Martin Sayer

Head of SAMS Scientific Diving Unit and the Dunstaffnage Hyperbaric Unit

Tel - (0) 44 1631 559236

email - mdjs@sams.ac.uk

The SAMS Scientific Diving Unit currently provides the following

• The NERC UK National Facility for Scientific Diving
• an HSE-accredited professional diving school
• a RYA-accredited small boat teaching facility
• a NHS-registered emergency recompression unit

Please visit the SAMS Scientific Diving Unit website and Dunstaffnage Hyperbaric Unit website for more information on each unit.
 

Research Interests

- scientific diving techniques

- underwater technology: development, validation and implementation

- hyperbaric medicine and diving physiology

- fish and fisheries biology

- artificial reef research

- whole animal physiology

Committee Membership:

1992 - to date  UK Scientific Supervisory Committee (currently vice-chair)

1995 - to date  SUT Underwater Science Group (currently chair)

1996 - to date  HSE UK Diving Industry Committee

1998 - to date  SUT Diving and Manned Submersibles Committee

1999 - 2002     Frigg Field Decommissioning Advisory Committee

2003 - to date  SUT Council

2003 - 2004     National Services Division panel of experts (hyperbaric medicine)

2003 - to date  SUT Publications Committee (currently chair)

2005 - 2006     Oceanology International 2006 organising committee

2005 - to date  C-3 International Advisory Committee

2006 - 2007     British Hyperbaric Association annual meeting organising

2007 - to date  European Scientific Diving Committee (currently deputy chair)

2008- to date Technical representation on the committee of the British Hyperbaric Assocation

Editorship:

2007 - to date Editor of the journal of Underwater Technology

2001 - 2007    Associate Editor for Science of the journal of Underwater Technology

2007              Co-editor of the Scientific diving under the ice; proceedings of the international diving under ice workshop (Lang, MA and Sayer, MDJ, eds). Smithsonian Institution: Washington 213pp

2002              Guest Editor of Underwater Technology. The Science of Decommissioning. Underwater Technology (Special Issue) 25, 112pp.

1996               Co-editor of Wrasse: Biology and Use in Aquaculture (Sayer, MDJ,  Treasurer, JW,  Costello, MJ, eds). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific, 274pp

Elected positions, fellowships and awards:

          2008 - Recipient of the Houlder Cup for excellence in the field of diving operations

2007 - 2010     Elected Council member of the Societ for Underwater Technology

2006 -             Elected full member of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society

2006 -             Inland/Inshore Diving Contractors Subsea Science Award

2004 - 2007     Elected Council member of the Society for Underwater Technology

2004 -             Dan Trader Award forinternational collaborative hyperbaric research

2002 -             Fellow of the Society for Underwater Technology

Teaching:

2007 - to date Module leader: H3 Diving Science; UHI Marien Science BSc

2001 - 2004    H2 Osmoregulation; H2 Fisheries; UHI Marine Science BSc

1991 - 1992    Animal Physiology, University of Nottingham

1991 -1992     Human and animal physiology. Nottingham Trent University

PhD Supervision:

Tom Wilding, Heriot Watt University: The prediction and assessment of the environmental impacts of the Loch Linnhe Artificial Reef (awarded 2003)

Suzanne Ware, University of London: The identification and classification of inshore nursery grounds for fishes of commercial importance (awarded 2005)

Jenny Beaumont, UHI: Qantifying bioic interactions with inshore subtidal structures: comparing natural and artificial reefs (awarded 2007)

     Published Papers and Book Chapters:

• Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Emergency recompression:  clinical audit of service delivery at a national level.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 33-37.

• Hunter, W.R. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  The relationship between habitat complexity and animal abundance on artificial reefs deployed in north temperate waters.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 66, 691–698.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2009).  Analyses of treatment for divers with actual or suspected decompression illness.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39,  (in press)
• Stott, K.J., Austin, W.E.N., Sayer, M.D.J., Weidman, C.R., Cage, A.G. and  Wilson, R.J.S. (2009). The potential of Arctica islandica growth records to reconstruct coastal climate in north west Scotland, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews (in press).

