Emma Young
Ocean and Biophysical Modeller
Biography
Professional Experience
2005 – present : Senior Scientific Officer, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK
2002 – 2005 : Senior Scientific Officer, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, Liverpool, UK
1997 – 2002 : Higher Scientific Officer, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, UK. Team coordinator 2000 – 2002.
Education
1988 – 1991 : B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, 2:1, Southampton University, England.
1991 – 1992 : M.Sc. Atmospheric Science, with distinction, University of East Anglia, England.
1993 – 1996 : Ph.D., University of East Anglia, England. Thesis: “Environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in The Wash”.
Research interests
The development and application of hydrodynamic and transport models for the coastal and shelf seas, including both temperate seas and the Southern Ocean region.
The use of these models in interdisciplinary science, in particular the coupling of physical and biological models for the study of the transport and recruitment of marine biota.
The influence of variability in the underlying physical oceanography on biological processes, from seasonal cycles, to interannual and decadal variability, and to potential changes associated with a changing climate.
Collaborations
Geneflow in Antarctic fishes: the Role of Oceanogaphy and Life History. NERC-funded AFI project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.
Impacts of Southern Ocean Warming on Marine Connectivity: Integrating Oceanographic Modelling with Molecular Ecology and Developmental Biology. NERC-funded project led by Gary Carvalho, Bangor University.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2024
Ezer, Tal, Bonaduce, Antonio, Carniel, Sandro, Amin, Chabchoub, de Camargo, Ricardo, Estrada-Allis, Sheila N., Fringer, Oliver B., Gangopadhyay, Avijit, Gao, Guoping, Greatbatch, Richard J., Lermusiaux, Pierre F. J., Liu, Zhiyu, Miyazawa, Yasumasa, Forster, Alejandro Orfila, Pinones, Andrea, Stanev, Emil, Sun, Chaojiao, Volker, Christoph, Wang, Jia, Xu, Fanghua, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young. (2024) Editorial – Ocean Dynamics in 2023: overview and thank you to reviewers. Ocean Dynamics, 74 (). 2 pp. 10.1007/s10236-024-01603-0
Zanker, Joanna C. ORCID record for Joanna C. Zanker, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young, Holland, Paul R. ORCID record for Paul R. Holland, Haigh, Ivan D., Brickle, Paul. (2024) Oceanographic Variability in Cumberland Bay, South Georgia, and Its Implications for Glacier Retreat. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129 (). pp. 10.1029/2023JC020507
Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Renner, Angelika H.H., Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy. (2024) Environmental and behavioural drivers of Antarctic krill distribution at the South Orkney Islands: A regional perspective. Journal of Marine Systems, 241 (). 16 pp. 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2023.103920
2023
Gómez‐Valdivia, Felipe ORCID record for Felipe Gómez‐Valdivia, Holland, Paul ORCID record for Paul Holland, Siahaan, Antony, Dutrieux, Pierre ORCID record for Pierre Dutrieux, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young. (2023) Projected West Antarctic Ocean Warming Caused by an Expansion of the Ross Gyre. Geophysical Research Letters, 50 (). 11 pp. 10.1029/2023GL102978
Combes, V., Matano, R.P., Meredith, M.P. ORCID record for M.P. Meredith, Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young. (2023) Variability of the shelf circulation around South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 128 (). 13 pp. 10.1029/2022JC019257
2022
Trathan, P.N. ORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Warwick-Evans, V. ORCID record for V. Warwick-Evans, Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young, Friedlaender, A., Kim, J.H., Kokubun, N.. (2022) The ecosystem approach to management of the Antarctic krill fishery – the ‘devils are in the detail’ at small spatial and temporal scales. Journal of Marine Systems, 255 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2021.103598
2021
Heyworth, Stephanie M., Bell, James, Wade, Christopher, Cavalcante, Geórgenes H., Robinson, Nicholas A., Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young, Glass, James, Feary, David A.. (2021) Genetic connectivity of seamount populations of bluenose warehou (Hyperoglyphe antarctica). Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 15 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.640504
Campanella, Fabio, Collins, Martin A. ORCID record for Martin A. Collins, Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Laptikhovsky, Vladimir, Whomersley, Paul, van der Kooij, Jeroen. (2021) First insight of meso- and bentho-pelagic fish dynamics around remote seamounts in the South Atlantic Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 16 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.663278
Silva, Catarina N.S., Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Murphy, Nicholas P., Bell, James J., Green, Bridget S., Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Simon A. Morley, 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
