Professor John Turner

Head of School / Professor in Marine Biology

j.turner@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382881

Professor John Turner

I graduated in Joint Honours Botany and Zoology at the University of Bristol in 1981, and then progressed to doctorate research at the University of Oxford (St John's College), investigating the 'Ecology of Temperate Symbiotic Anthozoa'. In 1985 I moved to a NERC funded postdoctoral position at Â鶹Íø, School of Animal Biology, where I investigated the 'Behavioural Ecology of Shoaling Fish' and specifically the 'Twilight Hypothesis'. In 1987, I transferred to the School of Ocean Sciences to take up a 5 year Research Demonstratorship in Marine Biology. I was Course Director of the MSc in Marine Environmental Protection for 22 years between 1989 and 2011. I developed research interests in mapping coral reef biotopes, Environmental Impact Assessment, Marine Protected Areas and Coastal Zone Management. I became a permanent member of staff in 1990, Lecturer in 1993 and appointed to Senior Lecturer in 2000. I was awarded a University Teaching Fellowship at the Graduation ceremony in 2007, and won a Â鶹Íø Research Impact Award 2015 and received a personal Chair in 2016, and became Dean of Postgraduate Research, heading the Doctoral School in November 2016. I was appointed Head of the School of Ocean Sciences in November 2018.Ìý I am a Trustee of the Chagos Conservation Trust, and a Trustee of the Seawatch Foundation. I have been a memeber of the NERC Peer Review College since 2014, and of the DEFRA Darwin Plus Advisory Group and Panel for Biodiveristy Challenge Funds since 2017.

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  • DPhil: DPhil. The Ecology of Temperate Symbiotoc Anthozoa
    University of Oxford, 1981–1985
  • BSc: BSc Joint Honours Botany and Zoology
    University of Bristol, 1979–1981

My teaching is research led; I generally teach areas linked to my research and use real world examples and case studies drawn from my own experience wherever possible to illustrate the subject.Ìý I use underwater photography and use my own images rather than those mined from the internet. My philosophy is that subjects can be made more interesting if drawn from personal involvement.Ìý I also believe that we must be aware of shifting baselines and we should also look at earlier studies because direct human impact and climate change have affected many of the ecosystems we study today. For example, many coral reefs close to human populations are very degraded and describing them in their current state would be like describing a forest after being slashed and burned – you often have to look at original descriptions and early studies to see them functionally intact!Ìý I developed the MSc course in Marine Environmental Protection and ran this successfully for 23 years, enjoying the international perspective it provided and working with the many excellent students it attracted. I continue to offer overseas project placements with colleagues in the Department of the Environment in the Cayman Islands to provide research opportunities with a direct application in marine conservation.

Potential postgraduate research students should write to Prof Turner with a covering letter explaining their experience and motivation, and a CV. Supervision will be considered in the following areas: Tropical Marine Ecology; Subtidal Marine Biology, Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems, Marine Protected Areas, Coastal Zone Management; Marine Conservation in UK Overseas Territories, Marine Invertebrate Symbiosis with Zooxanthellae, Behavioural Ecology of Sentinel Marine Species'Ìý

Postgraduate Teaching:

OSX4002Ìý Coastal Habitat Ecology and Survey

OSX4004Ìý Marine Environmental Impact Assessment (Module Organiser)

OSX4006Ìý Conservation and Coastal Zone Management

OSX4008Ìý Research Project Design and Planning

OSX4009Ìý Research Project

Undergraduate Teaching

OSX4401 Literature Review and Project Plan

OSX4405 Research Project Investigation

OSX3001Ìý Marine Conservation and Exploitation (Module Organiser)

OSX3011ÌýÌý Extreme Marine Habitats (Coral Reefs and Climate Change)

OSX3000ÌýÌý Dissertation

OSX2009ÌýÌý Marine Ecology

OSX2003ÌýÌý Marine Biology Practical II: Echinoderms (currently being covered)

OSX2003Ìý Marine Biology Practical II: Cnidaria Photo-respiration(currently being covered)

OSX1000ÌýÌý Tutorial (currently being covered)

OSX1002ÌýÌý Marine Biology Practical (Taxonomy) (currently being covered)

