Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
Mayer, M., Tsubouchi, T., Winkelbauer, S., Larsen, K. M. H., Berx, B., Macrander, A., Iovino, D., Jónsson, S., and Renshaw, R. (2023). Recent variations in oceanic transports across the Greenland–Scotland Ridge. State of the Planet, 1-osr7:1–13
Akpınar, A., Palmer, M. R., Inall, M., Berx, B., and Polton, J. (2022). Locally Modified Winds Regulate Circulation in a Semi-Enclosed Shelf Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127(3)
Turrell, W. R., Berx, B., Bresnan, E., León, P., Rouse, S., Webster, L., Walsham, P., Wilson, J., and Wright, P. (2022). A Review of National Monitoring Requirements to Support Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9
Huthnance, J., Hopkins, J., Berx, B., Dale, A., Holt, J., Hosegood, P., Inall, M., Jones, S., Loveday, B. R., Miller, P. I., Polton, J., Porter, M., and Spingys, C. (2022). Ocean shelf exchange, NW European shelf seas: Measurements, estimates and comparisons. Progress in Oceanography, 202:102760
Berx, B., Volkov, D., et al. (2021) Climate-relevant ocean transport measurements in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Pp. 10—11 in Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Documenting Ecosystems, Understanding Environmental Changes, Forecasting Hazards. E.S. Kappel, S.K. Juniper, S. Seeyave, E. Smith, and M. Visbeck, eds, A Supplement to Oceanography 34(4)
Angelova, A. G., Berx, B., Bresnan, E., Joye, S. B., Free, A., and Gutierrez, T. (2021). Inter- and Intra-Annual Bacterioplankton Community Patterns in a Deepwater Sub-Arctic Region: Persistent High Background Abundance of Putative Oil Degraders. mBio, 12(2): e03701–20
Chafik, L., Hátún, H., Kjellsson, J., Larsen, K. M. H., Rossby, T., and Berx, B. (2020).Discovery of an unrecognized pathway carrying overflow waters toward the Faroe Bank Channel. Nature Communications, 11(1):3721.
Moriarty, M., Murray, A., Berx, B., Christie, A., Munro, L., and Wallace, I. (2020). Modelling temperature and fish biomass data to predict annual Scottish farmed salmon, Salmo salar L., losses: Development of an early warning tool. Preventive Veterinary Medicine,178:104985.
Holliday, N.P., Bersch, M., Berx, B., Chafik, L., Cunningham, S., et al. (2020) Ocean Circulation Causes the Largest Freshening Event for 120 Years in Eastern Subpolar North Atlantic. Nature Communications, 11: 585, doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14474-y.
Dye, S., Berx, B., Opher, J., Tinker, J. P., Renshaw, R. (2020) Climate change and salinity of the coastal and marine environment around the UK. MCCIP Science Review 2020, 76-102, doi:10.14465/2020.arc04.sal.
Sheehan, P. M. F., Berx, B., Gallego, A., Hall, R. A., Heywood, K. J., Queste, B. Y. (2020) Weekly variability of hydrography and transport of northwestern inflows into the northern North Sea. Journal of Marine Systems, 204: 103288, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2019.103288.
Hall, R., Berx, B., Damerell, G. (2019) Internal tide energy flux over a ridge measured by a co-located ocean glider and moored ADCP. Ocean Science, 15: 1439–1453, doi:10.5194/os-15-1439-2019.
Østerhus, S., Woodgate, R., Valdimarsson, H., Turrell, B., de Steur, L., et al. (2019) Arctic Mediterranean exchanges: a consistent volume budget and trends in transports from two decades of observations, Ocean Science, 15: 379–399, doi:10.5194/os-15-379-2019.
Kazanidis, G., Vad, J., Henry, L., Neat, F., Berx, B., Georgoulas, K., Roberts, J. M. (2019) Distribution of Deep-Sea Sponge Aggregations in an Area of Multisectoral Activities and Changing Oceanic Conditions. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:163, doi:10.3389/fmars.2019.00163.