2020
Matano, R.P., Combes, V., Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young, Meredith, M.P. ORCID record for M.P. Meredith. (2020) Modeling the impact of ocean circulation on chlorophyll blooms around South Georgia, Southern Ocean.. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 125 (). 18 pp. 10.1029/2020JC016391
2019
Meijers, Andrew J.S. ORCID record for Andrew J.S. Meijers, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Chambers, D. P., Belchier, Mark, Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young. (2019) The role of ocean dynamics in king penguin range estimation. Nature Climate Change, 9 (). pp. 10.1038/s41558-018-0388-2
2018
Trathan, Phil N. ORCID record for Phil N. Trathan, Warwick-Evans, Victoria ORCID record for Victoria Warwick-Evans, Hinke, J.T., Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Carneiro, A.P.B., Dias, M.P., Kovacs, K.M., Lowther, A.D., Godø, O.R., Kokubun, N., Kim, J.H., Takahashi, A., Santos, M.. (2018) Managing fishery development in sensitive ecosystems: Identifying penguin habitat use to direct management in Antarctica. Ecosphere, 9 (). pp. 10.1002/ecs2.2392
Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Tysklind, Niklas, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, de Bruyn, Mark, Belchier, Mark, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Carvalho, Gary R.. (2018) Stepping stones to isolation: impacts of a changing climate on the connectivity of fragmented fish populations. Evolutionary Applications, 11 (). pp. 10.1111/eva.12613
2017
Brigden, K.E., Marshall, C.T., Scott, B.E., Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young, Brickle, P.. (2017) Interannual variability in reproductive traits of the Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. Journal of Fish Biology, 91 (). pp. 10.1111/jfb.13344
2015
Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Belchier, Mark, Hauser, Lorenz, Horsburgh, Gavin J., Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Pascoal, Sonia, Rock, Jennifer, Tysklind, Niklas, Carvalho, Gary R.. (2015) Oceanography and life history predict contrasting genetic population structure in two Antarctic fish species. Evolutionary Applications, 8 (). pp. 10.1111/eva.12259
Hosking, J. Scott ORCID record for J. Scott Hosking, Bannister, Daniel, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, King, John ORCID record for John King, Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips. (2015) Orographic disturbances of surface winds over the shelf waters adjacent to South Georgia. Atmospheric Science Letters, 16 (). pp. doi:10.1002/asl2.519
2014
Young, Emma ORCID record for Emma Young, Thorpe, Sally ORCID record for Sally Thorpe, Banglawala, Neelofer, Murphy, Eugene ORCID record for Eugene Murphy. (2014) Variability in transport pathways on and around the South Georgia shelf, Southern Ocean: Implications for recruitment and retention. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 119 (). pp. 10.1002/2013JC009348
2013
Murphy, E.J. ORCID record for E.J. Murphy, Hofmann, E.E., Watkins, J.L., Johnston, N.M. ORCID record for N.M. Johnston, Piñones, A., Ballerini, T., Hill, S.L. ORCID record for S.L. Hill, Trathan, P.N. ORCID record for P.N. Trathan, Tarling, G.A. ORCID record for G.A. Tarling, Cavanagh, R.A. ORCID record for R.A. Cavanagh, Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young, Thorpe, S.E. ORCID record for S.E. Thorpe, Fretwell, P. ORCID record for P. Fretwell. (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia. Journal of Marine Systems, 109-110 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.011
2012
Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Rock, Jennifer, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Belchier, Mark, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Carvalho, Gary R.. (2012) Physical and behavioural influences on larval fish retention: contrasting patterns in two Antarctic fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 465 (). pp. 10.3354/meps09908
2011
Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Emma F. Young, Meredith, Michael P. ORCID record for Michael P. Meredith, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Carvalho, Gary R.. (2011) High-resolution modelling of the shelf and open ocean adjacent to South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Deep-Sea Research, Part II, 58 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.11.003
2007
Ward, P., Whitehouse, M.J., Shreeve, R.S., Thorpe, S.E. ORCID record for S.E. Thorpe, Atkinson, A., Korb, R.E., Pond, D.W., Young, E.F. ORCID record for E.F. Young. (2007) Plankton community structure south and west of South Georgia (Southern Ocean): links with production and physical forcing. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 54 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr.2007.08.008
Other Publications
Young, E.F. and Holt, J.T. (2007). ‘Prediction and analysis of long-term variability of temperature and salinity in the Irish Sea’. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, C01008, doi:10.1029/2005JC003386.
Shepherd, D., Burgess, D., Jickells, T., Andrews, J., Cave, R., Turner, R.K., Aldridge, J., Parker, E.R., Young, E. (2007). ‘Modelling the effects and economics of managed realignment on the cycling and storage of nutrients, carbon and sediments in the Blackwater estuary UK’. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 73 (3-4), 355-367.
Fox, C.J., McCloughrie, P., Young, E.F., Nash, R.D.M. (2006). ‘The importance of individual behaviour for successful settlement of juvenile plaice (Pleurenectes platessa L.): a modelling and field study in the eastern Irish Sea’. Fisheries Oceanography 15 (4), 301-313.
Trimmer, M., Petersen, J., Sivyer, D.B., Mills, C., Young, E., Parker, E.R. (2005). ‘Impact of long-term benthic trawl disturbance on sediment sorting and biogeochemistry in the southern North Sea’. Marine Ecology Progress Series 298, 79-94.
Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Erratum to “Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea”.’ Continental Shelf Research 24, 1047-1051.
Young, E.F., Holt, J.T., Evans, G.L., Williams, P. le B. (2004) ‘Physical versus anthropogenic control of nutrient concentrations in the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding.
Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N., Horsburgh, K.J., Fernand, L. (2004). ‘Development and Application of a Three-Dimensional Baroclinic Model to the Study of the Seasonal Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 24 (1), 13-36.
Brown, J., Carillo, L., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J., Hill, A.E., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘Observations of the physical structure and seasonal jet-like circulation of the Celtic Sea and St. George’s Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (6), 533-561.
Dickey-Collas, M., Armstrong, M.J., Officer, R.A., Wright, P.J., Brown, J., Dunn, M.R., Young, E.F. (2003). ‘ Growth and expansion of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) stocks to the west of the British Isles in the 1990’s.’ ICES Marine Science Symposia 219, 271-282.
Aldridge, J.N., Kershaw, P., Leonard, P.K., McCubbin, D., Brown, J., Young, E.F. (2003) ‘Transport of Plutonium (239/240 Pu) and Caesium (137Cs) in the Irish Sea: Comparison between observations and results from sediment and contaminant transport modelling.’ Continental Shelf Research 23 (9), 869-900.
Young, E.F., Brown, J., Fernand, L., Horsburgh, K.J. (2002) ‘Three-dimensional Modelling of the Summer Circulation in the Celtic Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference, ed. M.L. Spaulding, 1-21.
Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the Irish and Celtic Seas region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 46pp.
Young, E.F. (2002). ‘Tidal validation of a three-dimensional, primitive equation model for the North Sea region.’ Internal Report, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, 57pp.
Young, E.F., Brown, J., Aldridge, J.N. (2001). ‘Application of a large area curvilinear model to the study of the wind-forced dynamics of flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 21, 1403-1434.
Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Development and validation of a three-dimensional curvilinear model for the study of fluxes through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Continental Shelf Research 20, 997-1035.
Young, E.F., Aldridge, J.N., Brown, J. (2000). ‘Three-dimensional curvilinear modelling of wind-induced flows through the North Channel of the Irish Sea.’ Estuarine and Coastal Modeling: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, eds. M.L. Spaulding & H.L. Butler, 549-563.
Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A., Walker, P., Brown, J. (1998). ‘A modelling study of environmental influences on bivalve settlement in The Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 172, 197-214.
Young, E.F. (1998). ‘Possible starting positions for a body found at Great Yarmouth harbour, Norfolk on 4th October 1998.’ Study commissioned by Suffolk Constabulary
Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Grant, A. (1996). ‘A statistical study of environmental influences on bivalve recruitment in the Wash, England.’ Marine Ecology Progress Series 143, 121-129.
Young, E.F., Bigg, G.R., Green, J.S.A. (1993). ‘Prediction of pollutant transport in Kingston Harbour using analytical and numerical models.’ Jamaican Journal of Science and Technology 4, 16-26.
Morton, E.J., Evans, P.M., Ferraro, M., Young, E.F., Swindell, W. (1991). ‘Development of video frame store and distortion correction facilities for an external-beam radiotherapy treatment simulator.’ British Journal of Radiology 64 (764), 747-750.
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2021
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