• Wilson, C.M., Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Saturation treatment in shore-based chambers for divers with deteriorating cerebro-spinal decompression sickness.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, (in press)

• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Two case reports of epilectic seizures related to probable cerebral gas embolism.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 43-46.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Wilson, C.M., Laden, G. and Lonsdale, P. (2008).  The consequences of misinterpreting dive computers; three case studies.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 33-39.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2008).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 62-67.

• Sayer, M.D.J.  (2007).  Scientific diving: a bibliographic analysis of underwater research supported by SCUBA diving, 1995-2006.  Underwater Technology 27, 75-94.

• Sayer, M.D.J. and Poonian, C. (2007). The influences of census technique on estimating indices of macrofaunal population density in the temperate rocky subtidal zone.  Underwater Technology 27, 119-139.

• Beaumont, J.C., Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007). Evaluation of techniques used in the assessment of subtidal epifaunal assemblage structure.  Biofouling 23, 343-356.

• Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  Case report: Transient prosopagnosia resulting from a cerebral gas embolism while diving.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 37, 139-142.

• Cook, E.J., Black, K.D., Sayer, M.D.J., Cromey, C.J., Angel, D., Spanier, E., Tsemel, A., Katz, T., Eden, N., Karakassis, I., Tsapakis, M., Apostolaki, E. and Malej, A. (2006).  The influence of caged mariculture on the early development of sublittoral fouling communities: a pan-European study. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 63, 637-649.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Magill, S.H., Pitcher, T.J., Morissette, L. and Ainsworth, C (2005).  Using artificial habitats to restore or enhance inshore fisheries: an observation-based ecosystem simulation.  Journal of Fish Biology 67 (Supplement B), 218-243.

• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Respiratory decompression sickness in a recreational SCUBA diver: a case report.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 206-208.

• Sayer, M.D.J.  (2005).  The adaptations of amphibious fish for surviving life out of water.  Fish and Fisheries 6, 186-211.

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Invited commentary: the international safety record for scientific diving.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 117-119.

• Sayer, M.D.J. and Barrington, J. (2005).  Trends in scientific diving: an analysis of scientific diving operation records, 1970-2004. Underwater Technology 26, 51-55.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Cook, E.J., Wilson, C.M. and Barrington, J. (2005)  Analysing dive computer profile integrations from incidents of suspected and actual decompression illness using cumulative nitrogen loading.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 59-66.

• Hughes, D.J., Cook, E.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005). Biofiltration and biofouling on artificial structures in Europe: The potential for mitigating organic impacts.  Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 43, 123-172.
• Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J., Murchison, A.G. and Ross, J.A.S. (2004).  A review of recent advances in diver rehydration therapy.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 34, 215-217.
• Magill, S.H. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2004)  Abundance of juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) in the shallow rocky subtidal and the relationship to winter seawater temperature.   Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 84, 439-442.

• Magill, S.H. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2004) The effect of reduced temperature and salinity on the blood physiology of juvenile Atlantic cod.  Journal of Fish Biology 64, 1193-1205.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2004)  Assessing and managing risk in UK scientific diving at work operations.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 34, 81-88.
• Elliot, M., Hemmingway, K.L., Krueger, D., Thiel, R., Hylland, K., Arukwe, A.,  Förlin, L., and Sayer, M.D.J. (2003)  From individual to the population and community responses to pollution.  In Effects of Pollution on Fish: Molecular Effects and Population Responses (Lawrence, A.J and  Hemmingway, K.L. eds.), pp. 221-255.  Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.  
• Lawrence, A.J., Förlin, L., Arukwe, A., Moore, M.N., Sayer, M.D.J. and Thain, J. (2003)  Molecular/cellular processes and physiological response to pollution.  In Effects of Pollution on Fish: Molecular Effects and Population Responses (Lawrence, A.J and  Hemmingway, K.L. eds.), pp. 83-133.  Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
• Wilding, T.A., Sayer, M.D.J. and Provost, P.G.  (2003)  Factors affecting the performance of the acoustic ground discrimination system RoxAnn TM. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60, 1373-1380.

