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Lawrence, Joshua M. and Heath, Michael R. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Fernandes, Paul G. (2024) Structure size may affect fish density around oil platforms. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 81 (7). pp. 1399-1411. fsae083. ISSN 1054-3139

Lawrence, Joshua M. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. and Fujii, Toyonobu and Burns, Finlay and Fernandes, Paul G. (2024) Elevated fish densities extend kilometres from oil and gas platforms. PLOS One, 19 (5). e0302738. ISSN 1932-6203

Thorpe, Robert B. and Heath, Michael and Lynam, Christopher P. (2023) Can we use recovery timescales to define good environmental status? Ecological Indicators, 155. 110984. ISSN 1872-7034

Olin, Agnes B. and Banas, Neil S. and Johns, David G. and Heath, Michael R. and Wright, Peter J. and Nager, Ruedi G. (2022) Spatio-temporal variation in the zooplankton prey of lesser sandeels : species and community trait patterns from the continuous plankton recorder. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 79 (5). pp. 1649-1661. fsac101. ISSN 1054-3139

Bonachela, Juan A. and Choua, Melinda and Heath, Michael R. (2022) Unconstrained coevolution of bacterial size and the latent period of plastic phage. PLOS One, 17 (5). e0268596. ISSN 1932-6203

González-Gil, Ricardo and Banas, Neil S. and Bresnan, Eileen and Heath, Michael R. (2022) The onset of the spring phytoplankton bloom in the coastal North Sea supports the Disturbance Recovery Hypothesis. Biogeosciences, 19 (9). pp. 2417-2426. ISSN 1726-4170

Laverick, Jack H. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Mike R. (2022) Synthetic shelf sediment maps for the Greenland Sea and Barents Sea. Geoscience Data Journal, 10 (2). pp. 220-230. ISSN 2049-6060

Thorpe, Robert B. and Arroyo, Nina Larissa and Safi, Georges and Niquil, Nathalie and Heath, Michael and Pace, Matthew C. and Lynam, Christopher P. (2022) The response of North Sea ecosystem functional groups to warming and changes in fishing. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9. 841909. ISSN 2296-7745

Heath, Michael R. and Benkort, Déborah and Brierley, Andrew S. and Daewel, Ute and Laverick, Jack H. and Proud, Roland and Speirs, Douglas C. (2022) Ecosystem approach to harvesting in the Arctic : walking the tightrope between exploitation and conservation in the Barents Sea. Ambio, 51. 456–470. ISSN 1654-7209

Pace, Matthew C. and Bailey, David M. and Donnan, David W. and Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E. and Smith, Hazel J. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Turrell, William R. and Heath, Michael R. (2021) Modelling seabed sediment physical properties and organic matter content in the Firth of Clyde. Earth System Science Data, 13. 5847–5866. ISSN 1866-3516

Flynn, Kevin J. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. and Mitra, Aditee (2021) Subtle differences in the representation of consumer dynamics have large effects in marine food web models. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. 638892. ISSN 2296-7745

Cook, Robin and Acheampong, Emmanuel and Aggrey-Fynn, Joseph and Heath, Mike (2021) A fleet based surplus production model that accounts for increases in fishing power with application to two West African pelagic stocks. Fisheries Research, 243. 106048. ISSN 0165-7836

Choua, Melinda and Heath, Mike R. and Bonachela, Juan A. (2021) Evolutionarily stable coevolution between a plastic lytic virus and its microbial host. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12. 637490. ISSN 1664-302X

Pace, Matthew C. and Bailey, David M. and Donnan, David W. and Narayanaswamy, Bhavani E. and Smith, Hazel J. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Turrell, William R. and Heath, Michael R. (2021) Modelling seabed sediment physical properties and organic matter content in the Firth of Clyde. Other. Copernicus Publications.

Heath, Michael R. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Thurlbeck, Ian and Wilson, Robert J. (2021) StrathE2E2 : an R package for modelling the dynamics of marine food webs and fisheries. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 12. pp. 280-287. ISSN 2041-210X

Benkort, Déborah and Daewel, Ute and Heath, Michael and Schrum, Corinna (2020) On the role of biogeochemical coupling between sympagic and pelagic ecosystem compartments for primary and secondary production in the Barents Sea. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 8. 548013.

Heath, Michael R. and Benkort, Deborah and Brierley, Andrew S. and Daewel, Ute and Hofmeister, Richard and Laverick, Jack H. and Proud, Roland and Speirs, Douglas C. (2020) How is climate change affecting marine life in the Arctic? Frontiers for Young Minds, 8. 103. ISSN 2296-6846

Choua, Melinda and Heath, Michael R. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Bonachela, Juan A. (2020) The effect of viral plasticity on the persistence of host-virus systems. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 498. 110263. ISSN 0022-5193

Heath, Michael and Cook, Robin and Fernandes, Paul G. (2020) Scottish Parliament Committee on Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs; Inquiry on the Negotiations of the Future Relationship between the European Union and the UK Government : Submission for Professor Michael Heath, Dr Robin Cook and Professor Paul Fernandes. The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh.