Gallego, A., O’Hara Murray, R., Berx, B., Turrell, W.R., Beegle-Krause, C.J., et al. (2018) Current status of deepwater oil spill modelling in the Faroe-Shetland Channel, Northeast Atlantic, and future challenges. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 127: 484–504, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.12.002.
Sheehan, P. M. F., Berx, B., Gallego, A., Hall, R. A., Heywood, K. J., Hughes, S. L., Queste, B. Y. (2018) Shelf sea tidal currents and mixing fronts determined from ocean glider observations. Ocean Science, 14: 225–236, doi:10.5194/os-14-225-2018.
Hansen, B., Larsen, K.M., Hátún, H., Østerhus, S., Poulsen, T., Darelius, E., Berx, B., Quadfasel, D., Jochumsen, K. (2017) Atlantic water flow through the Faroese Channels. Ocean Science, 13: 873–888, doi:10.5194/os-13-873-2017.
Berx, B., Geldart, M., Lee, D., Gallego, A. (2017) Stability of Stored Salinity Samples. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 15: 960–966, doi:10.1002/lom3.10216.
Hall, R., Berx, B., Inall, M.E. (2017) Observing internal tides in high risk regions using colocated ocean gliders and moored ADCPs. Oceanography, 30 (2): 51–52, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2017.220.
Berx, B., Payne, M. R. (2017) The Sub-Polar Gyre Index - a community data set for application in fisheries and environment. Earth System Science Data, 9 (1): 259–266, doi:10.5194/essd-9-259-2017.
Abascal, A. J., Sanchez, J., Chiri, H., Ferrer, M. I., Cárdenas, M., Gallego, A., Castanedo, S., Medina, R., Alonso-Martirena, A., Berx, B., Turrell, W. R., Hughes, S. L. (2017) Operational oil spill trajectory modelling using HF radar currents: A northwest European continental shelf case study. Marine Pollution Bulletin, doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.04.010.
Sheehan, P., Berx, B., Gallego, A., Hall, R.A., Heywood, K.J., Hughes, S.L. (2017) Thermohaline forcing and interannual variability of northwestern inflows into the northern North Sea. Continental Shelf Research, 138: 120–131, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2017.01.016.
McKenna, C., Berx, B., Austin, W.E.N. (2016) The decomposition of the Faroe-Shetland Channel water masses using Parametric Optimum Multi-Parameter analysis. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 107: 9–21, doi:10.1016/j.dsr.2015.10.013.
Neat, F. C., Bendall, V., Berx, B., Wright, P. J., Ó Cuaig, M., Townhill, B., Schön, P.-J., Lee, J., Righton, D. (2014) Movement of Atlantic cod around the British Isles: implications for finer scale stock management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 51 (6): 1564–1574, doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12343
Smith, A. F., Fryer, R. J., Webster, L., Berx, B., Taylor, A., Walsham, P., Turrell, W. R. (2014) Setting background nutrient levels for coastal waters with oceanic influences. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 145 (0): 69–79, doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2014.04.006.
Berx, B., Hansen, B., Østerhus, S., Larsen, K.M., Sherwin, T., Jochumsen, K. (2013) Combining in-situ measurements and altimetry to estimate volume, heat and salt transport variability through the Faroe Shetland Channel. Ocean Science, 9 (4): 639–654, doi:10.5194/os-9-639-2013.
Mauritzen, C., Hansen, E., Andersson, M., Berx, B., Beszczynska-Möller, A., et al. (2011) Closing the Loop - Approaches to monitoring the state of the Arctic Mediterranean during the International Polar Year 2007-2008. Progress in Oceanography, 90 (1-4): 62–89, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2011.02.010.
Berx, B., Dickey-Collas, M., Skogen, M. D., De Roeck, Y.-H., Klein, H., Barciela, R., Forster, R.M., Dombrowsky, E., Huret, M., Payne, M. Sagarminaga, Y., Schrum, C. (2011) Does operational oceanography address the needs of fisheries and applied environmental scientists? Oceanography, 24 (1):166–171, doi:10.5670/oceanog.2011.14.