Most of my current research is developed in partnership with end users (e.g. British Indian Ocean Territory Government Section of Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Cayman Islands Government; Seychelles Island Foundation; The Nature Conservancy, USA).Ìý Recently, my research has focussed on coral reefs of the UK Overseas Territories, and research strategy is driven by the need to protect marine environments largely through the establishment and monitoring of Marine Protected Areas, or use of tools such as Environmental Impact Assessment and Coastal Zone Management, often to comply with the major conventions (e.g. Convention on Biological Diversity CBD, Convention on Migratory Species CMS, Convention on Trade in Endangered Species CITES, RAMSAR Convention on wetlands, and EU Habitats Directive. ÌýProjects are generally established through links with leading scientists with complementary interests, and through liaison with stakeholder organisations (e.g. UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum, BIOT Scientific Advisory Panel, Chagos Conservation Trust, UNESCO) and implemented through practical research overseas involving scientific diving operations, training, stakeholder consultations and outreach initiatives, often including placement of Project Support Officers to build capacity within organisations. I am a member of the DEFRA Darwin Initiative panel of theÌý Darwin Plus Advisory Group for the British Overseas Territories.

I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me by e mail in the first instance regarding any of the following areas: Tropical Marine Ecology; Subtidal Marine Ecology (especially hard substrates eg. rocky reefs) Marine Protected Areas; Coastal Zone Management; Coral Reefs and Associated Ecosystems; Marine Invertebrate Symbiosis with Zooxzanthellae; Behavioural Ecology of Sentinel Marine Organisms (sharks, rays, large fish, dolphins); Marine Conservation Research in UK Overseas Territories

2025

  • Published
    Sannassy Pilly, J., Townsend, J. E., Alisa, C. A. G., Razak, T. B., Turner, J., Roche, R., Chan, S., Kriegman, D. J., Andersson, A. J., Perry, C. T., Lange, I. D. & Courtney, T. A., 17 Mar 2025, In: Coral Reefs.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Sannassy Pilly, J., Lange, I., Roche, R., Perry, C., Mogg, A., Dawson, K. & Turner, J., 11 Oct 2024, In: Coral Reefs. 43, 6, p. 1803-1818 16 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Sannassy Pilly, J., Roche, R., Richardson, L. & Turner, J., 27 Mar 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 3, p. 231246
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2023

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    Drazen, J., Clark, B., Gove, J. M., Phipps, J., Copeland, A., Lecky, J., Green, M., Kobayashi, D., Turner, J., Whitney, J. & Williams, G. J., Sept 2023, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 199, 104107.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

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    Micaroni, V., Strano, F., McAllen, R., Woods, L., Turner, J., Harman, L. & Bell, J. J., 1 Mar 2022, In: Global Change Biology. 28, 6, p. 1972-1989 18 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Sannassy Pilly, J., Richardson, L., Turner, J. & Roche, R., 1 Jan 2022, In: Marine Environmental Research. 173, 105520.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Roche, R., Heenan, A., Taylor, B. M., Schwarz, J. N., Fox, M. D., Southworth, L., Williams, G. & Turner, J., 31 Aug 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 8, p. 201012 201012.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2021

  • Published
    Koldewey, H., Atchison-Balmond, N., Graham, N., Jones, R., Perry, C. T., Sheppard, C., Spalding, M., Turner, J. & Williams, G., 21 Jul 2021, 31 p. (MCCIP Science Review 2020)
    Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
  • Published
    Osuka, K. E., Stewart, B. D., Samoilys, M. A., Roche, R., Turner, J. & McClean, C., 1 Dec 2021, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 173 , Part A, 113010.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Tengku-Mohd-Kamil, T. F. K. & Turner, J. R., 1 Apr 2021, In: IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science. 736, 1
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Micaroni, V., McAllen, R., Turner, J., Strano, F., Morrow, C., Picton, B., Harman, L. & Bell, J. J., 1 Oct 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 789, 147708.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lange, I. D., Benkwitt, C. E., McDevitt-Irwin, J. M., Tietjen, K. L., Taylor, B., Chinkin, M., Gunn, R. L., Palmisciano, M., Steyaert, M., Wilson, B., East, H. K., Turner, J., Graham, N. A. J. & Perry, C. T., Dec 2021, In: Coral Reefs. 40, 6, p. 1819-1829 11 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

