Sophie Fielding

Zooplankton Ecologist

Biography

Previous appointments:

2003-2005 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, George Deacon Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK (Biophysical interactions. NERC Marine Productivity, NERC The Crozet Natural iron bloom and export experiment (CROZEX) )

1995 – 2003 Post graduate Research Assistant, George Deacon Division, Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK (Biophysical interactions. NERC Plankton Reactivity in the Marine Environment (PRIME), EU Observations and Modelling of Eddy scale Geostrophic and Ageostrophic motion (OMEGA) )

Post-school education:

2003 Ph.D Biological validation of acoustic backscatter and observations of biological/hydrographic interactions at the mesoscale. University of Southampton

1995 BSc (Hons) Marine Biology with Oceanography, 2(1). University of Southampton

Research interests

My research focuses on the use of acoustic observations to understand ecosystem response to a changing oceanic habitat, addressing issues around global food security and climate affects on carbon cycles. My interests span zooplankton to nekton and I examine them in the context of physical forcing of plankton distributions, predator-prey interactions, human fishing impacts and methodological developments in acoustic techniques of target identification and estimation. I am a keen advocate of emerging technology including the use of AUVs (in particular underwater gliders) in my research.

Collaborations

NERC National Capability (NE/R016038/1) “National Capability-Polar Expertise Supporting UK Research” PI Prof. D Vaughan (BAS), CO-Is Professors R Horne, A Jenkins, M Meredith, G. Tarling, Drs JA Brearley, A Brisbane, G Chisham, M Cliverd, F Ferraccioli, S Fielding, M Freeman, K Nicholls, T Jordan, A Kavanagh, A Kirchgaessner, T Lachlan-Cope, K Makinson, C Manno, T Moffat-Griffin, R Mulvaney, D Newnham, JA Smith, G Stowasser, E Thomas, H Venables, A Weiss (BAS)

NERC Urgency grant (NE/R012296/1) (2017-2018) “Benthic biodiversity under Antarctic ice-shelves – baseline assessment of the seabed exposed by the 2017 calving of the Larsen-C Ice Shelf” PI Dr K Linse (BAS), CO-Is Drs S Fielding, H Griffiths, P Trathan (BAS), A Glover (Natural History Musuem), Dr A Jamieson (Newcastle University), Prof. U Witte (University of Aberdeen)

NERC Directed grant (NE/P021252/1) (2017-2021) “Processes Influencing Carbon Cycling: Observations of the Lower limb of the Antarctic Overturning (PICCOLO)” PI Prof K Heywood, CO-Is Drs T Bell (Plymouth Marine Laboratory), C Manno, S Fielding, A Jenkins, R Saunders (BAS), SJ Ussher (University of Plymouth), Prof M Fedak (University of St Andrews)

NERC large grant (NE/M02076/1) (2016-2020) “COMICS Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage” PI Dr R Sanders (NOC), CO-Is Drs T Anderson, R Bernardello, S Geiring, S Hartmann, S Henson, R Lampitt, A Martin, D Mayor, S Painter, A Poulton, K Saw, S Torres-Valdes, A Yool, M Zubkov (NOC), S Khatiwala (Uni of Oxford), M Trimmer (Queen Mary), G Wolff (Uni of Liverpool), G Tarling, S Fielding, E Murphy, G Stowasser (BAS), P Lam, M Moore (Uni of Southampton)

NERC Strategic highlight topic (NE/M00616X/1) (2016-2019) “SeaDNA – Assessing marine biodiversity and structure using environmental DNA: from groundtruthing to foodweb structure and stability” PI Dr M Genner (Uni of Bristol), CO-Is Prof G Tarling, Drs S Fielding, W Goodall-Copestake (BAS), Prof S Mariani (Uni of Salford), Dr E O’Gorman (Imperial College London), Prof D Sims (MBA)

EU Horizon 2020 “MESOPP Mesopelagic Southern Ocean Prey and Predators” PI Dr P Lehodey (CLS, France), CO-Is Prof A Brierley (Uni of St Andrews), Dr C Cotte (UPMC, France), Dr A Constable (AAD, Australia), Dr S Fielding (BAS, UK), Dr R Kloser (CSIRO, Australia), Dr N Handegard (IMR, Norway)

NEXUS DTP Capital fund 2016 ” WBT mini for integration into AUVs” PI Dr S Fielding (BAS), CO-I Mr R Blackwell (BAS)

NERC IOF (NE/K011308/1) (2013-2016) “SONA: Southern Ocean Network of Acoustics” PI Dr S Fielding (BAS), CO-I Mr Alex Tate (BAS), Project partners AAD (Australia), CSIRO (Australia), IRD (France), IMR (Norway), NIWA (New Zealand), NOAA (USA)