Murray, A.G., Munro, L.A., Wallace, I.S., Berx, B., Pendrey, D., Fraser, D., Raynard, R.S. (2010) Epidemiological investigation into the re-emergence and control of an outbreak of infectious salmon anaemia in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 91: 189–200, doi:10.3354/dao02262.
Berx, B. and Hughes, S. L. (2009) Climatology of Surface and Near-bed Temperature and Salinity on the North-West European Continental Shelf for 1971–2000. Continental Shelf Research, 29: 2286–2292, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2009.09.006.
Simpson, J.H., Berx, B., Gascoigne, J., Saurel, C. (2007) Tidal advection and diffusion versus mussel filtration in a tidal channel. Journal of Marine Systems, 68: 556–568, doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.02.021.
Other Journal Publications
Berx, B., Larsen, K. M. H., Rossby, T. (2017) Workshop on currents and transports across the Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge. EOS Earth & Space Science News, in press.
Berx, B. (2012) The hydrography and circulation of the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Ocean Challenge, 19 (1) 15–19.
Berx, B., Dickey-Collas, M., Skogen, M. (2010) WGOOFE: hooking up data users with data. ICES Insight, No. 47, September 2010.
Berx, B., Simpson, J., Mould, K. (2007) Tides bring feeding bonanza to Menai Strait mussels. Shellfish News, Spring/Summer 2007, no. 23, 15-17.
Berx, B. and Simpson, J. (2008) Tidal advection of phytoplankton in the Menai Strait: How mussels get their “five-a-day”. Ocean Challenge, 15: 17-20.
Reports
OSPAR, 2023. Climate Change Thematic Assessment. In: OSPAR, 2023: Quality Status Report 2023. OSPAR Commission, London. Available at: https://oap.ospar.org/en/ospar-assessments/quality-status-reports/qsr-2023/thematic-assessments/climate-change/
Baudron, A., Bastardie, F., Belgrano, A., Bergström, L., Berx, B., Birchenough, S., Bresnan, E., Bueno-Pardo, J., Byron, C. J., Cooper , A., Cosgrove, C., Dickey-Collas, M.,
Glyki, E., Hamon, K., Henriksen, O., Hidalgo, M., Holsman, K., Hunter , K., Johnston, C., ... Vaughan, L. (2023). Workshop on pathways to climate-aware advice (WKCLIMAD).
International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). ICES Scientific Report Vol. 5 No. 25. doi:10.17895/ices.pub.22196560
Berx, B., Brown, G., Racu, O., Arbuthnot, A., and Turrell, W.R. (2022) Fisheries and Climate Change: opinions from key stakeholders in Scotland’s wild capture fishing
sector. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report 13 (1), pp. 29. doi:10.7489/12427-1
Berx, B. contributor to: Gonzalez-Pola, C., Larsen, K. M. H., Fratantoni, P., and Beszczynska-Möller, A. (2020) ICES Report on Ocean Climate 2019. ICES Cooperative Research Reports (CRR). Report. doi:10.17895/ices.pub.7537
Moffat, C., Baxter, J., Berx, B., Bosley, K., Boulcott, P., Cox, M., Cruickshank, L., Gillham, K., Haynes, V., Roberts, A., Vaughan, D., and Webster, L. (Eds.). (2020). Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020. Scottish Government. https://marine.gov.scot/sma
Berx, B. contributor to: Gonzalez-Pola, C., Larsen, K. M. H., Fratantoni, P., and Beszczynska-Möller, A. (2019) ICES Report on Ocean Climate 2018. ICES Cooperative Research Reports (CRR). Report. doi:10.17895/ices.pub.5461
Hughes, S., Hindson, J., Berx, B., Gallego, A., and Turrell, W.R. (2018) Scottish Ocean Climate Status Report 2016. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report 9 (4),pp.167, doi:10.7489/12086-1
Larsen, K. M., Hátún, H., Berx, B., Rossby, T. (2017) Workshop on currents and transports across the Iceland-Faroe-Scotland Ridge. Havstovan Technical Report nr. 17-01, pp. 60.
