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Linda Robb
Marine Ecologist, Ecology Department
Telephone: +44 (0)1631 559244
E-mail: Linda.Robb@sams.ac.uk
Scientific interests
Intertidal ecology, invertebrates, especially fish, crustacea and molluscs.
Current projects
I am also closely involved in the management, delivery and development of the UHI BSc (Hons) in Marine Science.
Member of the Dunstaffnage Hyperbaric Unit recompression chamber response team.
Teaching role
· Member of SAMS Teaching Quality Assurance Committee
· Member of the Teaching Management Group for BSc (Hons) Marine Science degree.
· Leader of Year 1 studies.
· Module Leader
Y1: Principles of Biology
Y1: Information and Communication Technology
· Module Contributor:
Y1: Fieldwork
Y2: Marine Biology
Member of development Team for a Continuing Professional Development course for secondary school science teachers.
Publications
Ansell,A.D., Comely, C.A. & Robb, L. 1999. Distribution, movements and diet of macrocrustaceans on a Scottish sandy beach with particular reference to predation on juvenile fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 176,115-130.
Gibson, R.N. & Robb, L. 2000. Sediment selection in juvenile plaice and its behavioural basis. Journal of Fish Biology, 56, 1258-1275
Gibson, R.N., Robb, L., Wennhage, H & Burrows, M.T. 2002. Ontogenetic changes in depth distribution of juvenile flatfishes in relation to predation risk and temperature on a shallow water nursery ground. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 229, 233-244.
Burrows, M.T., Robb, L.,Nickell, L.A. & Hughes, D.J. 2003. Topography as a determinant of search paths of fishes and mobile macrocrustacea on the sediment surface. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 285-286, 235-249.
Burrows, M.T., Gibson, R.N., MacLean, A., Robb, L. (2004) Alongshore dispersal and site fidelity of juvenile plaice from tagging and transplants. Journal of Fish Biology, 65, 620-630.
Burrows, M.T., Harvey, R. & Robb, L. 2007. Wave exposure indices from digital coastlines and the prediction of rocky shore community structure. Marine Ecology Progress Series (submitted May 2007)
Contract Reports
Robb, L., Nickell, L.A., Burrows, M.T. & Harvey, R. 2004. Environmental baseline survey of the littoral zone of shores around Dounreay. Phase 1 survey – November 2003. Report to UKAEA, Dounreay.
Harvey, R., Nickell, L.A., Robb, L. & Burrows, M.T. 2004. Environmental baseline survey of the littoral zone of shores around Dounreay. Phase 2 survey –April 2004. Report to UKAEA, Dounreay.
Swan S.C., Batty, R.S. and Robb L (2004). The Effect of Turbidity and Hypoxia on the Behaviour of Coastal Marine Fishes (ETHOFISH). EC Framework 5, QLRT-2002-00799. SAMS second annual progress report, Oct 2004, 16pp.
Swan, S.C., Harvey, R. & Robb, L. (2006) The Effect of Turbidity and Hypoxia on the Behaviour of Coastal Marine Fishes (ETHOFISH). EC Framework 5, QLRT-2002-00799. SAMS third year progress report, 28pp. SAMS final consolidated report, 47pp.
Burrows, M.T., Harvey, R.O. & Robb, L. 2006. Intertidal survey report. Report to Foster Yeoman. August 2006. 14pp
Posters
Burrows, M.T & Robb, L. 2003. Size distributions in populations of Patella sp from the Scottish west coast from digital photography.
Narayanaswamy, B.E., Hughes, D.J., Lamont, P., Harvey, R. & Robb, L. (2006) Macrofauna inhabiting the seamounts and banks of the northeast Atlantic.
Oral papers – (presented by first author)
Burrows, M.T., Robb, L. & Harvey, R. 2005. Growth, size structure and recruitment in barnacle populations (Semibalanus balanoides L.) linked to coastal pelagic productivity from satellites. Oral paper at the Sixth International Crustacean Congress July 2005, Glasgow.
Burrows, M.T., Robb. L. & Harvey, R. 2006. Small-scale processes as causes of large-scale spatial patterns in rocky shore communities: evidence from NW European shores. Oral presentation at 7th International Temperate Reefs conference June 2006, Santa Barbara, California.
Educational and Career History
B Sc (Hons) Open Uniersity 2000. Employed at SMBA now SAMS since 1971.