Newcastle University

Background

Nick Polunin is a community marine ecologist who uses macroecological (marine protected area, coral bleaching and fishing effects), modelling and stable isotope approaches to help understand what holds marine ecosystems together. This work has long had a strong ‘conservation science’ goal including interactions with the social sciences. A principal focus remains on coral reefs, but the work also embraces temperate ecosystems, and his current projects include coral reef fish-habitat relationships in the Caribbean, deep sea hydrothermal vent food webs in the Southern Ocean, fisheries extinctions in the Philippines and sustainability of a North Sea fishery. He is also Chief Editor of the journal Environmental Conservation.

Roles and Responsibilities

Degree programme director of marine science MSc programmes

Research Interests

see Marine Ecosystem Dynamics Research research.ncl.ac.uk/fish/
• Ecology of coral reef ecosystems
• Stable isotope elucidation of food web structure
• Coral bleaching effects on reef ecosystems
• Ecology of marine protected areas

Current Work

Postgraduate Supervision

Research Associates: Steve P Newman - reef fish/habitat relationships; Chris J Sweeting - trophodynamics/stable isotopes

Visiting Professors: Prof. Jorge Cortes-Nunez (University of Costa Rica)

Visiting Researchers: Dr Catherine Scott (Natural England), Dr Margarita N Lavides (Ateneo de Manila University) 

PhD students (current) Will Reid (with BD Wigham) - deep-sea food webs; Chon Poosuwan (with C Fitzsimmons) - methodologies for measuring temporal changes in coral reefs; Alex Caveen (with SM Stead, TS Gray) - development of MPA science and MCZ policy; Wahyu Nugraha (with SP Rushton, SP Newman) - macroecology of Caribbean parrotfish; Dan Skerritt (with C Fitzsimmons, C Scott) - lobster abundance and movement; George Stoyle (with SP Newman) - parrotfish and macroalgal dominance of reefs; Sam J Mercer (with C Fitzsimmons) - benthic habitat/potfishing interactions; Andrew Spencer (with C Fitzsimmons) - crab growth and stock assessment methods; Charlie Dryden (with SP Newman) - reef fish-habitat relationships in the Caribbean

Recent PhD students: Saoud Al-Habsi, Annette Breckwoldt (Muehlig-Hofmann), Carolyn Barnes, Pia Schuchert, Aileen Mill, M Aaron MacNeil, Nick AJ Graham, Ruben J Sulu, Rachel A Turner, Helen J Bloomfield, Ben J Kurten

Recent Research Associates: WJF Le Quesne (CEFAS) - modelling of MPAs on continental shelves; R Fisher - reef ecosystem modelling

Esteem Indicators

• President, International Society for Reef Studies, 2003-2006
• Northumberland Inshore Fisheries & COnservation Authority, Committee member
• DEFRA Marine Fisheries Science Advisory Group
• President, Foundation for Environmental Conservation, 1996-
• Editor in Chief, Environmental Conservation www.ncl.ac.uk/icef

Funding

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for International Development
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
European Commission
Fisheries Society of the British Isles
Foundation for Environmental Conservation
Leverhulme Trust
Marine Management Organisation
National Geographic Society
Natural Environment Research Council
Darwin Initiative

Projects

• A sustainable fishing plan for the Farne Deeps Nephrops fishery (2011-12) Marine Management Organisation
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Nick Polunin
• Benthic-pelagic coupling in North Sea food webs
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Combined impact of coral bleaching and variable fishing pressure on fish communities
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Fish effects of prohibited trawl areas
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Impacts of coral bleaching on coral reef fish assemblages in the Western Indian Ocean
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Impacts of MPA networks in continental shelf ecosystems
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Project: CHESSO - Chemosynthetically-driven ecosystems south of the Polar Front (2009-12) Natural Environment Research Council
  Project Leader(s): Professor Nick Polunin
• Project: Future of reefs in a changing environment: an ecosystem approach to managing Caribbean coral reefs in the face of climate change (FORCE)
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Nick Polunin
• Responding to fish extirpations in the global marine biodiversity epicentre
  Project Leader(s): Prof. Nick Polunin
• Understanding and addressing the impacts of threats to marine ecosystems/biodiversity in the UK overseas territories in the Caribbean
  Project Leader(s): Dr Clare Fitzsimmons