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    Hays, G. C., Koldewey, H., Meeuwig, J. J., Attrill, M. J., Barley, S., Bayley, D., . Benkwitt, C. E., Block, B., Schallert, R. J., Carlisle, A. B., Carr, P., Chapple, T. K., Collins, C., Diaz, C., Dunn, N., Dunbar, R. B., Eager, D. S., Engel, J., Embling, C. B. & Esteban, N. & 52 others, Ferretti, F., Foster, N. L., Freeman, R., Gollock, M., Graham, N. A. J., Harris, J. L., Head, C. E. I., Hosegood, P., Howell, K. L., Hussey, N. E., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jones, R., Lange, I. D., Letessier, T. B., Levey, E., Lindhart, M., McDevitt-Irwin, J. M., Meekan, M. G., Micheli, F., Mogg, A., Mortimer, J. A., Mucciarone, D., Nicoll, M. A., Nuno, A., Perry, C. T., Sannassy Pilly, J., Preston, S. G., Rattray, A. J., Robinson, E., Roche, R., Schiele, M., Sheehan, E. V., Sheppard, A., Sheppard, C., Smith, A. L., Soule, B., Spalding, M., Stevens, G. M. W., Steyaert, M., Stiffel, S., Taylor, B., Tickler, D. M., Trevail, A. M., Trueba, P., Turner, J., Votier, S., Wilson, B., Williams, G., Williamson, B. J., Williamson, M. J., Wood, H. & Curnick, D. J., 14 Oct 2020, In: Marine Biology. 167, 11, 159.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Unpublished
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor) & Laidre, M., 2020, (Unpublished) 22 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor), Esteban, N., Mortimer, J. A. & Hays, G. C., 2020, 15 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor) & Carr, P., 2020, 12 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Unpublished
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor) & Curnick, D. J., 2020, (Unpublished) 7 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor), Carr, P., Wilkinson, T. & Barrios, S., 2020, 8 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Unpublished
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor) & Carr, P., 2020, (Unpublished) 13 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor), Carr, P., Wilkinson, T. & Barrios, S., 2020, 9 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Unpublished
    Roche, R. (Editor), Turner, J. (Editor) & Sheppard, C., 2020, (Unpublished) 8 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Sannassy Pilly, J., Roche, R. & Turner, J., Jan 2020.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review

2019

  • Published
    Head, C. E. I., Bayley, D. T. I., Rowlands, G., Roche, R. C., Tickler, D. M., Rogers, A. D., Koldewey, H., Turner, J. R. & Andradi-Brown, D. A., 1 Aug 2019, In: Coral Reefs. 38, 4, p. 605-618
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • Published
    Nuuttila, H. K., Brundiers, K., Dahne, M., Koblitz, J. C., Thomas, L., Courtene-Jones, W., Evans, P. G. H., Turner, J. R., Bennell, J. & Hiddink, J. G., Dec 2018, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 12, p. 2362-2371
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Williams, G., Roche, R. & Turner, J., 4 Jun 2018, In: Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1704-z , 1 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Egerton, J., Johnson, A. J., Turner, J., Le Vay, L., Mascareñas-Osorio, I. & Aburto-Oropeza, O., Jan 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 47.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Egerton, J., Al-Ansi, M., Abdallah, M., Walton, M., Hayes, J., Turner, J., Erisman, B., Al Maslamani, I., Al-Mohannadi, M. & Le Vay, L., Mar 2018, In: Fisheries Research. 199, p. 127-136 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Zwerschke, N., Hollyman, P., Wild, R., Stringer, R., Turner, J. & King, J., May 2018, In: Marine Biology. 165, 5, 88.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Samoilys, M., Roche, R., Koldewey, H. & Turner, J., 19 Jan 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 1, e0191448.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Roche, R., Williams, G. & Turner, J., Mar 2018, In: Current Climate Change Reports. 4, 1, p. 51-64 D 87.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

