Simon Morley

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Simon Morley

Ecophysiologist

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Research interests

Understanding how species distributions will change is one of the most prescient questions in biology. This is key information to help scientists, conservationists and policy makers better predict future patterns of biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide. Investigations into how species physiologies are correlated with their environment, and the mechanisms underlying these correlations, are a crucial part of improving these predictions. The majority of recent shifts in species ranges have been correlated with increasing surface temperature, highlighting the key effect of temperature on ectotherms. However, multiple factors, such as ocean acidification and salinity, are likely to interact with changes in temperature, leading to shifts in the ecological balance.
Latitudinal gradients which incorporate a number of overlapping species ranges are “natural laboratories” for investigating the link between environmental variability and physiological flexibility. Recent advances in understanding the importance of aerobic capacity in setting temperature limits provide a framework for testing the physiological capacity of species that can be applied across these gradients. However, the importance of these mechanisms at different scales needs further investigation as we extrapolate from laboratory experiments to field scenarios. I use a combination of whole animal (e.g. behaviour and reproduction) and tissue biochemistry assays (e.g. metabolic pathways) to investigate the scale at which environmental variability best determines physiological flexibility.

Collaborations

Dr Amanda Bates, University of Tasmania, Australia

Dr Piero Calosi, University of Plymouth, UK

Dr. Rob Day, University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr Karen von Juterzenka, University of Bogor, Java,

Dr Claudio Gonzalez-wevar, University of Magallanes

Dr Miles Lamare, University of Otago, New Zealand

Dr Patricio Manriquez, Universidad Austral de Chile

Dr Tan Koh Siang, Tropical Marine Science Institute, National University of Singapore

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Frontier, Nadia , Marlow, Joseph, Giles, Adriana, Morley, Simon A. , Clark, Melody S. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2024) Growth and ecophysiology of two Antarctic benthic predators; Isotealia antarctica and Urticinopsis antarctica. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 579 (). 9 pp. 10.1016/j.jembe.2024.152045

Bennison, Ashley , Adlard, Stacey, Banyard, Ashley C., Blockley, Freya, Blyth, Marcia, Brown, Emma, Day, George, Dunn, Michael J. , Falchieri, Marco, Fitzcharles, Elaine, Forcada, Jaume , Forster Davidson, Jennifer, Fox, Anthony, Hall, Rosamund, Holmes, Elizabeth, Hughes, Kevin , James, Joe, Lynton-Jenkins, Joshua, Marshall, Steve, McKenzie, Dan, Morley, Simon A. , Reid, Scott M., Stubbs, Isabel, Ratcliffe, Norman , Phillips, Richard A.. (2024) A Case Study of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 At Bird Island, South Georgia: The First Documented Outbreak in the Subantarctic region. Bird Study, (). 12 pp. 10.1080/00063657.2024.2396563

Robinson, Ben J. , Hughes, Kevin A. , Seaton, David, Morley, Simon . (2024) Measuring the impact of wharf construction on the Antarctic Benthos. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 12 (). 9 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2024.1383362

Melo, R.R.R.C.B., Barletta, M., Cysneiros, F.F.J.A., Tavares, M.I.B., Santana, K.da S., Carty, S., Morley, S.A. . (2024) Top predator feeding ecology and microplastic (MP) contamination on the far eastern South American coast: Evidence of MP trophic biotransfer. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 301 (). 13 pp. 10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108736

Barnes, David K.A. , Morley, Simon A. , Mathews, Ryan, Clement, Alice, Peck, Lloyd S. . (2024) Trajectory of increased iceberg kill-off in West Antarctica’s shallows [Correspondence]. Current Biology, 34 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cub.2024.03.036

Navarro, Jorge M., Cárdenas, Leyla, Ortiz, Alejandro, Figueroa, Álvaro, Morley, Simon A. , Vargas-Chacoff, Luis, Leclerc, Jean-Charles, Détrée, Camille. (2024) Testing the physiological capacity of the mussel Mytilus chilensis to establish into the Southern Ocean. Science of The Total Environment, 921 (). 11 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170941

González-Aravena, Marcelo, Rotunno, Carmen, Cárdenas, César A., Torres, Mariett, Morley, Simon A. , Hurley, Jessica, Caro-Lara, Luis, Pozo, Karla, Galban, Cristóbal, Rondon, Rodolfo. (2024) Detection of plastic, cellulosic micro-fragments and microfibers in Laternula elliptica from King George Island (Maritime Antarctica). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 201 (). 8 pp. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116257

Morley, Simon A. , Bates, Amanda E., Clark, Melody S. , Fitzcharles, Elaine, Smith, Rebecca, Stainthorp, Rose E., Peck, Lloyd . (2024) Testing the resilience, physiological plasticity and mechanisms underlying upper temperature limits of Antarctic marine ecto-therms. Biology, 13 (). 14 pp. 10.3390/biology13040224

