Martyn Harvey

01631 559231
mhar@sams.ac.uk

Biogeochemist

                         Deputy Radiation Protection Supervisor



Scientific interests

•  Benthic-pelagic coupling of biogeochemical processes

• The origin and fate of organic carbon in fjords and shelf seas

• The role of bioturbation and bioirrigation, and microbial respiratory processes, in organic carbon cycling and diagenesis

Current projects

• Oceans 2025

Publications

 Refereed (SCI listed)

 Edwards, C and Harvey, SM. 1975. The hydroids Clava multicornis and Clava squamata. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 55, 879-886

  Edwards, C and Harvey, SM. 1983. Observations on the hydroids Coryne pintneri and Thecocodium brieni new to the British list. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 63, 37-47

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. Biochemical changes associated with overripening of the eggs of rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri Richardson. Aquaculture 37, 347-357

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. Egg quality in rainbow trout: the relation between egg viability, selected aspects of egg composition, and time of stripping. Aquaculture 40, 115-134

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. Biochemical changes occurring during final maturation of eggs of some marine and freshwater teleosts. J.Fish Biol. 24, 599-610

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. A biochemical method for distinguishing between the sexes of fishes by the presence of yolk protein in the blood. J.Fish Biol. 25, 291-303

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. The magnitude of three phosphorus-containing fractions in the blood plasma and mature eggs of fishes. Comp.Biochem.Physiol. 78B, 539-543

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1984. Biometrics and colour forms of chicks of Common terns and Arctic terns. Ringing & Migration 5, 40-48

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1986. Phosphorus metabolism and water uptake during final maturation of ovaries of teleosts with pelagic and demersal eggs. Marine Biology 90, 285-289

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1986. The carotenoids of eggs of wild and farmed Atlantic salmon and their changes during development. J.Fish Biol. 29,549-565

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1986. Egg quality in Atlantic salmon. ICES C.M. 1986/F:2, 16pp.

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1987. A biochemical method for distinguishing between wild and farmed salmonid fishes by their carotenoid pigmentation. J.Forensic Science 27, 47-55

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1987. The causes of buoyancy in eggs of marine teleosts. J.mar.biol.Ass.U.K. 67, 169-182

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM, Jakupsstovu, SH & Shearer, WM. 1987. Identification of farmed and artificially reared Atlantic salmon among the catch of the wild salmon fishery of the Faroes. ICES C.M. 1987/M:26, 7pp.

  Craik, JCA & Harvey, SM. 1988. A preliminary account of metal levels in eggs of farmed and wild Atlantic salmon and their relation to egg viability. Aquaculture 73, 309-321

  Cragg, BA, Harvey, SM, Fry, JC, Herbert, RA and Parkes, RJ. 1992. Bacterial biomass and activity in the deep sediment layers of the Japan Sea, Hole 798B-ODP Leg 128. In K.Pisciotto, J.C.Ingle Jr, M.T.von Breymann, J.Barron et al (Editors), Proc. ODP Sci. Results, 127/128 :College Station TX(Ocean Drilling Program), pp. 761-776

  Parkes, RJ, Cragg, BA, Getliff, JM, Harvey, SM, Fry, JC, Lewis, CA and Rowland, SJ. 1993. A quantitative study of microbial decomposition of biopolymers in recent sediments from the Peru Margin. Marine Geology 113, 55-66

  Upton,AC, Nedwell, DB, Parkes,RJ and Harvey, SM. 1993. Seasonal benthic microbial activity in the southern North Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 101, 273-281

  Parkes, RJ, Cragg, BA, Bale, SJ, Getliff, JM, Goodman, K., Rochelle, PA, Fry, JC, Weightman, AJ and Harvey, SM. 1994. A deep bacterial biosphere in Pacific Ocean sediments. Nature 371, 410-413

  Overnell, J, Edwards, A, Grantham, BE, Harvey, SM, Jones, KJ, Leftley, JW and Smallman, DJ. 1995. Sediment-water column coupling and the fate of the spring phytoplankton bloom in L.Linnhe, a Scottish fjordic sea-loch. Sediment processes and sediment water fluxes. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 41, 1-19

  Overnell, J, Harvey, SM and Parkes, RJ. 1996. A comparison of sediments from four Scottish sea lochs: Lochs Goil, Fyne, Etive and Linnhe. Manganese and iron contents and sulphate reduction and oxygen uptake rates. Oceanologia Acta 19, 41-55

  Mitchell, L, Harvey, SM, Gage, JD and Fallick, AE. 1997. Organic carbon dynamics in shelf edge sediments off the Hebrides: a seasonal perspective. Internationale Review der gesamten Hydrobiologie 82, 425‑435

  McCaig, AE, Phillips, CJ, Stephen, JR, Kowalchuk, GA, Harvey, SM, Herbert, RA, Embley, TM and Prosser, JI. 1999. Nitrogen cycling and community structure of  b-subgroup ammonia oxidising bacteria within polluted, marine fish-farm sediments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65, 213-220

  Roberts, JM, Harvey, SM,  Lamont, PA, Gage, JD and Humphery, JD. 2000. Seabed photography, environmental assessment and evidence for deep-water trawling on the continental margin west of the Hebrides. Hydrobiologia, 441, 173-183

  Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Overnell, J, Harvey, SM and Miller, AEJ. 2002 Assessment of terrigenous organic carbon input to the total organic carbon in sediments from Scottish transitional waters (sea lochs). Methodology and preliminary results. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science. 6 (6), 959-970