  • Published
    Sheppard, C., Sheppard, A., Mogg, A., Bayley, D., Dempsey, A. C., Roche, R., Turner, J. & Purkis, S., Nov 2017, In: Atoll Research Bulletin . 613, 613, p. 1 25 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Egerton, J., Johnson, A. F., Le Vay, L., McCoy, C. M., Semmens, B. X., Heppell, S. A. & Turner, J., Jun 2017, In: Coral Reefs. 36, 2, p. 589-600 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Roche, R., Harvey, C. V., Harvey, J. J., Kavanagh, A. P., McDonald, M., Stein-Rostaing, V. R. & Turner, J., 1 Jul 2016, In: Environmental Management. 58, 1, p. 107-116
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Cadwallader, H. F., Turner, J. R. & Oliver, S. P., 3 Dec 2015, In: Marine Biodiversity. 45, 4, p. 613-614
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lallias, D., Boudry, P., Batista, F. M., Beaumont, A., King, J. W., Turner, J. R. & Lapegue, S., Sept 2015, In: Biological Invasions. 17, 9, p. 2581-2595
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Roche, R. C., Pratchett, M. S., Carr, P., Turner, J. R., Wagner, D., Head, C. & Sheppard, C. R., 23 Jul 2015, In: Marine Biology. 162, 8, p. 1695-1704
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Curnick, D. J., Head, C. E., Huang, D., Crabbe, M. J., Gollock, M., Hoeksema, B. W., Johnson, K. G., Jones, R., Koldewey, H. J., Obura, D. O., Rosen, B. R., Smith, D. J., Taylor, M. L., Turner, J. R., Wren, S. & Redding, D. W., Aug 2015, In: Animal Conservation. 18, 4, p. 303-312
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

  • Published
    Nuuttila, H. K., Thomas, L., Hiddink, J. G., Meier, R., Turner, J. R., Bennell, J. D., Tregenza, N. J. C. & Evans, P. G. H., Sept 2013, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 134, 3, p. 2596-2609
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Tilley, A., Lopez-Angarita, J. & Turner, J. R., 22 May 2013, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 2013, 482, p. 169-179
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Oliver, S. P., Turner, J. R., Gann, K., Silvosa, M. & D'Urban Jackson, T., 10 Jul 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 7, p. e67380
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

  • Published
    Sheppard, C. R., Bowen, B., Carr, P., Chen, C. A., Clubbe, C., Craig, M., Eble, J., Fitzsimmons, N., Gaither, M. R., Gan, C. H., Gollock, M., Guzman, N., Graham, N. A., Harris, A., Jones, R., Keshavmurthy, S., Koldewey, H., Lundin, C. G., Mortimer, J. A. & Obura, D. & 17 others, Pfeiffer, M., Price, A. R., Purkis, S., Raines, P., Riegl, B., Rogers, A., Schleyer, M., Seaward, M. R., Sheppard, A. L., Tamelander, J., Turner, J. R., Visram, S., Vogler, C., Vogt, S., Yang, J. M., Yang, S. Y. & Yesson, C., Mar 2012, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 22, 2, p. 232-261
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • Published
    Oliver, S. P., Hussey, N. E., Turner, J. R. & Beckett, A. J., 14 Mar 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 3, p. e14755
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • Published
    Sheppard, C. & Turner, J., 21 Mar 2009, In: New Scientist. 201, 2700, p. 22-22
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
  • Published
    Sheppard, C., Tamelander, J. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jan 2009, In: Journal of Environmental Law. 21, 2, p. 291-293
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    O'Leary, M. J., Perry, C. T., Beavington-Penney, S. J. & Turner, J. R., 15 Jul 2009, In: Sedimentary Geology. 219, 1-4, p. 169-179
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2008

  • Published
    Williams, G. J., Cameron, M. J., Turner, J. R. & Ford, R. B., 1 Mar 2008, In: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42, 1, p. 33-46
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2006

  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Boak, R., Klaus, R., Daby, D., Hardman, E., Cote, I. (Editor) & Reynolds, J. (Editor), 1 Jan 2006, Coral Reef Conservation. 2006 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 643-697
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Bell, J. J., Shaw, C. & Turner, J. R., 1 Oct 2006, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 86, 5, p. 977-992
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2005

  • Published
    Turner, J. R. & Klaus, R., 1 Jan 2005, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 363, 1826, p. 229-250
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2004