Heath, Mike and Cook, Robin (2020) Guest blog - Risks to North Sea fish stocks and wildlife if post-Brexit fisheries negotiations go awry. The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe), Edinburgh.

Ladd-Jones, Hannah and Heath, Mike and Porter, Marie (2020) Risk to fish stocks posed by Brexit. Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS), [St.Andrews].

Olin, Agnes B. and Banas, Neil S. and Wright, Peter J. and Heath, Michael R. and Nager, Ruedi G. (2020) Spatial synchrony of breeding success in the blacklegged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla reflects the spatial dynamics of its sandeel prey. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638. pp. 177-190. ISSN 0171-8630

Heath, Michael R. and Cook, Robin M. (2020) Risks to North Sea Fish Stocks and Wildlife if Post-Brexit Fishery Negotiations Fail to Reach Agreement on Quotas and Access to UK Waters : Extended Technical Report. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Heath, Michael R. and Cook, Robin M. (2020) Risks to North Sea Fish Stocks and Wildlife if Post-Brexit Fishery Negotiations Fail to Reach Agreement on Quotas and Access to UK Waters : Summary Report. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Heath, Mike and Cook, Robin (2020) Without a Brexit fisheries deal, herring and other North Sea species face dire future – new research. The Conversation.

Wilson, Robert J. and Heath, Michael R. (2019) Increasing turbidity in the North Sea during the 20th century due to changing wave climate. Ocean Science, 15. 1615–1625. ISSN 1812-0792

Jónasdóttir, Sigrún Huld and Wilson, Robert J. and Gislason, Astthor and Heath, Michael R. (2019) Lipid content in overwintering Calanus finmarchicus across the Subpolar Eastern North Atlantic Ocean. Limnology and Oceanography, 64 (5). pp. 2029-2043. ISSN 0024-3590

MacDonald, Alan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Greenstreet, Simon P. R. and Boulcott, Philip and Heath, Michael R. (2019) Trends in sandeel growth and abundance off the east coast of Scotland. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (APR). 201. ISSN 2296-7745

Hunter, Aidan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. (2019) Population density and temperature correlate with long-term trends in somatic growth rates and maturation schedules of herring and sprat. PLOS One, 14 (3). e0212176. ISSN 1932-6203

MacDonald, Alan and Heath, Michael R. and Greenstreet, Simon P. R. and Speirs, Douglas C. (2019) Timing of sandeel spawning and hatching off the East Coast of Scotland. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6 (MAR). 70. ISSN 2296-7745

Depestele, Jochen and Feekings, Jordan and Reid, David G. and Cook, Robin and Gascuel, Didier and Girardin, Raphael and Heath, Michael and Hernvann, Pierre-Yves and Morato, Telmo and Soszynski, Ambre and Savina-Rolland, Marie; (2019) The impact of fisheries discards on scavengers in the sea. In: The European Landing Obligation. Springer, Cham, pp. 129-162. ISBN 9783030033071

Heath, Michael and Benkort, Deborah and Brierley, Andrew and Daewel, Ute and Hofmeister, Richard and Proud, Roland and Schrum, Corinna and Speirs, Douglas (2018) Modelling the effects of changes in sea-ice extent on Arctic marine food webs. In: MASTS Annual Science Conference, 2018-10-31 - 2018-11-01, Technology & Innovation Centre (TiC).

Spence, Michael A. and Blanchard, Julia L. and Rossberg, Axel G. and Heath, Michael R. and Heymans, Johanna J. and Mackinson, Steven and Serpetti, Natalia and Speirs, Douglas C. and Thorpe, Robert B. and Blackwell, Paul G. (2018) A general framework for combining ecosystem models. Fish and Fisheries, 19. 1031–1042. ISSN 1467-2979

Elliott, Sophie A. M. and Allan, Brooke A. and Turrell, William R. and Heath, Michael R. and Bailey, David M. (2018) Survival of the fittest : explanations for gadoid imbalance in heavily fish seas. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 28 (5). pp. 1192-1199. ISSN 1052-7613

MacDonald, Alan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Greenstreet, Simon P. R. and Heath, Michael R. (2018) Exploring the influence of food and temperature on North Sea sandeels using a new dynamic energy budget model. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5. 339. ISSN 2296-7745

McPike, Ruaraidh and Heath, Mike and Grinfeld, Michael and Wolfram, Marie-Therese (2018) On a mean field game formulation of fish stock exploitation. In: National Meeting of the Portuguese Mathematical Society, 2018-07-09 - 2018-07-11, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança.