NERC AFI 11 (NE/H014756/1) (2010-2015) “Gliders: Excellent New Tools for Observing the Ocean (GENTOO)” PI Prof K Heywood (UEA), CO-Is Prof G Griffiths (NOC-Southampton), Dr A Thompson (BAS/DAMTP, University of Cambridge), Dr S Dalziel (DAMTP, University of Cambridge), Dr S Fielding (BAS) Prof E Murphy (BAS)

NERC AFI 9 (NE/F01547X/1) (2010-2013) “The role of krill grazing in Southern Ocean nutrient cycles”
PI Dr A Atkinson (BAS)/ Dr S Fielding (BAS) CO-Is Prof E Achterburg (NOC-Southampton)

EU FAASIS UEA PhD studentship (2007-2010) “Vulnerability of pteropods to acidification of Southern Ocean” PI Dr G Tarling (BAS), CO-Is Dr D Bakker (UEA), Dr S Fielding (BAS). Student N Bednarsek

NERC New Investigators (NE/C507353/1) “What role do zooplankton play in iron recycling?” PI Dr S Fielding

Allen JT, Brown L, Sanders R, Mustard AT, Fielding S, et al. (2005) The diatom ‘chain-gang’ enhancing carbon export in the N.E. Atlantic. Nature 437(29): 728-732.

Fielding S, Griffiths G, Roe HSJ (2004) Biological validation of ADCP acoustic backscatter through direct comparison with net samples and model-predictions based on acoustic backscatter models. ICES Journal of Marine Science 61: 184-200.

Rixen M, Allen JT, Alderson S, Cornell V, Crisp N, Fielding S, Mustard AT, Pollard RT, Popova EE, Smeed DA, Srokosz MA, Barth A, Beckers JM (2003) Along or across front survey strategy? An operational example at an unstable front. Geophysical Research Letters

Griffiths G, Fielding S. and Roe HSJ (2002). Biological-Physical-Acoustical Interactions. In: “The Sea: Biological-Physical interactions in the sea”. A. R. Robinson, J. J. McCarthy and B. J. Rothschild. New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Fielding S, N Crisp, JT Allen, MC Hartman, B Rabe, Roe HSJ (2001). Mesoscale subduction at the Almeria-Oran front Part 2. Biophysical interactions. Journal of Marine Systems 30: 287-304.

Griffiths G, Fielding S and Roe HSJ (2001). Some observations of biophysical interactions in the ocean using high frequency acoustics. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Conference on Acoustical Oceanography, Southampton, United Kingdom. 7 pp.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Tremblay, Nelly, Cascella, Kévin, Toullec, Jean‑Yves, Held, Christoph, Fielding, Sophie , Tarling, Geraint A. , Abele, Doris. (2024) Evaluating the hypoxic tolerance of two maturity stages of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) at its range edge. Polar Biology, (). 14 pp. 10.1007/s00300-024-03295-0

Dunn, Muriel, McGowan-Yallop, Chelsey, Pedersen, Geir, Falk-Petersen, Stig, Daase, Malin, Last, Kim, Langbehn, Tom J, Fielding, Sophie , Brierley, Andrew S, Cottier, Finlo, Basedow, Sünnje L, Camus, Lionel, Geoffroy, Maxime, Wieczorek, Alina. (2024) Model-informed classification of broadband acoustic backscatter from zooplankton in an in situ mesocosm. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81 (). 14 pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsad192

Savineau, Eloise L-R, Cook, Kathryn B. , Blackbird, Sabena J., Stowasser, Gabriele , Kiriakoulakis, Konstadinos, Preece, Calum, Fielding, Sophie , Belcher, Anna , Wolff, George A., Tarling, Geraint , Mayor, Daniel . (2024) Investigating the physiological ecology of mesopelagic zooplankton in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) using lipid and stable isotope signatures. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 208 (). 47 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr.2024.104317

Hill, Simeon L, , Atkinson, Angus, Arata, Javier, Belcher, Anna , Bengtson-Nash, Susan, Bernard, Kim S., Cleary, Alison , Conroy, John, Driscoll, Ryan, Fielding, Sophie , Flores, Hauke, Forcada, Jaume , Halfter, Svenja, Hinke, Jefferson, Hückstädt, Luis, Johnston, Nadine M. , Kane, Mary, Kawaguchi, So, Krafft, Bjørn A., Krüger, Lucas, La, Hyoung Sul, Liszka, Cecilia , Meyer, Bettina, Murphy, Eugene , Pakhomov, Evgeny, Perry, Frances, Piñones, Andrea, Polito, Michael J., Reid, Keith, Reiss, Christian, Rombola, Emilce, Saunders, Ryan A. , Schmidt, Katrin, Sylvester, Zephryr, Takahashi, Akinori, Tarling, Geraint A. , Trathan, Philip N. , Veytia, Devi, Watters, George, Xavier, José C. , Yang, Guang. (2024) Observing change in pelagic animals as sampling methods shift: the case of Antarctic krill. Frontiers in Marine Science, 11 (). 20 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2024.1307402