  • Published
    Fenner, D., Clark, T. H., Turner, J. R. & Chapman, B., 1 Dec 2004, In: Journal of Natural History. 38, 23-24, p. 3091-3102
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Chapman, B. & Turner, J. R., Dec 2004, In: Journal of Natural History. 38, 23-24, p. 2937-2957
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Boak, R., Klaus, R., Hardman, E. & Daby, D., 28 Jun 2004, p. 152.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Boak, R., Turner, J. R., Klaus, R., Hardman, E. & Daby, D., 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Klaus, R. & Hardman, E., 28 Jun 2004, p. 262.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Kotb, M., Abdulaziz, M., Al-Agwan, Z., AL-Shaikh, K., Al-Yami, H., Banajah, A., DeVantier, L., Esinger, M., Eltayeb, M., Hassan, M., Heiss, G., Howe, S., Kemp, J., Klaus, R., Krupp, F., Mohamed, N., Rouphael, T., Turner, J. R., Zajonz, U. & Wilkinson, C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2004, 2004 ed. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Hardman, E. R., Meunier, M. S., Turner, J. R., Lynch, T. L., Taylor, M. & Klaus, R., 1 Dec 2004, In: Journal of Natural History. 38, 23-24, p. 3077-3089
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Klaus, R. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jan 2004, In: Fauna of Arabia. 20, p. 45-115
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2003

  • Published
    Davy, S. K. & Turner, J. R., Aug 2003, In: Biological Bulletin. 205, 1, p. 66-72
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Klaus, R., Jones, D. A., Turner, J. R., Simoes, N. & Vousden, D., 1 May 2003, In: Journal of Arid Environments. 54, 1, p. 71-80
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Alonso-Perez, F., Ruiz-Luna, A., Turner, J., Berlanga-Robles, C. A. & Mitchelson-Jacob, E. G., 1 Jan 2003, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 46, 6-7, p. 583-600
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Klaus, R. & Richmond, M. D. (Editor), 1 Jan 2003, A field guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa.. 2003 ed. SIDA/Department for Research Cooperation, p. 44-47
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Bell, J. J. & Turner, J. R., 1 Aug 2003, In: Hydrobiologia. 503, 1-3, p. 171-182
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

  • Published
    Daby, D., Turner, J. R. & Jago, C. F., 1 Feb 2002, In: Environment International. 27, 7, p. 555-566
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Boak, R., Turner, J. R. & Daby, D., 1 Jan 2002, 2002 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Bell, J. J., Barnes, D. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jan 2002, In: Marine Biology. 140, 1, p. 75-81
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2001

  • Published
    Genave, J. T., Turner, J. R., Latchford, J., Burnett, J. C. (Editor), Kavanagh, J. S. (Editor), Spencer, T. (Editor) & Latchford, J., 1 Jan 2001, Shoals of Capricorn Programme Field Report 1998–2001: Marine science: training and education in the western Indian Ocean. 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), p. 65
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Spencer, T., Turner, J. R., Burnett, J. C. (Editor) & Kavanagh, J. S. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Shoals of Capricorn Programme Field Report 1998–2001: Marine science: training and education in the western Indian Ocean. 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), p. xxxii-xxxvi
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Chapman, B., Turner, J. R., Burnett, J. C. (Editor), Kavanagh, J. S. (Editor) & Spencer, T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Shoals of Capricorn Programme Field Report 1998–2001: Marine science: training and education in the western Indian Ocean. 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), p. 31-34
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Chapman, B. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jan 2001, 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Shoals of Capricorn Report No. R029.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Chapman, B. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jan 2001, 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) Shoals of Capricorn Report No. R030.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Klaus, R., Turner, J. R. & West, F., 1 Jan 2001, 2001 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Vousden, D., Klaus, R., Satyanarayana, C., Fenner, D., Venkataraman, K., Rajan, P. T. & Subba Rao, N. V., 1 Jan 2001, 2001 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Chapman, B., Turner, J. R., Hardman, E., West, F., Burnett, J. C. (Editor), Kavanagh, J. S. (Editor) & Spencer, T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2001, Shoals of Capricorn Programme Field Report 1998–2001: Marine science: training and education in the western Indian Ocean. 2001 ed. Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), p. 29-30
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2000

