Mark Huxham

Prof Mark Huxham PhD PFHEA NTF FRSE

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m.huxham@napier.ac.uk

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I am professor of Teaching and Research in Environmental Biology at Edinburgh Napier University. I am fortunate to combine research into coastal ecology with teaching and the scholarship of teaching. My PhD research was on food webs in estuaries, and I still work in these fascinating places, here in Scotland and overseas (particularly in Kenya). I have spent nearly two decades working with local communities dependent on mangrove resources to understand their ecosystems better and to use this science to help restore their environments and bring community development benefits. As a committed educator I enjoy teaching ecology, environmental science, environmental ethics and scientific methods to a wide range of students and volunteers. I also research pedagogical questions arising from my own practice and from the needs of students, including new ways to assess and give feedback and how to include students in the co-creation of learning.

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School of Applied Sciences

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Sustainable Communities

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27 November 2019 - Seminar with Professor Mark Huxham (Edinburgh Napier University) on understanding the meaning of catastrophe in southern Kenya

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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE)
National Teaching Fellowship
Bioscience Teacher of the Year
Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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Stocks and productivity of dead wood in mangrove forests: A systematic literature review

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Mwihaki Mugi, L., Kiss, D., Gitundu Kairo, J., & Huxham, M. R. (2022)

Stocks and productivity of dead wood in mangrove forests: A systematic literature review. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, Article 767337. https://doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2022.767337

The functional and ecological importance of dead wood in terrestrial forests is widely recognized and researched. In contrast, much less is known about dead wood in mangrove f...

Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?

Journal Article

Dencer-Brown, A. M., Shilland, R., Friess, D., Herr, D., Benson, L., Berry, N. J., …Huxham, M. (in press)

Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01723-1

Blue Carbon Ecosystems (BCEs) help mitigate and adapt to climate change but their integration into policy, such as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), remains underdev...

Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya

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Wanjiru, C., Rueckert, S., & Huxham, M. (2022)

Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya. Western Indian Ocean journal of marine science, 20(2), 25-44. https://doi.org/10.4314/wiojms.v20i2.3

Mangroves support coastal fisheries, particularly by providing nurseries for juvenile fish. However, much remains unknown about the fish and crustacean communities in mangrove...

From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education

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Wilder-Davis, K., Carless, D., Huxham, M., McCune, V., McLatchie, J., Jessop, T., & Marzetti, H. (2021)

From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education. Practitioner Research in Higher Education, 14(1), 3-15

Feedback may be considered ‘good’ according to many of the criteria in the literature whilst still having little or no impact on students’ learning in the longer term. Feedbac...

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Region

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Siman, K., Friess, D. A., Huxham, M., McGowan, S., Drewer, J., Koh, L. P., …Sjögersten, S. (2021)

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Region. COP26 Universities Network

Nature-based climate solutions (NbS) are widely available, scalable, and cost-effective mechanisms to sequester carbon and safeguard Southeast Asia’s large carbon stocks. In a...

How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature

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Nunan, F., Menton, M., McDermott, C. L., Huxham, M., & Schreckenberg, K. (2021)

How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature. World Development, 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105595

Many efforts to improve the sustainable management of renewable natural resources in low- and middle-income countries seek to achieve ‘win-win’ outcomes – improved ecosystem h...

The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland

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Potouroglou, M., Whitlock, D., Milatovic, L., MacKinnon, G., Kennedy, H., Diele, K., & Huxham, M. (2021)

The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 258, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107442

Seagrasses are highly productive ecosystems and hotspots for biodiversity, providing a plethora of benefits to the environment and to people. Their value in sequestering and s...

A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation

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Shilland, R., Grimsditch, G., Ahmed, M., Bandeira, S., Kennedy, H., Potouroglou, M., & Huxham, M. (2021)

A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation  . Marine Policy, 129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104574

Seagrass meadows deliver multiple ecosystem services that are of particular importance to resource-poor coastal communities, yet they are rapidly declining globally. The Payme...

Communities of practice or communicative rationality? A study of autonomous peer assisted learning

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Jayathilake, C., & Huxham, M. (in press)

Communities of practice or communicative rationality? A study of autonomous peer assisted learning. Active learning in higher education, https://doi.org/10.1177/1469787421998123

Defined as ‘networks of learning relationships among students and significant others’, peer assisted learning takes a bewildering array of forms in higher education. A useful ...

Climate and intertidal zonation drive variability in the carbon stocks of Sri Lankan mangrove forests

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Cooray, P. L. I. G. M., Kodikara, K. A. S., Kumara, M. P., Jayasinghe, U. I., Madarasinghe, S. K., Dahdouh-Guebas, F., …Jayatissa, L. P. (2021)

Climate and intertidal zonation drive variability in the carbon stocks of Sri Lankan mangrove forests. Geoderma, 389, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2021.114929

Sri Lanka is at the forefront of global mangrove conservation. It is the first country to officially protect all its remaining mangrove forests and has embarked on an ambitiou...

Mark Huxham

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Stocks and productivity of dead wood in mangrove forests: A systematic literature review

Integrating Blue: How do we make Nationally Determined Contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?

