Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Dr Victoria Hobson

Dr Victoria Hobson

Senior Lecturer

 V.Hobson@exeter.ac.uk

 +44 (0) 1326 255256

 Stella Turk Building L05 (lower ground)

 

University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, TR10 9FE

Overview

My research and professional career has been focused on marine ecology and conservation, focusing on the how mobile marine species interact with their environments using animal attached technologies, particularly jellyfish, turtles and fish. I have also worked as a marine ecology consultant and am a committee member of the Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority and Falmouth Harbour Commissioner. I am a Fellow of the HEA.

Qualifications

2008 PhD Marine Ecology, Swansea University

2003 BSc Geography & Oceanography, University of Southampton

Fellow of the HEA

Career

2023-present Senior Lecturer, University of Exeter
2019-2022 Lecturer, University of Exeter
2018-2019  Associate Lecturer, University of Exeter
2014-2018 Marine Ecology Consultant
2013-2014 Principle Marine Biologist, UKHO & Royal Navy
2011-2014 Post doctoral researcher, SEACAMS project, Swansea University
2008-2012 Post doctoral researcher, EcoJel project, Swansea University

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Research

Research interests

Marine Ecology

Oceanography

Movement Ecology

Biotelemetry

GIS

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Publications

Journal articles

Elliott A, Hobson V, Tang KW (2016). Balancing fishery and conservation: a case study of the barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma octopus in South Wales. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil, 74, fsw157-fsw157.
Wilson RP, Liebsch N, Gómez-Laich A, Kay WP, Bone A, Hobson VJ, Siebert U (2015). Options for modulating intra-specific competition in colonial pinnipeds: the case of harbour seals (<i>Phoca vitulina</i>) in the Wadden Sea. PeerJ, 3, e957-e957.
Hays GC, Bastian T, Doyle TK, Fossette S, Gleiss AC, Gravenor MB, Hobson VJ, Humphries NE, Lilley MKS, Pade NG, et al (2012). High activity and Levy searches: jellyfish can search the water column like fish. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 279(1728), 465-473.  Author URL.
Wilson RP, Quintana F, Hobson VJ (2011). Construction of energy landscapes can clarify the movement and distribution of foraging animals. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1730), 975-980. Abstract.
Lilley MKS, Beggs SE, Doyle TK, Hobson VJ, Stromberg KHP, Hays GC (2011). Global patterns of epipelagic gelatinous zooplankton biomass. Marine Biology, 158(11), 2429-2436.
Schofield G, Hobson VJ, Fossette S, Lilley MKS, Katselidis KA, Hays GC (2010). BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH: Fidelity to foraging sites, consistency of migration routes and habitat modulation of home range by sea turtles. Diversity and Distributions, 16(5), 840-853. Abstract.
Schofield G, Hobson VJ, Lilley MKS, Katselidis KA, Bishop CM, Brown P, Hays GC (2010). Inter-annual variability in the home range of breeding turtles: Implications for current and future conservation management. Biological Conservation, 143(3), 722-730.
Fossette S, Hobson VJ, Girard C, Calmettes B, Gaspar P, Georges J-Y, Hays GC (2010). Spatio-temporal foraging patterns of a giant zooplanktivore, the leatherback turtle. Journal of Marine Systems, 81(3), 225-234.
Pope EC, Hays GC, Thys TM, Doyle TK, Sims DW, Queiroz N, Hobson VJ, Kubicek L, Houghton JDR (2010). The biology and ecology of the ocean sunfish Mola mola: a review of current knowledge and future research perspectives. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 20(4), 471-487.
Hobson VJ, Righton D, Metcalfe JD, Hays GC (2009). Link between vertical and horizontal movement patterns of cod in the North Sea. Aquatic Biology, 5, 133-142.
Doyle TK, Houghton JDR, O'Súilleabháin PF, Hobson VJ, Marnell F, Davenport J, Hays GC (2008). Leatherback turtles satellite-tagged in European waters. Endangered Species Research, 4(1-2), 23-31. Abstract.
Hobson VJ, McMahon CR, Richardson A, Hays GC (2008). Ocean surface warming: the North Atlantic remains within the envelope of previous recorded conditions. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 55(2), 155-162.
Hobson VJ, Righton D, Metcalfe JD, Hays GC (2007). Vertical movements of North Sea cod. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 347, 101-110.
Hays GC, Hobson VJ, Metcalfe JD, Righton D, Sims DW (2006). FLEXIBLE FORAGING MOVEMENTS OF LEATHERBACK TURTLES ACROSS THE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. Ecology, 87(10), 2647-2656.

Conferences

Fossette S, Hobson VJ, Girard C, Klaassen R, Gaspar P, Georges JY, Hays GC (2010). Characterizing leatherback's migration pattern from satellite-derived behavioural and oceanographic data: a meta-analysis at the Atlantic Ocean scale.  Author URL.

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External Engagement and Impact

Committee/panel activities

Cornwall Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (CIFCA)

Fal Fisheries Management Committee

CIFCA Marine Byelaw Working Group

Cornwall Marine Liasion Group

Falmouth Harbour Commissioner

Outreach

Science in the Square

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Teaching

Undergraduate

Postgraduate

Associate Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Modules

2023/24


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Office Hours:

My office hour will be held term time, Wednesdays 12:00-13:00.

If you'd prefer an online meeting, email me and we can arrange a suitable time.

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