Sian F. Henley

PhD Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013: Climate-induced changes in carbon and nitrogen cycling in the rapidly warming Antarctic coastal ocean.

Publications in cryosphere research affiliated to University of Edinburgh:

Siegert, M., H. Sevestre, M. J. Bentley, J. Brigham-Grette, H. Burgess, S. Buzzard, M. Cavitte, S. L. Chown, F. Colleoni, R. M. DeConto, H. A. Fricker, E. Gasson, S. M. Grant, A. M. Gulisano, S. Hancock, K. R. Hendry, S. F. Henley, R. Hock, K. A. Hughes, D. Karentz, J. D. Kirkham, B. Kulessa, R. D. Larter, A. Mackintosh, V. Masson-Delmotte, F. S. McCormack, H. Millman, R. Mottram, T. A. Moon, T. Naish, C. Nath, B. Orlove, P. Pearson, J. Rogelj, J. Rumble, S. Seabrook, A. Silvano, M. Sommerkorn, L. A. Stearns, C. R. Stokes, J. Stroeve & M. Truffer (2025, September 09) Safeguarding the polar regions from dangerous geoengineering: A critical assessment of proposed concepts and future prospects. Frontiers in Science, 3, 1527393. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsci.2025.1527393.

Ten Hoopen, P., A. Novellino, A. M. Hancock, P. Bricher, D. De Pooter, J. Felden, S. F. Henley, J. Kool, A. Kozyr, M. E. Miller, A. M. Treasure, A. P. van de Putte, C. Verhey, S. O. O. System & the Southern Ocean Observing System Data Management Sub-Committee (2025, August 26) SOOSmap: Your gateway to Antarctic data discovery. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13 (1), 00099. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00099.

Dick, K. F. & S. F. Henley (2025, May 12) Exploring the potential for commercial vessels to support science and observations in the Southern Ocean. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 13 (1), 00057. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00057.

Rühl, S., C. E. L. Thompson, A. M. Queirós, J. E. Hopkins, S. F. Henley & S. Widdicombe (2025, May) Will the declining sea-ice extent in the Arctic cause a reversal of net benthic-pelagic exchange directions? Journal of Marine Systems, 249, 104067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmarsys.2025.104067.

Dalman, L. A., K. M. Meiners, D. N. Thomas, F. Deman, S. Bestley, S. Moreau, K. R. Arrigo, K. Campbell, M. Corkill, S. Cozzi, B. Delille, A. Fransson, A. D. Fraser, S. F. Henley, J. Janssens, D. Lannuzel, D. R. Munro, D. Nomura, L. Norman, S. Papadimitriou, C. Schallenberg, J.-L. Tison, M. Vancoppenolle, P. van der Merwe & F. Fripiat (2025, April 16) Observation-based estimate of net community production in Antarctic sea ice. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (7), e2024GL113717. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL113717.

Braun, J. S., J. P. Rodgers, T. Brand, K. Davidson, S. F. Henley, M. Inall, M. Porter, E. J. Venables & F. Cottier (2025, April) Does wind-driven mixing sustain post-bloom new production in the Barents Sea? Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130 (4), e2024JC021081. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021081.

Fisher, B. J., A. J. Poulton, M. P. Meredith, K. Baldry, O. Schofield & S. F. Henley (2025, February 20) Climate-driven shifts in Southern Ocean primary producers and biogeochemistry in CMIP6 models. Biogeosciences, 22 (4), 975-994. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-975-2025.

Twelves, A. G., D. N. Goldberg, P. R. Holland, S. F. Henley, M. R. Mazloff & D. C. Jones (2024, September) Chlorophyll production in the Amundsen Sea boosts heat flux to atmosphere and weakens heat flux to ice shelves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 129 (9), e2024JC021121. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JC021121.

Tarling, G. A., S. E. Thorpe, S. F. Henley, A. Burson, C. M. Liszka, C. Manno, N. S. Lucas, F. Ward, K. R. Hendry, E. M. S. Woodward, M. Wootton & E. P. Abrahamsen (2024, August) Collapse of a giant iceberg in a dynamic Southern Ocean marine ecosystem: In situ observations of A-68A at South Georgia. Progress in Oceanography, 226, 103297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2024.103297.

Luan, Q. S., E. Mitchell, S. F. Henley, A. C. M. Orkney, H. A. Bouman, J. S. Braun, A. J. Poulton & K. Davidson (2024, July) Water-mass influence on spatial and seasonal distributions of diatoms, dinoflagellates and coccolithophores in the western Barents Sea. Polar Biology, 47 (7), 693-714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-024-03255-8.

