (compound) flooding in estuaries?
  Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., 11 Jul 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedKelp detritus: Unutilized productivity or an unacknowledged trophic resource?
  Walton, M., R, B., Griffiths, J., Cartwright, D., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Le Vay, L., 10 May 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 820, 153191.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLarval dispersal from an energetic tidal channel and implications for blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) shellfisheries
  Demmer, J., Neill, S., Andres, O., Malham, S., Jones, T. & Robins, P., 1 Dec 2022, In: Aquaculture International. 30, 6, p. 2969-2995
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMedium-term variability of the UK's combined tidal energy resource for a net-zero carbon grid
  Todeschini, G., Coles, D., Lewis, M., Popov, I., Angeloudis, A., Fairley, I., Johnson, F., Williams, A. J., Robins, P. & Masters, I., 1 Jan 2022, In: Energy. 238, 121990.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting the dispersal of SARS-CoV-2 RNA from the wastewater treatment plant to the coast
  Robins, P., Dickson, N., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Singer, A., Quilliam, R. & Jones, D. L., Sept 2022, In: Heliyon. 8, 9, E10547.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPriorities to inform research on marine plastic pollution in Southeast Asia
  Omeyer, L. C. M., Duncan, E. M., Aiemsomboon, K., Beaumont, N., Bureekul, S., Cao, B., Carrasco, L. R., Chavanich, S., Clark, J., Cordova, M. R., Couceiro, F., Cragg, S. M., Dickson, N., Frailler, P., Ferraro, G., Fletcher, S., Fong, J., Ford, A., Guttierrez, T., Hamid, F. S., Hiddink, J. G., Hoa, P. T., Holland, S. L., Jones, L., Jones, N., Koldewey, H., Lauro, F. M., Lee, C., Lewis, M., Marks, D., Matallana-Surget, S., Mayorga-Adame, C. G., McGeehan, J., Fesser, L., Michie, L., Miller, M. A., Mohamad, Z. F., Nor, N. H. M., Muller, M., Neill, S., Nelms, S. E., Onda, D. F., Ong, J. J. L., Pariatamby, A., Phang, S. C., Quiliam, R., Robins, P., Salta, M., Sartimbul, A., Shakuto, S., Skov, M., Taboada, E. B., Todd, P. A., Toh, T. C., Valiyaveettil, S., Viyakran, V., Wonnapinij, P., Wood, L. E., Yong, C. L. X. & Godley, B. J., 1 Oct 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 841, 156704.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
• PublishedThe importance of estuary shape in evaluating the flood risk in estuaries
  Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., 24 May 2022.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
• PublishedThe influence of tides on the North West European shelf winter residual circulation
  Tinker, J., Polton, J., Robins, P., Lewis, M. & O'Neill, C., 12 Oct 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of wind in controlling the connectivity of blue mussels (Mytilus edulis L.) populations
  Demmer, J., Robins, P., Malham, S., Lewis, M., Owen, A., Jones, T. & Neill, S., 21 Jan 2022, In: Movement Ecology. 10, 1, 3.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

