Dr Ronan Roche
Research Fellow
Room: 3rd Floor Marine Centre Wales Phone: 01248 383972
E-mail: r.roche@bangor.ac.uk
Web: Twitter; Google Scholar; ResearchGate
I am a Research Fellow at the Center for Applied Marine Sciences, with a broad background in marine ecology, environmental geochemistry, and social/anthropological research, and specific training and expertise in environmental sampling and data analysis. I utilize a multi-disciplinary approach to address pressing environmental questions, and have a strong record of professional collaboration with industry and NGOs.
Research Areas
Qualifications
Manchester Metropolitan University,- Biological Sciences (Zoology)
The University of Edinburgh, - Tropical Coastal Management
University of Newcastle, - Master of Marine Affairs
University of Rhode Island,
Teaching and Supervision
PhD Supervision
Master's Project Supervision
Publications
2019
- E-pub ahead of printCoral bleaching impacts from back-to-back 2015–2016 thermal anomalies in the remote central Indian Ocean
Head, C. E. I., Bayley, D. T. I., Rowlands, G., Roche, R. C., Tickler, D. M., Rogers, A. D., Koldewey, H., Turner, J. R. & Andradi-Brown, D. A., 12 Jul 2019, In : Coral Reefs. Coral Reefs Special Issue: The 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event: Drivers, Impacts, and Lessons Learned.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe atmospheric carbon sequestration potential of man-made tidal lagoons
Piano, M., Papadimitriou, S., Roche, R., Bowers, D., Kennedy, D. & Kennedy, H., 15 Jun 2019, In : Continental Shelf Research. p. 90-102
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2018
- PublishedFirst record of coralline fungal disease (CFD) in the Indian Ocean
Williams, G., Roche, R. & Turner, J., 4 Jun 2018, In : Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1704-z , 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedTowards Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of Coral Reef Resilience to Thermal Stress Across Multiple Scales
Roche, R., Williams, G. & Turner, J., Mar 2018, In : Current Climate Change Reports. 4, 1, p. 51-64 D 87.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedPatterns in reef fish assesmblages: insights from the Chagos Archipelago
Samoilys, M., Roche, R., Koldewey, H. & Turner, J., 19 Jan 2018, In : PLoS ONE. 13, 1, e0191448.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- PublishedCoral bleaching and mortality in the Chagos Archipelago to 2017
Sheppard, C., Sheppard, A., Mogg, A., Bayley, D., Dempsey, A. C., Roche, R., Turner, J. & Purkis, S., Nov 2017, In : Atoll Research Bulletin . 613, 613, p. 1 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2016
- PublishedResearch priorities for assessing potential impacts of emerging marine renewable energy technologies: Insights from developments in Wales (UK)
Roche, RC., Walker-Springett, K., Robins, PE., Jones, J., Veneruso, G., Whitton, TA., Piano, M., Ward, SL., Duce, CE., Waggitt, JJ., Walker-Springett, G., Neill, S., Lewis, M. & King, J., 1 Dec 2016, In : Renewable Energy. 99, December, p. 1327-1341 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedRecreational Diving Impacts on Coral Reefs and the Adoption of Environmentally Responsible Practices within the SCUBA Diving Industry
Roche, R., Harvey, C. V., Harvey, J. J., Kavanagh, A. P., McDonald, M., Stein-Rostaing, V. R. & Turner, J., 1 Jul 2016, In : Environmental Management. 58, 1, p. 107-116
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2015
- PublishedLocalized outbreaks of Acanthaster planci at an isolated and unpopulated reef atoll in the Chagos Archipelago
Roche, R. C., Pratchett, M. S., Carr, P., Turner, J. R., Wagner, D., Head, C. & Sheppard, C. R., 23 Jul 2015, In : Marine Biology. 162, 8, p. 1695-1704
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2014
- PublishedRecreational vessels as a vector for marine non-natives: developing biosecurity measures and managing risk through an in-water encapsulation system
Roche, R. C., Monnington, J. M., Newstead, R. G., Sambrook, K., Griffith, K., Holt, R. H. & Jenkins, S. R., 5 Dec 2014, In : Hydrobiologia. 750, 1, p. 187-199
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedCapacity, capability and cross-border challenges associated with marine eradication programmes in Europe: The attempted eradication of an invasive non-native ascidian, Didemnum vexillum in Wales, United Kingdom
Sambrook, K., Holt, R. H. F., Sharp, R., Griffith, K., Roche, R. C., Newstead, R. G., Wyn, G. & Jenkins, S. R., Sep 2014, In : Marine Policy. 48, p. 51-58
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedMid-Holocene sea surface conditions and riverine influence on the inshore Great Barrier Reef.
Roche, R. C., Perry, C. T., Smithers, S. G., Leng, M. J., Grove, C. A., Sloane, H. J. & Unsworth, C. E., 5 Jun 2014, In : Holocene. 24, 8, p. 885-897
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects
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Darwin Initiative scoping visit to Vanuatu
(Not started)
Other Grants and Projects
ESRC Impact Acceleration Award
ESRC Impact Accleration Award 2017
Darwin Initiative Scoping Award 2018
ESRC Impact Accleration Award 2018