2023

Constable, A.J., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Muelbert, M.M.C., McCormack, S., Brasier, M., Caccavo, J.A, Cavanagh, R.D. , Grant, S.M. , Griffiths, H.J. , Gutt, J., Henley, S.F., Höfer, J., Hollowed, A.B., Johnston, N.M. , Morley, S.A. , Murphy, E.J. , Pinkerton, M.H., Schloss, I.R., Swadling, K.M., van de Putte, A.P.. (2023) Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Summary for Policymakers. Online, SCAR, SCOR and IMBeR, 74 pp. (.) 10.5281/zenodo.8359585

van der Grient, Jesse, Morley, Simon , Arkhipkin, Alexander, Bates, James, Baylis, Alastair, Brewin, Paul, Harte, Michael, White, J. Wilson, Brickle, Paul. (2023) Chapter One – The Falkland Islands marine ecosystem: A review of the seasonal dynamics and trophic interactions across the food web. In: Sheppard, Charles (eds.). Advances in Marine Biology - Volume 94, , Elsevier, 68 pp. (Advances in Marine Biology, ). 10.1016/bs.amb.2023.01.001

Barnes, David K.A. , Goodall-Copestake, William, Weller, Kara, Durrent, Andrew, Souster, Terri, Dunlop, Kathy, Gossmann, Theresa, Sands, Chester J. , Morley, Simon A. , Zwerschke, Nadescha . (2023) Use of emerging technologies to help measure fjordic biodiversity and blue carbon: mini-manned submarines and autonomous underwater vehicle swarms. Carbon Footprints, 2 (). 10 pp. 10.20517/cf.2022.24

2022

Morley, Simon A. , Chu, Jackson W., Peck, Lloyd S. , Bates, Amanda E.. (2022) Temperatures leading to heat escape responses in Antarctic marine ectotherms match acute thermal limits. Frontiers in Physiology, 13 (). 8 pp. 10.3389/fphys.2022.1077376

Robinson, Ben Jamie Owen , Morley, Simon A. , Rizouli, Anastasia, Sarantopoulou, Joanne, Gkafas, George A., Exadactylos, Athanasios, Küpper, Frithjof C.. (2022) New confirmed depth limit of Antarctic macroalgae: Palmaria decipiens found at 100 m depth in the Southern Ocean. Polar Biology, 45 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-022-03071-y

González‐Wevar, Claudio A., Segovia, Nicolás I., Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Maturana, Claudia S., Jeldres, Vanessa, Pinochet, Ramona, Saucède, Thomas, Morley, Simon A. , Brickle, Paul, Wilson, Nerida G., Spencer, Hamish G., Poulin, Elie. (2022) Seven snail species hidden in one: Biogeographic diversity in an apparently widespread periwinkle in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Biogeography, 49 (). pp. 10.1111/jbi.14453

Morley, Simon A. , Souster, Terri A. , Vause, Belinda J., Gerrish, Laura , Peck, Lloyd S. , Barnes, David K.A. . (2022) Benthic biodiversity, carbon storage and the potential for increasing negative feedbacks on climate change in shallow waters of the Antarctic Peninsula. Biology, 11 (). 18 pp. 10.3390/biology11020320

Robinson, Ben J.O. , Barnes, David K.A. , Grange, Laura J., Morley, Simon A. . (2022) The extremes of disturbance reduce functional redundancy: Functional trait assessment of the shallow Antarctic benthos. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 12 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.797112

Morley, Simon A. , Navarro, Jorge M., Ortíz, Alejandro, Détrée, Camille, Gerrish, Laura , González-Wevar, Claudio, Bates, Amanda E.. (2022) Evolutionary constraints on physiology confound range shift predictions of two nacellid limpets. Science of The Total Environment, 806 (). 11 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150943

2021

Bascur, Miguel, Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos, Morley, Simon A. , Román-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Cárdenas, Leyla, Schloss, Irene R., Meredith, Michael , Venables, Hugh, Brante, Antonio, Urzúa, Ángel. (2021) Interpopulational differences in the nutritional condition of Aequiyoldia eightsii (Protobranchia: Nuculanidae) during austral summer at the Western Antarctic Peninsula. PeerJ, 9 (). pp. 10.7717/peerj.12679

Barnes, David K.A. , Bell, James B., Bridges, Amelia E., Ireland, Louise , Howell, Kerry L., Martin, Stephanie M., Sands, Chester J. , Mora Soto, Alejandra, Souster, Terri, Flint, Gareth, Morley, Simon A. . (2021) Climate mitigation through biological conservation: Extensive and valuable blue carbon natural capital in Tristan da Cunha’s giant Marine Protected Zone. Biology, 10 (). 18 pp. 10.3390/biology10121339

Bates, Amanda E., Primack, Richard B., Biggar, Brandy S., Bird, Tomas J., Clinton, Mary E., Command, Rylan J., Richards, Cerren, Shellard, Marc, Geraldi, Nathan R., Vergara, Valeria, Acevedo-Charry, Orlando, Colón-Piñeiro, Zuania, Ocampo, David, Ocampo-Peñuela, Natalia, Sánchez-Clavijo, Lina M., Adamescu, Cristian M., Cheval, Sorin, Racoviceanu, Tudor, Adams, Matthew D., Kalisa, Egide, Kuuire, Vincent Z., Aditya, Vikram, Anderwald, Pia, Wiesmann, Samuel, ..., ..., Morley, Simon A. , ..., et al. (2021) Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment. Biological Conservation, 263 (). 18 pp. 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109175