Undergraduate Teaching

MST2001 Tropical Marine Environment & Ecology
MST3021 North Sea SCiencePostgraduate Teaching

MST8005 Research in Coastal Management
MST8021 Fisheries Resources Assessment and Management
MST8011 Critical Appraisal of Coastal Production Systems

• Rogers AD, Tyler PA, Connelly DP, Copley JT, James R, Larter RD, Linse K, Mills RA, Garabato AN, Pancost RD, Pearce DA, Polunin NVC, German CR, Shank T, Boersch-Supan PH, Alker BJ, Aquilina A, Bennett SA, Clarke A, Dinley RJJ, Graham AGC, Green DRH, Hawkes JA, Hepburn L, Hilario A, Huvenne VAI, Marsh L, Ramirez-Llodra E, Reid WDK, Roterman CN, Sweeting CJ, Thatje S, Zwirglmaier K. The Discovery of New Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Communities in the Southern Ocean and Implications for Biogeography. PLoS Biology 2012, 10(1), e1001234.
• Graham NAJ, Chabanet P, Evans RD, Jennings S, Letourneur Y, MacNeil MA, McClanahan TR, Ohman MC, Polunin NVC, Wilson SK. Extinction vulnerability of coral reef fishes. Ecology Letters 2011, 14(4), 341-348.
• Mora C, Aburto-Oropeza O, Bocos AA, Ayotte PM, Banks S, Bauman AG, Beger M, Bessudo S, Booth DJ, Brokovich E, Brooks A, Chabanet P, Cinner JE, Cortes J, Cruz-Motta JJ, Magana AC, DeMartini EE, Edgar GJ, Feary DA, Ferse SCA, Friedlander AM, Gaston KJ, Gough C, Graham NAJ, Green A, Guzman H, Hardt M, Kulbicki M, Letourneur Y, Perez AL, Loreau M, Loya Y, Martinez C, Mascarenas-Osorio I, Morove T, Nadon MO, Nakamura Y, Paredes G, Polunin NVC, Pratchett MS, Bonilla HR, Rivera F, Sala E, Sandin SA, Soler G, Stuart-Smith R, Tessier E, Tittensor DP, Tupper M, Usseglio P, Vigliola L, Wantiez L, Williams I, Wilson SK, Zapata FA. Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes. PLOS Biology 2011, 9(4), e1000606.
• Webb TJ, Dulvy NK, Jennings S, Polunin NVC. The birds and the seas: body size reconciles differences in the abundance-occupancy relationship across marine and terrestrial vertebrates. Oikos 2011, 120(4), 537-549.
• Greenwood NDW, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC. Elucidating the trophodynamics of four coral reef fishes of the Solomon Islands using delta N-15 and delta C-13. Coral Reefs 2010, 29(3), 785-792.
• Hicks CC, Fitzsimmons C, Polunin NVC. Interdisciplinarity in the environmental sciences: barriers and frontiers. Environmental Conservation 2010, 37(4), 464-477.
• MacNeil MA, Graham NAJ, Cinner JE, Dulvy NK, Loring PA, Jennings S, Polunin NVC, Fisk AT, McClanahan TR. Transitional states in marine fisheries: adapting to predicted global change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 2010, 365(1558), 3753-3763.
• Wilding TA, Palmer EJL, Polunin NVC. Comparison of three methods for quantifying topographic complexity on rocky shores. Marine Environmental Research 2010, 69(3), 143-151.
• Wilson SK, Fisher R, Pratchett MS, Graham NAJ, Dulvy NK, Turner RA, Cakacaka A, Polunin NVC. Habitat degradation and fishing effects on the size structure of coral reef fish communities. Ecological Applications 2010, 20(2), 442-451.
• Graham NAJ, Wilson SK, Pratchett MS, Polunin NVC, Spalding MD. Coral mortality versus structural collapse as drivers of corallivorous butterflyfish decline. Biodiversity and Conservation 2009, 18(12), 3325-3336.
• Lavides MN, Polunin NVC, Stead SM, Tabaranza DG, Comeros MT, Dongallo JR. Finfish disappearances around Bohol, Philippines inferred from traditional ecological knowledge. Environmental Conservation 2009, 36(3), 235-244.
• McClanahan TR, Cinner JE, Graham NAJ, Daw TM, Maina J, Stead SM, Wamukota A, Brown K, Venus V, Polunin NVC. Identifying Reefs of Hope and Hopeful Actions: Contextualizing Environmental, Ecological, and Social Parameters to Respond Effectively to Climate Change. Conservation Biology 2009, 23(3), 662-671.
• McClanahan TR, Cinner J, Maina J, Graham NAJ, Daw TM, Stead SM, Wamukota A, Brown K, Ateweberhan M, Venus V, Polunin NVC. Conservation action in a changing climate. Conservation Letters 2009, 1(2), 53-59.
