Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Scottish Association for Marine Science UHI (SAMS UHI) has been delivering independent marine science since 1884. Based in Oban, 150 staff are working for healthy and sustainably managed seas and oceans through world-class marine research, education and engagement with society.
We undertake research into all aspects of the marine system and exchange our new understanding with society, policy makers, business and the next generation, so that it can become useful and improve practices.
Science areas: SAMS science focuses on three major and urgent challenges which humankind and our natural world must face
- to discover the physical, chemical, geological and biological processes that drive the marine system so that we have the knowledge needed...
- to describe and quantify how our coastal environment, where more than half the human population resides, responds to ever-increasing man-made pressures such as climate change, habitat destruction, pollution and resource overexploitation and to work with society on developing and testing mitigation and adaptation measures and finally
- to develop a sustainable blue economy so that we can use the marine environment for the benefit of people without degrading its health and productivity.
To address these major challenges SAMS science is multi-disciplinary, drawing on the expertise from physicists, mathematicians, biologists, geologists, chemists, social scientists, computer scientists, technologists, engineers and communicators.
Ships and robotics: Coastal vessels RV Calanus and RV Seol Mara; Robotics: North Atlantic Glider Base; Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (2); Remotely Operated Vehicle; Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems; Coastal and Acoustic Drifters; UK Lander Centre; Moorings and Ocean Observatories; Polar Technology
National facilities: Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa; Scottish Marine Robotics Facility
Partners: University of the Highlands and Islands; United Nations University; Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland; Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society; Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
SAMS News on twitter; @SAMSoceannews
SAMS UHI current science projects
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Fingerprint
Dive into the research topics where SAMS UHI is active. These topic labels come from the works of this organisation's members. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Collaborations from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
Profiles
-
Dmitry Aleynik
- SAMS UHI - Marine Modeller
- Energy Innovation Team
Person: Academic - Research and Teaching or Research only
-
-
-
Supporting European coastal regions in their transition to a sustainable blue bioeconomy
17/10/22 → 17/10/25
Project: Research
-
3D photogrammetry and deep-learning deliver accurate estimates of epibenthic biomass
Marlow, J., Halpin, J. E. & Wilding, T. A., 26 Mar 2024, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)54 Downloads (Pure) -
Antarctic sonobuoy surveys for blue whales from 2006-2021 reveal contemporary distribution, changes over time, and paths to further our understanding of their distribution and biology
Miller, B. S., Andrews-Goff, V., Barlow, J., Bell, E., Calderan, S., Double, M. C., Gedamke, J., Kelly, N., Laverick, S., Leaper, R., Miller, E. J., Reeve, K., Širović, A. & Stafford, K. M., 26 Apr 2024, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 11, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile36 Downloads (Pure) -
A review of the current potential of European brown seaweed for the production of biofuels
Twigg, G., Fedenko, J., Hurst, G., Stanley, M. S. & Hughes, A. D., 27 Apr 2024, In: Energy, Sustainability and Society. 14, 1, 25 p., 21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)31 Downloads (Pure)
Datasets
-
UK Invasive Species Database
Minchin, D. (Creator), Cottier-Cook, E. (Creator) & Bishop, J. D. (Creator), DAISIE - EU Programme, 2009
http://192.171.199.232/daisie/ and one more link, https://www.gbif.org/dataset/39f36f10-559b-427f-8c86-2d28afff68ca#geographicCoverages (show fewer)
Dataset
-
Dissolved nutrient samples collected in the Barents Sea during CAO cruise JR16006.
Brand, T. (Creator), Norman, L. (Contributor), Henley, S. F. (Contributor), Tuerena, R. (Contributor), Mahaffey, C. (Contributor) & Crocket, K. (Contributor), UHI Research Repository, 23 Nov 0202
DOI: 10.5285/b4c1537e-c729-6463-e053-6c86abc0c7de
Dataset
-
Nitrate isotope measurements from CTD niskin depth profiles from Changing Arctic Ocean cruise JR16006 in the Barents Sea during summer 2017
Tuerena, R. (Creator) & Ganeshram, R. S. (Contributor), UHI Research Repository, 6 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.5285/b2e5007e-f3a8-429c-e053-6c86abc0ba4f, https://www.bodc.ac.uk/data/published_data_library/catalogue/10.5285/b2e5007e-f3a8-429c-e053-6c86abc0ba4f/
Dataset
Activities
-
Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership Policy Paper
Clive Fox (Article Author), C. Tara Marshall (Article Author), M.H. Stiasny (Article Author) & Nada Trifonova (Member)
20 Sept 2023Activity: KE and Outreach activities › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
File -
Modelling fish farm waste dispersal over coarse sediments
Clive Fox (Speaker)
4 Jul 2023 → 7 Jul 2023Activity: Talk / Presentation / Podcast / Webinar › Invited talk
-
Advancing ecosystem modelling in European seas
Clive Fox (Participant)
6 Jun 2023 → 8 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Impacts
-
Bioenergy-Technology Innovation Needs Assessment
Michele Stanley (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts
-
FSA Phytoplantkon Monitoring
Keith Davidson (Participant), Sarah Swan (Participant) & Callum Whyte (Participant)
Impact: Economic or commercial Impacts
Student theses
-
Development and use of a synthetic biology toolkit to enhance high value lipid production in Nannochloropsis oculata
Author: Rock, A. G., 9 Apr 2024Supervisor: Green, D. (Supervisor) & Owens, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)
-
Understanding the source and distribution of marine macro-plastics in coastal environments
Author: Allison, N., 21 Mar 2024Supervisor: Narayanaswamy, B. (Supervisor) & Dale, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)
File -
Establishing land tank cultivation of Asparagopsis taxiformis in Scotland
Author: Grisenthwaite, R., 2 Mar 2023Supervisor: Stanley, M. (Supervisor) & Montalescot, V. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master's Thesis › Master of Research (awarded by UHI)
File