Edited works:

• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2009). Underwater Technology 28(2), 38pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2009). Underwater Technology 28(3), 59pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2009). Underwater Technology 28(4), in press.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2008). Oceanology International Special Issue.  Underwater Technology 27(4), 74pp.Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2008). Underwater Technology 28(1), 36pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2008). Underwater Technology 28(1), 36pp

• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2007)  Diving for Science and Archaeology.  Underwater Technology (Special Issue) 27(3), 75pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2007). Underwater Technology 27(2), 30pp.
• Lang, M.A and Sayer, M.D.J. (eds.) (2007). Scientific diving under ice: proceedings of the international diving under ice workshop.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington, 213pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2007). Underwater Technology 27(1), 40pp.

Proceedings Papers, Abstracts and Non-refereed Publications:

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Scientific Diving in the UK: training and legal requirements.  Freiberg Online Geosciences 22, 131-136.
  

• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  The synergies required for an effective diver retrieval system.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 38th Annual Science Meeting, p. 7.

• Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2009).  The silent witness: dive computer downloads from fatal diving accidents. Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 38th Annual Science Meeting, p. 18.

• Denoble, P.J., Dunford, R., Sayer, M.D.J., Pollock, N.W., Nord, D. and Vann, R.D. (2009).  Predicted probability of decompression sickness in 159 treated cases with documented dive profiles.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 36, ###.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Fischer, P. and Feral, J-P. (2008).  Scientific diving in Europe: integration, representation and promotion.  In: Brueggeman, P., Pollock, N.W., eds.  Diving for Science 2008: Proceedings of the American Academy for Underwater Sciences 27th Symposium. pp. 139-146. Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS.
  

• Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2008).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 15.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2008).  Analyses of therapeutic tables used in Scotland for the treatment of divers with actual or suspected decompression illness.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 19-20.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2008). Hyperbaric saturation therapy in Scotland.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 24-25.

• Wilson, C.M., Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  The use of hyperbaric saturation therapy in the treatment of Scottish divers with deteriorating spinal cord injury: two case studies.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 25.

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Getting the most from a diver’s computer.  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine p.48.
  

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2008). Working under pressure: the challenges and benefits of running a combined diving and hyperbaric facility. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine p.31.

• Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Under-Ice Research:  Results of the Svalbard International Polar Diving Workshop.  Arctic Forum Abstracts 2008, 54.

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Logbook for Scientific and Archaeological Divers.  UK Scientific Diving Supervisory Committee; Oban.  98pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Fraser, K.P.P., Shimmield, T.M. and Wilkinson, J.P. (2007). Under ice diving operations carried out by UK organisations in support of scientific research.  In, Scientific diving under ice: proceedings of the international diving under ice workshop (Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J., eds.), pp. 95-110.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Lang, M.A. and Mercer, S. (2007). The comparative incidence of decompression illness in Antarctic scientific divers.  In, Scientific diving under ice: proceedings of the international diving under ice workshop (Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J., eds.), pp. 191-195.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Laden, G., Wilson, C.M. and Lonsdale, P. (2007).  Knowing Me, Knowing You: interactions between divers and their dive computers; three case studies.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 11.
• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Can divers fit in their drysuits? Three case studies of divers losing consciousness underwater.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 11.
• Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  The man who thought his wife was a hat: a rare case of prosopagnosia in diving.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 16.
• Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Scientific diving under ice: preliminary results from an international diving under ice workshop.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 13.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2007). Personal view: The past, present and future for scientific diving.  Underwater Technology 27, 73-74.
• Ross, J., Sayer, M., Wilson, C. and Trevett, A. (2007). The relationship between time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome for decompression illness treated in Scotland.  Proceedings of the 2007 Anual Scientific Meeting of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Society p. 88.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Forbes, R. (2007).  The assessment and management of risk in UK diving at work operations.  In: Diving for Science 2006: Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 25th Symposium (Godfrey, J.M. and Pollock, N.W., eds.), pp. 1-23.  Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Alabama.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2007).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 13.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Recompression and the occupational diver.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 17-18.

• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Can divers fit in their drysuits? Three case studies of divers losing consciousness underwater.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 6.
• Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  Transient prosopagnosia resulting from a cerebral gas embolism while diving.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 17.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J., Trevett, A.J., Wilson, C.M. and Watt, S.J. (2007).  Time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome in professional and recreational divers treated for decompression illness.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 21-22.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2006).  Deep scientific diving in Europe: identifying the need.  In: Proceedings of the Advanced Scientific Diving Workshop (Lang, M.A. and Smith, G.E., eds.), pp. 193-202. Washington DC, Smithsonian Institution.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Forbes, R.F. (2006).  The regulation and management of scientific diving at work operations in the UK.  Proceedings of the 21st Scientific Meeting of the American Academy for Underwater Sciences p. 11.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Poonian, C. (2006).  The influences of census technique on the quantification of macrofaunal activity in the temperate rocky subtidal zone.  Proceedings of the 21st Scientific Meeting of the American Academy for Underwater Sciences p. 7.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2006).  A review of the use of diving in underwater scientific research.  Proceedings of the Society for Underwater Technology Conference: Diving for Science and Archaeology p. 3-9.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Poonian, C. (2006).  The influences of census technique on the quantification of macrofaunal activity in the temperate rocky subtidal zone.  Proceedings of the Society for Underwater Technology Conference: Diving for Science and Archaeology p. 15-21.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J.  and Crosbie, K. (2006).  A national integrated registration service for emergency  recompression: ensuring service quality through medical, nursing and technical audit.  Proceedings of the 22nd  South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 7-11.
• Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2006).  Evaluating treatment efficacy: a meta analysis of emergency diver recompressions from a national service.  Proceedings of the 22nd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 12-17.

• Lang, M.A., Marsh, A.G. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2006).  Scientific diving under ice: a 40-year bipolar
• research tool.  Arctic Forum 2006, 42.
• Ross, J.A.S., Watt, S.J., Sayer, M.D.J., Trevett, A.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2006).  The relationship between time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome for decompression illness treated in Scotland.  European Journal of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine 7, 53.
• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2006). Respiratorische dekompressionserkrankung bei einem Urlaubstaucher.  Caisson 21(3), 9-12.
• Beaumont, J.C., Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  A comparison of techniques used in assessing epifaunal assemblages on artificial reefs.  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats, p. 11.

• Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Mapping and monitoring the Loch Linnhe artificial reef using high-resolution acoustic sonar techniques.  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference  on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats, p. 14.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Magill, S.H. and Pitcher, T.J. (2005).  Using artificial reefs to restore or enhance inshore fisheries: an observation-based ecosystem simulation.  Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats, p. 60.
• Beaumont, J.C., Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  An epifaunal recruitment study on theLoch Linnhe artificial reef site:  preliminary results.  Proceedings of the 8th International     Conference on Artificial Reefs and Artificial Habitats, p. 83.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2005).  Is oxygen toxicity in recompression treatments increasing and if so what are the possible relationships with changing diving and treatment practices?  Proceedings of the 21st South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 13-14.
• Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  A review of respiratory Decompression llness. Proceedings of the 21st South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 14.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Technical advances in UK scientific diving operations.  Proceedings of the 21st South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 15.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Physiological problems of diving: examples from the animal kingdom. Proceedings of the 21st South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 15-16.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Magill, S.H. and Pitcher, T.J. (2005).  Using artificial reefs to restore or enhance inshore fisheries: an observation-based ecosystem simulation. Proceedings of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual International Symposium 2005, p. 42.