Wilson, Robert J. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Sabatino, Alessandro and Heath, Michael R. (2018) A synthetic map of the northwest European Shelf sedimentary environment for applications in marine science. Earth System Science Data, 10. pp. 109-130. ISSN 1866-3516

Cook, Robin M. and Heath, Michael R. (2018) Population trends of bycatch species reflect improving status of target species. Fish and Fisheries. ISSN 1467-2979

Elliott, Sophie A. M. and Sabatino, Alessandro D. and Heath, Michael R. and Turrell, William R. and Bailey, David M. (2017) Landscape effects on demersal fish revealed by field observations and predictive seabed modelling. PLoS One, 12 (12). e0189011. ISSN 1932-6203

Side, J. and Gallego, A. and James, M. and Davies, I. and Heath, M. and Karunarathna, H. and Venugopal, V. and Vögler, A. and Burrows, M. (2017) Developing methodologies for large scale wave and tidal stream marine renewable energy extraction and its environmental impact : an overview of the TeraWatt project. Ocean and Coastal Management, 147. pp. 1-5. ISSN 0964-5691

Gallego, A. and Side, J. and Baston, S. and Waldman, S. and Bell, M. and James, M. and Davies, I. and O'Hara Murray, R. and Heath, M. and Sabatino, A. and McKee, D. and McCaig, C. and Karunarathna, H. and Fairley, I. and Chatzirodou, A. and Venugopal, V. and Nemalidinne, R. and Yung, T.Z. and Vögler, A. and MacIver, R. and Burrows, M. (2017) Large scale three-dimensional modelling for wave and tidal energy resource and environmental impact : methodologies for quantifying acceptable thresholds for sustainable exploitation. Ocean and Coastal Management, 147. pp. 67-77. ISSN 0964-5691

Heath, Michael and Sabatino, Alessandro and Serpetti, Natalia and McCaig, Chris and O'Hara Murray, Rory (2017) Modelling the sensitivity of suspended sediment profiles to tidal current and wave conditions. Ocean and Coastal Management, 147. pp. 49-66. ISSN 0964-5691

Elliott, Sophie A. M. and Turrell, William R. and Heath, Michael R. and Bailey, David M. (2017) Juvenile gadoids habitat association and ontogenetic shift observations using stereo-video baited cameras. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 568. pp. 123-135. ISSN 0171-8630

Elliott, S. A. M. and Milligan, R. J. and Heath, M. R. and Turrell, W.R. and Bailey, D. M. (2016) Disentangling habitat concepts for demersal marine fish management. Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, 54 (Novemb). pp. 173-192. ISSN 0078-3218

Wilson, Robert J. and Banas, Neil S. and Heath, Michael R. and Speirs, Douglas C. (2016) Projected impacts of 21st century climate change on diapause in Calanus finmarchicus. Global Change Biology, 22 (10). 3332–3340. ISSN 1354-1013

Wilson, Robert J. and Heath, Michael and Speirs, Douglas (2016) Spatial modelling of Calanus finmarchicus and Calanus helgolandicus : parameter differences explain differences in biogeography. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3. pp. 1-15. 157.

Sabatino, Alessandro and O'Hara Murray, Rory B. and Hills, Alan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. (2016) Modelling sea level surges in the Firth of Clyde, a fjordic embayment in south-west Scotland. Natural Hazards. ISSN 1573-0840

Sabatino, Alessandro D. and McCaig, Chris and O'Hara Murray, Rory B. and Heath, Michael R. (2016) Modelling wave-current interactions off the east coast of Scotland. Ocean Science, 12 (4). pp. 875-897. ISSN 1812-0792

Serpetti, Natalia and Witte, Ursula F. and Heath, Michael R. (2016) Statistical modelling of variability in sediment-water nutrient and oxygen fluxes. Frontiers in Earth Science, 4. 65.

Elliott, S. A. M. and Ahti, P. A. and Heath, M. R. and Turrell, W. R. and Bailey, D. M. (2016) An assessment of juvenile Atlantic cod distribution and growth using diver operated stereo-video surveys. Journal of Fish Biology. ISSN 0022-1112

Hunter, Aidan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. (2016) Investigating trends in the growth of five demersal fish species from the Firth of Clyde and the wider western shelf of Scotland. Fisheries Research, 177. pp. 71-81. ISSN 0165-7836

St. John, Michael A. and Borja, Angel and Chust, Guillem and Heath, Michael and Grigorov, Ivo and Martin, Adrian P. and Santos, Ricardo Serrão and Mariani, Patrizio (2016) A dark hole in our understanding of marine ecosystems and their services : perspectives from the mesopelagic community. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3. 31.

Speirs, Douglas C. and Greenstreet, Simon P.R. and Heath, Michael R. (2016) Modelling the effects of fishing on the North Sea fish community size composition. Ecological Modelling, 321. pp. 35-45. ISSN 0304-3800

Sabatino, A. D. and McCaig, C. and O'Hara Murray, R. B. and Heath, M. R. (2015) Modelling wave-current interactions off the east coast of Scotland. Discussion paper. Ocean Science Discussions, Göttingen, Germany.