Robinson, B.J.O. , Barnes, D.K.A. , Grange, L.J., Morley, S.A. . (2021) Intermediate ice scour disturbance is key to maintaining a peak in biodiversity within the shallows of the Western Antarctic Peninsula. Scientific Reports, 11 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41598-021-96269-9

Martin, Stephanie M., Soeffker, Marta, Schofield, Andy, Hobbs, Rhys, Glass, Trevor, Morley, Simon A. . (2021) Cetaceans sightings during research cruises in three remote Atlantic British Overseas Territories. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 8 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.660152

Painting, Suzanne Jane, Haigh, Eleanor K., Graham, Jennifer A., Morley, Simon A. , Henry, Leeann, Clingham, Elizabeth, Hobbs, Rhys, Mynott, Frances, Bersuder, Philippe, Walker, David I., Stamford, Tammy. (2021) St Helena marine water quality: Background conditions and development of assessment levels for coastal pollutants. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 20 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.655321

Grant, Susie M. , Waller, Cath L., Morley, Simon A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Brasier, Madeleine J., Double, Mike C., Griffiths, Huw J. , Hughes, Kevin A. , Jackson, Jennifer A. , Waluda, Claire M. , Constable, Andrew J.. (2021) Local drivers of change in Southern Ocean ecosystems: Human activities and policy implications. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (). 26 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624518

Zwerschke, Nadescha , Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. , Barnes, David K.A. . (2021) Can Antarctica’s shallow zoobenthos ‘bounce back’ from iceberg scouring impacts driven by climate change?. Global Change Biology, 27 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.15617

Brasier, Madeleine J., Barnes, David , Bax, Narissa, Brandt, Angelika, Christianson, Anne B., Constable, Andrew J., Downey, Rachel, Figuerola, Blanca, Griffiths, Huw , Gutt, Julian, Lockhart, Susanne, Morley, Simon A. , Post, Alexandra L., Van de Putte, Anton, Saeedi, Hanieh, Stark, Jonathan S., Sumner, Michael, Waller, Catherine L.. (2021) Responses of Southern Ocean seafloor habitats and communities to global and local drivers of change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 30 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.622721

Silva, Catarina N.S., Young, Emma F. , Murphy, Nicholas P., Bell, James J., Green, Bridget S., Morley, Simon A. , Duhamel, Guy, Cockcroft, Andrew C., Strugnell, Jan M.. (2021) Climatic change drives dynamic source–sink relationships in marine species with high dispersal potential. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (). pp. 10.1002/ece3.7204

González-Wevar, C.A., Segovia, N.I., Rosenfeld, S., Noll, D., Maturana, C.S., Hüne, M., Naretto, J., Gérard, K., Díaz, A., Spencer, H.G., Saucède, T., Féral, J.-P., Morley, S.A. , Brickle, P., Wilson, N.G., Poulin, E.. (2021) Contrasting biogeographical patterns in Margarella (Gastropoda: Calliostomatidae: Margarellinae) across the Antarctic Polar Front. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 156 (). pp. 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107039

Payne, N.L., Morley, S.A. , Halsey, L.G., Smith, J.A., Stuart-Smith, R., Waldock, C., Bates, A.E.. (2021) Fish heating tolerance scales similarly across individual physiology and populations. Communications Biology, 4 (). 5 pp. 10.1038/s42003-021-01773-3

Barnes, D.K.A. , Ashton, G.V., Morley, S.A. , Peck, L.S.. (2021) 1°C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna. Communications Biology, 4 (). 7 pp. 10.1038/s42003-021-01742-w

Barnes, D.K.A. , Ashton, G.V., Morley, S.A. , Peck, L.S. . (2021) 1°C warming increases spatial competition frequency and complexity in Antarctic marine macrofauna. Communications Biology, 4 (). 7 pp. 10.1038/s42003-021-01742-w

Bell, James B., Laptikhovsky, Vladimir, Barnes, David K.A. , Benedet, Ramon, Bridges, Amelia E., Glass, James, Glass, Warren, Green, Rodney, Morley, Simon A. , Robertson, Simon, Robson, Georgia R., Stanton, Harry, Azzopardi, Freja, Trueman, Clive N., Yates, Oliver, Collins, Martin A. . (2021) Life history and ecology of Bluenose Warehou (Hyperoglyphe antarctica, Centrolophidae) in the Southern Atlantic. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 41 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.610172

2020

Navarro, Jorge M., Détrée, Camille, Morley, Simon A. , Cárdenas, Leyla, Ortiz, Alejandro, Vargas-Chacoff, Luis, Paschke, Kurt, Gallardo, Pablo, Guillemin, Marie-Laure, Gonzalez-Wevar, Claudio. (2020) Evaluating the effects of ocean warming and freshening on the physiological energetics and transcriptomic response of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna. Science of the Total Environment, 748 (). 12 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142448