• Sayer, M.D.J. and Poonian, C. (2005).  The influences of census technique on the quantification of macrofaunal activity in the temperate rocky subtidal zone.  Proceedings of the 40th European Marine Biology Symposium p. 46-47.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Barrington, J. (2005).  Trends in scientific diving: an analysis of scientific diving operation records, 1970-2004.  Reprinted Abstract, Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 144.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2005).  Is oxygen toxicity in recompression treatments increasing and if so what are the possible relationships with changing diving and treatment practices?  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 162.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Technical advances in UK scientific diving operations.  Journal of the SouthPacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 162.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilding, T.A. (2005).  Managing artificial reef developments to maximise benefit.  Proceedings of CoastNET/CIRIA conference – Offshore development: new frontiers of opportunity. 4pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2005).  Trend analysis of diver emergency recompressions in Scotland, 1972 – 2005.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 32, 208.
• Sayer, M.D.J. Doolette D.J. and Barrington J. (2005).  Calculating the probability of decompression sickness: comparative analysis of dive computer profiles.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 32, 301-302.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Dive computer profile analyses: a reply to Medak et al.  Journal of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 35, 226-227.
• Wilding, T.A., Brown, C.J., Beaumont, J.C., Rose, C.A., and Sayer, M.D.J. (2004).  Techniques for assessing the impact of artificial reefs on the receiving environment.  Biologia Marine Mediterranea 11, 78.
• Beaumont, J.C., Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2004).  An epifaunal recruitment study on the Loch Linnhe artificial reef site:  preliminary results.  Biologia Marine Mediterranea 11, 123.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Cook, E.J., Wilson, C.M. and Barrington, J. (2004).  Analyses of dive computer profile integrations from incidents of suspected and actual decompression illness.  Proceedings of the 20th South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 21-23.

• Cook E.J., K.D.Black, M.D.J. Sayer, D. Angel, E. Spanier, I. Karakassis, A. Malej, K. Collins, H. Pickering, D. Whitmarsh, S. Lojen (2003).  BIOFAQs: BIOFiltration and AQuaculture: an Evaluation of Substrate Deployment Performance with Mariculture Developments – An update (Abstract).  European Aquaculture Society, 8-12 August 2003.
• Cook E.J., K. D. Black and M.D.J. Sayer (2003). In situ bio-filters at commercial salmon farms in Scotland - how effective are mussel lines as biological filters? (Abstract). European Aquaculture Society, 8-12 August 2003.

Contract Reports:

• Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  NERC Facility for Scientific Diving: Annual Report.  In: NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report 2008/09.  (in press).
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  NERC Facility for Scientific Diving: Annual Report.  In: NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report 2007/08.  pp. 79-84.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  An evaluation of diving at work operations within NERC Centre/Surveys and Collaborating Centres 2005-2007.  Report to the NERC Health and Safety Management Team, 113pp.

• Sayer, M.D.J., Duncan, J.A.R., Harvey, R., Robb, L. and Burrows, M.T.  (2008).  Analysis of the intertidal fauna/flora and subtidal sedimentary fauna at the Foster Yeoman Glensanda site.  Confidential Report To Foster Yeoman Ltd., 38pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving (NFSD) annual report.  NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report (FY April 2006-March 2007), pp.77-80.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J. and Crosbie, K. (2007).  Audit report on the clinical operation and activity of the Millport Hyperbaric Chamber 2005-2007.  Report to the National Services Division of the Scottish National Health Service,  21pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J., Wilson, C.M. and Pye, K. (2007).  Audit report on the clinical operation and activity of the Aberdeen Hyperbaric Chamber 2004-2007.  Report to the National Services Division of the Scottish National Health Service,  24pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2006).  NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving (NFSD) annual report.  NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report (FY April 2005-March 2006), pp.69-72.
• Wilding, T.A., Duncan, J., Nickell, L.A., Hughes, D.J., Gontarek, S.J., Black, K.D., and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Synthesis of information on the benthos of areas SEA6 – The Clyde Sea.  Report for the DTI, Document No. 2988a: 41pp.
• Wilding, T.A., Nickell, L.A., Gontarek, S.J., and Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Synthesis of information on the benthos of areas SEA6. Report for the DTI, Document No. 2987c: 70pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving (NFSD) annual report.  NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report (FY April 2004-March 2005), pp.65-68.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J. and Crosbie, K. (2005).  Audit report on the clinical operation and activity of the Millport Hyperbaric Chamber 2002-2005.  Report to the National Services Division of the Scottish National Health Service,  23pp.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J. and Crosbie, K. (2005).  Audit report on the clinical operation and activity of the Dunstaffnage  Hyperbaric Chamber 2002-2005.  Report to the National  Services Division of the Scottish National Health Service,19pp.
• Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J. and Crosbie, K. (2005).  Audit report on the clinical operation and activity of the Orkney Hyperbaric Chamber 2002-2005.  Report to the National Services Division of the Scottish National Health Service,  21pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2005).  Buddy Nexus dive computer: Report on the dive profile of Dive 12.  Confidential report to Thompsons Solicitors, BMP/J/N04N0277 13pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J.  (2005).  Subtidal survey of the River Sanda outfall.  Confidential report to Foster Yeoman Ltd., 7pp.