• MacNeil MA, Graham NAJ, Polunin NVC, Kulbicki M, Galzin R, Harmelin-Vivien M, Rushton SP. Hierarchical drivers of reef-fish metacommunity structure. Ecology 2009, 90(1), 252-264.
• Paddack MJ, Reynolds JD, Aguilar C, Appeldoorn RS, Beets J, Burkett EW, Chittaro PM, Clarke K, Esteves R, Fonseca AC, Forrester GE, Friedlander AM, Garcia-Sais J, Gonzalez-Sanson G, Jordan LKB, McClellan DB, Miller MW, Molloy PP, Mumby PJ, Nagelkerken I, Nemeth M, Navas-Camacho R, Pitt J, Polunin NVC, Reyes-Nivia MC, Robertson DR, Rodriguez-Ramirez A, Salas E, Smith SR, Spieler RE, Steele MA, Williams ID, Wormald CL, Watkinson AR, Cote IM. Recent Region-wide Declines in Caribbean Reef Fish Abundance. Current Biology 2009, 19(7), 590-595.
• Sweeting CJ, Badalamenti F, D'Anna G, Pipitone C, Polunin NVC. Steeper biomass spectra of demersal fish communities after trawler exclusion in Sicily. ICES Journal of Marine Science 2009, 66(1), 195-202.
• MacNeill MA, Tyler EHM, Fonnesbeck CJ, Rushton SP, Polunin NVC, Conroy MJ. Accounting for detectability in reef-fish biodiversity estimates. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 2008, 367, 249-260.
• Ding H, Xu H, Wu J, Le Quesne WJF, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC. An Overview of Spatial Management and Marine Protected Areas in the East China Sea. Coastal Management 2008, 36(5), 443-457.
• Jennings S, Barnes C, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC. Application of nitrogen stable isotope analysis in size-based marine food web and macroecological research. In: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users' Group (SIMSUG) Meeting. 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• Polunin NVC, ed. Aquatic Ecosystems: Trends and Global Prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
• Carassou L, Kulbicki M, Nicola TJR, Polunin NVC. Assessment of fish trophic status and relationships by stable isotope data in the coral reef lagoon of New Caledonia, southwest Pacific. Aquatic Living Resources 2008, 21(1), 1-12.
• Graham NAJ, McClanahan TR, MacNeil MA, Wilson SK, Polunin NVC, Jennings S, Chabanet P, Clark S, Spalding MD, Letourneur Y, Bigot L, Galzin R, Ohman MC, Garpe KC, Edwards AJ, Sheppard CRC. Climate warming, marine protected areas and the ocean-scale integrity of coral reef ecosystems. PLoS ONE 2008, 3(8), e3039.
• Engelman R, Pauly D, Zeller D, Prinn RG, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Climate, people, fisheries and aquatic ecosystems. In: Polunin, NVC, ed. Aquatic Ecosystems: Trends and Global Prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 1-16.
• Pratchett MS, Wilson SK, Graham NAJ, Munday PL, Jones GP, Polunin NVC. Coral bleaching and consequences for motile reef organisims: past, present and uncertain future effects. In: Lough, JM; van Oppen, MJH, ed. Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences. Berlin: Springer Publishing, 2008, pp. 139-158.
• MacNeil MA, Graham NAJ, Conroy MJ, Fonnesbeck CJ, Polunin NVC, Rushton SP, Chabanet P, McClanahan TR. Detection heterogeneity in underwater visual-census data. Journal of Fish Biology 2008, 73(7), 1748-1763.
• Pratchett MS, Munday PL, Wilson SK, Graham NAJ, Cinner JE, Bellwood DR, Jones GP, Polunin NVC, McClanahan TR. Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes - Ecological and economic consequences. In: Gibson, RN; Atkinson, RJA; Gordon, JDM, ed. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review. Florida, USA: CRC Press, 2008, pp.251-296.
• Wilson SK, Fisher R, Pratchett MS, Graham NAJ, Dulvy NK, Turner RA, Cakacaka A, Polunin NVC, Rushton SP. Exploitation and habitat degradation as agents of change within coral reef fish communities. Global Change Biology 2008, 14(12), 2796-2809.
• Wilson SK, Burgess SC, Cheal AJ, Emslie M, Fisher R, Miller I, Polunin NVC, Sweatman HPA. Habitat utilization by coral reef fish: Implications for specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 2008, 77(2), 220-228.