2023

Nousek-McGregor, Anna, Fisher, Ben, Baker, Chelsey A. , Robinson, Carol, Damerell, Gillian, Liszka, Cecilia M. , Fielding, Sophie , Muschitiello, Pilvi. (2023) Fair Winds and Following Seas Remotely: Modifying Perceptions of Fieldwork as a Requirement in Marine Science to Aid in Diversifying the Discipline. Oceanography, 36 (). 3 pp. 10.5670/oceanog.2024.131

Calderan, Susannah V., Dornan, Tracey , Fielding, Sophie , Irvine, Ryan, Jackson, Jennifer A. , Leaper, Russell, Liszka, Cecilia M. , Olson, Paula A., Collins, Martin A. . (2023) Observations of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) surface feeding on krill in austral winter at South Georgia. Marine Mammal Science, 39 (). 7 pp. 10.1111/mms.13025

Cook, Kathryn B. , Belcher, Anna , Juez, Daniel Bondyale, Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Saunders, Ryan A. , Elsafi, Mohamed A., Wolff, George A., Blackbird, Sabena J., Tarling, Geraint A. , Mayor, Daniel J. . (2023) Carbon budgets of Scotia Sea mesopelagic zooplankton and micronekton communities during austral spring. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 210 (). 15 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2023.105296

2022

Manno, C. , Stowasser, G. , Fielding, S. , Apeland, B., Tarling, G.A. . (2022) Deep carbon export peaks are driven by different biological pathways during the extended Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean) bloom. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 205 (). 9 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105183

Baines, Mick, Jackson, Jennifer A. , Fielding, Sophie , Warwick-Evans, Vicky , Reichelt, Maren, Lacey, Claire, Pinder, Simon, Trathan, Phil . (2022) Ecological interactions between Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and baleen whales in the South Sandwich Islands region – Exploring predator-prey biomass ratios. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 189 (). 15 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr.2022.103867

Trathan, P.N. , Fielding, S. , Warwick-Evans, V. , Freer, J. , Perry, F.. (2022) Seabird and seal responses to the physical environment and to spatio-temporal variation in the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill at South Georgia, with implications for local fisheries management. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 79 (). pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsac168

Warwick-Evans, Victoria , Fielding, Sophie , Reiss, C. S., Watters, G. M., Trathan, Phil N. . (2022) Estimating the average distribution of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba at the northern Antarctic Peninsula during austral summer and winter. Polar Biology, 45 (). 15 pp. 10.1007/s00300-022-03039-y

Liszka, Cecilia M. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Wootton, Marianne, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene J. , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2022) Plankton and nekton community structure in the vicinity of the South Sandwich Islands (Southern Ocean) and the influence of environmental factors. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 198 (). 16 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2022.105073

Dornan, Tracey , Fielding, Sophie , Saunders, Ryan A. , Genner, Martin J.. (2022) Large mesopelagic fish biomass in the Southern Ocean resolved by acoustic properties. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 289 (). pp. 10.1098/rspb.2021.1781

Guihen, D., Brearley, J. Alexander , Fielding, Sophie . (2022) Antarctic krill likely avoid underwater gliders. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 179 (). 10 pp. 10.1016/j.dsr.2021.103680

2021

Baines, Mick, Kelly, Natalie, Reichelt, Maren, Lacey, Claire, Pinder, Simon, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene , Trathan, Phil , Biuw, Martin, Lindstrøm, Ulf, Krafft, Bjørn A., Jackson, Jennifer A. . (2021) Population abundance of recovering humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) and other baleen whales in the Scotia Arc, South Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 676 (). 18 pp. 10.3354/meps13849

Krafft, B.A., Macaulay, G.J., Skaret, G., Knutsen, T., Bergstad, O.A., Lowther, A., Huse, G., Fielding, S. , Trathan, P. , Murphy, E. , Choi, S-G., Chung, S., Han, I., Lee, K., Zhao, X., Wang, X., Ying, Y., Yu, X., Demianenko, K., Podhornyi, V., Vishnyakova, K., Pshenichnov, L., Chuklin, A., Shyshman, H., Cox, M.J., Reid, K., Watters, G.M., Reiss, C.S., Hinke, J.T., Arata, J., Godø, O.R., Hoem, N.. (2021) Standing stock of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba Dana, 1850) (Euphausiacea) in the Southwest Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean, 2018–19. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 41 (). 17 pp. 10.1093/jcbiol/ruab046

Trathan, P.N. , Fielding, S. , Hollyman, P. , Murphy, E.J. , Warwick-Evans, V. , Collins, M.A. . (2021) Enhancing the ecosystem approach for the fishery for Antarctic krill within the complex, variable and changing ecosystem at South Georgia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78 (). 17 pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsab092

Belcher, Anna , Fielding, Sophie , Gray, Andrew, Biermann, Lauren, Stowasser, Gabriele , Fretwell, Peter , Ireland, Louise , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2021) Experimental determination of reflectance spectra of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Scotia Sea. Antarctic Science, 33 (). 13 pp. 10.1017/S0954102021000262