Morley, Simon A. , Abele, Doris, Barnes, David K.A. , Cárdenas, César A., Cotté, Cedric, Gutt, Julian, Henley, Sian F., Höfer, Juan, Hughes, Kevin A. , Martin, Stephanie M., Moffat, Carlos, Raphael, Marilyn N., Stammerjohn, Sharon E., Suckling, Coleen C., Tulloch, Vivitskaia J.D., Waller, Cath L., Constable, Andrew J.. (2020) Global drivers on Southern Ocean ecosystems: changing physical environments in an Earth system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (). 24 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2020.547188

Muñoz-Ramírez, Carlos P., Barnes, David K.A. , Cárdenas, Leyla, Meredith, Michael P. , Morley, Simon A. , Roman-Gonzalez, Alejandro, Sands, Chester J. , Scourse, James, Brante, Antonio. (2020) Gene flow in the Antarctic bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839) suggests a role for the Antarctic Peninsula Coastal Current in larval dispersal. Royal Society Open Science, 7 (). 11 pp. 10.1098/rsos.200603

Robinson, Ben J.O. , Barnes, David K.A. , Morley, Simon A. . (2020) Disturbance, dispersal and marine assemblage structure: A case study from the nearshore Southern Ocean. Marine Environmental Research, 160 (). pp. 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.105025

Guillaumot, Charlène, Saucède, Thomas, Morley, Simon A. , Starrlight, Augustine, Danis, Bruno, Kooijman, Sebastiaan. (2020) Can DEB models infer metabolic differences between intertidal and subtidal morphotypes of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908)?. Ecological Modelling, 430 (). pp. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109088

Hughes, Kevin A. , Pescott, Oliver L. , Peyton, Jodey, Adriaens, Tim, Cottier-Cook, Elizabeth J., Key, Gillian, Rabitsch, Wolfgang, Tricarico, Elena, Barnes, David K.A. , Baxter, Naomi, Belchier, Mark, Blake, Denise, Convey, Peter , Dawson, Wayne, Frohlich, Danielle, Gardiner, Lauren M., González-Moreno, Pablo, James, Ross, Malumphy, Christopher, Martin, Stephanie, Martinou, Angeliki F., Minchin, Dan, Monaco, Andrea, Moore, Niall, Morley, Simon A. , Ross, Katherine, Shanklin, Jonathan, Turvey, Katharine, Vaughan, David , Vaux, Alexander G.C., Werenkraut, Victoria, Winfield, Ian J. , Roy, Helen E. . (2020) Invasive non‐native species likely to threaten biodiversity and ecosystems in the Antarctic Peninsula region. Global Change Biology, 26 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.14938

Bates, A.E., Morley, Simon A. . (2020) Interpreting empirical estimates of experimentally derived physiological and biological thermal limits in ectotherms. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 98 (). pp. 10.1139/cjz-2018-0276

Krasnobaev, Artem, ten Dam, Guillaume, Boerrigter-Eenling, Rita, Peng, Fengjiao, van Leeuwen, Stefan, Morley, Simon , Peck, Lloyd , Van Den Brink, Nico W.. (2020) Legacy and Emerging Persistent Organic Pollutants in Antarctic Benthic Invertebrates near Rothera Point, Western Antarctic Peninsula. Environmental Science & Technology, 54 (). pp. 10.1021/acs.est.9b06622

2019

Küpper, Frithjof C., Amsler, Charles D., Morley, Simon , de Reviers, Bruno, Reichardt, Aurelia, Peck, Lloyd S. , Peters, Akira F.. (2019) Juvenile morphology of the large Antarctic canopy-forming brown alga, Desmarestia menziesii J. Agardh. Polar Biology, 42 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-019-02584-3

Ferreira, Guilherme V.B., Barletta, Mario, Lima, André R. A., Morley, Simon , Costa, Monica F.. (2019) Dynamics of marine debris ingestion by profitable fishes along the estuarine ecocline. Scientific Reports, 9 (). 12 pp. 10.1038/s41598-019-49992-3

Vause, Belinda J., Morley, Simon A. , Fonseca, Vera, Jażdżewska, Anna, Ashton, Gail V., Barnes, David K.A. , Giebner, Hendrik, Clark, Melody S. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2019) Spatial and temporal dynamics of Antarctic shallow soft-bottom benthic communities: ecological drivers under climate change. BMC Ecology, 19 (). pp. 10.1186/s12898-019-0244-x

Spicer, John I., Morley, Simon A. . (2019) Will giant polar amphipods be first to fare badly in an oxygen-poor ocean? Testing hypotheses linking oxygen to body size. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 374 (). pp. 10.1098/rstb.2019.0034

Spicer, John I., Morley, Simon A. , Bozinovic, Francisco. (2019) Physiological diversity, biodiversity patterns and global climate change: testing key hypotheses involving temperature and oxygen. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (B), 374 (). pp. 10.1098/rstb.2019.0032

González-Wevar, Claudio A., Gérard, Karin, Rosenfeld, Sebastian, Saucède, Thomas, Naretto, Javier, Díaz, Angie, Morley, Simon A. , Brickle, Paul, Poulin, Elie. (2019) Cryptic speciation in Southern Ocean Aequiyoldia eightsii (Jay, 1839): Mio-Pliocene trans-Drake Passage separation and diversification. Progress in Oceanography, 174 (). pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2018.09.004