• PublishedA standardised tidal-stream power curve, optimised for the global resource
  Lewis, M., O'Hara Murray, R., Fredriksson, S., Maskell, J., de Fockert, A., Neill, S. & Robins, P., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 1308-1323
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedClimate change accelerates range expansion of the invasive non-native species, the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas.
  King, N., Wilmes, S.-B., Smyth, D., Tinker, J., Robins, P., Thorpe, J., Jones, L. & Malham, S., Feb 2021, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78, 1, p. 70-81 70-81.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCompound flooding: Dependence at sub-daily scales between extreme storm surge and fluvial flow
  Robins, P., Lewis, M., Elnahrawi, M., Lyddon, C., Dickson, N. & Coulthard, T., 16 Aug 2021, In: Frontiers. 7, 727294.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedGlobal riverine theoretical hydrokinetic resource assessment
  Ridgill, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P. & Patil, S., 1 Aug 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 174, p. 654-665
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedModelling Different Flood Management Scenarios in Estuaries
  Barada, M., Robins, P., Skov, M. & Lewis, M., Nov 2021.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
• PublishedSensitivity of estuaries to compound flooding.
  Harrison, L. M., Coulthard, T. J., Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 13 Oct 2021, In: Estuaries and Coasts.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal Range Resource of Australia
  Neill, S., Hemer, M., Robins, P., Griffiths, A. & Furnish, A., 1 Jun 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 170, p. 683-692
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedUsing bio-physical modelling and population genetics for conservation and management of an exploited species, Pecten maximus L.
  Hold, N., Robins, P., Szostek, C., Lambert, G., Lincoln, H., Le Vay, L., Bell, E. & Kaiser, M., Nov 2021, In: Fisheries Oceanography. 30, 6, p. 740-756 17 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedFine-scale seascape genomics of an exploited marine species, the common cockle Cerastoderma edule, using a multi-modelling approach
  Coscia, I., Wilmes, S.-B., Ironside, J. E., Goward Brown, A., O'Dea, E., Malham, S., McDevitt, A. & Robins, P., Sept 2020, In: Evolutionary Applications. 13, 8, p. 1854-1867
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of Sediment Concentration on the Survival of Wastewater-Derived blaCTX-M-15-Producing E. coli, and the Implications for Dispersal into Estuarine Waters
  Bashawri, Y. M. A., Robins, P., Jones, D. L., McDonald, J., Cooper, D. & Williams, P., 19 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 20, 15 p., 7608.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRole of trait combinations, habitat matrix and network topology in metapopulation recovery from regional extinction
  Gimenez Noya, J., Robins, P. & Jenkins, S., Apr 2020, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 65, 4, p. 775-789
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedChanging Hydrology: A UK Perspective
  Robins, P. & Lewis, M., 2019, Coasts and estuaries: The future. Wolanski, E., Day, J., Elliott, M. & Ramachandran, R. (eds.). Burlington: Elsevier, p. 611-617 6 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPower variability of tidal-stream energy and implications for electricity supply
  Lewis, M., McNaughton, J., Márquez-Dominguez, C., Todeschini, G., Togneri, M., Masters, I., Allmark, M., Stallard, T., Neill, S., Goward Brown, A. & Robins, P., 15 Sept 2019, In: Energy. 183, p. 1061-1074
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedScience to Policy: The role of marine renewable energy in a low carbon future
  Wiik, E., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., O'Doherty, T., Toberman, H., Pan, S., Ebdon, T., Masters, I. & Togneri, M., Mar 2019, Ser Cymru National Research Network for Low Carbon, Energy and Environment. (Science to Policy)
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedViral dispersal in the coastal zone: A method to quantify water quality risk
  Robins, P., Farkas, K., Jones, D. L., Cooper, D. & Malham, S., May 2019, In: Environment International. 126, p. 430-442
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedWave-tide interaction modulates nearshore wave height
  Lewis, M. J., Palmer, T., Hashemi, R., Robins, P., Saulter, A., Brown, J., Lewis, H. & Neill, S., Mar 2019, In: Ocean Dynamics. 69, 3, p. 367-384
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedCharacterising the tidal stream power resource around France using a high-resolution harmonic database
  Guillou, N., Neill, S. & Robins, P., Aug 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 123, p. 706-718
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImproving estuary models by reducing uncertainties associated with river flows
  Robins, P., Lewis, M., Freer, J., Cooper, D., Skinner, C. & Coulthard, T., 31 Jul 2018, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRegional-scale patterns in harbour porpoise occupancy of tidal stream environments
  Waggitt, J., Dunn, H., Evans, P. G. H., Hiddink, J., Holmes, L. J., Keen, E., Murcott, B. D., Piano, M., Robins, P., Scott, B. E., Bond, J. & Veneruso, G., 1 Mar 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. p. 701-710
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Influence of Intra-Array Wake Dynamics on Depth-Averaged Kinetic Tidal Turbine Energy Extraction Simulations
  Piano, M., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Neill, S., 22 Oct 2018, In: Energies. 11, 10, 2852.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal range energy resource and optimization – past perspectives and future challenges
  Neill, S., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Walkington, I., Ward, S., Masters, I., Lewis, M., Piano, M., Avdis, A., Piggott, M., Aggidis, G., Evans, P., Adcock, T., Zidonis, A., Ahmadian, R. & Falconer, R., Nov 2018, In: Renewable Energy. 127, November, p. 763-778
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedTidal stream resource characterisation in progressive versus standing wave systems
  Ward, S., Robins, P., Lewis, M., Iglesias, G., Hashemi, M. R. & Neill, S., 15 Jun 2018, In: Applied Energy. 220, p. 274-285
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• PublishedCharacteristics of the velocity profile at tidal-stream energy sites
  Lewis, M., Neill, S., Robins, P., Hashemi, M. R. & Ward, S., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. 114, Part A, p. 258-272
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInfluence of storm surge on tidal range energy
  Lewis, M., Angeloudis, A., Robins, P., Evans, P. S. & Neill, S., Mar 2017, In: Energy. 122, p. 25-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPredicting the dispersal of wild Pacific oysters Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) from an existing frontier population—a numerical study
  Robins, P., King, J., Jenkins, S. & Tita, A., 2017, In: Aquatic Invasions. 12, 2, p. 117-131
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedResidual flow, bedforms and sediment transport in a tidal channel modelled with variable bed roughness
  Davies, A. & Robins, P., 15 Oct 2017, In: Geomorphology. 295, p. 855-872
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Impact of Marine Renewable Energy Extraction on Sediment Dynamics
  Neill, S., Robins, P. & Fairley, I., 10 Apr 2017, Marine Renewable Energy: Resource characterization and physical effects. Yang, Z. & Copping, A. (eds.). Springer, p. 279-304
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedTidal stream resource assessment uncertainty due to flow asymmetry and turbine yaw misalignment
  Piano, M., Neill, S., Lewis, M., Robins, P., Hashemi, R., Davies, A., Ward, S. & Roberts, M., Dec 2017, In: Renewable Energy. p. 1363-1375
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• PublishedResearch priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
  Roche, R., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, P., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, T., Piano, M., Ward, S., Duce, C., Waggitt, J., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Dec 2016, In: Renewable Energy. 99, December, p. 1327-1341 15 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• PublishedCharacterising the spatial and temporal variability of the tidal-stream energy resource over the northwest European shelf seas
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J. & Ward, S. L., 1 Jun 2015, In: Applied Energy. 147, p. 510-522
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedCharacterizing the tidal energy resource of the West Anglesey Demonstration Zone (UK), using TELEMAC-2D and field observations
  Piano, M., Ward, S. L., Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Lewis, M. J., Davies, A. G., Powell, B. I., Owen, A. W. & Hashemi, R. M., 15 Oct 2015.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedConnectivity and Dispersal Patterns of Protected Biogenic Reefs: Implications for the Conservation of Modiolus modiolus (L.) in the Irish Sea
  Gormley, K., Mackenzie, C., Robins, P. E., Coscia, I., Cassidy, A., James, J., Hull, A., Piertney, S., Sanderson, W. & Porter, J., 1 Dec 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 12, p. e0143337
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEffect of waves on the tidal energy resource at a planned tidal stream array
  Hashemi, M. R., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G. & Lewis, M. J., Mar 2015, In: Renewable Energy. 75, p. 626-639
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of climate change on UK estuaries: A review of past trends and potential projections
  Robins, P. E., Skov, M. W., Lewis, M. J., Gimenez, L., Davies, A. G., Malham, S. K., Neill, S. P., McDonald, J. E., Whitton, T. A., Jackson, S. E. & Jago, C. F., 17 Dec 2015, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 169, p. 119-135
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedResource assessment for future generations of tidal-stream energy arrays
  Lewis, M., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E. & Hashemi, M. R., 1 Apr 2015, In: Energy. 83, p. 403-415
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2014