Seco, José, Freitas, Rosa, Xavier, José C. , Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Coppola, Francesca, Saunders, Ryan A. , Almeida, Ângela, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Stowasser, Gabriele , Pompeo, Giulia, Tarling, Geraint A. , Brierley, Andrew S., Pereira, Eduarda. (2021) Oxidative stress, metabolic activity and mercury concentrations in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba and myctophid fish of the Southern Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 166 (). pp. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112178

Seco, J., Aparício, S., Brierley, A.S., Bustamante, P., Ceia, F.R., Coelho, J.P., Phillips, R.A., Saunders, R.A. , Fielding, S. , Gregory, S., Matias, R.S., Pardal, M.A., Pereira, E., Stowasser, G. , Tarling, G.A. , Xavier, J.C. . (2021) Mercury biomagnification in a Southern Ocean food web. Environmental Pollution, 275 (). 11 pp. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116620

. (2021) RRS Sir David Attenborough – November 2020 Science Users’ Workshop Report. , , pp. (.)

Ratcliffe, Norman , Deagle, Bruce, Love, Kieran, Polanowski, Andrea, Fielding, Sophie , Wood, Andrew G., Hill, Simeon , Grant, Susie , Belchier, Mark, Fleming, Andrew , Hall, Jonathan. (2021) Changes in prey fields increase the potential for spatial overlap between gentoo penguins and a krill fishery within a marine protected area. Diversity and Distributions, 27 (). pp. 10.1111/ddi.13216

2020

Manno, C. , Fielding, S. , Stowasser, G. , Murphy, E.J. , Thorpe, S.E. , Tarling, G.A. . (2020) Continuous moulting by Antarctic krill drives major pulses of carbon export in the north Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean. Nature Communications, 11 (). 8 pp. 10.1038/s41467-020-19956-7

Belcher, Anna , Cook, Kathryn , Bondyale-Juez, Daniel, Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Saunders, Ryan A. , Mayor, Daniel J. , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2020) Respiration of mesopelagic fish: a comparison of respiratory electron transport system (ETS) measurements and allometrically calculated rates in the Southern Ocean and Benguela Current. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 77 (). pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsaa031

Seco, José, Xavier, José C. , Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Saunders, Ryan A. , Ferreira, Nicole, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Stowasser, Gabriele , Viana, Thainara, Tarling, Geraint A. , Pereira, Eduarda, Brierley, Andrew S.. (2020) Main drivers of mercury levels in Southern Ocean lantern fish Myctophidae. Environmental Pollution, 264 (). pp. 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114711

Blackwell, Robert , Harvey, Richard, Queste, Bastien Y., Fielding, Sophie . (2020) Colour maps for fisheries acoustic echograms. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 77 (). 9 pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsz242

Hendry, Katharine R., Annett, Amber, Bhatia, Rehemat, Damerell, Gillian M., Fielding, Sophie , Firing, Yvonne , Frajka-Williams, Eleanor , Hartman, Sue , Henley, Sian, Heywood, Karen J., Holliday, Penny , Huvenne, Veerle , Mils, Rachel A., Rabe, Berit, Robinson, Carol, Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra , Smythe-Wright, Denise, Taylor, Michelle L, Yelland, Margaret . (2020) Equity at sea: Gender and inclusivity in UK sea-going science. Ocean Challenge, 24 (). pp.

Seco, José, Xavier, José C. , Brierley, Andrew S., Bustamante, Paco, Coelho, João P., Gregory, Susan, Fielding, Sophie , Pardal, Miguel A., Pereira, Bárbara, Stowasser, Gabriele , Tarling, Geraint , Pereira, Eduarda. (2020) Mercury levels in Southern Ocean squid: Variability over the last decade. Chemosphere, 239 (). pp. 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124785