  • Published
    Ramsay, K., Turner, J. R., Vize, S. J. & Richardson, C. A., 1 Jun 2000, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80, 3, p. 565-566
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Wilson, R., Edworthy, K., Turner, J. R., Daby, D., Sherwin, T., Boak, R. & Speece, R., 1 Jan 2000, 2000 ed. Unknown.
    Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
  • Published
    Bell, J. J. & Turner, J. R., 1 Jun 2000, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 80, 3, p. 437-441
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Souter, D. (Editor), Obura, D. (Editor) & Linden, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean. 2000 ed. Stockholm University, CORDIO, p. 134-137
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Sheppard, C., Teleki, K., Turner, J. R., Souter, D. (Editor), Obura, D. (Editor) & Linden, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean. 2000 ed. Stockholm University, CORDIO, p. 138-140
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Jago, C. F., Daby, D., Klaus, R. & Sheppard, C. R. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Seas at the Millenium: An Environmental Evaluation: An Environmental Evaluation. 2000 ed. Elsevier Science, p. 243-258
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Hardman, E., Klaus, R., Fagoonee, I., Daby, D., Baghooli, R., Persands, S., Souter, D. (Editor), Obura, D. (Editor) & Linden, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean. 2000 ed. Stockholm University, CORDIO, p. 94-107
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Turner, J. R., Klaus, R., Engelhardt, U., Souter, D. (Editor), Obura, D. (Editor) & Linden, O. (Editor), 1 Jan 2000, Coral Reef Degradation in the Indian Ocean. 2000 ed. Stockholm University, CORDIO, p. 77-86
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

1999

  • Published
    Fagoonee, I., Wilson, H., Hassell, M. & Turner, J., 5 Feb 1999, In: Science. 283, 5403, p. 843-845
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2025

  • Sea Watch Foundation Trustees Board AGM

    28 Apr 2025

    Activity: Membership of board (Chair)

  • Marine Science UK

    25 Apr 2025

    Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

  • Deputy Chair Panel 3

    1 Apr 2025 – 25 Jun 2025

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Chair)

  • Chagos Conservation Trust AGM

    20 Mar 2025

    Activity: Membership of board (Member)

  • Discussion folllowing Novemeber Presentation to C-COT Workshop[

    11 Feb 2025

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • Annual General Meeting

    18 Jan 2025

    Activity: Membership of board (Member)

2024

  • Pushing the Frontiers Panel 3 Stage 2 Assessment Meeting Meeting

    10 Dec 2024

    Activity: Membership of committee (Member)

  • Presentation: Long Term Partnership Case Study: Enahancing a Marine Protected Area System in the Cayman Islands

    29 Nov 2024

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • NERC College Peer Review Panel coveringproposals in

    - Population & Community Ecology

    - Behavioural & Conservation Ecology

    - Environmental Physiology

    - Ecosystem-scale Processes & Land-Use

    - Climate Change

    - Survey & Monitoring

    16 Oct 2024 – 17 Oct 2024

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 20 Sep 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

  • UK Marine Science Scoping Workshop, London

    5 Aug 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • School of Ocean Sciences' Alumni Association Reunion

    24 May 2024 – 26 May 2024

    Activity: Other (Contributor)

  • 29 Apr 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 29 Mar 2024

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 27 Mar 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Member of programme committee)

  • 8 Mar 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 9 Feb 2024

    Activity: Consultancy (Consultant)

  • 30 Jan 2024

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

2023

  • 22 Nov 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • Future Leaders Fellowship review

    Nov 2023 →

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 31 Oct 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 30 Aug 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 20 Jul 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 27 Jun 2023 – 28 Jun 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • Global Partnerships Seedcorn Funding Assessment Panel

    27 Jun 2023 – 28 Jun 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 7 Jun 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • 15 May 2023

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

  • Urgency Grants

    May 2023 →

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • Turner, J.R. An Introduction to Integrated Coastal Zone Management

    Apr 2023 →

    Links:

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • 18 Mar 2023

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • 10 Mar 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 16 Feb 2023 →

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 12 Jan 2023

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • 2023 →

    Activity: Types of Award - Appointment (Contributor)

2022

  • 1 Dec 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 7 Sep 2022 – 8 Sep 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 11 Aug 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 5 Jul 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of external research organisation (Contributor)

  • 14 Jun 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 19 May 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 24 Feb 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 31 Jan 2022

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

2021

  • Subject Editor Chief Marine Biology

    22 Dec 2021 – 21 Mar 2025

    Activity: Publication peer-review (Editorial board member)

  • 2 Nov 2021

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • 4 Oct 2021

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • 17 Sep 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 12 Jul 2021

