Edinburgh Napier University

Module leader for BSc modules Life on Earth, Applied Terrestrial Ecology and masters module Teaching at University. Contributor to Advances in Ecology, Marine Ecosystems, Marine Biology, Aquatic Protected Areas and Valuing the Earth

• marine ecology, especially soft-bottom intertidal ecology
• sustainable fisheries
• mangrove ecosystem functions
• environmental ethics, politics and education

• Senior Teaching Fellow

• Director of Academic Development School of Life Sciences

• Programme leader for undergraduate biological science routes

• Module leader for ENV07100 Life on Earth; ; ENV09101 Applied Terrestrial Ecology; ENV11109 Scientific Methods; NMS11119 Teaching at University.

Other Activities

Upcoming Conference:  

MMM3 : Meeting on Mangrove ecology, functioning and Management, 2-6 July 2012, Galle, Sri Lanka: http://www.vub.ac.be/APNA/greendyke/MMM3/

Principal Investigator on Swahili Seas, an ESPA funded project looking at mapping, valuing and restoring ecosystem services provided by East African mangroves.

Huxham, M., Kumara, M. P., Jayatissa, L.P., Krauss, K.W., Kairo, J., Langat, J., Mencuccini, M., Skov, M.W. and Kirui, B. (2010). Intra and inter- specific facilitation in mangroves may increase resilience to climate change threats. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 365, 2127-2135.

Huxham, M., Langat, J., Tamooh, F., Kennedy, Mencuccini, M., Skov, M.W. and Kairo, J.. (2010) Decomposition of mangrove roots: effects of location, nutrients, species identity and mix in a Kenyan forest. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 88 135-142.

B. Kirui, M. Huxham, J.G. Kairo, M. Mencuccini & M.W. Skov (2009) Seasonal dynamics of soil carbon dioxide flux in a restored young mangrove plantation at Gazi Bay. In Hoorweg J. and Muthiga N. (eds) Advances in Coastal Ecology: People, processes and ecosystems in Kenya. African Studies Centre, Leiden, Netherlands.

Huxham, M . (2009) The medium makes the message: effects of cues on students’ lecture notes. Active Learning in Higher Education (in press).

Kirui, B., Huxham, M., Kairo, J. and Skov, M. (2008). Influence of species richness and environmental context on early survival of replanted mangroves at Gazi bay, Kenya . Hydrobiologia, 603, 171-181.

L. P. Jayatissa, W. A. A. D. L. Wickramasinghe, F. Dahdouh-Guebas, M. Huxham (2008). Interspecific Variations in Responses of Mangrove Seedlings to Two Contrasting Salinities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 93, 700-710

Tamooh, F ., M. Huxham, M. Karachi, M. Mencuccini, J.G. Kairo, B. Kirui (2008). Below-ground root yield and distribution in natural and replanted mangrove forests at Gazi bay, Kenya . Forest Ecology and Management, 256, 1290-1297

Huxham, M., Kimani, E. and Augley, J.(2008). The Fish Community of an East African Mangrove: Effects of Turbidity and Distance from the Sea. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 7, 1–7.

Augley, J., Huxham, M., Lyndon, A., Fernandes, T. (2008). The effect of salinity on growth and weight loss of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa, L): An experimental test . Journal of Sea Research, 60, 292-296.

Whomersley, P., Ware, S., Rees, H. L., Mason, C., Bolam, T., Huxham, M., and Bates, H. ( 2008 ) . Biological indicators of disturbance at a dredged-material disposal site in Liverpool Bay, UK: an assessment using time-series data. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 1414–1420.

Huxham, M. (2008) Research for real - an intensive honours research project . In Student Research Projects: Guidance on Practice in the Biosciences, Luck, M. Leeds, UK: Centre for Bioscience, The Higher Education Academy.

Huxham M., Laybourn, P., Cairncross, S., Gray, M., Brown, N., Goldfinch J. and Earl, S. (2008). Collecting student feedback: a comparison of questionnaire and other methods. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education (DOI: 10.1080/02602930701773000).

Conference Presentations         

‘There is no wealth but life’

Keynote presentation to Aquatic Resources of Kenya, November 2010