 Nickell. L.A., Black, K.D., Hughes, D.J., Overnell, J., Brand, T., Nickell, T.D., Breuer, E. and Harvey, S. M. 2003. Bioturbation, sediment fluxes and community structure around a salmon farm cage in Loch Creran, Scotland. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 285-286, 221-233

Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Harvey, SM, Overnell, J. and AEJ, Miller, 2008. The fate of terrestrial organic matter in two Scottish sea lochs. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76 (3), 566-579

 Loh  PS , Miller  AEJ , Reeves  A, Harvey  SM  and Overnell  J . itemIDitemID1841E2008. Assessing the biodegradability of terrestrially-derived organic matter in Scottish sea loch sedimentsuserIDuserID23E. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 12:811-823

 Loh  PS , Miller  AEJ , Reeves  A, Harvey  SM  and Overnell  J . itemIDitemID1885E2008. Optimised recovery of lignin-derived phenols in a Scottish fjord by the CuO oxidation methoduserIDuserID23E. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 10(10):1187-1194

 Bottrell, SH, Mortimer, RJG, Davies, IM, Harvey, SM and Krom, MD.  2009. Sulphur cycling in organic-rich marine sediments from a Scottish fjord. Sedimentology, 56, 1159-1173

 Law, GTW, Shimmield, TM, Shimmield, GB, Cowie, GL, Breuer, ER, Harvey, SM. 2009. Manganese, iron, and sulphur cycling on the Pakistan margin. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 56 (6-7), 305-323

 Loh, PS, Reeves, AD, Miller, AEJ, Harvey, SM and Overnell, J. 2009. Sediment fluxes and carbon budgets in Loch Creran, Western Scotland. The Geological Society of London Special Publication: Fjordic Depositional Systems and Archives. ACCEPTED

  Refereed (Non-SCI listed)

 Harvey, SM and Phillips, CJ. 1996. The Degradation of Fish Farm Waste in the Marine Environment. In 'Aquaculture and Sea Lochs' (KD Black, ed.), Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, 56-58

  Non-refereed

 Jones, KJ, Bell, G, Ezzi, I, Grantham, B, Harvey, SM and Smallman, D. 1994. Physical controls on phytoplankton and nutrient cycles in the Clyde Sea - 12 month report on DML biological and chemical observational programme 1993-94. 4pp + 1 table + 3 figures.

  Edwards, A and Harvey, M. 1995. R.V. “Charles Darwin” 92/95 Cruise Report. 20pp.

  Simpson, J. and Harvey, M. 1996. Challenger 128/96 (SES7). Cruise Report. 27pp.

  Gage, JD, Peppe, O and Harvey, M. 1997. Report of meeting at Arbeitsbereich Meerestechnik 1, Technische Universität Hamburg‑Harburg (TUHH). 4pp.

 Harvey, SM and de Jong, B. 1999. Processes of Vertical Exchange in Shelf Seas (PROVESS). MAST III contract # MAS3-CT97-0159. Cruise Report, ms Mitra, 19-30April 1999. 31pp.

  Peppe, O., Breuer, E., Barr, B. and Harvey, M. 2002. ELINOR Chamber and Oxystat trials for Arabian Sea. RV Calanus, 13th – 20th May 2002. Report. May 2002

   Contract Reports

 Harvey, SM, Phillips, CJ and Smallman, DS. 1991. An assessment of the possible environmental consequences of combining the effluent streams from Kelco International prior to discharge into Loch Creran. October 1990 - December 1990. Confidential Report to Kelco/AIL Ltd. 6 pp.

  Smallman, DJ and Harvey, SM. 1992. Phase One Report of the British Petroleum America Inc. Project - Chlorine Disinfection of Oil Reservoir Sea water Injection Systems. January 3rd - 28th February 1992. 8pp + 1 figure

  Smallman, DJ and Harvey, SM. 1992. Phase Two Report of the British Petroleum America Inc. Project - Chlorine Disinfection of Oil Reservoir Sea water Injection Systems. March 1st - 30th April 1992. 2pp + 5 figures

  Harvey,M. 1992. MAFF Project BEB-8 - Organic Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment. Experimental Protocol, November 1992. 5pp.

  Harvey, SM, Phillips, CJ and Smallman, DS. 1993. MAFF Project BEB-8 - Organic Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment. Interim Report. October 1992 - March 1993. 14pp + 27 tables + 25 figures

  Harvey, SM and Phillips, CJ. 1994. MAFF Project BEB-8 - Organic Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment. Interim Report. April - December 1993. 13pp + 27 tables + 42 figures

  Harvey, SM and Phillips, CJ. 1994. MAFF Project AE 0511 - Organic Waste Disposal in the Marine Environment. Final Report. 83pp

  Foster, JM and Harvey, SM. 2001. Sediment sampling of Loch Leven commissioned by Dames and Moore. 10th July 2001. 4pp

 Harvey, S.M. and McKinlay, S. 2002 Sediment sampling in Loch Leven. Contract Report. URS Corporation Ltd. 4pp.

  Harvey, S.M. and McKinlay, S. 2003. Sediment sampling in Loch Leven. Contract Report. URS Corporation Ltd. 4pp.

  Harvey, SM, Wilding TA and McKinlay, SH. 2008. TRIAD 2006 study in Loch Leven for URS Corporation Ltd. Contract Report. 18pp + Apps.

Educational and career history

• 1969 Joined SAMS

• 1969 BSc Hons Microbiology (University of Surrey)