Henley, S. F., S. Cozzi, F. Fripiat, D. Lannuzel, D. Nomura, D. N. Thomas, K. M. Meiners, M. Vancoppenolle, K. Arrigo, J. Stefels, M. van Leeuwe, S. Moreau, E. M. Jones, A. Fransson, M. Chierici & B. Delilleo (2023, November 20) Macronutrient biogeochemistry in Antarctic landfast sea ice: Insights from a circumpolar data compilation. Marine Chemistry, 257, 104324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2023.104324.

Monteiro, T., S. F. Henley, R. C. G. Pollery, C. R. B. Mendes, M. Mata, V. M. Tavano, C. A. E. Garcia & R. Kerr (2023, October) Spatiotemporal variability of dissolved inorganic macronutrients along the northern Antarctic Peninsula (1996–2019). Limnology and Oceanography, 68 (10), 2305-2326. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12424.

Belcher, A., S. Henley, K. Hendry, M. Wootton, L. Friberg, U. Dallman, T. Wang & C. Manno (2023, August 25) Seasonal cycles of biogeochemical fluxes in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean: A stable isotope approach. Biogeosciences, 20 (16), 3573-3591. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-20-3573-2023.

Venables, H., M. P. Meredith, K. R. Hendry, P. ten Hoopen, H. Peat, A. Chapman, J. Beaumont, R. Piper, A. J. Miller, P. Mann, H. Rossetti, A. Massey, T. Souster, S. Reeves, M. Fenton, S. Heiser, S. Pountney, S. Reed, Z. Waring, M. Clark, E. Bolton, R. Mathews, H. London, A. Clement, E. Stuart, A. Reichardt, M. Brandon, M. L. N. Leng, C. Arrowsmith, A. Annett, S. F. Henley & A. Clarke (2023, May 10) Sustained year-round oceanographic measurements from Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, 1997-2017. Scientific Data, 10, 265. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02172-5.

Jones, E. M., S. F. Henley, M. A. van Leeuwe, J. Stefels, M. P. Meredith, M. Fenton & H. J. Venables (2023, January) Carbon and nutrient cycling in Antarctic landfast sea ice from winter to summer. Limnology and Oceanography, 68 (1), 208-231. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.12260.

Dybwad, C., C. Lalande, Y. V. Bodur, S. F. Henley, F. Cottier, E. A. Ershova, L. Hobbs, K. S. Last, M. Reigstad & A. M. Dąbrowska (2022, October) The influence of sea-ice cover and Atlantic Water advection on annual particle export north of Svalbard. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127, e2022JC018897. https://doi:10.1029/2022jc018897.

Dittrich, R., S. F. Henley, H. W. Ducklow, and M. P. Meredith (2022, August) Dissolved organic carbon and nitrogen cycling along the west Antarctic Peninsula during summer. Progress in Oceanography, 206, 102854. https://doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102854.

Ward, J. P. J., K. R. Hendry, S. Arndt, J. C. Faust, F. S. Freitas, S. F. Henley, J. W. Krause, C. März, A. C. Tessin & R. L. Airs (2022, July 21) Benthic silicon cycling in the Arctic Barents Sea: A reaction-transport model study. Biogeosciences, 19 (14), 3445-3467. https://doi:10.5194/bg-19-3445-2022.

Ward, J. P. J., K. R. Hendry, S. Arndt, J. C. Faust, F. S. Freitas, S. F. Henley, J. W. Krause, C. März, H. C. Ng, R. A. Pickering & A. C. Tessin (2022, July 21) Stable silicon isotopes uncover a mineralogical control on the benthic silicon cycle in the Arctic Barents Sea. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 329, 206-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.05.005.

Gebruk, A., Y. Ermilova, L.-A. Henry, S. F. Henley, V. Spiridonov, N. Shabalin, A. Osadchiev, E. Yakushev, I. Semiletov & V. Mokievsky (2022, May 08) Microplastics in the Arctic benthic fauna: A case study of the Snow Crab in the Pechora Sea, Russia. In P. A. Berkman, A. N. Vylegzhanin, O. R. Young, D. A. Balton & O. R. Øvretveit, Eds, Building Common Interests in the Arctic Ocean with Global Inclusion: Volume 2, Springer, Cambridge, 85-102.

Orkney, A., K. Davidson, E. Mitchell, S. F. Henley & H. A. Bouman (2022, May 04) Different observational methods and the detection of seasonal and Atlantic influence upon phytoplankton communities in the western Barents Sea. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 860773. https://doi:10.3389/fmars.2022.860773.

Tuerena, R. E., C. Mahaffey, S. F. Henley, C. De la Vega, L. Norman, T. Brand, T. Sanders, M. Debyser, K. Dähnke, J. Braun & C. März (2022, February) Nutrient pathways and their susceptibility to past and future change in the Eurasian Arctic Ocean. Ambio, 51 (2), 355-369. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01673-0.