2019

Testor, Pierre, DeYoung, Brad, Rudnick, Daniel L., Glenn, Scott, Hayes, Daniel, Lee, Craig L., Pattiaratchi, Charitha B., Hill, Katherine L. , Heslop, Emma, Turpin, Victor, Alenius, Pekka, Barrera, Carlos, Barth, John, Beaird, Nicholas, Becu, Guislain, Bosse, Anthony, Bourrin, François, Brearley, Alex , Chao, Yi, Chen, Sue, Chiggiato, Jacopo, Coppola, Laurent, Crout, Richard, Cummings, James, Curry, Beth, Davis, Richard, Desai, Kruti, DiMarco, Steven, Edwards, Catherine, Fielding, Sophie , Fer, Ilker, Frajka-Williams, Eleanor , Gildor, Hezi, Goni, Gustavo, Gutierrez, Dimitri, Haugan, Peter, Hebert, David, Heiderich, Joleen, Henson, Stephanie , Heywood, Karen J., Hogan, Patrick, Houpert, Loïc , Huh, Sik, Inall, Mark E., Ishii, Masso, Ito, Schin-ichi, Itoh, Sachihiko, Jan, Sen, Kaiser, Jan, Karstensen, Johannes, Kirkpatrick, Barbara, Klymak, Jody, Kohut, Josh, Krahmann, Gerd, Krug, Marjolaine, McClatchie, Sam, Marin, Frederic, Mauri, Elena, Mehra, Avichal, Meredith, Michael P. , Miles, Travis, Morell, Julio, Mortier, Laurent, Nicholson, Sarah, O'Callaghan, Joanne, O'Conchubhair, Diarmuid, Oke, Peter R., Sanz, Enric P., Palmer, Matthew, Park, JongJin, Perivoliotis, Leonidas, Poulain, Pierre-Marie, Perry, Ruth, Queste, Bastien, Rainville, Luc, Rehm, Eric, Roughan, Moninya, Rome, Nicholas, Ross, Tetjana, Ruiz, Simon, Saba, Grace, Schaeffer, Amandine, Schonau, Martha, Schroeder, Katrin, Shimizu, Bernadette M., Smeed, David , Snowden, Derrick P., Song, Yumi, Swart, Sebastiaan, Tenreiro, Miguel, Thompson, Andrew F., Tintore, Joaquin, Todd, Robert E., Toro, Cesar, Venables, Hugh , Waterman, Stephanie, Watlington, Roy, Wilson, Doug. (2019) OceanGliders: a component of the integrated GOOS. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (). 32 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2019.00422

La, Hyoung Sul, Park, Keyhong, Wåhlin, Anna, Arrigo, Kevin R., Kim, Dong Seon, Yang, Eun Jin, Atkinson, Angus, Fielding, Sophie , Im, Jungho, Kim, Tae-Wan, Shin, Hyoung Chul, Lee, SangHoon, Ha, Ho Kyung. (2019) Zooplankton and micronekton respond to climate fluctuations in the Amundsen Sea polynya, Antarctica. Scientific Reports, 9 (). pp. 10.1038/s41598-019-46423-1

Dornan, Tracey , Fielding, Sophie , Saunders, Ryan , Genner, Martin J.. (2019) Swimbladder morphology masks Southern Ocean mesopelagic fish biomass. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 286 (). 8 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2019.0353

Verfuss, Ursula K., Aniceto, Ana Sofia, Harris, Danielle V., Gillespie, Douglas, Fielding, Sophie , Jiménez, Guillermo, Johnston, Phil, Sinclair, Rachael R., Sivertsen, Agnar, Solbø, Stian A., Storvold, Rune, Biuw, Martin, Wyatt, Roy. (2019) A review of unmanned vehicles for the detection and monitoring of marine fauna. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 140 (). pp. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.01.009

2018

Manno, Clara , Giglio, F., Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Enderlein, Peter, Tarling, Geraint . (2018) Threatened species drive the strength of the carbonate pump in the northern Scotia Sea. Nature Communications, 9 (). 7 pp. 10.1038/s41467-018-07088-y

Schlosser, Christian, Schmidt, Katrin, Aquilina, Alfred, Homoky, William B., Castrillejo, Maxi, Mills, Rachel A., Patey, Matthew D. , Fielding, Sophie , Atkinson, Angus, Achterberg, Eric P.. (2018) Mechanisms of dissolved and labile particulate iron supply to shelf waters and phytoplankton blooms off South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Biogeosciences, 15 (). pp. 10.5194/bg-15-4973-2018

Tarling, Geraint A. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Fielding, Sophie , Klevjer, Thor, Ryabov, Alexey, Somerfield, Paul J. (2018) Varying depth and swarm dimensions of open-ocean Antarctic krill Euphausia superba Dana, 1850 (Euphausiacea) over diel cycles. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38 (). pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcbiol/ruy040

Grefe, Imke, Fielding, Sophie , Heywood, Karen J., Kaiser, Jan. (2018) Nitrous oxide variability at sub-kilometre resolution in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. PeerJ, 6 (). pp. 10.7717/peerj.5100

2017

Belcher, Anna , Tarling, G.A. , Manno, C. , Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Skaret, G., Fielding, S. , Henson, S.A. , Sanders, R. . (2017) The potential role of Antarctic krill faecal pellets in efficient carbon export at the marginal ice zone of the South Orkney Islands in spring. Polar Biology, 40 (). pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2118-z

Murphy, Eugene J. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Watkins, Jonathan L., Fielding, Sophie , Underwood, Philip. (2017) Restricted regions of enhanced growth of Antarctic krill in the circumpolar Southern Ocean. Scientific Reports, 7 (). pp. 10.1038/s41598-017-07205-9