• PublishedFuture variability of solute transport in a macrotidal estuary
  Robins, P. E., Lewis, M. J., Simpson, J. H., Howlett, E. R. & Malham, S. K., 13 Oct 2014, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 151, p. 88-99
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedImpact of tidal-stream arrays in relation to the natural variability of sedimentary processes
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P. & Lewis, M. J., 8 Aug 2014, In: Renewable Energy. 72, p. 311-321
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInteractive visual analytics of hydrodynamic flux for the coastal zone
  George, R. L., Robins, P. E., Davies, A. G., Ritsos, P. D. & Roberts, J. C., 7 May 2014, In: Environmental Earth Sciences. 71, 10, p. 3733-3766
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe potential impact of climate change on the infectious diseases of commercially important shellfish populations in the Irish Sea—a review
  Robins, P. E., Malham, S., Rowley, A. F., Cross, M. E., Culloty, S. C., Lynch, S. A., Mackenzie, C. L., Morgan, E., O'Riordan, R. M., Robbins, P. E., Smith, A. L., Thrupp, T. J., Vogan, C. L., Wootton, E. C. & Malham, S. K., 1 May 2014, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 71, 4, p. 741-759
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedIdentification of genetically and oceanographically distinct blooms of jellyfish
  Lee, P. L., Dawson, M. N., Neill, S. P., Robins, P. E., Houghton, J. D., Doyle, T. K. & Hays, G. C., 1 Mar 2013, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 10, 80, p. 20120920
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPhysical and biological controls on larval dispersal and connectivity in a highly energetic shelf sea
  Robins, P. E., Neill, S. P., Gimenez, L., Jenkins, S. R. & Malham, S. K., 1 Mar 2013, In: Limnology and Oceanography. 58, 2, p. 505-524
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedA numerical study of marine larval dispersal in the presence of an axial convergent front
  Robins, P., Neill, S. & Gimenez Noya, J., 20 Mar 2012, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 100, p. 172-185
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedBiogeochemical functioning of grazed estuarine tidal marshes along a salinity gradient
  Dausse, A., Garbutt, A., Norman, L., Papadimitriou, S., Jones, L. M., Robins, P. E. & Thomas, D. N., 20 Mar 2012, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 100, p. 83-92
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedInteractive Visual Analytics of Coastal Oceanographic Simulation data
  George, R., Robins, P., Davies, A. & Roberts, J. C., 14 Oct 2012. 2 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedModelled larval dispersal and measured gene flow: seascape genetics of the common cockle Cerastoderma edule in the southern Irish Sea
  Coscia, I., Robins, P. E., Porter, J. S., Malham, S. K. & Ironside, J. E., 1 Sept 2012, In: Conservation Genetics.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedApplication of a coastal model to simulate present and future inundation and aid coastal management
  Robins, P., Davies, A. & Jones, R., 1 Mar 2011, In: Journal of Coastal Conservation: Planning and Management. 15, 1, p. 1-14
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedMorphological controls in sandy estuaries: the influence of tidal flats and bathymetry on sediment transport.
  Robins, P. E. & Davies, A. G., 1 Jun 2010, In: Ocean Dynamics. 60, 3, p. 503-517
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedMorphodynamic processes in shallow estuaries: influence of tidal flats and channels on sand transport.
  Robins, P. E. & Davies, A. G., 1 Jan 2009, p. 161-167.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• PublishedThe internal tide of the Gareloch, a Scottish Fjord
  Robins, P. & Elliott, A., 1 Jan 2009, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 81, 1, p. 130-142
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