März, C., F. S. Freitas, J. C. Faust, J. A. Godbold, S. F. Henley, A. C. Tessin, G. D. Abbott, R. Airs, S. Arndt, D. K. A. Barnes, L. J. Grange, N. D. Gray, I. M. Head, K. R. Hendry, R. G. Hilton, A. J. Reed, S. Rühl, M. Solan, T. A. Souster, M. A. Stevenson, K. Tait, J. Ward & S. Widdicombe (2022, February) Biogeochemical consequences of a changing Arctic shelf seafloor ecosystem. Ambio, 51 (2), 370-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01638-3.

Inall, M. E., J. A. Brearley, S. F. Henley, A. D. Fraser & S. Reed (2022, January) Landfast ice controls on turbulence in Antarctic coastal seas. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 127 (1), e2021JC017963. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JC017963.

Murphy, E. J., N. M. Johnston, E. E. Hofmann, R. A. Phillips, J. A. Jackson, A. J. Constable, S. F. Henley, J. Melbourne-Thomas, R. Trebilco, R. D. Cavanagh, G. A. Tarling, R. A. Saunders, D. K. A. Barnes, D. P. Costa, S. P. Corney, C. I. Fraser, J. Höfer, K. A. Hughes, C. J. Sands, S. E. Thorpe, P. N. Trathan & J. C. Xavier (2021, August 04) Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 624451. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.624451.

Twelves, A. G., D. N. Goldberg, S. F. Henley, M. R. Mazloff & D. C. Jones (2021, February) Self-shading and meltwater spreading control the transition from light to iron limitation in an Antarctic coastal polynya. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (2), e2020JC016636. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jc016636.

Morley, S. A., D. Abele, D. K. A. Barnes, C. A. Cárdenas, C. Cotte, J. Gutt, S. F. Henley, J. Hofer, K. A. Hughes, S. M. Martin, C. Moffat, M. Raphael, S. E. Stammerjohn, C. C. Suckling, V. J. D. Tulloch, C. L. Waller & A. J. Constable (2020, December 15) Global drivers on Southern Ocean ecosystems: Changing physical environments and anthropogenic pressures in an Earth system. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 547188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.547188.

Cassarino, L., K. R. Hendry, S. F. Henley, E. MacDonald, S. Arndt, F. S. Freitas, J. Pike & Y. L. Firing (2020, December) Sedimentary nutrient supply in productive hot spots off the West Antarctic Peninsula revealed by silicon isotopes. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34 (12), e2019GB006486. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gb006486.

Stevenson, M. A., J. C. Faust, L. L. Andrade, F. S. Freitas, N. D. Gray, K. Tait, K. R. Hendry, R. G. Hilton, S. F. Henley, A. Tessin, P. Leary, S. Papadaki, A. Ford, C. Marz & G. D. Abbott (2020, October 02) Transformation of organic matter in a Barents Sea sediment profile: Coupled geochemical and microbiological processes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378 (2181), 20200223. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0223.

Henley, S. F., M. Porter, L. Hobbs, J. Braun, R. Guillaume-Castel, E. J. Venables, E. Dumont & F. Cottier (2020, October 02) Nitrate supply and uptake in the Atlantic Arctic sea ice zone: seasonal cycle, mechanisms and drivers. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378 (2181), 20190361. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0361.

Freitas, F. S., K. R. Hendry, S. F. Henley, J. C. Faust, A. C. Tessin, M. A. Stevenson, G. D. Abbott, C. März & S. Arndt (2020, October 02) Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Barents Sea: An integrated data-model framework. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 378 (2181), 20190359. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0359.

Henley, S. F., E. L. Cavan, S. E. Fawcett, R. Kerr, T. Monteiro, R. M. Sherrell, A. R. Bowie, P. W. Boyd, D. K. A. Barnes, I. R. Schloss, T. Marshall, R. Flynn & S. Smith (2020, July 31) Changing biogeochemistry of the Southern Ocean and its ecosystem implications. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, 581. http://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00581.

Porter, M., S. F. Henley, A. Orkney, H. A. Bouman, B. Hwang, E. Dumont, E. J. Venables & F. Cottier (2020, March 28) A polar surface eddy obscured by thermal stratification. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (6), e2019GL086281. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gl086281.

Hendry, K. R., V. A. I. Huvenne, L. F. Robinson, A. Annett, M. Badger, A. W. Jacobel, H. C. Ng, J. Opher, R. A. Pickering, M. L. Taylor, S. L. Bates, A. K. Cooper, G. G. Cushman, C. Goodwin, S. Hoy, G. Rowland, A. Samperiz, J. A. Williams, E. P. Achterberg, C. Arrowsmith, J. A. Brearley, S. F. Henley, J. W. Krause, M. J. Leng, T. Li, J. F. McManus, M. P. Meredith, R. Perkins & E. M. S. Woodward (2019, September) The biogeochemical impact of glacial meltwater from Southwest Greenland. Progress in Oceanography, 176, 102126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.102126.