Atkinson, Angus, Hill, Simeon L. , Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Siegel, Volker, Anadon, Ricardo, Chiba, Sanae, Daly, Kendra L., Downie, Rod, Fielding, Sophie , Fretwell, Peter , Gerrish, Laura , Hosie, Graham W., Jessopp, Mark J., Kawaguchi, So, Krafft, Bjørn A., Loeb, Valerie, Nishikawa, Jun, Peat, Helen J. , Reiss, Christian S., Ross, Robin M., Quetin, Langdon B., Schmidt, Katrin, Steinberg, Deborah K., Subramaniam, Roshni C., Tarling, Geraint A. , Ward, Peter. (2017) KRILLBASE: a circumpolar database of Antarctic krill and salp numerical densities, 1926–2016. Earth System Science Data, 9 (). pp. doi:10.5194/essd-9-193-2017

2016

Hill, S.L. , Atkinson, A., Darby, C., Fielding, S. , Krafft, B.A., Godo, O.R., Skaret, G., Trathan, P.N. , Watkins, J.L.. (2016) Is current management of the Antarctic krill fishery in the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean precautionary?. CCAMLR Science, 23 (). pp.

Schmidt, Katrin, Schlosser, Christian, Atkinson, Angus, Fielding, Sophie , Venables, Hugh J. , Waluda, Claire M. , Achterberg, Eric P.. (2016) Zooplankton gut passage mobilizes lithogenic iron for ocean productivity. Current Biology, 26 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.058

Silk, Janet R.D., Thorpe, Sally E. , Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene J. , Trathan, Philip N. , Watkins, Jonathan L., Hill, Simeon L. . (2016) Environmental correlates of Antarctic krill distribution in the Scotia Sea and southern Drake Passage. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 73 (). pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsw097

Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel P., Schofield, Oscar, Newman, Louise, Urban, Edward R., Fulton, Elizabeth A., Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica, Ballerini, Tosca, Boyd, Philip W., Brandt, Angelika, de la Mare, Bill, Edwards, Martin, Eléaume, Marc, Emmerson, Louise, Fennel, Katja, Fielding, Sophie , Griffiths, Huw , Gutt, Julian, Hindell, Mark A., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jennings, Simon, La, Hyoung Sul, McCurdy, Andrea, Mitchell, B. Greg, Moltmann, Tim, Muelbert, Monica, Murphy, Eugene , Press, Tony, Raymond, Ben, Reid, Keith, Reiss, Christian, Rice, Jake, Salter, Ian, Smith, David C., Song, Sun, Southwell, Colin, Swadling, Kerrie M., Van de Putte, Anton, Willis, Zdenka. (2016) Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables” — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems. Journal of Marine Systems, 161 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2016.05.003

Fallon, Niall G., Fielding, Sophie , Fernandes, Paul G.. (2016) Classification of Southern Ocean krill and icefish echoes using random forests. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 73 (). pp. doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsw057

Sanders, R. , Henson, S.A. , Martin, A.P. , Anderson, T.R. , Bernardello, R., Enderlein, P., Fielding, S. , Giering, S. , Hartmann, M., Iversen, M., Khatiwala, S., Lam, P., Mayor, D.J. , Moore, C.M., Murphy, E. , Painter, S.C., Poulton, A.J., Saw, K., Stowasser, G. , Tarling, G.A. , Torres-valdes, S., Trimmer, M., Wolff, G.A., Yool, A. . (2016) Controls over Ocean Mesopelagic Interior Carbon Storage (COMICS): fieldwork, synthesis and modelling efforts. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3 (). 7 pp. doi:10.3389/fmars.2016.00136

Watkins, J.L., Reid, K., Ramm, D., Zhao, X.Y., Cox, M., Skaret, G., Fielding, S. , Wang, X.L., Niklitschek, E.. (2016) The use of fishing vessels to provide acoustic data on the distribution and abundance of Antarctic krill and other pelagic species. Fisheries Research, 178 (). pp. 10.1016/j.fishres.2015.07.013

Tarling, G.A. , Hill, S. , Peat, H. , Fielding, S. , Reiss, C., Atkinson, A.. (2016) Growth and shrinkage in Antarctic krill Euphausia superba is sex-dependent. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 547 (). pp. 10.3354/meps11634

Tarling, Geraint A. , Fielding, Sophie . (2016) Swarming and behaviour in Antarctic krill. In: Siegel, Volker (eds.). Biology and ecology of Antarctic krill, Switzerland, Springer International Publishing, pp. (Advances in Polar Ecology, ). 10.1007/978-3-319-29279-3_8

2015

Manno, Clara , Stowasser, Gabriele , Enderlein, Peter, Fielding, Sophie , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2015) The contribution of zooplankton faecal pellets to deep carbon transport in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Biogeosciences, 12 (). pp. 10.5194/bg-12-1955-2015

La, Hyoung Sul, Lee, Hyungbeen, Fielding, Sophie , Kang, Donhyug, Ha, Ho Kyung, Atkinson, Angus, Park, Jisoo, Siegel, Volker, Lee, Sang Hoon, Shin, Hyoung Chul. (2015) High density of ice krill (Euphausia crystallorophias) in the Amundsen sea coastal polynya, Antarctica. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 95 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2014.09.002