• Cook, E.J, K.D.Black, M.D.J. Sayer, Cromey, C., S. Magill, D. Angel, E. Spanier, I. Karakassis, A. Malej, K. Collins, H. Pickering, D. Whitmarsh and S. Lojen (2004).  EU final report – BIOFAQS: Biofiltration And Aquaculture: An Evaluation Of Substrate Deployment Performance With Mariculture Developments.  BIOFAQS Q5RS – 2000 – 30305. 354 pp.
• Cook, E.J, K.D.Black, M.D.J. Sayer, Cromey, C., S. Magill, D. Angel, E. Spanier, I. Karakassis, A. Malej, K. Collins, H. Pickering, D. Whitmarsh and S. Lojen (2004).  EU annual report – BIOFAQS: Biofiltration And Aquaculture: An Evaluation Of Substrate Deployment Performance With Mariculture Developments.  BIOFAQS Q5RS – 2000 – 30305. 165 pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J. (2004).  NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving (NFSD) annual report.  NERC Services and Facilities Annual Report (FY April 2003-March 2004), pp.61-64.
• Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J.  (2004).  Environmental impact assessment:  subtidal acoustic survey of Glensanda harbour limits, 2004.  Confidential report to Foster Yeoman Ltd., 17pp.
• Sayer, M.D.J.  (2004).  Buddy Nexus dive computer profile.  Report for Hull Hyperbaric Unit, 5pp.

• Black, K.D., Sayer, M.D.J., Cook, E.J., Cromey, C., Magill, S.H., Angel, D., Spanier, E., Karakassis, I., Malej, A., Collins, K.J., Pickering, H., Whitmarsh, D. and Lojen, S. (2003).  EU Annual Report - Biofaqs: Biofiltration And Aquaculture: An Evaluation Of Substrate Deployment Performance With Mariculture Developments.  BIOFAQs Q5RS-2000-30305.

Popular articles:

• Sayer, M. (2009).  Saving Haldane’s chambers.  HyperActivity 1, 8-9.
• Sayer, M.  and Ross, J. (2009).  Dunstaffnage: the early years.   HyperActivity  1, 10.

• Sayer, M. (2008).  Diving for Science: the National Facility for Scientific Diving.  Underwater Contractor International 11(6), 18-19.
• Sayer, M. (2007).  Recompression and the occupational diver. Underwater Contractor International 11(6), 14.
• Sayer, M. (2006).  Industry insider: the diving scientist. Underwater Contractor International 10(1), 27-28.
• Sayer, M. (2005).  Diving in for Science.  Planet Earth Spring 2005, 21.
• Sayer, M. (2003).  Mourning the demise of the ERCA system.  Underwater Contractor International 7(2), 7-8.

A full publication list can be found here. This list includes hyperbaric, diving and fish and fisheries biology publications.