• BU-IIA Funded Project: Mapping Social Inequality in Flooding

  Future flood risk is unlikely to be equal across society because flood-vulnerability (hence economic loss) is linked to socio-economic factors. To protect against flooding, insurance is used alongside state-led protection measures (e.g. sea walls, culverts, etc). Planning laws are also used to reduce exposure by restricting development in high flood risk areas (zone C available here); however, the need for housing (e.g. government pledges for 300,000 new homes per year) may constrain where sustainable developments can occur (e.g. when including community needs/services, as well as access to mortgages and insurance).

  We hypothesize exposure to the changing flood risk will not be equal across society, given changing patterns of flood risk, demographics and flood protection (e.g. access to mortgages and insurance).

  We will show how flood risk will impact social demographics and recreation demographics, demonstrating the hidden value of big data within digital environmental themes. We will establish a method to harvest publicly available data, mapping land use (e.g. recreation) and value (house prices, tourism) to monitor value, and values, communities have with the environment. We aim to establish methods to harvest online-data to map spatio-temporal changes in how we use, and value, land as climate change impacts such spaces - using outputs from our NERC future climate change driven flooding project "SEARCH" and engagement with stakeholders (e.g. reinsurance and Environment Agency).

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £9798

  1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

• Identifying climate change risks to water quality across English estuaries

  01/04/2024 – 15/04/2025 (Active)

• Reservoir modelling

  01/01/2024 – 15/01/2025 (Active)

• PhD student placement for Ankita Bhattacharya

  01/10/2023 – 05/03/2024 (Finished)

• #NNF2 Project SIARC (Sharks Inspiring Action and Research with Communities) Phase 2

  01/04/2023 – 30/04/2026 (Active)

• Marine Evidence Framework Agreement: Welsh Lobster Larval Dispersal Model, 2023 – Contract Ref:LMI2023 (Lead FEC 008545)

  01/02/2023 – 12/08/2024 (Finished)

• Ankita Bhattacharya - BSG budget on top of NERC ENVISION 2 studentship

  01/10/2022 – 30/04/2026 (Active)

• There and back again: monitoring the returning fish to the Mersey estuary

  01/10/2021 – 30/04/2025 (Active)

• Investigating the Effect of Marine Plastic Waste on the Adaptive Resilience of Coastal Communities in Indonesia

  01/04/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• Pathways to Realistic Impact Modelling in Estuarine Areas (PRIMEA)

  01/10/2020 – 31/10/2024 (Finished)

• Sensitivity of Estuaries to Climate Hazards (SEARCH)

  10/08/2020 – 30/09/2023 (Finished)

• KESS II Phd with Dwr Cymru BUK2E025

  01/03/2020 – 31/03/2024 (Finished)

• Combination flood risk from surge, tidal and rainfall

  01/11/2017 – 01/08/2019 (Finished)

• Meetings to develop a RCUK proposal

  01/05/2017 – 31/01/2018 (Finished)

• Ostrea Edulis Restoration

  01/12/2012 – 31/07/2013 (Finished)

• Development of morphodynamic models of Welsh estuaries

  01/11/2012 – 31/07/2013 (Finished)