Composition and structure of the mangrove fish and crustacean communities of Vanga Bay, Kenya

From fast food to a well-balanced diet: toward a programme focused approach to feedback in higher education

Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities for the ASEAN Region

How does governance mediate links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation? Results from a systematic mapping and thematic synthesis of literature

The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland

A question of standards: adapting carbon and other PES markets to work for community seagrass conservation

Communities of practice or communicative rationality? A study of autonomous peer assisted learning

Climate and intertidal zonation drive variability in the carbon stocks of Sri Lankan mangrove forests

Empowering Malaysia’s future leaders in Coastal Ocean Actionable and Sustainable Teaching And Research (COASTAR)

Local Roots and Global Branches: protecting blue carbon ecosystems under community-based management

Incorporating seagrass conservation and restoration into community based PES project (Phase 2)

SHELTERs: Sustainable Homes Enabling the Long Term Empowerment of Refugees

words A thousand flowers will bloom: ensuring local initiatives inform national and international climate commitments

‘from local roots to global branches: making NDCs work at three different levels’

Incorporating seagrass conservation and restoration into community-based PES projects

As Good as (G)Old? Comparing Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services of Restored and Natural Mangrove Forests in the Wallacea Region

The Derek and Maureen Moss 2018 PhD Scholarship

TRANSFORM - Education reform project – Improving Research capability in the Sri Lankan Higher Education sector.

PUNGUZA HEWA KAA : PARTNERS IN CARBON

Governance for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation

Understanding the drivers of, and threats to, carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass

The juvenile fish fauna of a Kenyan mangrove forest: exploring new tools to understand growth and condition.

Phd studentship (Earthwatch), Determinants Of Habitat Use By Fish In Mangroves In Kenya

CESEA - coastal ecosystem services in east Africa

Rates of desimentation in seagrass meadows

DTG Studentship - NERC

Development in the Coastal Zone

Swahili Seas

Fridah Munyi UBS grant

CAMARV: Capacity building for mangrove assessment

Carbon Cycling in Mangroves

UBS grant for Joseph Langat

Innovative Assessment Across the Disciplines

UBS

Mangrove Conservation (Earthwatch Sri Lanka)

Mangroves as carbon sinks (AVIVA/Earthwatch)

East African Mangroves

Coastal Protection by Replanted Mangroves

Migratory Habit of Fish/Mangrove Ecosystems

African Mangrove Fish

Earthwatch Kenya (Jared Bosire)

Current Post Grad projects

Seagrasses as mitigators of ocean chemistry and as potential refugia for CaCO3 dependent organisms - Ahmed Mohamed, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Karen Diele, Dr Marco Fusi, Dr Eleanor Drake

Investigating drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya and testing local soluations to seagrass conservation - Edward Mwikamba, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Robert Briers, Dr Mirona Gheorghiu

Understanding the stocks and productivity of live and dead wood in an exploited mangrove forest - Lilian Mugi, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Gavin Ballantyne, Dr Donald Morrison

Trust, Time, and Bias: What is the effect upon correcting false memories with a fact check? - Ted Carlson Webster, Dr Marina Wimmer, Dr Faye Skelton, Prof Mark Huxham

Previous Post Grad projects

Spatial Patterns in Bivalve Populations at Blackness, Firth of Forth, Scotland - Michael Richards, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Determinants of habitat use by fish and crustaceans in mangroves: using habitat characteristics to predict communities - Caroline Wanjiru, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Sonja Rueckert, Dr Mary Fraser

Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) nursery habitat in the Forth Estuary and the Firth of Forth - Julian Augley, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Understanding the drivers of carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass - Dani Whitlock, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Faye Skelton

Uses of benthic ecology in the assessment of anthropogenic impacts in the marine environment - Paul Whomersley, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

Assessing the role of intertidal seagrasses as coastal carbon sinks in Scotland - Maria Potouroglou, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Prof Karen Diele, Dr Sonja Rueckert

Teaching climate change science: understanding the intellectual and emotional challenges - Meena Bhagat, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Karen Aitchison

The impacts of tree harvesting on the carbon balance and functioning of mangrove forests - Joseph Langat, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Robert Briers

An investigation into programme level approaches to feedback: Influences on students' learning and feedback literacy - Kimberly Wilder, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Joan McLatchie, Dr Tony Westbury

The impacts of tree density on the physical and biological characteristics of planted mangrove stands in Sri Lanka - Priyantha Kumara, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Paul Tett

The role of seagrass meadows in Gazi Bay, Kenya as carbon sinks - Njoroge Githaiga, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies), Dr Linda Gilpin, Dr Charlotte Chalmers

Influence of Species Diversity on the Return of Ecoystem Functions in Replanted Mangroves in Kenya - Bernard Kirui, Prof Mark Huxham (Director Of Studies)

The hidden links in trophic food webs: where do the parasites fit? - Matthew Dicker, Dr Sonja Rueckert, Prof Mark Huxham (Second Supervisor), Prof Russell Martindale

Mapping belowground carbon and developing new tools to estimate carbon stores in Kenyan and Tanzanian mangroves - Selena Gress, Dr Robert Briers, Prof Mark Huxham (Second Supervisor)