Dr Neil Banas

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Mathematics and Statistics

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I'm an oceanographer and mathematical ecologist, with a background in physical oceanography. My current organizing questions: first, given that climate change can push on a marine ecosystem by a dozen separate pathways simultaneously, which pathways are the crucial ones? Second, what is the role of biological complexity (diversity, adaptability, behavior, life history) in large-scale patterns in the ocean? I use a range of dynamical model methods from high-resolution, spatially explicit simulations to paper-and-pencil sketches of life history and population dynamics.

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Publications

Climate change opens up new fishing possibilities for large scale trawling vessels off West Greenland
Hatton Matthew, Laverick Jack, Banas Neil, Sivel Elliot, Heath Michael
Fisheries Oceanography (2025)
Modelled marine migrations of Atlantic salmon post-smolts from Irish and Scottish rivers vary interannually with local currents and salinity
Borland Aislinn, Banas Neil, Gallego Alejandro, Speirs Douglas, Tyldesley Emma, Bull Colin
ICES Journal of Marine Science (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae185
Patterns of declining zooplankton energy in the Northeast Atlantic as an indicator for marine survival of Atlantic salmon
Tyldesley Emma, Banas Neil S, Diack Graeme, Kennedy Richard, Gillson Jonathan, Johns David G, Bull Colin
ICES Journal of Marine Science Vol 81, pp. 1164-1184 (2024)
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsae077
Assessing a model of Pacific Northwest harmful algal bloom transport as a decision-support tool
Stone Hally B, Banas Neil S, MacCready Parker, Trainer Vera L, Ayres Daniel L, Hunter Matthew V
Harmful Algae Vol 119 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102334
Midnight sun to polar night : a model of seasonal light in the Barents Sea
Connan-McGinty Stacey, Banas Neil S, Berge Jørgen, Cottier Finlo, Grant Stephen, Johnsen Geir, Kopec Tomasz P, Porter Marie, McKee David
Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems Vol 14 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2022MS003198
Spatio-temporal variation in the zooplankton prey of lesser sandeels : species and community trait patterns from the continuous plankton recorder
Olin Agnes B, Banas Neil S, Johns David G, Heath Michael R, Wright Peter J, Nager Ruedi G
ICES Journal of Marine Science Vol 79, pp. 1649-1661 (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac101

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Professional Activities

Independent Peer Review Panel for the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP) ROMS-BEC Model (External organisation)
Advisor
1/9/2023
Arctic Science Summit Week
Member of programme committee
1/9/2023
MASTS Scientific Advisory Panel (External organisation)
Advisor
1/6/2023
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Annual Science Meeting: Session on Novel Blending of Process-Based and Machine-Learning Approaches for Ecological Prediction
Organiser
1/1/2023
ICES/NASCO Workshop 2 for North Atlantic Salmon At-Sea Mortality (Event)
Advisor
30/8/2022
Trophic teleconnections in the changing Arctic Ocean: Modelling zooplankton life history and energy flows along long-distance transport corridors
Invited speaker
18/3/2022

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Projects

Doctoral extension: Risks posed by the overlap between marine migration routes of European populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and pelagic fishing activity
Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
MASTS Working Group on Migration and Energyscapes in Changing Oceans
Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2027
Wild salmon migrations through changing ocean energyscapes: New indicators for prediction and decision support
Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2028
Ecosystem Change, Offshore Wind, Net Gain and Seabirds (ECOWINGS)
Speirs, Douglas (Principal Investigator) Banas, Neil (Co-investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator) Laverick, Jack (Researcher)
01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
Using newly synthesized ecosystem signals during early smolt migration to inform salmon management in southern European stocks
Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator)
01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2026
Art of Mapping Ocean Change
Banas, Neil (Principal Investigator) Heath, Mike (Co-investigator)
25-Jan-2021 - 01-Jan-2022

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Dr Neil Banas
Reader
Mathematics and Statistics

Email: neil.banas@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 3379