• Badalamenti F, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC, Pinnegar J, D'Anna G, Pipitone C. Limited trophodynamics effects of trawling on three Mediterranean fishes. Marine Biology 2008, 154(5), 765-773.
• Barnes C, Jennings S, Polunin NVC, Lancaster JE. The importance of quantifying inherent variability when interpreting stable isotope field data. Oecologia 2008, 155(2), 227-235.
• Polunin NVC, Gopal B, Graham NAJ, Hall SJ, Ittekott V, Mühlig-Hofmann A. Trends and global prospects of the Earth’s aquatic ecosystems. In: Polunin, NVC, ed. Aquatic Ecosystems: Trends and Global Prospects. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 353-365.
• Al-Habsi SH, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC, Graham NAJ. δ15N and δ13C elucidation of size-structured food webs in a Western Arabian Sea demersal trawl assemblage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2008, 353, 55-63.
• Polunin NVC, Bythell JC, Sweeting CJ, Hallam D. An environmental impact assessment of the Bao Fu Men grounding on Falahiyat Reef, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Jeddah: Al-Mushtaraka Marine Services Ltd, 2007.
• Wilson SK, Graham NAJ, Polunin NVC. Appraisal of visual assessments of habitat complexity and benthic composition on coral reefs. Marine Biology 2007, 151(3), 1069-1076.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Videler JJ, de Wiljes JJ. Daily carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus budgets for the Mediterranean planktivorous damselfish Chromis chromis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 352(2), 378-391.
• Sweeting CJ, Barry J, Barnes C, Polunin NVC, Jennings S. Effects of body size and environment on diet-tissue δ15N fractionation in fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 340(1), 1-10.
• Turner RA, Cakacaka A, Graham NAJ, Polunin NVC, Pratchett MS, Stead SM, Wilson SK. Declining reliance on marine resources in remote South Pacific societies: Ecological versus socio-economic drivers. Coral Reefs 2007, 26(4), 997-1008.
• Barnes C, Sweeting CJ, Jennings S, Barry JT, Polunin NVC. Effect of temperature and ration size on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope trophic fractionation. Functional Ecology 2007, 21(2), 356-362.
• Sweeting CJ, Barry JT, Polunin NVC, Jennings S. Effects of body size and environment on diet-tissue δ13C fractionation in fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2007, 352(1), 165-176.
• Mill AC, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Explaining isotope trophic-step fractionation: Why herbivorous fish are different. Functional Ecology 2007, 21(6), 1137-1145.
• McClanahan TR, Graham NAJ, Maina J, Chabanet P, Bruggemann JH, Polunin NVC. Influence of instantaneous variation on estimates of coral reef fish populations and communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2007, 340, 221-234.
• Graham NAJ, Wilson SK, Jennings S, Polunin NVC, Robinson J, Bijoux JP, Daw TM. Lag effects in the impacts of mass coral bleaching on coral reef fish, fisheries, and ecosystems. Conservation Biology 2007, 21(5), 1291-1300.
• Ledlie MH, Graham NAJ, Bythell JC, Wilson SK, Jennings S, Polunin NVC, Hardcastle J. Phase shifts and the role of herbivory in the resilience of coral reefs. Coral Reefs 2007, 26(3), 641-653.
• Graham NAJ, Wilson SK, Jennings S, Polunin NVC, Bijoux JP, Robinson J. Dynamic fragility of oceanic coral reef ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2006, 103(22), 8425-8429.
• McClanahan TR, Polunin NVC. Challenges and accomplishments towards sustainable reef fisheries. In: Cote, I.M., Reynolds, J.D, ed. Coral Reef Conservation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006, pp.147-182.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Planktivorous fishes: links between the littoral and the pelagic in the western Mediterranean. Marine Biology 2006, 148(5), 1089-1099.
• Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC, Jennings S. Effects of chemical lipid extraction and arithmetic lipid correction on stable isotope ratios of fish tissues. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2006, 20(4), 595-601.
• Wilson SK, Graham NAJ, Pratchett MS, Jones GP, Polunin NVC. Multiple disturbances and the global degradation of coral reefs: Are reef fishes at risk or resilient?. Global Change Biology 2006, 12(11), 2220-2234.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Planktivorous damselfish support significant nitrogen and phosphorus fluxes to Mediterranean reefs. Marine Biology 2006, 148(5), 1089-1099.
• Sale PF, Cowen RK, Danilowicz BS, Jones GP, Kritzer JP, Lindeman KC, Planes S, Polunin NVC, Russ GR, Sadovy YJ, Steneck RS. Critical science gaps impede use of no-take fishery reserves. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2005, 20(2), 74-80.
• Kaiser MJ, Attrill MJ, Thomas DN, Jennings S, Barnes DKA, Brierley AS, Polunin NVC, Raffaelli DG, Le B Williams PJ. Marine Ecology: Processes, Systems and Impacts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.
• Graham NAJ, Dulvy NK, Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Size-spectra as indicators of the effects of fishing on coral reef fish assemblages. Coral Reefs 2005, 24(1), 118-124.
• Sweeting CJ, Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Variance in isotopic signatures as a descriptor of tissue turnover and degree of omnivory. Functional Ecology 2005, 19(5), 777-784.
• Dulvy NK, Freckleton RP, Polunin NVC. Coral reef cascades and the indirect effects of predator removal by exploitation. Ecology Letters 2004, 7(5), 410-416.
• Graham NAJ, Polunin NVC. Marine protected areas in management of coral reefs. London, UK: International Society for Reef Studies, 2004. Briefing Paper 1.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Predicting indirect effects of fishing in Mediterranean rocky littoral communities using a dynamic simulation model. Ecological Modelling 2004, 172(2-4), 249-267.
• Dulvy NK, Polunin NVC, Mill AC, Graham NAJ. Size structural change in lightly exploited coral reef fish communities: Evidence for weak indirect effects. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2004, 61(3), 466-475.
• Deudero S, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Morey G, Morales-Nin B. Spatial variation and ontogenic shifts in the isotopic composition of Mediterranean littoral fishes. Marine Biology 2004, 145(5), 971-981.
• Graham NAJ, Polunin NVC. The effects of fishing on biodiversity in the North Sea. Cambridge, UK: Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 2004. Briefing Paper 3.
• Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC, Jennings S. Tissue and fixative dependent shifts of δ13C and δ15N in preserved ecological material. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2004, 18(21), 2587-2592.
• Darnaude AM, Salen-Picard C, Polunin NVC, Harmelin-Vivien ML. Trophodynamic linkage between river runoff and coastal fishery yield elucidated by stable isotope data in the Gulf of Lions (NW Mediterranean). Oecologia 2004, 138(3), 325-332.
• Dulvy NK, Polunin NVC. Using informal knowledge to infer human-induced rarity of a conspicuous reef fish. Animal Conservation 2004, 7(4), 365-374.
• Olive PJW, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Richards G, Welch R. Isotope trophic-step fractionation: A dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Animal Ecology 2003, 72(4), 608-617.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Badalamenti F. Long-term changes in the trophic level of western Mediterranean fishery and aquaculture landings. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2003, 60(2), 222-235.
• Polunin NVC, Graham NAJ. Preliminary analyses of overarching issues effecting the 21 marine and freshwater ecosystems. In: 5th International Conference on Environmental Future: The Future of Aquatic Ecosystems. 2003, Zurich, Switzerland.
