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Dr David Smyth

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Contact info

Room: 2nd floor, Marine Centre Wales       Phone: +44 (0) 1248 388603

Email: d.smyth@bangor.ac.uk

Web: www.shellfish.wales          

I graduated in Marine Biology from Queen’s University Belfast in 2002. After which I undertook a PhD in stock enhancement strategies for the native oyster Ostrea edulis at Queen’s Marine Laboratory Portaferry between 2003 and 2006. I remained at Queens in a post-doctoral position for a further three years managing a project which investigated restoration techniques for damaged Modiolus modiolus reefs. I then accepted a two post in 2010 as the Field Diving Officer with the British Antarctic Survey based at Rothera Research Station. After Antarctica I returned to Queen’s University and undertook a post-doc investigating the impact of marine renewable arrays on benthic community structure. I then moved to Qatar University as an Assistant Professor of Research managing a hawksbill turtle conservation programme and researching the impact of static fishing gear on pearl oyster beds from 2014-2017. I then returned once again to Queens where I investigated the rate of epibiotic successional recovery after sub-sea construction and associated kite energy harvesting activity.

I am a marine environmental ecologist with a keen interest in habitat restoration and enhancement through the use of bio-engineering bivalves primarily the European native oyster Ostrea edulis. Particular areas of interest in this field include the population dynamics of a recovering O. edulis stock and its associated flora and fauna. Identifying a restoration blueprint which will transform a functionally extinct O. edulis region into a self-sustaining recognised biotope is one of my major research components. I am also focused on developing an approach to O. edulis fishery management which will meet the environmental demands associated with an OSPAR and UK Biodiversity Action Plan species while accommodating the needs of the fishing community. I employ an empirical approach to my research using long-term in-situ monitoring, hatchery experimentation and field surveys.

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  1. Erthygl › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid

  2. A new species of Leucosiid crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae) from the Arabian Gulf

    Giraldes, B. W., Al-Maslamani, I. & Smyth, D., 6 Ebr 2017, Yn: Zootaxa. 4250, 4, t. 389-395

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  3. Cyhoeddwyd

    Anthropogenic related variations in the epibiotic biodiversity and age structure of the “Pearl Oyster” Pinctada radiata within the eulittoral zone of Qatar

    Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Giraldes, B. W., Chatting, M. & Le Vay, L., Mai 2016, Yn: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 5, t. 87-96 10 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  4. Artisanal fishing of spiny lobsters with gillnets — A significant anthropic impact on tropical reef ecosystem

    Giraldes, B., Zaracon Silva, A., Correa, F. M. & Smyth, D., 1 Gorff 2015, Yn: Global Ecology and Conservation. 4, July, t. 572-580

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  5. Cyhoeddwyd

    Basic assessment of Portunus segnis (Forskål, 1775) – A baseline for stock management in the Western Arabian Gulf

    Giraldes, B. W., Al-Maslamani, I., Al-Ashwel, A., Chatting, M. & Smyth, D., Maw 2016, Yn: The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 42, 1, t. 111-119

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  6. Cyhoeddwyd

    Benthic surveys of the historic pearl oyster beds of Qatar reveal a dramatic ecological change

    Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Chatting, M. & Giraldes, B., 15 Rhag 2016, Yn: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 113, t. 147-155

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  7. Cyhoeddwyd

    Climate change accelerates range expansion of the invasive non-native species, the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas.

    King, N., Wilmes, S.-B., Smyth, D., Tinker, J., Robins, P., Thorpe, J., Jones, L. & Malham, S., Chwef 2021, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78, 1, t. 70-81 70-81.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  8. Community convergence and recruitment of keystone species as performance indicators of artificial reefs

    Farinas-Franco, J., Allcock, L., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., 1 Ebr 2013, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 78, t. 59-74

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  9. Decapod assemblages in subtidal and intertidal zones—Importance of scuba diving as a survey technique in tropical reefs, Brazil

    Giraldes, B. W., Filho, P. A. C. & Smyth, D. M., Ion 2015, Yn: Global Ecology and Conservation. 3, t. 163-175

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  10. Cyhoeddwyd

    Decline in oyster populations in traditional fishing grounds; is habitat damage by static fishing gear a contributory factor in ecosystem degradation?

    Al-Maslamani, I., David, S., Giraldes, B., Chatting , M., Al-Mohannadi , M. & Le Vay, L., Hyd 2018, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 140, t. 40-51 12 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  11. Do Changes in Current Flow as a Result of Arrays of Tidal Turbines Have an Effect on Benthic Communities?

