Dr Sonia Batten
Pacific CPR Project Co-ordinator

Role:

To co-ordinate and promote the north Pacific CPR survey. To submit proposals, fulfil contract requirements, analyse the data and present the results in peer-reviewed publications and symposia.

Background, qualifications and professional membership:

B.Sc. (1990) and Ph.D (1994) from University of Southampton

Research Interests:

Biological oceanography of zooplankton, especially large scale processes, and their role in the marine ecosystem as mediators between primary producers and higher trophic levels.

Publications:

Mackas, D.L., Batten, S.D., and Trudel, M., (2007) Effects on zooplankton of a warming ocean: recent evidence from the Northeast Pacific. Progress in Oceanography, 75, 223-252

Batten, S.D. and Freeland, H.J. (2007). Plankton populations at the bifurcation of the North Pacific Current. Fisheries Oceanography, 16, 536-646.

Kirby, R.R., Lindley, J.A., and Batten, S.D. (2007). Spatial heterogeneity and genetic variation in the copepod Neocalanus cristatus along two transects in the North Pacific sampled by the Continuous Plankton Recorder. Journal of Plankton Research, 29, 97-106

Batten, S.D., Hyrenbach, K.D., Sydeman, W.J., Morgan, K.H., Henry, M.F., Yen, P.Y. and Welch, D.W. (2006). Characterising Meso-Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research II. 53, 270-290.

Batten, S.D. and Crawford, W.R. (2005). The influence of coastal origin eddies on oceanic plankton distributions in the eastern Gulf of Alaska. Deep Sea Research II, 52, 991-1009.

Roles on external bodies / national / international responsibilities:

Member of the PICES (North Pacific Marine Research Organisation) CPR Advisory Panel.

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