Morley, S.A. , Peck, L.S. , Sunday, J., Heiser, S., Bates, A.E.. (2019) Physiological acclimation and persistence of ecothermic species under extreme heat events. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (). pp. 10.1111/geb.12911

Morley, Simon A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Dunn, Michael J. . (2019) Predicting which species succeed in climate-forced polar seas. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 (). 13 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2018.00507

2018

Barnes, David K.A. , Morley, Simon A. , Bell, J., Brewin, P., Bridgen, K., Collins, M., Glass, T., Goodall-Copestake, Will P. , Henry, L., Laptikhovsky, V., Piechaud, N., Richardson, A., Rose, P., Sands, Chester J. , Schofield, A., Shreeve, R., Small, A., Stamford, T., Taylor, B.. (2018) Marine plastics threatens giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas. Current Biology, 28 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.064

Souster, Terri A. , Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2018) Seasonality of oxygen consumption in five common Antarctic benthic marine invertebrates. Polar Biology, 41 (). pp. 10.1007/s00300-018-2251-3

Ferreira, Guilherme V.B., Barletta, Mário, Lima, André R.A., Morley, Simon A. , Justino, Anne K.S., Costa, Monica F.. (2018) High intake rates of microplastics in a Western Atlantic predatory fish, and insights of a direct fishery effect. Environmental Pollution, 236 (). pp. 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.095

González-Wevar, Claudio A., Segovia, Nicolás I., Rosenfeld, Sebastián, Ojeda, Jaime, Hüne, Mathias, Naretto, Javier, Saucède, Thomas, Brickle, Paul, Morley, Simon , Féral, Jean-Pierre, Spencer, Hamish G., Poulin, Elie. (2018) Unexpected absence of island endemics: Long-distance dispersal in higher latitude sub-Antarctic Siphonaria (Gastropoda: Euthyneura) species. Journal of Biogeography, 45 (). pp. 10.1111/jbi.13174

2017

Ashton, Gail V., Barnes, David K.A. , Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2017) Response to van der Meer. Current Biology, 27 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.066

Watson, Sue-Ann, Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2017) Latitudinal trends in shell production cost from the tropics to the poles. Science Advances, 3 (). 9 pp. 10.1126/sciadv.1701362

Ashton, Gail V., Morley, Simon A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Clark, Melody S. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2017) Warming by 1°C drives species and assemblage level responses in Antarctica’s marine shallows. Current Biology, 27 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.048

Morley, S.A. , Nguyen, K.D., Peck, L.S. , Lai, C.H., Tan, K.S.. (2017) Can acclimation of thermal tolerance, in adults and across generations, act as a buffer against climate change in tropical marine ectotherms?. Journal of Thermal Biology, 68B (). pp. 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.09.007

Nolan, E.T., Barnes, D.K.A. , Brown, J., Downes, K., Enderlein, P., Gowland, E., Hogg, O.T., Laptikhovsky, V., Morley, S.A. , Mrowicki, R.J., Richardson, A., Sands, C.J. , Weber, N., Weber, S., Brickle, P.. (2017) Biological and physical characterization of the seabed surrounding Ascension Island from 100–1000 m. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 97 (). pp. 10.1017/S0025315417000820

Clark, Melody S. , Sommer, Ulf, Sihra, Jaspreet K., Thorne, Michael A.S. , Morley, Simon A. , King, Michelle, Viant, Mark R., Peck, Lloyd S. . (2017) Biodiversity in marine invertebrate responses to acute warming revealed by a comparative multi-omics approach. Global Change Biology, 23 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.13357

2016

Morley, Simon A. , Suckling, Coleen C. , Clark, Melody S. , Cross, Emma L. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2016) Long-term effects of altered PH and temperature on the feeding energetics of the Antarctic sea urchin, Sterechinus neumayeri. Biodiversity, 17 (). pp. 10.1080/14888386.2016.1174956

Morley, S.A. , Bates, A.E., Lamare, M, Richard, J, Nguyen, K.D., Brown, J, Peck, L.S. . (2016) Rates of warming and the global sensitivity of shallow water marine invertebrates to elevated temperature. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 96 (). pp. doi:10.1017/S0025315414000307

Barnes, David K.A. , Ireland, Louise , Hogg, Oliver T., Morley, Simon , Enderlein, Peter, Sands, Chester J. . (2016) Why is the South Orkney Island shelf (the world’s first high seas marine protected area) a carbon immobilization hotspot?. Global Change Biology, 22 (). pp. 10.1111/gcb.13157

González-Wevar, Claudio A., Chown, Steven L., Morley, Simon , Coria, Nestor, Saucéde, Thomas, Poulin, Elie. (2016) Out of Antarctica: quaternary colonization of sub-Antarctic Marion Island by the limpet genus Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae). Polar Biology, 39 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1620-9

Morley, Simon A. , Berman, Jade, Barnes, David K. A. , de Juan Carbonell, Carlos, Downey, Rachel V., Peck, Lloyd S. . (2016) Extreme phenotypic plasticity in metabolic physiology of Antarctic demosponges. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3 (). pp. doi:10.3389/fevo.2015.00157