Newman, L., P. Heil, R. Trebilco, K. Katsumata, A. Constable, E. van Wijk, K. Assmann, J. Beja, P. Bricher, R. Colemans, D. Costa, S. Diggs, R. Farneti, S. Fawcett, S. T. Gille, K. R. Hendry, S. Henley, E. Hofmann, T. Maksym, M. MazIoff, A. Meijers, M. M. Meredith, S. Moreau, B. Ozsor, R. Robertson, I. Schloss, O. Schofield, J. X. Shi, E. Sikes, I. J. Smith, S. Swart, A. Wahlin, G. Williams, M. J. M. Williams, L. Herraiz-Borreguero, S. Kern, J. Liesers, R. A. Massom, J. Melbourne-Thomas, P. Miloslavich & G. Spreen (2019, August 08) Delivering sustained, coordinated, and integrated observations of the Southern Ocean for global impact. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 433. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00433.

Henley, S. F., O. M. Schofield, K. R. Hendry, I. R. Schloss, D. K. Steinberg, C. Moffat, L. S. Peck, D. P. Costa, D. C. E. Bakker, C. Hughes, P. D. Rozema, H. W. Ducklow, D. Abele, J. Stefels, M. A. Van Leeuwe, C. P. D. Brussaard, A. G. J. Buma, J. Kohut, R. Sahade, A. S. Friedlaender, S. E. Stammerjohn, H. J. Venables & M. P. Meredith (2019, April) Variability and change in the west Antarctic Peninsula marine system: Research priorities and opportunities. Progress in Oceanography, 173, 208-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2019.03.003.

Henley, S. F., E. M. Jones, H. J. Venables, M. P. Meredith, Y. L. Firing, R. Dittrich, S. Heiser, J. Stefels & J. Dougans (2018, June 28) Macronutrient and carbon supply, uptake and cycling across the Antarctic Peninsula shelf during summer. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376 (2122), 20170168. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0168.

Stefels, J., M. A. van Leeuwe, E. M. Jones, M. P. Meredith, H. J. Venables, A. L. Webb & S. F. Henley (2018, June 28) Impact of sea-ice melt on dimethyl sulfide (sulfoniopropionate) inventories in surface waters of Marguerite Bay, West Antarctic Peninsula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 376 (2122), 20170169. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2017.0169.

Gourmelen, N., D. N. Goldberg, K. Snow, S. F. Henley, R. G. Bingham, S. Kimura, A. E. Hogg, A. Shepherd, J. Mouginot, J. T. M. Lenaerts, S. R. M. Ligtenberg & W. J. van de Berg (2017, October 16) Channelized melting drives thinning under a rapidly melting Antarctic ice shelf. Geophysical Research Letters, 44 (19), 9796-9804. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl074929.

Annett, A. L., S. F. Henley, H. J. Venables, M. P. Meredith, A. Clarke & R. S. Ganeshram (2017, May) Silica cycling and isotopic composition in northern Marguerite Bay on the rapidly-warming western Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 139, 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.09.006.

Henley, S. F., R. E. Tuerena, A. L. Annett, A. E. Fallick, M. P. Meredith, H. J. Venables, A. Clarke & R. S. Ganeshram (2017, May) Macronutrient supply, uptake and recycling in the coastal ocean of the west Antarctic Peninsula. Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 139, 58-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2016.10.003.

Annett, A. L., M. Skiba, S. F. Henley, H. J. Venables, M. P. Meredith, P. J. Statham & R. S. Ganeshram (2015, November 20) Comparative roles of upwelling and glacial iron sources in Ryder Bay, coastal western Antarctic Peninsula. Marine Chemistry, 176, 21-33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marchem.2015.06.017.

Annett, A. L., S. F. Henley, P. van Beek, M. Souhaut, R. Ganeshram, H. J. Venables, M. P. Meredith & W. Geibert (2013, June) Use of radium isotopes to estimate mixing rates and trace sediment inputs to surface waters in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula. Antarctic Science, 25 (3), 445-456. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102012000892.

Henley, S. F., A. L. Annett, R. S. Ganeshram, D. S. Carson, K. Weston, X. Crosta, A. Tait, J. Dougans, A. E. Fallick & A. Clarke (2012, March 27) Factors influencing the stable carbon isotopic composition of suspended and sinking organic matter in the coastal Antarctic sea-ice environment. Biogeosciences, 9 (3), 1137-1157. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-9-1137-2012.