Hyder, Kieran and Rossberg, Axel G. and Allen, J. Icarus and Austen, Melanie C. and Barciela, Rosa M. and Bannister, Hayley J. and Blackwell, Paul G. and Blanchard, Julia L. and Burrows, Michael T. and Defriez, Emma and Dorrington, Tarquin and Edwards, Karen P. and Garcia-Carreras, Bernardo and Heath, Michael R. and Hembury, Deborah J. and Heymans, Johanna J. and Holt, Jason and Houle, Jennifer E. and Jennings, Simon and Mackinson, Steve and Malcolm, Stephen J. and McPike, Ruaraidh and Mee, Laurence and Mills, David K. and Montgomery, Caron and Pearson, Dean and Pinnegar, John K. and Pollicino, Marilena and Popova, Ekaterina E. and Rae, Louise and Rogers, Stuart I. and Speirs, Douglas and Spence, Michael A. and Thorpe, Robert and Turner, R. Kerry and van der Molen, Johan and Yool, Andrew and Paterson, David M. (2015) Making modelling count - increasing the contribution of shelf-seas community and ecosystem models to policy development and management. Marine Policy, 61. pp. 291-302. ISSN 0308-597X

Bradley, J. A. and Anesio, A. M. and Singarayer, J. S. and Heath, M. R. and Arndt, S. (2015) SHIMMER (1.0) : a novel mathematical model for microbial and biogeochemical dynamics in glacier forefield ecosystems. Geoscientific Model Development, 8 (10). pp. 3441-3470. ISSN 1991-9603

Heath, Michael and Wilson, Robert and Speirs, Douglas (2015) Modelling the Whole-Ecosystem Impacts of Trawling. Fisheries Innovation Scotland, St Andrews.

Hunter, Aidan and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. (2015) Fishery-induced changes to age and length dependent maturation schedules of three demersal fish species in the Firth of Clyde. Fisheries Research, 170. pp. 14-23. ISSN 0165-7836

Heath, M.R. and Sabatino, A.D. and Serpetti, N. and O’Hara Murray, R.B.; Side, Jonathan, ed. (2015) Scoping the impact of tidal and wave energy extraction on suspended sediment concentrations and underwater light climate. In: Terawatt Position Papers. Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS), St Andrews, pp. 143-166. ISBN 978-0-9934256-0-8

Sabatino, A.D. and Clement, R. and Heath, M.R. and McKee, D.; Side, Jonathan, ed. (2015) Use of ocean colour remote sensing to monitor sea surface suspended sediments. In: TeraWatt Position Papers. Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS), St Andrews, pp. 129-140. ISBN 978-0-9934256-0-8

Jónasdóttir, Sigrun Huld and Visser, Andre W. and Richardson, Katherine and Heath, Michael R. (2015) Seasonal copepod lipid pump promotes carbon sequestration in the deep North Atlantic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112 (39). 12122–12126. ISSN 1091-6490

MacDonald, Alan and Heath, Michael and Edwards, Martin and Furness, Robert and Pinnegar, John K and Wanless, Sarah and Speirs, Douglas and Greenstreet, Simon (2015) Climate driven trophic cascades affecting seabirds around the British Isles. Oceanography and Marine Biology - An Annual Review, 53. pp. 55-79. ISSN 0078-3218

Bradley, J. A. and Anesio, A. M. and Singarayer, J. S. and Heath, M. R. and Arndt, S. (2015) SHIMMER (1.0) : a novel mathematical model for microbial and biogeochemical dynamics in glacier forefield ecosystems. Geoscientific Model Development Discussions, 8 (8). pp. 6143-6216. ISSN 1991-962X

Melle, W. and Runge, J. A. and Head, E. and Plourde, S. and Castellani, C. and Licandro, P. and Pierson, J. and Jónasdóttir, S. H. and Johnson, C. and Broms, C. and Debes, H. and Falkenhaug, T. and Gaard, E. and Gislason, A. and Heath, M. R. and Niehoff, B. and Nielsen, T. G. and Pepin, P. and Stenevik, E. K. and Chust, G. (2015) Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus. Earth System Science Data, 7 (2). pp. 223-230. ISSN 1866-3516

Wilson, Robert J. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Heath, Michael R. (2015) On the surprising lack of differences between two congeneric calanoid copepod species, Calanus finmarchicus and C. helgolandicus. Progress in Oceanography, 134 (413-43). pp. 413-431. ISSN 0079-6611

Heath, Michael R. and Cook, Robin M. (2015) Hind-casting the quantity and composition of discards by mixed demersal fisheries in the North Sea. PLoS One, 10 (3). pp. 1-35. e0117078. ISSN 1932-6203

Melle, Webjorn and Runge, Jeffrey and Head, Erica and Plourde, Stephane and Castellani, Claudia and Licandro, Priscilla and Pierson, James and Jonasdottir, Sigrun and Johnson, Catherine and Broms, Cecile and Debes, Hogni and Falkenhaug, Tone and Gaard, Eilif and Gislason, Astthor and Heath, Michael and Niehoff, Barbara and Nielsen, Torkel Gissel and Pepin, Pierre and Steinevik, Erling Kaare and Chust, Guillern (2014) The North Atlantic Ocean as habitat for Calanus finmarchicus : environmental factors and life history traits. Progress in Oceanography, 129B. 244–284. ISSN 0079-6611

Lusseau, Susan and Gallego, Alejandro and Rasmussen, Jens and Hatfield, Emma and Heath, Michael (2014) North Sea herring (Clupea harengus L.) recruitment failure may be indicative of poor feeding success. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71 (8). pp. 2026-2041. ISSN 1054-3139

Sabatino, Alessandro and McCaig, Chris and Nemaliddine, R and Vengupal, V and O’Hara Murray, R,B. and Heath, Michael (2014) Simulating tides and waves in the east coast of Scotland. In: MASTS Annual Science Meeting 2014, 2014-09-03 - 2014-09-05, Heriot Watt University Conference Centre.