2014

Fielding, Sophie , Watkins, Jonathan L., Trathan, Philip N. , Enderlein, Peter, Waluda, Claire M. , Stowasser, Gabriele , Tarling, Geraint A. , Murphy, Eugene J. . (2014) Inter-annual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997 – 2013. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 71 (). pp. 10.1093/icesjms/fsu104

Bednarsek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint A. , Bakker, Dorothee C. E., Fielding, Sophie , Feely, Richard A.. (2014) Dissolution dominating calcification process in polar pteropods close to the point of aragonite undersaturation. PLoS ONE, 9 (). 14 pp. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109183

Suberg, Lavinia, Wynn, Russell, van der Kooij, Jeroen, Fernand, Liam, Fielding, Sophie , Guihen, Damien, Gillespie, Douglas, Johnson, Mark, Gkikopoulo, Kalliopi C., Allan, Ian J., Vrana, Branislav, Miller, Peter I., Smeed, David , Jones, Alice R.. (2014) Assessing the potential of autonomous submarine gliders for ecosystem monitoring across multiple trophic levels (plankton to cetaceans) and pollutants in shallow shelf seas. Methods in Oceanography, 10 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.mio.2014.06.002

Heywood, Karen J., Schmidtko, Sunke, Heuzé, Céline, Kaiser, Jan, Jickells, Timothy D., Queste, Bastien, Stevens, David P., Wadley, Martin, Thompson, Andrew F., Fielding, Sophie , Guihen, Damien, Creed, Elizabeth, Ridley, Jeff K., Smith, Walker. (2014) Ocean processes at the Antarctic continental slope. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, A, 372 (). pp. 10.1098/rsta.2013.0047

Guihen, Damien, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene , Heywood, K, Griffiths, G. (2014) An assessment of the use of ocean gliders to undertake acoustic measurements of zooplankton: the distribution and density of Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) in the Weddell Sea. Limnology & Oceanography: Methods, 12 (). pp. 10.4319/lom.2014.12.373

2013

Saunders, Ryan A. , Fielding, Sophie , Thorpe, Sally E. , Tarling, Geraint A. . (2013) School characteristics of mesopelagic fish at South Georgia. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 81 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2013.07.007

Fielding, Sophie , Guihen, Damien, Griffiths, Gwyn, Creed, Elizabeth, Curnow, Steve, Murphy, Eugene , Heywood, Karen. (2013) Acoustic detection of krill from an undersea glider. In: ICES Working group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology Brest, France, 24-29 Apr 2012. .

2012

Ward, Peter, Atkinson, Angus, Venables, Hugh , Tarling, Geraint , Whitehouse, Michael, Fielding, Sophie , Collins, Martin Anthony , Korb, Rebecca, Black, Andrew, Stowasser, Gabriele , Schmidt, Katrin, Thorpe, Sally , Enderlein, Peter. (2012) Food web structure and bioregions in the Scotia Sea: A seasonal synthesis. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.005

Flores, H., Atkinson, A., Kawaguchi, S., Krafft, B.A., Milinevsky, G., Nicol, S., Reiss, C., Tarling, G.A. , Werner, R., Bravo Rebolledo, E., Cirelli, V., Cuzin-Roudy, J., Fielding, S. , Groeneveld, J.J., Haraldsson, M., Lombana, A., Marschoff, E., Meyer, B., Pakhomov, E.A., Rombolá, E., Schmidt, K., Siegel, V., Teschke, M., Tonkes, H., Toullec, J.Y., Trathan, P.N. , Tremblay, N., Van de Putte, A., van Franeker, J.A., Werner, T.. (2012) Impact of climate change on Antarctic krill. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 458 (). pp. 10.3354/meps09831

Fielding, Sophie , Watkins, Jonathan, Collins, Martin Anthony , Enderlein, Peter, Venables, Hugh . (2012) Acoustic determination of the distribution of fish and krill across the Scotia Sea in spring 2006, summer 2008 and autumn 2009. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.002

Collins, Martin Anthony , Stowasser, Gabriele , Fielding, Sophie , Shreeve, Rachael, Xavier, José C., Venables, Hugh , Enderlein, Peter, Cherel, Yves, Van de Putte, Anton. (2012) Latitudinal and bathymetric patterns in the distribution and abundance of mesopelagic fish in the Scotia Sea. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.07.003

Bednarŝek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint , Fielding, Sophie , Bakker, D.C.E. (2012) Population dynamics and biogeochemical significance of Limacina helicina antarctica in the Scotia Sea (Southern Ocean). Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.08.003

Bednarsek, Nina, Tarling, Geraint A. , Bakker, Dorothee CE, Fielding, Sophie , Cohen, Anne, Kuzirian, Alan, McCorkle, Dan, Lézé, Bertrand, Montagna, Roberto. (2012) Description and quantification of pteropod shell dissolution: a sensitive bioindicator of ocean acidification. Global Change Biology, 18 (). pp. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02668.x