2015

Peck, Lloyd S. , Thorne, Michael A.S. , Hoffman, Joseph I., Morley, Simon A. , Clark, Melody S. . (2015) Variability among individuals is generated at the gene expression level. Ecology, 96 (). pp. 10.1890/14-0726.1

Suckling, Coleen C. , Clark, Melody S. , Richard, Joelle, Morley, Simon A. , Thorne, Michael A.S. , Harper, Elizabeth M., Peck, Lloyd S. . (2015) Adult acclimation to combined temperature and pH stressors significantly enhances reproductive outcomes compared to short-term exposures. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84 (). pp. 10.1111/1365-2656.12316

2014

Morley, Simon A. , Lai, Chien-Hsiang, Clarke, Andrew , Tan, Koh Siang, Thorne, Michael A. S. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2014) Limpet feeding rate and the consistency of physiological response to temperature. Journal of Comparative Physiology B, 184 (). pp. 10.1007/s00360-014-0814-3

Morley, S. A. , Belchier, M., Sands, C. , Barnes, D. K. A. , Peck, L. S. . (2014) Geographic isolation and physiological mechanisms underpinning species distributions at the range limit hotspot of South Georgia. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 24 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s11160-013-9308-8

Convey, Peter , Chown, Steven L., Clarke, Andrew , Barnes, David K.A. , Bokhorst, Stef, Cummings, Vonda, Ducklow, Hugh W., Frati, Francesco, Green, T. G. Allan, Gordon, Shulamit, Griffiths, Huw J. , Howard-Williams, Clive, Huiskes, Ad H. L., Laybourn-Parry, Johanna, Lyons Berry, W., McMinn, Andrew, Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. , Quesada, Antonio, Robinson, Sharon A., Schiaparelli, Stefano, Wall, Diana H.. (2014) The spatial structure of Antarctic biodiversity. Ecological Monographs, 84 (). pp. doi:10.1890/12-2216.1

Peck, L. S. , Morley, S. A. , Richard, J., Clark, M. S. . (2014) Acclimation and thermal tolerance in Antarctic marine ectotherms. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 (). pp. doi:10.1242/jeb.089946

Watson, Sue-Ann, Morley, Simon A. , Bates, Amanda E., Clark, Melody S. , Day, Robert W., Lamare, Miles, Martin, Stephanie M., Southgate, Paul C., Tan, Koh Siang, Tyler, Paul A., Peck, Lloyd S. . (2014) Low global sensitivity of metabolic rate to temperature in calcified marine invertebrates. Oecologia, 174 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00442-013-2767-8

2013

Bates, A. E., McKelvie, C. M., Sorte, C. J. B., Morley, S. A. , Jones, N. A. R., Mondon, J. A., Bird, T. J., Quinn, G.. (2013) Geographical range, heat tolerance and invasion success in aquatic species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 280 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1958

Gonzalez-Wevar, C.A., Saucede, T., Morley, S.A. , Chown, S.L., Poulin, E.. (2013) Extinction and recolonization of maritime Antarctica in the limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908) during the glacial cycle: toward a model of Quaternary biogeography in shallow Antarctic invertebrates. Molecular Ecology, 22 (). pp. 10.1111/mec.12465

Obermüller, Birgit E., Truebano, Manuela , Peck, Lloyd S. , Eastman, Joseph T., Morley, Simon A. . (2013) Reduced seasonality in elemental CHN composition of Antarctic marine benthic predators and scavengers. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 446 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.001

2012

Harper, Elizabeth M., Clark, Melody S. , Hoffman, Joseph I., Philipp, Eva E. R., Peck, Lloyd S. , Morley, Simon A. . (2012) Iceberg Scour and Shell Damage in the Antarctic Bivalve Laternula elliptica. Plos One, 7 (). 12 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046341

Morley, Simon , Hirse, Timo, Thorne, Michael , Pörtner, Hans O., Peck, Lloyd . (2012) Physiological plasticity, long term resistance or acclimation to temperature, in the Antarctic bivalve, Laternula elliptica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 162 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.01.009

Morley, Simon , Martin, S.M., Bates, A.E., Clark, Melody , Ericson, J., Lamare, M., Peck, Lloyd . (2012) Spatial and temporal variation in the heat tolerance limits of two abundant Southern Ocean invertebrates. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 450 (). pp. 10.3354/meps09577

Morley, Simon A. , Martin, Stephanie M., Day, Robert W., Ericson, Jess, Lai, Chien-Houng, Lamare, Miles, Tan, Koh-Siang, Thorne, Michael A.S. , Peck, Lloyd S.. (2012) Thermal reaction norms and the scale of temperature variation: latitudinal vulnerability of intertidal Nacellid limpets to climate change. PLoS One, 7 (). pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0052818

Richard, Joelle, Morley, Simon Anthony , Deloffre, Julien, Peck, Lloyd Samuel . (2012) Thermal acclimation capacity for four Arctic marine benthic species. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 424-425 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.01.010