    Kregting, L., Elsaesser, B., Kennedy, R., Smyth, D., O'Carroll, J. & Savidge, G., 25 Awst 2016, Yn: PLoS ONE. 11, 8, e0161279.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  12. Cyhoeddwyd

    Faunal mediated carbon export from mangroves in an arid area

    Walton, M., Al Maslamani, I., Chatting, M., Smyth, D., Castillo, A., Skov, M. & Le Vay, L., 10 Chwef 2021, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 755, 1, 13 t., 142677.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  13. Impacts of unregulated harvesting on a recovering stock of native oysters (Ostrea edulis)

    Smyth, D., Roberts, D. & Brown, L., 1 Meh 2009, Yn: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 6, t. 916-922

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  14. Cyhoeddwyd

    Improving quantification of bivalve larvae in mixed plankton samples using qPCR: A case study on Mytilus edulis

    Alexander, J., Malham, S., Smyth, D., Webb, J., Fidler, D., Bayford, P., McDonald, J. & Le Vay, L., 15 Chwef 2021, Yn: Aquaculture. 532, 736003.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  15. Modern problems in marine biodiversity records – illustrated by the case of the Caribbean Pelia mutica (Gibbes, 1850) confirmed in Brazil

    Giraldes, B. W., Smyth, D. & Chatting, M., 13 Gorff 2016, Yn: Marine Biodiversity Records. 9, 54.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  16. Cyhoeddwyd

    Nesting ecology of hawksbill turtles, Eretmochelys imbricata, in an extreme environmental setting

    Mark, C., Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Obbard, J., Al-Ansi, M., Hamza, S., Al-Mohanady, S. F., Al-Kuwari, A. J. & Marshall, C. D., 7 Medi 2018, Yn: PLoS ONE. 13, 9, e0203257.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  17. Recognizing Panulirus meripurpuratus sp. nov. (Decapoda: Palinuridae) in Brazil—Systematic and biogeographic overview of Panulirus species in the Atlantic Ocean

    Giraldes, B. W. & Smyth, D., 3 Mai 2016, Yn: Zootaxa. 4107, 3

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  18. Settlement of Ostrea edulis is determined by the availability of hard substrata rather than its nature: implications for stock recovery and restoration of the European oyster

    Smyth, D., Mahon, A. M., Roberts, D. & Kregting, L., Meh 2018, Yn: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28, 3, t. 662-671

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  19. The European oyster (Ostrea edulis) and its epibiotic succession

    Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., Tach 2010, Yn: Hydrobiologia. 655, t. 25-36

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  20. Cyhoeddwyd

    The benthic sea-silk-thread displacement of a sessile bivalve, Pinctada imbricata radiata (Leach, 1819) in the Arabian-Persian Gulf

    Giraldes, B. W., Leitao, A. & Smyth, D., 1 Mai 2019, Yn: PLoS ONE. 14, 5, e0215865.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  21. The fishing behaviour of Metopograpsus messor (Decapoda: Grapsidae) and the use of pneumatophore-borne vibrations for prey-localizing in an arid mangrove setting

    Giraldes, B. W., Chatting, M. & Smyth, D., Medi 2019, Yn: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 99, 6, t. 1353-1361

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  22. The importance of population density and inter-individual distance in conserving the European oyster Ostrea edulis

    Guy, C., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., Mai 2019, Yn: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 99, 3, t. 587-593

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  23. The nocturnal zonation of decapods in the subtidal zone within the reef seascape—abiotic factors defining habitats

    Giraldes, B. W., Filho, P. A. C., Smyth, D. M. & Coelho, P. A., Medi 2017, Yn: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 74, 8, t. 2180-2190

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  24. The world is their oyster: Differences in epibiota on sympatric populations of native Ostrea edulis and non-native Crassostrea gigas ( Magallana gigas ) oysters

    Guy, C., Blight, A., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., 1 Hyd 2018, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 140, t. 52-58

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  25. Using particle dispersal models to assist in the conservation and recovery of the overexploited native oyster (Ostrea edulis) in an enclosed sea lough

    Smyth, D., Kregting, L., Elsäßerb, B., Kennedy, R. & Roberts, D., Chwef 2016, Yn: Journal of Sea Research. 108, t. 50-59

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  26. Cyhoeddwyd

    “Good news everyone”, the natives have returned: Assemblages of European flat oysters make a reappearance in Belfast Lough after a century of absence.

    Smyth, D., Hayden-Hughes, M., Alexander, J., Bayford, P. & Kregting, L., 31 Ion 2021, Yn: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 41, t. 101585 1 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

  27. Papur › Ymchwil › Adolygwyd gan gymheiriaid
  28. Cyhoeddwyd

    The European native oyster, Ostrea edulis, in Wales, a historical account of a forgotten fishery

    Hayden-Hughes, M., Bayford, P., King, J. & Smyth, D., 21 Chwef 2023. 13 t.

    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid