PUBLICATIONS

2009-10 NFSD Annual report - download here
2008-9 NSFD Annual report - download here
2006-7 NFSD Annual report – download here

International Polar Diving Workshop was co-organised and supported by the NFSD The final report can be downloaded from: www.si.edu/dive/library_ipdw.htm

NFSD Publications: 2007-2010

Lang, M.A and Sayer, M.D.J. (eds.) (2007). Scientific diving under ice: Proceedings of the international polar diving workshop, Svalbard.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington, 213pp.

Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2007)  Diving for Science and Archaeology Special Issue.  Underwater Technology  27(3), 75pp.

Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  Case report: Transient prosopagnosia resulting from a cerebral gas embolism while diving.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 37,
139-142.

Beaumont, J.C., Brown, C.J. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007). Evaluation of techniques used in the assessment of subtidal epifaunal assemblage structure.  Biofouling 23, 343-356.

Sayer, M.D.J. and Poonian, C. (2007). The influences of census technique on estimating indices of
macrofaunal population density in the temperate rocky subtidal zone  Underwater Technology 27, 119-139.

Sayer, M.D.J.  (2007).  Scientific diving: a bibliographic analysis of underwater research supported
by SCUBA diving, 1995-2006.  Underwater Technology 27, 75-94.

Sayer, M. (2007).  Recompression and the occupational diver. Underwater Contractor International 12(5), 14.

Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J., Trevett, A.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2007).  The relationship between time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome for decompression illness treated in Scotland.  Proceedings of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society 2007 Annual Scientific Meeting, p. 88.  [http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/5148].

Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Logbook for Scientific and Archaeological Divers.  UK Scientific Diving Supervisory Committee; Oban.  98pp.

Sayer, M.D.J., Fraser, K.P.P., Shimmield, T.M. and Wilkinson, J.P. (2007). Under ice diving operations carried out by UK organisations in support of scientific research.  In, Scientific diving under ice: Proceedings of the international polar diving workshop, Svalbard. (Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J., eds.), pp. 95-110.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington.

Lang, M.A. and Mercer, S. (2007). The comparative incidence of decompression illness in Antarctic scientific divers.  In, Scientific diving under ice: Proceedings of the international polar diving workshop, Svalbard. (Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J., eds.), pp. 191-195.  Smithsonian Institution: Washington.

Sayer, M.D.J., Laden, G., Wilson, C.M. and Lonsdale, P. (2007).  Knowing Me, Knowing You: interactions between divers and their dive computers; three case studies.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 11.

Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Can divers fit in their drysuits? Three case studies of divers losing consciousness underwater.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 11.

Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  The man who thought his wife was a hat: a rare case of prosopagnosia in diving.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 16.

Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Scientific diving under ice: preliminary results from an international diving under ice workshop.  Proceedings of the 23rd South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Annual Science Meeting, p. 13.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2007). Personal view: The past, present and future for scientific diving.  Underwater Technology 27, 73-74.

Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J., Trevett, A.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2007). The relationship between time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome for decompression illness treated in Scotland.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 34, 269.

Sayer, M.D.J. and Forbes, R. (2007).  The assessment and management of risk in UK diving at work operations.  In: Diving for Science 2006: Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences 25th Symposium (Godfrey, J.M. and Pollock, N.W., eds.), pp. 1-23.  Dauphin Island Sea Lab; Alabama.

Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2007).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 13.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Recompression and the occupational diver.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 17-18.

Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2007).  Can divers fit in their drysuits? Three case studies of divers losing consciousness underwater.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 6.

Wilson, C.M., Sayer, M.D.J. and Murchison, A.G. (2007).  Transient prosopagnosia resulting from a cerebral gas embolism while diving.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 17.

Ross, J.A.S., Sayer, M.D.J., Trevett, A.J., Wilson, C.M. and Watt, S.J. (2007).  Time to recompression treatment and clinical outcome in professional and recreational divers treated for decompression illness.  Proceedings of the 2007 meeting of the British Hyperbaric Association p. 21-22.

Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Two case reports of epileptic seizures related to probable cerebral gas embolism.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 43-46.

Sayer, M.D.J., Wilson, C.M., Laden, G. and Lonsdale, P. (2008).  The consequences of misinterpreting dive computers; three case studies.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 33-39.

Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2008).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 38, 62-67.

Sayer, M.D.J., Fischer, P. and Feral, J-P. (2008).  Scientific diving in Europe: integration, representation and promotion.  In: Brueggeman, P., Pollock, N.W., eds.  Diving for Science 2008: Proceedings of the American Academy for Underwater Sciences 27th Symposium. pp. 139-146.Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS.

Sayer, M.D.J., Akroyd, J. and Williams, G.D. (2008).  Comparative incidences of decompression illness in repetitive, staged, mixed gas decompression diving: is “dive fitness” an influencing factor?  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 15.

Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2008).  Analyses of therapeutic tables used in Scotland for the treatment of divers with actual or suspected decompression illness.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 19-20.

Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2008). Hyperbaric saturation therapy in Scotland.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 24-25.

Wilson, C.M., Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  The use of hyperbaric saturation therapy in the treatment of Scottish divers with deteriorating spinal cord injury: two case studies.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 37th Annual Science Meeting, p. 25.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Getting the most from a diver’s computer.  Proceedings of the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine p.48.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2008). Working under pressure: the challenges and benefits of running a combined diving and hyperbaric facility. Proceedings of the 16th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Hyperbaric Technicians and Nurses Association on Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine p.31.

Lang, M.A. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2008).  Under-Ice Research:  Results of the Svalbard International Polar Diving Workshop.  Arctic Forum Abstracts 2008, 54.

Sayer, M. (2008).  Diving for Science: the National Facility for Scientific Diving.  Underwater Contractor International 11(6), 18-19.

Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Emergency recompression:  clinical audit of service delivery at a national level.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 33-37.

Hunter, W.R. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  The relationship between habitat complexity and animal abundance on artificial reefs deployed in north temperate waters.  ICES Journal of Marine Science 66, 691–698.

Sayer, M.D.J., Ross, J.A.S. and Wilson, C.M. (2009).  Analyses of treatment for divers with actual or suspected decompression illness.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 126-132.

Wilson, C.M., Ross, J.A.S. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Saturation treatment in shore-based chambers for divers with deteriorating cerebro-spinal decompression sickness.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 170-174.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  What if Darwin had been a diver?  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 39, 189-190.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  Scientific Diving in the UK: training and legal requirements.  Freiberg Online Geosciences 22, 131-136.

Wilson, C.M. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  The synergies required for an effective diver retrieval system.  Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 38th Annual Science Meeting, p. 7.

Sayer, M.D.J. and Wilson, C.M. (2009).  The silent witness: dive computer downloads from fatal diving accidents. Proceedings of the South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society 38th Annual Science Meeting, p. 18.

Denoble, P.J., Dunford, R., Sayer, M.D.J., Pollock, N.W., Nord, D. and Vann, R.D. (2009).  Predicted probability of decompression sickness in 159 treated cases with documented dive profiles.  Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 36, 253-254.

Bowden, D.A., Clarke, A. & Peck, L.S. (2009) Seasonal variation in the diversity and abundance of pelagic larvae of Antarctic benthic marine invertebrates. Mar Biol 156:2033–2047.

Harper, E.M. & Peck, L.S. (2009) Patterns of shell repair in articulate brachiopods indicate size constitutes a refuge from predation. Mar Biol 156: 1993-2000.

Campbell, HA; Davison, W, Fraser, KPP, Peck, LS, Egginton, S. (2009) Heart rate and ventilation  in Antarctic fishes are largely determined by ecotype. J Fish Biol 74, 535-552.

Hoffman, J.I; Peck, L.S; Hillyard, G; Zieritz, A; Clark, M.S. (2010) No evidence for genetic differentiation between Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna morphotypes. Mar. Biol. 157: 765-778.

Clark, M.S; Peck, L.S. (2009) Triggers of the HSP70 stress response: environmental responses and laboratory manipulation in an Antarctic marine invertebrate (Nacella concinna). Cell Stress and Chaperones (online first): 10.1007/s12192-009-0117-x, 14, 649-660.

Peck, L.S; Clark, M.S; Morley, S.A; Massey, A; Rosetti, H (2009) Animal temperature limits: effects of size, activity and rates of change. Func Ecol 23: 248-256.

Peck, L.S; Massey, A; Thorne, M.A.S; Clark, M.S. (2009) Lack of acclimation in Ophionotus victoriae: brittle stars are not fish. Polar Biol. 32: 399-402.

Lurman GJ, Blaser T, Lamare M, Peck LS, Morley S. (2010) Mitochondrial plasticity in brachiopod (Liothyrella spp.) smooth adductor muscle as a result of season and latitude. Mar Biol, 157:907-913.

Morley SA, Tan KS, Day RW, Martin SM, Pörtner H-O, Peck LS (2009) Thermal dependency of burrowing in three species within the bivalve genus Laternula: a latitudinal comparison. Mar Biol 156: 1977-1984

Morley SA, Hirse T, Pörtner HO, Peck LS (2009) Geographical variation in thermal tolerance within Southern Ocean marine ectotherms. Comp Biochem Physiol A 153: 154-161

Morley, S.A., Lurmann, G.L., Skepper, J., Pörtner, H.O., Peck, L. S. (2009) Thermal plasticity of mitochondria: a latitudinal comparison between Southern Ocean molluscs. Comp Biochem Physiol A 152: 423-430.

Thorne, M.A.S., Burns, G., Fraser, K.P.P., Hillyard, G., Clark, M.S. (2010) Transcription profiling of acute temperature stress in the Antarctic plunder fish Harpagifer antarcticus. Mar. Gen.  doi:10.1016/j.margen.2010.02.002

Sayer, M.D.J. and Brown, C.J. (2009).  Block shape, water depth and analysis technique influence the measured profiles of artificial reefs.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving,  p. 18.

Azzopardi, E. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2009).  A review of the technical specifications of 47 models of diving decompression computer.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving,  p. 6.

Attard, K., Sayer, M.D.J. and Stahl, H. (2009).  Validating diving as a tool for soft-bottom sediment collection in a shallow coastal setting: a geochemical approach.  Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving,  p. 16.

Sayer, M.D.J. and Brown, C.J. (2010).  Block shape, water depth and analysis technique influence the measured profiles of artificial reefs.  Underwater Technology 29, 41-48.

Stott, K.J., Austin, W.E.N., Sayer, M.D.J., Weidman, C.R., Cage, A.G. and  Wilson, R.J.S. (2010). The potential of Arctica islandica growth records to reconstruct coastal climate in north west Scotland, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews 29, 1602-1613.

Azzopardi, E. and Sayer, M.D.J. (2010).  A review of the technical specifications of 47 models of diving decompression computer.  Underwater Technology 29, 63-72.

Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2010). International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving Special Issue 1; Underwater Technology 29(2), 42pp.

Sayer, M.D.J. (ed.) (2010). International Symposium on Occupational Scientific Diving Special Issue 2; Underwater Technology 29(3), in press.

Sayer, M.D.J. (2010).  The performance of dive computers at altitude.  Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine 40, 47.

Sayer, M.D.J., Küpper, F.C., van West, P., Wilson, C.M., Brown, H. and Azzopardi, E. (2010).  Seaweed and oomycete benthic diversity in the Canadian Marine Arctic: managing scientific diving operations in a remote location.  In: Pollock, N.W., ed.  Diving for Science 2010: Proceedings of the American Academy for Underwater Sciences 29th Symposium. pp. (in press).Dauphin Island, AL: AAUS.