Richard, Joëlle, Morley, Simon Anthony , Thorne, Michael A. S. , Peck, Lloyd Samuel . (2012) Estimating long-term survival temperatures at the assemblage Level in the marine environment: Towards macrophysiology. Plos One, 7 (). 9 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0034655

Watson, Sue-Ann, Peck, Lloyd S. , Tyler, Paul A., Southgate, Paul C., Tan, Koh Siang, Day, Robert W., Morley, Simon . (2012) Marine invertebrate skeleton size varies with latitude, temperature and carbonate saturation: implications for global change and ocean acidification. Global Change Biology, 18 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02755.x

2011

Barnes, David K.A. , Kuklinski, Piotr, Jackson, Jennifer A., Keel, Geoff W., Morley, Simon A. , Winston, Judith E.. (2011) Scott’s collections help reveal accelerating marine life growth in Antarctica. Current Biology, 21 (). pp. 10.1016/j.cub.2011.01.033

Lai, C.H., Morley, Simon A. , Tan, K.S., Peck, Lloyd S. . (2011) Thermal niche separation in two sympatric tropical intertidal Laternula (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 405 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jembe.2011.05.014

Morley, S.A. , Lemmon, V., Obermüller, Birgit E., Spicer, J.I., Clark, Melody S. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2011) Duration tenacity: a method for assessing acclimatory capacity of the Antarctic limpet, Nacella concinna. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 399 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.01.013

Nguyen, Khanh Dung T., Morley, Simon A. , Lai, Chien-Houng, Clark, Melody S. , Tan, Koh Siang, Bates, Amanda E.. (2011) Upper temperature limits of tropical marine ectotherms: global warming implications. PLoS One, 6 (). 8 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0029340

Obermüller, Birgit E., Morley, Simon A. , Clark, Melody S. , Barnes, David K.A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2011) Antarctic intertidal limpet ecophysiology: a winter-summer comparison. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 403 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jembe.2011.04.003

2010

Morley, Simon A. , Griffiths, Huw J. , Barnes, David K.A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2010) South Georgia: a key location for linking physiological capacity to distributional changes in response to climate change. Antarctic Science, 22 (). pp. 10.1017/S0954102010000465

Barnes, David K.A. , Peck, Lloyd S. , Morley, Simon A. . (2010) Ecological relevance of laboratory determined temperature limits: colonization potential, biogeography and resilience of Antarctic invertebrates to environmental change. Global Change Biology, 16 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2010.02176.x

Ericson, Jessica A., Lamare, Miles D., Morley, Simon A. , Barker, Mike F.. (2010) The response of two ecologically important Antarctic invertebrates (Sterechinus neumayeri and Parborlasia corrugatus) to reduced seawater pH: Effects on fertilsation and embryonic development. Marine Biology, 157 (). pp. 10.1007/s00227-010-1529-y

Lurman, G.J., Blaser, T., Lamare, M., Peck, Lloyd , Morley, Simon Anthony . (2010) Mitochondrial plasticity in brachiopod (Liothyrella spp.) smooth adductor muscle as a result of season and latitude. Marine Biology, 157 (). 7 pp. 10.1007/s00227-009-1374-z

Lurman, Glenn, Blaser, Till, Lamare, Miles, Tan, Koh-Siang, Poertner, Hans, Peck, Lloyd S. , Morley, Simon A. . (2010) Ultrastructure of pedal muscle as a function of temperature in nacellid limpets. Marine Biology, 157 (). pp. 10.1007/s00227-010-1444-2

Morley, S. A. , Clark, M.S. , Peck, L.S. . (2010) Depth gradients in shell morphology correlate with thermal limits for activity and ice disturbance in Antarctic limpets. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 390 (). pp. 10.1016/j.jembe.2010.04.040

Obermüller, Birgit E., Morley, Simon A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Peck, Lloyd S. . (2010) Seasonal physiology and ecology of Antarctic marine benthos predators and scavengers. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 415 (). pp. 10.3354/meps08735

Peck, Lloyd S. , Morley, Simon A. , Clark, Melody S. . (2010) Poor acclimation capacities in Antarctic marine ectotherms. Marine Biology, 157 (). pp. 10.1007/s00227-010-1473-x

2009

Morley, S.A. , Lurman, G.L., Skepper, J.N., Portner, H-O., Peck, L.S. . (2009) Thermal plasticity of mitochondria:a latitudinal comparison between Southern Ocean molluscs. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, 152A (). pp.