• Badalamenti F, D'Anna G, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Size-related trophodynamic changes in three target fish species recovering from intensive trawling. Marine Biology 2002, 141(3), 561-570.
• Deudero S, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Insights into fish host-parasite trophic relationships revealed by stable isotope analysis. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 2002, 52(1), 77-86.
• Dulvy NK, Mitchell RE, Watson D, Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC. Scale-dependant control of motile epifaunal community structure along a coral reef fishing gradient. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 2002, 278(1), 1-29.
• Jennings S, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Warr KJ. Linking size-based and trophic analyses of benthic community structure. Marine Ecology - Progress Series 2002, 226, 77-85.
• McClanahan TR, Polunin NVC, Done T. Ecological States and the Resilience of Coral Reefs. Conservation Ecology 2002, 6(2), 18.
• McClanahan TR, Polunin NVC, Done TJ. Resilience of coral reefs. In: Gunderson, L; Jansson, B-O; Hollings, CS; Folke, C, ed. Resilience and the Behavior of Large-Scale Systems. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002, pp. 111-163.
• Pinnegar JK, Jennings S, O'Brien CM, Polunin NVC. Long-term changes in the trophic level of the Celtic Sea fish community and fish market price distribution. Journal of Applied Ecology 2002, 39(3), 377-390.
• Pinnegar JK, Jennings S, O'Brien CM, Polunin NVC. Long-term changes in the trophic level of the Celtic Sea fish community and fish market price distribution. Journal of Applied Ecology 2002, 39(3), 377-390.
• Polunin NVC. Marine protected areas, fish and fisheries. In: Hart, PJB; Reynolds, JD, ed. Handbook of Fish and Fisheries. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002, pp. 293-318.
• Renones O, Polunin NVC, Goni R. Size related dietary shifts of Epinephelus marginatus in a western Mediterranean littoral ecosystem: An isotope and stomach content analysis. Journal of Fish Biology 2002, 61(1), 122-137.
• Polunin NVC, Pinnegar JK. Trophic ecology and the structure of marine food webs. In: Hart, PJB; Reynolds, JC, ed. Handbook of Fish and Fisheries. Oxford: Blackwell, 2002, pp. 310-320.
• Sweeting CJ, Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Why we aren’t what we eat isotopically speaking. MSCM Postgraduate Conference 2002.
• Polunin NVC, Morales-Nin B, Pawsey WE, Cartes JE, Pinnegar JK, Moranta J. Feeding relationships in Mediterranean bathyal assemblages elucidated by stable nitrogen and carbon isotope data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 220, 13-23.
• Jennings S, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Warr KJ. Impacts of trawling disturbance on the trophic structure of benthic invertebrate communities. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 213, 127-142.
• Williams ID, Polunin NVC, Hendrick VJ. Limits to grazing by herbivorous fishes and the impact of low coral cover on macroalgal abundance on a coral reef in Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series 2001, 222, 187-196.
• Pinnegar JK, Campbell N, Polunin NVC. Unusual stable isotope fractionation patterns observed for fish host-parasite trophic relationships. Journal of Fish Biology 2001, 59(3), 494-503.
• Jennings S, Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Boon TW. Weak cross-species relationships between body size and trophic level belie powerful size-based trophic structuring in fish communities. Journal of Animal Ecology 2001, 70(6), 934-944.
• Cooke AJ, Polunin NVC, Moce K. Comparative assessment of stakeholder management in traditional Fijian fishing-grounds. Environmental Conservation 2000, 27(3), 291-299.
