Victoria Fowler

PDRA Characterising Pelagic Biodiver S Georgia

Victoria Fowler

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Victoria Fowler

Biography

I am a zooplankton ecologist with particular interests in zooplankton community ecology, the role of zooplankton in ecosystem processes and carbon cycling and the response of pelagic ecosystems to environmental change and anthropogenic influences.

I completed my PhD at BAS with the University of East Anglia, where my project focussed on investigating zooplankton diel vertical migration and the role this plays in oceanic carbon cycles.

Prior to this PhD, I competed my MRes at The University of Exeter, where I looked at the impacts of microplastic ingestion in the sea squirt, Ciona intestinalis. Preceding my MRes, I graduated from the University of Exeter with a BSc (Hons.) degree in Biological Sciences.

Previously, I have worked within governmental organisations to help implement and shape policies aiming to increase biodiversity both in the UK and abroad.

Research interests

Collaborations

Dewar-Fowler, V., Robinson, C., Saunders, R. A., & Tarling, G. A. (2023). Detection of foray behaviour in zooplankton of the Antarctic Polar Front region. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 715, 27-39.

Pump, A.L., Tarling, G.A., Belcher, A., Blackwell, M., Castellani, C., Cook, K.B., Cottier, F.R., Dewar-Fowler, V., Freer, J.J., Gerrish, L. and Johnson, M.L., (2023). frontiers Frontiers in Marine Science. The Physiology, Ecology and Biogeochemistry of Marine Zooplankton in a Changing Arctic Ocean

Tarling, G.A., Belcher, A., Blackwell M., Castellani, C., Cook, K.B., Cottier, F.R., Dewar-Fowler, V., Freer, J.J., Gerrish, L., Johnson, M.L., Last, K.S. (2022) Carbon and lipid contents of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus entering diapause in the Fram Strait and their contribution to the boreal and Arctic lipid pump. Frontiers in Marine Science.

Fitzgerald, J. A.,  Jameson, H. M., Dewar Fowler, V. H., Bond, G. L., Bickley, L. K., Uren Webster, T. M., Bury, N. R., Wilson, R. J.,  and Santos, E. M. (2016)  Hypoxia Suppressed Copper Toxicity during Early Development in Zebrafish Embryos in a Process Mediated by the Activation of the HIF Signaling Pathway Environmental Science & Technology 50 (8), 4502-4512 doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01472

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2024

Dewar-Fowler, Victoria, Robinson, Carol, Saunders, Ryan ORCIDORCID record for Ryan Saunders, Thorpe, Sally E. ORCIDORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Abrahamsen, E. Povl ORCIDORCID record for E. Povl Abrahamsen, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCIDORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling. (2024) Biological indicators reveal mesozooplankton foray behaviour in dynamic physical environments: Reply to Kaartvedt et al. (2024) [Reply comment]. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 734 (). 4 pp. 10.3354/meps14578

2023

Dewar-Fowler, Victoria, Robinson, Carol, Saunders, Ryan ORCIDORCID record for Ryan Saunders, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCIDORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling. (2023) Detection of foray behaviour in the zooplankton of the Antarctic Polar Front region. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 715 (). 13 pp. 10.3354/meps14355