Morley, Simon Anthony , Tan, Koh Siang, Day, Robert W., Martin, Stephanie M., Pörtner, Hans-O, Peck, Lloyd S. . (2009) Thermal dependency of burrowing in three species within the bivalve genus Laternula: a latitudinal comparison. Marine Biology, 156 (). pp. 10.1007/s00227-009-1228-8

Morley, Simon Anthony , hirse, timo, poertner, hans-otto, Peck, Lloyd . (2009) Geographical variation in thermal tolerance within Southern Ocean marine ectotherms. Compararitive Biochemsitry and Physiology part A, 153A (). 7 pp. 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.001

Peck, Lloyd S. , Clark, Melody S. , Morley, Simon A. , Massey, Alison, Rossetti, Helen. (2009) Animal temperature limits and ecological relevance: effects of size, activity and rates of change. Functional Ecology, 23 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2008.01537.x

2007

Morley, S.A. , Peck, L.S. , Tan, K.S., Martin, S.M., Portner, H-O.. (2007) Slowest of the slow: latitudinal insensitivity of burrowing capacity in the bivalve Laternula. Marine Biology, 151 (). pp. 10.1007/s00227-007-0610-7

Morley, Simon A. , Peck, Lloyd S. , Miller, Andrew J., Pörtner, H.O.. (2007) Hypoxia tolerance associated with activity reduction is a key adaptation for Laternula elliptica seasonal energetics. Oecologia, 153 (). pp. 10.1007/s00442-007-0720-4

Peck, Lloyd Samuel , Morley, Simon Anthony , Pörtner, Hans-Otto, Clark, Melody Susan . (2007) Thermal limits of burrowing capacity are linked to oxygen availability and size in the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica. Oecologia, 154 (). pp. 10.1007/s00442-007-0858-0

2006

Barnes, David K.A. , Linse, Katrin , Waller, Cath, Morley, Simon , Enderlein, Peter, Fraser, Keiron P.P. , Brown, Matt. (2006) Shallow benthic communities of South Georgia Island. Polar Biology, 29 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0042-0

Morley, S.A. , Belchier, M., Dickson, J., Mulvey, T.. (2006) Reproductive strategies of sub-Antarctic lithodid crabs vary with habitat depth. Polar Biology, 29 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-005-0091-4

Rogers, A.D., Morley, S.A. , Fitzcharles, E., Jarvis, K., Belchier, M.. (2006) Genetic structure of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) populations on the Patagonian Shelf and Atlantic and western Indian Ocean sectors of the Southern Ocean. Marine Biology, 149 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00227-006-0256-x

2005

Morley, Simon A. , Belchier, Mark, Dickson, Judith, Mulvey, Therese. (2005) Daily otolith increment validation in larval mackerel icefish, Champsocephalus gunnari. Fisheries Research, 75 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2005.04.008

2004

Dickson, J., Morley, S.A. , Mulvey, T.. (2004) New data on Martialia hyadesi feeding in the Scotia Sea during winter; with emphasis on seasonal and annual variability. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 84 (). pp. 10.1017/S0025315404009944h

Freeman, M.P. , Morley, S.K. . (2004) A minimal substorm model that explains the observed statistical distribution of times between substorms. Geophysical Research Letters, 31 (). 4 pp. 10.1029/2004GL019989

Hughes, Roger N., Manríquez, Patricio H., Morley, Simon , Craig, Sean F., Bishop, John D.D.. (2004) Kin or self-recognition? Colonial fusibility of the bryozoan Celleporella hyalina. Evolution and Development, 6 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2004.04051.x

Morley, S.A. , Mulvey, T., Dickson, J., Belchier, M.. (2004) The biology of the bigeye grenadier at South Georgia. Journal of Fish Biology, 64 (). pp.

2002

Morley, S.A. , Belchier, M.. (2002) Otolith and body size relationships in bigeye grenadier (Macrourus holotrachys) in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3. CCAMLR Science, 9 (). pp.

The Sustainable Flag Project
Protecting Marine Ecosystems in the South Atlantic
National Capability for Global Challenges
Biodiversity at BAS Cambridge
Resisting temperature change in the marine environment
Monitoring climate change in action
Changing biodiversity
The Heated Settlement Panels
Ascension Island Marine Sustainability (AIMS)
Otolith and body size relationships in bigeye grenadier (Macrourus holotrachys) in CCAMLR Subarea 48.3

NC-ODA, Polar expertise supporting development. WP leader, South Atlantic Islands

EU-RISE, CoastCarb. WP leader

I completed my PhD in larval fish physiology, registered at the University of Liverpool with research conducted at the Scottish Association for Marine Sciences in Oban. My career has developed through the ecophysiology of bryozoans, in response to temperature and oxygen, before a stint as senior wintering scientist at the British Antarctic Survey’s fisheries research laboratory in the Sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia. This lead to my current position as an ecophysiologist at BAS. I am also a BAS Innovation Champion for the Biodiversity Evolution and Adaptations Team within BAS. My aim for innovation is to connect our research on cold environment adaptation to wider applications with added value to society.

Education

BSc, Marine biology (hons.), University of Liverpool. May 1991

MSc, Applied Fish Biology, University of Plymouth. October 1992

PhD, University of Liverpool. 1998.

Employment History

Jan 2004-present Ecophysiolgist at the BAS.

Jan 2001 – Dec 2003 Senior wintering scientist at the British Antarctic Survey’s applied fishery laboratory at the Island of South Georgia

May 1998 – Jan. 2001 Ecophysiologist (PDRA) at University of Wales – Bangor

April 1993 – March 1998 Ecophysiologist (RA) at Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory

October 1992-April 1993 Larval fish histology (RA) at Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Review Editor Frontiers in Physiology, Frontiers
NERC Peer Review College, NERC
EU COST reviewer, EU
Reviewer, UEFISCDI Romania

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