Heath, Michael R. and Cook, Robin M. and Cameron, Angus I. and Morris, David J. and Speirs, Douglas C. (2014) Cascading ecological effects of eliminating fishery discards. Nature Communications, 5. 3893. ISSN 2041-1723

Melle, W. and Runge, J. A. and Head, E. and Plourde, S. and Castellani, C. and Licandro, P. and Pierson, J. and Jonasdottir, S. H. and Johnson, C. and Broms, C. and Debes, H. and Falkenhaug, T. and Gaard, E. and Gislason, A. and Heath, M. R. and Niehoff, B. and Nielsen, T. G. and Pepin, P. and Stenevik, E. K. and Chust, G. (2014) Biogeography of key mesozooplankton species in the North Atlantic, by manual counting methods, and egg production of Calanus finmarchicus. Earth System Science Data Discussions, 7 (1). pp. 225-242.

Morris, David and Speirs, Douglas and Cameron, Angus and Heath, Michael (2014) Global sensitivity analysis of an end-to-end marine ecosystem model of the North Sea : factors affecting the biomass of fish and benthos. Ecological Modelling, 273. pp. 251-263. ISSN 0304-3800

Heath, Michael R. and Speirs, Douglas C. and Steele, John H. (2014) Understanding patterns and processes in models of trophic cascades. Ecology Letters, 17 (1). 101–114. ISSN 1461-023X

Heath, Michael and Culling, Mark and Crozier, Walter and Fox, Clive and Gurney, William and Hutchinson, William and Nielsen, Einar and O'Sullivan, Martha and Preedy, Katharine and Righton, David and Speirs, Douglas and Taylor, Martin and Wright, Peter and Carvalho, Gary (2014) Combination of genetics and spatial modelling highlights the sensitivity of cod (Gadus morhua) population diversity in the North Sea to distributions of fishing. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 71 (4). pp. 794-807. ISSN 1054-3139

Wilson, Robert and Speirs, Douglas and Heath, Michael (2013) Solid evidence or fluid ideas on the importance of phase transitions to diapausing copepods. Journal of Plankton Research, 35 (2). pp. 438-440. ISSN 0142-7873

Heath, Michael (2012) Ecosystem limits to food web fluxes and fisheries yields in the North Sea simulated with an end-to-end food web model. Progress in Oceanography, 102. pp. 42-66. ISSN 0079-6611

Heath, Michael and Neat, Francis C and Pinnegar, John K and Reid, David G and Sims, David W and Wright, Peter J (2012) Climate change impacts on marine fish and shellfish around the UK and Ireland. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 22 (3). pp. 337-367. ISSN 1052-7613

Heath, Michael and Rasmussen, Jens and Bailey, M.C. and Dunn, J. and Fraser, J. and Gallego, A. and Hay, S.J. and Inglis, I. and Robinson, S. (2012) Larval mortality rates and population dynamics of Lesser Sandeel (Ammodytes marinus) in the northwestern North Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 93. pp. 47-57. ISSN 0924-7963

Heath, M.R. and Speirs, D.C. (2012) Changes in species diversity and size composition in the Firth of Clyde demersal fish community (1927–2009). Proceedings B: Biological Sciences, 279 (1728). pp. 543-552.

Serpetti, Natalia and Heath, Mike and Rose, Malcolm and Witte, Ursula (2012) High resolution mapping of sediment organic matter from acoustic reflectance data. Hydrobiologia, 680 (1). 265–284. ISSN 0018-8158

Serpetti, N. and Heath, Michael and Armstrong, F. and Witte, U. (2011) Blending single beam RoxAnn and multi-beam swathe QTC hydro-acoustic discrimination techniques for the Stonehaven area, Scotland, UK. Journal of Sea Research, 65 (4). pp. 442-455.

Montagnes, D.J.S. and Allen, J. and Brown, L. and Bulit, C. and Davidson, R. and Fielding, S. and Heath, M. and Holliday, N.P. and Rasmussen, J. and Sanders, R. and Waniek, J.J. and Wilson, D. (2011) Role of ciliates and other microzooplankton in the Irminger Sea (NW Atlantic Ocean). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 411. pp. 101-115. ISSN 0171-8630

Speirs, Douglas and Guirey, E.J. and Gurney, William and Heath, Michael (2010) A length-structured partial ecosystem model for cod in the North Sea. Fisheries Research, 106 (3). pp. 474-494. ISSN 0165-7836

Stari, T. and Preedy, K.F. and McKenzie, E. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, Michael and Kunzlik, P.A. and Speirs, D. (2010) Smooth age length keys : observations and implications for data collection on North Sea haddock. Fisheries Research, 105 (1). pp. 2-12. ISSN 0165-7836

Brander, Keith and Botsford, Louis W. and Ciannelli, Lorenzo and Fogarty, Michael J. and Heath, Michael R. and Planque, Benjamin and Shannon, Lynne J. and Wieland, Kai; Barange, M. and Field, J. and Harris, R. and Hofmann, E. and Perry, I. and Werner, C., eds. (2010) Human impacts on marine ecosystems. In: Marine Ecosystems and Global Change. Oxford University Press, pp. 41-71. ISBN 0199558027

Engelhard, G.H. and Heath, Michael and Pinnegar, J.K.; Rijnsdorp, A. and Peck, M.A. and Engelhard, G.H. and Christensen, M. and Pinnegar, J.K., eds. (2010) Cod. In: Chapter 17 in: Resolving climatic impacts on fish stocks. ICES Coop. Rept., pp. 162-174.

