Newcastle University

Background

I completed a PhD in Marine Ecology at Newcastle University in 2007. Subsequently I went on to do a post-doc at Bangor University looking into species range edges and climate change indicators.  

Roles and Responsibilities

Currently I work in the outreach team based at the Dove marine Laboratory running the Big Sea Survey. I also coordinate the distance learning course Delve Deeper.  

My research interests include the influence of anthropogenic impacts on the movement and persistence of marine benthic communities in both natural and artificial habitats.

I am also interested in species range edges and distributions. I work closely with the Marine Biological Association of the UK surveying the movement of rocky shore climate change indicators.  

• Hawkins SJ, Sugden HE, Mieszkowska N, Burrows MT, Baxter JM. Managing marine species in a rapidly changing world. In: Baxter, J.M., Galbraith, C.A, ed. Species Management: Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century. Edinburgh: Stationery Office Books, 2010, pp.91-108.
• Hawkins SJ, Sugden HE, Moschella PS, Mieszkowska N, Thompson RC, Burrows MT. The Seashore. In: Maclean, N, ed. Silent Summer: The State of the Wildlife in Britain and Ireland. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.591-614.
• Hawkins SJ, Sugden HE, Mieszkowska N, Moore PJ, Poloczanska E, Leaper R, Herbert R, Genner MJ, Moschella PS, Thompson RC, Jenkins SR, Southward AJ, Burrows MT. Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2009, 396, 245-259.
• Sugden H, Underwood AJ, Hawkins SJ. The aesthetic value of littoral hard substrata and an ethical framework for appreciation and conservation. In: Wahl, M, ed. Marine Hard Bottom Communities: Patterns, Scales, Dynamics, Functions, Shifts. Berlin; New York: Springer Verlag, 2009, pp.409-422.
• Sugden H, Lenz M, Molis M, Wahl M, Thomason JC. The interaction between nutrient availability and disturbance frequency on the diversity of benthic marine communities on the north-east coast of England. Journal of Animal Ecology 2008, 77(1), 24-31.
• Sugden H, Panusch R, Lenz M, Wahl M, Thomason JC. Temporal variability of disturbances: Is this important for diversity and structure of marine fouling assemblages?. Marine Ecology 2007, 28(3), 368-376.
• Bers AV, Diaz ER, da Gama BAP, Vieira-Silva F, Dobretsov S, Valdivia N, Thiel M, Scardino AJ, McQuaid CD, Sudgen HE, Thomason JC, Wahl M. Relevance of mytilid shell microtopographies for fouling defence - a global comparison. Biofouling 2010, 26(3), 367-377.