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups (Contributor)

  • National Oceanography Centre Marine Science Capability

    11 May 2021 – 12 May 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 23 Mar 2021

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

  • NOC Net Zero Carbon Next Generation Research Ships

    11 Mar 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

  • 2 Feb 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Speaker)

  • 27 Jan 2021

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • 18 Jan 2021

    Activity: Types of External academic engagement - Membership of peer review panel or committee (Contributor)

2019

  • Bertarelli marine Programme Conference and Workshops

    18 Sep 2019 – 20 Sep 2019

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

  • 1 Aug 2019 – 2 Aug 2019

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • Blue Belt Overseas Territories Symposium

    29 Jul 2019 – 31 Jul 2019

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

2018

  • Biology - Journal Editorial Board

    19 Oct 2018

    Links:

    Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)

  • First Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science Symposium

    11 Sep 2018

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)

  • British Indian Ocean Territory Conservation management Plan Workshop

    5 Mar 2018 – 6 Mar 2019

    Activity: Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course (Participant)

  • An Opportunity for Increasing Coral Reef Resilience through New Collaborative Models

    14 Feb 2018

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Participant)

2017

  • Decadal Trends in Community Structure of the Coral Reefs of the Chagos Archipelago. John Turner1, Charles Sheppard2, Ronan Roche1, Anne Sheppard2, Courtney Couch3

    1Â鶹Íø, 2University of Warwick, 3University of Hawai’I Manoa

    The remote reefs of the Chagos Archipelago serve as an important reference site, providing a benchmark for reversing damaged ecosystems elsewhere, and allow climate change impact to be assessed in the absence of local anthropogenic impacts. Coral communities have been subjected to extreme warming events in 1997, 2015 and 2016, and occasional COT outbreaks (eg. in 2013). Since 2006, visual and video assessments at permanent monitoring sites across the atolls have established an archive of community structure state. Northern atolls have exhibited higher coral cover (~40-50%) than the Southern atolls (~30%) with increasing algal and soft coral cover with depth, and lagoons exhibiting greater hard coral cover than seaward reefs at all depths. Seaward coral reefs were dominated by Acropora tables, most having established since the 1997 ENSO event, but by 2013, senescence was apparent in the largest of these and by 2015 many had collapsed. Acropora White Syndrome (AWS) was identified in 2014 and increased in prevalence by 2015. Reassessment of archived video from 2006 confirmed that AWS was a new threat to the reefs of Chagos despite their relative isolation. Assessments of coral recruits (~40% being tabular Acropora species) indicate that the capacity for recovery has been good, although many are lost when dead coral substrate is removed from shallow reefs by storms. The long term resilience of the Chagos Archipelago reefs was severely tested by two consecutive warming events in 2015 and 2016, causing bleaching induced mortality in most species except Porites to at least 15 m depth, with a significant reduction in cover and structure as the reefs entered an erosional state.

    13 Dec 2017 – 15 Dec 2017

    Links:

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

  • Coral Reef condition in the Chagos Archipelago: Monitoring for BIOT’s management needs, and reef change and resilience research

    John Turner (School of Ocean Sciences Â鶹Íø) and Rachel Jones, (Zoological Society of London)

    Britain aims to create a ‘Blue belt’ of the world’s largest marine protected areas around our Overseas Territories, improving scientific understanding of the marine environment to ensure evidence based, sustainable and long term management strategies. The uninhabited islands and surrounding coral reefs of the Chagos Archipelago in the British Indian Ocean Territory provide an important bench mark for understanding the functioning of coral reefs and observing the effects of climate change and response of coral reefs in the absence of direct human impacts. Building on previous research funded by the Overseas Territories Environment Fund and DEFRA’s Darwin Initiative, current and future research is being supported by the Bertarelli Foundation Programme in Marine Science. The next 4 years will see the most intensive research initiative ever undertaken in the Chagos Archipelago involving more than 50 scientists from 14 institutions across the world in order to inform Government on how to monitor and enforce the Marine Protected Area. Even these remote reefs have been impacted by coral diseases and ocean warming induced bleaching between 2014 and 2016, causing significant coral mortality and consequent erosion. This research will assess the changing structure of the living coral canopy as a three dimensional habitat by measuring biomass, diversity, coral cover, reef calcification and growth, and regeneration. Coral reef structure in turn influences other reef flora and fauna and there are connections between deep water, open water, shallow lagoon and island ecosystems which will be investigated by a suite of projects within the Programme. The vulnerability of different reefs within the Archipelago will be assessed by understanding how exposure and sensitivity to impact is moderated by a reef’s adaptive capacity. The aim of management is to reduce stressors and decrease sensitivity to maximise ecosystem persistence in the face of global climate change.