Heath, Michael and Gallego, A.; Rijnsdorp, A. and Peck, M.A. and Engelhard, G.H. and Christensen, M. and Pinnegar, J.K., eds. (2010) Ecosystem structure and function. In: Resolving climatic impacts on fish stocks. Coop. Res. Rept., pp. 72-79.

Pinnegar, J.K. and Heath, Michael; (2010) Fish. In: Annual Report Card (ARC) 2010-11. Annual Report Card (ARC) . Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Pinnegar, J.K. and Cheung, W.W.L. and Heath, Michael; (2010) Fisheries. In: Annual Report Card 2010-11, Science Review. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Heath, Michael; (2010) Nutrient Enrichment. In: Annual Report Card 2010-11, MCCIP Science Review. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Edwards, M. and Heath, Michael and McQuatters Gollop, A.; (2010) Plankton. In: Annual Report Card 2010-11, Science Review. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Heath, Michael (2009) Regime shifts in shelf sea ecosystems: Topic Sheet no. 70 V1. Guide or manual. Scottish Government.

Gudmundsson, Kristinn and Heath, Mike R. and Clarke, Elizabeth D., Marine Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland (Funder), Marine Research Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland (Funder) (2009) Average seasonal changes in chlorophyll a in Icelandic waters. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66 (10). pp. 2133-2140. ISSN 1054-3139

Maersk Lusseau, S. and Gallego, A. and Rasmussen, Jens and Hatfield, E. and Heath, Michael (2009) Over-winter survival of larval herring in the northern North Sea can be related to food intake. Fisheries Research Services, Aberdeen.

Bresnan, E. and Hay, S. and Hughes, S. and Fraser, S. and Rasmussen, J. and Webster, L. and Slesser, G. and Heath, Michael (2009) Seasonal and interannual variation in the phytoplankton community in the north east of Scotland. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 61 (1-2). pp. 17-25. ISSN 0077-7579

Heath, Michael and Steele, J.H.; (2009) The relative roles of fishing (top-down) and climate-driven changes in productivity (bottom-up) on changes in the structure of the food web in the North Sea. In: Deliverable 3.5 Report to the EU-RECLAIM project (REsolving CLimAtic IMpacts on fish stocks, 044133 (SSP8)): The relative roles of fishing and climate-driven changes in productivity and predator prey overlap in observed changes in the structure of upper t. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, pp. 1-89.

Heath, Michael and Edwards, M. and Furness, R. and Pinnegar, J. and Wanless, S.; Baxter, J.M. and Buckley, P.J. and Frost, M.T., eds. (2009) A view from above : changing seas, seabirds and food sources. In: Ecosystem Linkages report Card 2009. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, p. 24.

Heath, Michael R. (2008) Comment on 'a global map of human impact on marine ecosystems'. Science, 321 (5895). p. 1446. ISSN 0036-8075

Heath, Michael R. and Kunzlik, Philip A. and Gallego, Alejandro and Holmes, Steven J. and Wright, Peter J., Scottish Government (Funder) (2008) A model of meta-population dynamics for North Sea and West of Scotland cod - the dynamic consequences of natal fidelity. Fisheries Research, 93 (1-2). pp. 92-116. ISSN 0165-7836

Montagnes, D.J.S. and Allen, J. and Brown, L. and Bulit, C. and Diaz-Avalos, C. and Fielding, S. and Heath, Michael and Holliday, N.P. and Rasmussen, J. and Sanders, R. and Waniek, J.J. and Wilson, D. (2008) Factors controlling the abundance and size distribution of the phototrophic ciliate Myrionecta rubra in open waters of the North Atlantic. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 55 (5). pp. 457-65. ISSN 1066-5234

Jonasdottir, Sigrun and Richardson, Katherine and Heath, Michael R. and Ingvarsdottir, Anna and Christoffersen, Alice, European Union (Funder) (2008) Spring production of Calanus finmarchicus at the Iceland-Scotland Ridge. Deep Sea Research, 55 (4). pp. 471-489. ISSN 0967-0637