Berx, B., Gallego, A., Heath, M. and The MASTS Community (2015) Loch Linnhe and Firth of Lorn - MASTS Case Study Workshop Report. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report 6 (1), pp.34, doi:10.7489/1539-1.
Berx, B., Dunn, J., Geldart, M., Hughes, S., Lee, D. (2014) The MSS Davis CODE Drifter. Marine Scotland Science Report 14/06, pp.19.
Turrell, W.R., O’Hara Murray, R., Berx, B., Gallego, A. (2014) The Science of Deepwater Oil Spills - Results from the 2013 Marine Scotland Science Workshop. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report 5 (3), pp.31.
Hansen, B., Larsen, K.M., Hátún, H., Kristiansen, R., Mortensen, E., Berx, B., Østerhus, S., Sherwin, T., Quadfasel, D., Jochumsen, K. (2013) Monitoring the flow of Atlantic water through the Faroe-Shetland Channel. Havstovan Technical Report nr. 13-13, pp. 24.
Berx, B. contributor to: Task Team for an Integrated Framework for Sustained Ocean Observing (Editors) (2012) A Framework for Ocean Observing. IOC/INF-1284, UNESCO.
McCollin, T., Lichtman, D., Bresnan, E., Berx, B. (2011) A Study of Phytoplankton Communities along a Hydrographic Transect on the North East Coast of Scotland. Marine Scotland Science Report 04/11, pp. 41.
Murray, A.G., Munro, L.A., Wallace, I.S., Hall, M., Pendrey, D., Fraser, D.I., Berx, B., Munro, E.S., Allan, C.E.T., Snow, M., McIntosh, R., Bruno, D.W., Noguera, P.A., Smail, D., Raynard, R.S. (2010) Report into the Epidemiology and Control of an Outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anaema in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Report 1 (4), pp. 63.
Berx, B. contributor to: Chapter 2 - Physical Characteristics, In: Baxter, J.M., Boyd, I.L., Cox, M., Donald, A.E., Malcolm, S.J., Miles, H., Miller, B., Moffat, C.F. (Editors) (2011) Scotland’s Marine Atlas: Information for the national marine plan. Marine Scotland, Edinburgh. pp. 191.
Berx, B. contributor to: Chapter 2 - Physical Characteristics and Modelling of the Marine Environment, In: Baxter, J., Boyd, I.L., Cox, M., Cunningham, L., Holmes, P., Moffat, C.F. (Editors) (2008) Scotland’s Seas: Towards Understanding their State. Fisheries Research Services Aberdeen, pp. 174.
Conference Proceedings
Cárdenas, M., Abascal, A.J., Castanedo, S., Chiri, H., Ferrer, M.I., Sanchez, J., Medina, R., Turrell, W.R., Hughes, S., Gallego, A., Berx, B. (2015) Spill Trajectory Modelling Based on HF Radar Currents in the North Sea: Validation with Drifter Buoys. Proceedings of the 38th AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response.
Berx, B., Hughes, S., Parner, H. (2008) Developing a surface and near-bed temperature and salinity climatology for the North-West European Shelf Seas. ICES Conference and Meeting Documents, ICES CM 2008/R:24.
Berx, B., Neat, F., Pedersen, M.W., Wright, P., Proctor, R. (2008) Increasing confidence in tidal-based geolocation models by including temperature information: the case of cod in the northern North Sea. ICES Conference and Meeting Documents, ICES CM 2008/P:05.
Book Chapters
Davies, A.G., Berx, B.E., Brown, J.M., Villaret, C. (2005) Morphological modelling of trenches and pits in wave-current flows. In: SANDPIT, Sand Transport and Morphology of Offshore Mining Pits, by L.C. Van Rijn, R.L. Soulsby, P. Hoekstra and A.G. Davies (Editors), Aqua Publications, The Netherlands, pp. AS 1-14.