• Goni R, Polunin NVC, Planes S. The Mediterranean: Marine protected areas and the recovery of a large marine ecosystem. Environmental Conservation 2000, 27(2), 95-97.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC, Francour P, Badalamenti F, Chemello R, Harmelin-Vivien M-L, Hereu B, Milazzo M, Zabala M, D'Anna G, Pipitone C. Trophic cascades in benthic marine ecosystems: Lessons for fisheries and protected-area management. Environmental Conservation 2000, 27(2), 179-200.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Contributions of stable-isotope data to elucidating food webs of Mediterranean rocky littoral fishes. Oecologia 2000, 122(3), 399-409.
• Williams ID, Polunin NVC. Differences between protected and unprotected reefs of the western Caribbean in attributes preferred by dive tourists. Environmental Conservation 2000, 27(4), 382-391.
• Jennings S, Reynolds JD, Polunin NVC. Predicting the vulnerability of tropical reef fishes to exploitation with phylogenies and life histories. Conservation Biology 1999, 13(6), 1466-1475.
• McClanahan TR, Hendrick V, Rodrigues MJ, Polunin NVC. Varying responses of herbivorous and invertebrate-feeding fishes to macroalgal reduction on a coral reef. Coral Reefs 1999, 18(3), 195-203.
• Pinnegar JK, Polunin NVC. Differential fractionation of delta C-13 and delta N-15 among fish tissues: implications for the study of trophic interactions. Functional Ecology 1999, 13(2), 225-231.
• Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Impacts of predator depletion by fishing on the biomass and diversity of non-target reef fish communities. Coral Reefs 1997, 16(2), 71-82.
• Jennings S, Renones O, Morales-Nin B, Polunin NVC, Moranta J, Coll J. Spatial variation in the 15N and 13C stable isotope composition of plants, invertebrates and fishes on Mediterranean reefs: Implications for the study of trophic pathways. Marine Ecology Progress Series 1997, 146(1-3), 109-116.
• Jennings S, Boulle DP, Polunin NVC. Habitat correlates of the distribution and biomass of Seychelles' reef fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes 1996, 46(1), 15-25.
• Jennings S, Marshall SS, Polunin NVC. Seychelles' marine protected areas: Comparative structure and status of reef fish communities. Biological Conservation 1996, 75(3), 201-209.
• Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Fishing strategies, fishery development and socioeconomics in traditionally managed Fijian fishing grounds. Fisheries Management and Ecology 1996, 3(4), 335-347.
• Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Effects of fishing effort and catch rate upon the structure and biomass of Fijian reef fish communities. Journal of Applied Ecology 1996, 33(2), 400-412.
• Skerritt DJ, Fitzsimmons C, Hardy MH, Polunin NVC. Investigating the impact of offshore wind farms on European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) and Brown Crab (Cancer pagurus) fisheries. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: The Marine Management Organisation, 2012. Fisheries Challenge Fund.
• Bloomfield HJ, Sweeting CJ, Mill AC, Stead SM, Polunin NVC. No-trawl area impacts: fishers' perceptions, compliance and fish abundances. Environmental Conservation 2012. In Press.
• Turner RA, Gray T, Polunin NVC, Stead SM. Territoriality as a driver of fishers' spatial behaviour in the Northumberland lobster fishery. Society & Natural Resources 2012. In Press.
• Fitzsimmons C, Polunin N, Caveen A, Bailey M, Davies I, Lane P, McCandless DT. Building expertise to assess MPA effects: does the Whitby prohibited trawling area provide protection for finfish?. The Marine Management Organisation, 2011. Fisheries Challenge Fund.
• Sweeting CJ, Polunin NVC. Drilling for gold in seal teeth. In: Biomedical Mass Spectrometry Users Group Conference 2001. 2001.
• Williams ID, Polunin NVC. Large-scale associations between macroalgal cover and grazer biomass on mid-depth reefs in the Caribbean. Coral Reefs 2001, 19(4), 358-366.
• Jennings S, Polunin NVC. Impacts of fishing on tropical reef ecosystems. Ambio 1996, 25(1), 44-49.
• ROBERTS CM, POLUNIN NVC. MARINE RESERVES - SIMPLE SOLUTIONS TO MANAGING COMPLEX FISHERIES. AMBIO 1993, 22(6), 363-368.
• POLUNIN NVC. PRIMITIVE MYTH. NATURE 1987, 328(6126), 106-106.