Heath, M.R. and Rasmussen, J. and Ahmed, Y. and Allen, J. and Anderson, C.I.H. and Brierley, A.S. and Brown, L. and Bunker, A. and Cook, K. and Davidson, R. and Fielding, S. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Harris, R. and Hay, S. and Henson, S. and Hirst, A.G. and Holliday, N.P. and Ingvarsdottir, A. and Irigoien, X. and Lindeque, P. and Mayor, D.J. and Montagnes, D. and Moffat, C. and Pollard, R. and Richards, S. and Saunders, R.A. and Sidey, J. and Smerdon, G. and Speirs, D. and Walsham, P. and Waniek, J. and Webster, L. and Wilson, D., NERC Marine Productivity Programme (Funder), The Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (Funder) (2008) Spatial demography of Calanus finmarchicus in the Irminger Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 76 (1). pp. 39-88. ISSN 0079-6611

Pinnegar, J.K. and Sims, D.W. and Heath, Michael; (2008) Fish and fisheries. In: Annual Report Card 2007-2008 Scientific Review. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Heath, M.R. and Beare, D.J., Scottish Government Marine Directorate (Funder), Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra (Funder) (2008) New primary production in northwest European shelf seas, 1960–2003. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 363. pp. 183-203. ISSN 0171-8630

Hydes, D. and Mills, D. and Heath, Michael; (2008) Nutrient enrichment. In: Annual Report Card 2007-2008 Scientific Review. Matrine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Edwards, M. and Reid, P.C. and Heath, Michael; (2008) Plankton. In: Annual Report Card 2007-2008 Scientific Review. Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership.

Heath, Michael R. (2007) The consumption of zooplankton by early life stages of fish in the North Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64 (9). pp. 1650-1663. ISSN 1054-3139

Gurney, W.S.C. and Tyldesley, G. and Wood, S.N. and Bacon, P.J. and Heath, M.R. and Youngson, A. and Ibbotson, A. (2007) Modelling length-at-age variability under irreversible growth. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 64 (4). pp. 638-653. ISSN 1205-7533

Fisheries Research Services (Funder); Heath, M.. (2007) Spatially resolved monthly riverine fluxes of oxidised nitrogen (nitrate and nitrite) to the European shelf seas, 1960-2005. Unknown Publisher.

Clarke, E.D. and Speirs, D.C. and Heath, M.R. and Wood, S.N. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Holmes, S.J. (2006) Calibrating remotely sensed chlorophyll-a data by using penalized regression splines. Journal of Applied Statistics, 55 (3). pp. 331-353. ISSN 0266-4763

Andrews, Jessica M. and Gurney, William S.C. and Heath, Michael R. and Gallego, Alejandro and O'Brien, Carl M. and Darby, Christopher and Tyldesley, Graham (2006) Modelling the spatial demography of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) on the European continental shelf. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 63 (5). pp. 1027-1048. ISSN 1205-7533

Speirs, D. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, M.R. and Horbelt, W. and Wood, S.N. and de Cuevas, B. (2006) Ocean-scale modelling of the distribution, abundance, and seasonal dynamics of the copepod Calanus finmarchicus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 313. pp. 173-192. ISSN 0171-8630

Cook, R. M. and Heath, M. R. (2005) The implications of warming climate for the management of North Sea demersal fisheries. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62 (7). pp. 1322-1326. ISSN 1054-3139

Heath, Michael R., Scottish Executive Environment (Funder), Rural Affairs Department (Funder) (2005) Changes in the structure and functionof the North Sea fish foodweb, 1973-2000, and the impacts of fishing and climate. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62 (5). pp. 847-868. ISSN 1054-3139

Heath, Michael R., Scottish Executive Environment (Funder), Rural Affairs Department (Funder) (2005) Regional variability in the trophic requirements of shelf sea fisheries in the Northeast Atlantic, 1973-2000. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 62 (7). pp. 1233-1244. ISSN 1054-3139

Speirs, D. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, M.R. and Wood, S.N. (2005) Modelling the basin-scale demography of Calanus finmarchicus in the North East Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography, 14 (5). pp. 333-358. ISSN 1054-6006

Fisheries Research Services (Funder); Heath, M.R. and Patsch, J. and Edwards, A.C. and Turrell, W.R. and Greathead, C. and Davies, I.M.. (2005) Modelling the behaviour of nutrients in the coastal waters of Scotland - an update on inputs from Scottish aquaculture and their impact on eutrophication status. Unknown Publisher.

Hedger, Richard and McKenzie, Eddie and Heath, Mike and Wright, Peter and Scott, Beth and Gallego, Alejandro and Andrews, Jessica (2004) Analysis of the spatial distributions of mature cod (gadus morhua) and haddock (melanogrammus aeglefinus) abundance in the North Sea (1980-1999) using generalised additive models. Fisheries Research, 70 (1). pp. 17-25. ISSN 0165-7836

Heath, Michael R. and Boyle, Peter R. and Gislason, Astthor and Gurney, William S.C. and Hay, Stephen J and Head, Erica J.H and Holmes, Steven and Ingvarsdóttir, Anna and Jónasdóttir, Sigrun H and Lindeque, Pennie and Pollard, Raymond T and Rasmussen, Jens and Richards, Kelvin and Richardson, Katherine and Smerdon, Gary and Speirs, Douglas C, European Union (Funder) (2004) Comparative ecology of over-wintering Calanus finmarchicus in the northern North Atlantic, and implications for life-cycle patterns. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 61 (4). pp. 698-708. ISSN 1054-3139

Speirs, D. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Holmes, S.J. and Heath, M.R. and Wood, S.N. and Clarke, E.D. and Harms, I.H. and Hirche, H. and McKenzie, E. (2004) Understanding demography in an advective environment: Modelling Calanus finmarchicus in the Norwegian Sea. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73. pp. 897-910. ISSN 0021-8790

ASMO (Funder); Heath, M.R. and Edwards, A.C. and Patsch, J. and Turrell, W.R.. (2003) Application of the European Regional Seas Ecosystem Model (ERSEM) to assessing the eutrophication status in the OSPAR Maritime Area, with particular reference to nutrient discharges from Scottish salmonid aquaculture. Unknown Publisher.