    12 Dec 2017

    Links:

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

  • Blue Planet II: can we really halt the coral reef catastrophe?

    14 Nov 2017

    Links:

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

  • Roche, R & TURNER, J.R. (2017) Does a new era of bleaching beckon for Indian Ocean coral reefs?http://theconversation.com/does-a-new-era-of-bleaching-beckon-for-indian-ocean-coral-reefs-73938 (3,106 views since March 2017).

    9 Mar 2017

    Links:

    Activity: Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation (Contributor)

2016

  • TURNER, J.R & Roche, R. (2016). Decadal trends in community structure of the coral reefs of the Chagos Archipelago. Reef Conservation UK (RCUK), 26th November 2016, Zoological Society of London, UK.

    26 Nov 2016

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

  • TURNER, J. (2016). The World’s Largest Marine Reserve, Chagos Archipelago. Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management UK Overseas Territories and Marine & coastal Group Conference, Protecting Marine and Coastal Areas in the UK and Overseas Territories, 21st September 2016, Charles Darwin House London. (Keynote presentation).

    21 Sep 2016

    Links:

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

  • TURNER, J. (2016). Ensuring engagement in Cayman’s enhanced Marine Protected Area system. Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management UK Overseas Territories and Marine & coastal Group Conference, Protecting Marine and Coastal Areas in the UK and Overseas Territories, 21st September 2016, Charles Darwin House London (invited speaker).

    21 Sep 2016

    Links:

    Activity: Participation in Academic conference (Speaker)

  • 01/01/2018 – 31/08/2023 (Finished)

  • 01/04/2013 – 05/05/2017 (Finished)

  • 01/04/2012 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • 01/04/2010 – 10/07/2015 (Finished)

Current Projects:

Bertarelli Programme in Marine Science 2018-2021: Coral Reef condition in the Chagos Archipelago: Monitoring for (1) BIOT’s management needs, and (2) reef change and resilience research. Ìý£2,101,326, with £999,258 to Â鶹Íø.Ìý PI Turner.

ESRC IAA Impact Project Award Biodiversity Action Plans for the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory.ÌýÌýTurner, J.R. (Principal Investigator & Project Lead); Roche, R. (Co-investigator). Ìý£13,692. Ìý1st July 2018, - 31st December 2018.

Recent Projects include:

DEFRA Darwin Plus: Sustainable Management of Threatened Keystone Predators (2015 -2017) to Enhance Reef Resilience. Marine Conservation International (Gore & Ormond), with Department of Environment Cayman Islands (Austin & McCoy),

Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation (Harvey) and Â鶹Íø (Turner). £300, 000 TO MCI.

Satellite drifter tagging – Mixed Fish spawning aggregations on coral reefs in Grand Cayman in collaboration with Cayman Islands Government Department of Environment: Guy Harvey Foundation. $25,000 to CIG DoE.

Aldabra atoll World Heritage Site, Seychelles, Indian Ocean coral reef benthic habitat monitoring. Collaborator (+ Rebecca Klaus) on GEF grant ($69,545) to Seychelles Island Foundation Global Environmental Facility Project ID 3925: Strengthening Seychelles’ protected area system through NGO management modalities.

Darwin Initiative Assuring Engagement in Cayman's Enhanced Marine Protected Area System 2013-2014 DEFRA £190,000

Darwin Initiative to strengthen Worlds largest MPA, Chagos Archipelago 2012-2015 DEFRA £287,778

Darwin Initiative to enhance an established marine protected area system, Cayman Islands 2010-2013 DEFRA £273,914

Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Aquaculture for the Atlantic Region of Europe 2007-2013, EU RDF (total €2.67m: Species and Ecosystem Conservation in relation to coastal aquaculture (activity lead) €801,765)

Marine Biology and Sustainable Development for East Africa, UNESCO / DfID-DelPHE 2009-14: £53k