Bednarsek, N., Tarling, G. A. , Bakker, D. C. E., Fielding, S. , Jones, E. M., Venables, H. J. , Ward, P., Kuzirian, A., Lézé, B., Feely, R. A., Murphy, E.J. . (2012) Extensive dissolution of live pteropods in the Southern Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 5 (). pp. doi:10.1038/NGEO1635

Atkinson, Angus, Schmidt, Katrin, Fielding, Sophie , Kawaguchi, S, Geissler, Paul. (2012) Variable food absorption by Antarctic krill: Relationships between diet, egestion rate and the composition and sinking rates of their fecal pellets. Deep Sea Research II, 59-60 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2011.06.008

2011

Schmidt, Katrin, Atkinson, Angus, Steigenberger, Sebastian, Fielding, Sophie , Lindsay, Margaret C.M., Pond, David W., Tarling, Geraint A. , Klevjer, Thor A., Allen, Claire S. , Nicol, Stephen, Achterberg, Eric P.. (2011) Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron. Limnology and Oceanography, 56 (). pp. 10.4319/lo.2011.56.4.1411

2010

Klevjer, T.A., Tarling, G.A. , Fielding, S. . (2010) Swarm characteristics of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba relative to the proximity of land during summer in the Scotia Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 409 (). pp. 10.3354/meps08602

Atkinson, Angus, Tarling, Geraint , Pond, David, Stowasser, Gabriele , Schmidt, Katrin, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene , Cavanagh, Rachel . (2010) Discovery 2010: understanding the Scotia Sea food web. GLOBEC International Newsletter, April (). pp.

Reid, Keith, Watkins, Jon L., Murphy, Eugene J. , Trathan, Phil N. , Fielding, Sophie , Enderlein, Peter. (2010) Krill population dynamics at South Georgia: implications for ecosystem-based fisheries management. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 399 (). pp. 10.3354/meps08356

2009

Whitehouse, M.J., Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Korb, R.E., Rothery, P., Fielding, S. . (2009) Role of krill versus bottom-up factors in controlling phytoplankton biomass in the northern Antarctic waters of South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 393 (). pp. 10.3354/meps08288

Pollard, Raymond T., Salter, Ian, Sanders, Richard J. , Lucas, Mike I., Moore, C. Mark, Mills, Rachel A., Statham, Peter J., Allen, John T., Baker, Alex R., Bakker, Dorothee C.E., Charette, Matthew A., Fielding, Sophie , Fones, Gary R., French, Megan, Hickman, Anna E., Holland, Ross J., Hughes, J. Alan, Jickells, Timothy D., Lampitt, Richard S., Morris, Paul J., Nédélec, Florence H., Nielsdóttir, Maria, Planquette, Hélène, Popova, Ekaterina E. , Poulton, Alex J., Read, Jane F., Seeyave, Sophie, Smith, Tania, Stinchcombe, Mark, Taylor, Sarah, Thomalla, Sandy, Venables, Hugh J. , Williamson, Robert, Zubkov, Mike V.. (2009) Southern Ocean deep-water carbon export enhanced by natural iron fertilization. Nature, 457 (). pp. 10.1038/nature07716

Tarling, Geraint A. , Klevjer, Thor, Fielding, Sophie , Watkins, Jon, Atkinson, Angus, Murphy, Eugene , Korb, Rebecca, Whitehouse, Mick, Leaper, Russell. (2009) Variability and predictability of Antarctic krill swarm structure. Deep-Sea Research Part I, 56 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr.2009.07.004

2008

Collins, M.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Fielding, S. , Thurston, M.H.. (2008) Distribution, growth, diet and foraging behaviour of the yellow-fin notothen Patagonotothen guntheri (Norman)on the Shag Rocks shelf (Southern Ocean). Journal of Fish Biology, 72 (). pp. 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01711.x

2007

Fielding, Sophie , Ward, Peter, Pollard, Raymond T., Seeyave, Sophie, Read, Jane F., Hughes, J. Alan, Smith, Tania, Castellani, Claudia. (2007) Community structure and grazing impact of mesozooplankton during late spring/early summer 2004/2005 in the vicinity of the Crozet Islands (Southern Ocean). Deep-Sea Research Part II, 54 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.016

Poulton, Alex J., Moore, C. Mark, Seeyave, Sophie, Lucas, Mike I., Fielding, Sophie , Ward, Peter. (2007) Phytoplankton community composition around the Crozet Plateau, with emphasis on diatoms and Phaeocystis. Deep-Sea Research Part II, 54 (). pp. 10.1016/j.dsr2.2007.06.005

2016

Nature’s ocean fertiliser
News 20 September, 2016

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2014

NEWS STORY: Southern Ocean dynamics
News 2 June, 2014

2012

PRESS RELEASE: Effects of ocean acidification
News 25 November, 2012

2009

New pictures reveal rich Antarctic marine life in area of rapid climate change
News 17 December, 2009

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