Louise McNeill
Benthic Ecologist and Faunal Taxonomist
clmc @pml.ac.uk | +44 (0)1752 633100 (switchboard)"…Benthic marine invertebrates, particularly the hugely diverse and beautiful polychaete worms have always fascinated me, and I feel privileged to be working towards developing holistic approaches to help protect and manage the marine environment whilst inspiring others along the way.”
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Louise is a benthic ecologist working within the Marine Ecology and Biodiversity group. Specific research interests include the functional diversity of marine benthic ecosystems focusing on macrofaunal invertebrates. Louise has 22 years’ experience in taxonomic identification of benthic macrofauna and has led manipulative mesocosm experiments addressing the effects of ocean acidification and global climate change. Louise also conducts monthly offshore field observations in the Plymouth Sound as part of the world leading “Western Channel Observatories Benthic Time Series”.
University of Exeter Marine Ecology Field Course
Recent publications
- Watson, SCL; Somerfield, PJ; Lemasson, AJ; Knights, AM; Edwards-Jones, A; Nunes, J; Pascoe, CK; McNeill, CL; Schratzberger, M; Thompson, MSA; Couce, E; Szostek, CL; Baxter, H; Beaumont, NJ; 2024. The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services. Ocean & Coastal Management.
- McEvoy, AJ; Atkinson, A; Airs, RL; Brittain, R; Brown, IJ; Fileman, ES; Findlay, HS; McNeill, CL; Ostle, C; Smyth, TJ; Somerfield, PJ; Tait, K; Tarran, GA; Thomas, S; Widdicombe, CE; Woodward, EMS; Beesley, A; Conway, DVP; Fishwick, J; Haines, H; Harris, C; Harris, RP; Helaouët, P; Johns, DG; Lindeque, PK; Mesher, T; McQuatters-Gollop, A; Nunes, J; Perry, F.; Queiros, AM; Rees, AP; Ruhl, S; Sims, DW; Torres, R; Widdicombe, S; 2023. The Western Channel Observatory: a century of physical, chemical and biological data compiled from pelagic and benthic habitats in the western English Channel. Earth System Science Data.
- Lemasson, AJ; Somerfield, PJ; Schratzberger, M; McNeill, CL; Nunes, J; Pascoe, CK; Watson, SCL; Thompson, MSA; Couce, E; Knights, AM; 2022. Evidence for the effects of decommissioning man-made structures on marine ecosystems globally: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence.
- Queiros, AM; Stephens, N; Widdicombe, S; Tait, K; McCoy, SJ; Ingels, J; Ruhl, S; Airs, RL; Beesley, A; Carnovale, G; Cazenave, P; Dashfield, SL; Hua, E; Jones, M; Lindeque, PK; McNeill, CL; Nunes, J; Parry, HE; Pascoe, CK; Widdicombe, CE; Smyth, TJ; Atkinson, A; Krause‐Jensen, D; Somerfield, PJ; 2019. Connected macroalgal‐sediment systems: blue carbon and food webs in the deep coastal ocean. Ecological Monographs.
- Lessin, G; Bruggeman, J; McNeill, CL; Widdicombe, S; 2019. Time scales of benthic macrofaunal response to pelagic production differ between major feeding groups. Frontiers in Marine Science.