Scottish Executive Central Research Unit (Funder); Heath, M.R. and Edwards, A.C. and Patsch, J. and Turrell, W.R.. (2002) Modelling the behaviour of nutrients in the coastal waters of Scotland. Unknown Publisher.

Gurney, W.S.C. and Speirs, D. and Wood, S.N. and Clarke, E.D. and Heath, M.R. (2001) Simulating spatially and physiologically structured populations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70. pp. 881-894. ISSN 0021-8790

Harms, I. H. and Heath, M. R. and Bryant, A. D. and Backhaus, J. O. and Hainbucher, D. A., EU TASC (Funder) (2000) Modelling the Northeast Atlantic circulation : implications for the spring invasion of shelf regions by Calanus finmarchicus. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57 (6). pp. 1694-1707. ISSN 1054-3139

Heath, M.R. and Astthorsson, O.S. and Dunn, J. and Ellertsen, B. and Gaard, E. and Gislason, A. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Hind, A.T. and Irigoien, X. and Melle, W. and Niehoff, B. and Olsen, K. and Skreslet, S. and Tande, K. S. (2000) Comparative analysis of Calanus finmarchicus demography at locations around the Northeast Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57 (6). pp. 1562-1580. ISSN 1054-3139

Hind, A.T. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, M. and Bryant, A.D. (2000) Overwintering strategies in calanus finmarchicus. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 193. pp. 95-107. ISSN 0171-8630

Heath, M.R. and Fraser, J.G. and Gislason, A. and Hay, S. and Jonasdottir, S. and Richardson, K., EU TASC (Funder), EU ICOS (Funder), Scottish Office (Funder) (2000) Winter distribution of Calanus finmarchicus in the Northeast Atlantic. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57. pp. 1628-1635. ISSN 1054-3139

Irigoien, X. and Obermuller, B. and Head, R.N. and Harris, R.P. and Rey, C. and Hansen, B.W. and Hygum, B.H. and Heath, M.R. and Durbin, E.G., TASC (Funder) (2000) The effect of food on the determination of sex ratio in Calanus spp. : evidence from experimental studies and field data. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 57 (6). pp. 1752-1763. ISSN 1054-3139

Heath, Michael R. and Backhaus, Jan O. and Richardson, Katherine and McKenzie, Eddie and Slagstad, Dag and Beare, Douglas and Dunn, John and Fraser, John G. and Gallego, Alejandro and Hainbucher, Dagmar and Hay, Stephen and Jonasdottir, Sigrun and Madden, Heather and Mardaljevic, John and Schacht, Andreas, European Union - MAS2-CT94-0085 (Funder) (1999) Climate fluctuations and the spring invasion of the North Sea by Calanus finmarchicus. Fisheries Oceanography, 8 (s1). pp. 163-176. ISSN 1054-6006

Bryant, A.D. and Heath, Michael and Gurney, William and Beare, D. and Robertson, W. (1997) The seasonal dynamics of Calanus finmarchicus : development of a three-dimensional structured population model and application to the northern North Sea. Journal of Sea Research, 38 (3-4). pp. 361-379.

Greenstreet, S.P.R. and Bryant, A.D. and Broekhuizen, N. and Hall, S.J. and Heath, M.R. (1997) Seasonal variation in the consumption of food by fish in the North Sea and implications for food web dynamics. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 54 (2). pp. 243-266. ISSN 1054-3139

Gallego, A. and Heath, M.R. and McKenzie, E. and Cargill, L.H. (1996) Environmentally induced short-term variability in the growth rates of larval herring. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 137 (1-3). pp. 11-23. ISSN 0171-8630

Bryant, A.D. and Heath, M.R. and Broekhuizen, N. and Ollason, J.G. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Greenstreet, S.P.R. (1995) Modeling the predation, growth and population dynamics of fish within a spatially-resolved shelf-sea ecosystem model. Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 33 (3-4). pp. 407-421. ISSN 0077-7579

Ross, A.H. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, M.R. (1994) A comparative-study of the ecosystem dynamics of four fjords. Limnology and Oceanography, 39 (2). pp. 318-343. ISSN 0024-3590

Ross, A.H. and Gurney, W.S.C. and Heath, M.R. (1993) Ecosystem models of scottish sea lochs for assessing the impact of nutrient enrichment. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 50 (4). pp. 359-367. ISSN 1054-3139