Complementary uses of stable isotope and dietary metabarcoding analyses for trophic web determination in freshwater and estuarine tropical fishes

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor), Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Milner, N. (Supervisor), Urakawa, H. (External person) (Supervisor) & Parsons, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational and theoretical studies of the Langmuir Trough experiment

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conducting polymers for use in supercapacitors : an electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation into low bandgap thiophene derivatives.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conjugated Polymers Based on 4-Substituted Fluorenes and Fluorenones

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation and ecotourism in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of Mangifera sylvatica: a Wild Fruit Species for Health and Livelihoods

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of U.K. dune system native Lacertidae species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructed wetlands for the treatment of British mine drainage waters : a biogeochemical approach.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cordeauxia edulis (Yeheb) : resource status, utilisation and management in Ethiopia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost benefit analysis and sustained yield forestry in India.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost-benefit analysis for global environmental issues with a case study of biodiversity conservation in Madagascar

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coupled biochemical processes for the synthesis of unusual amino acids

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor), Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cryopreservation of ram semen for artificial insemination.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decay resistance of modified wood

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor) & Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decoherence, dephasing and quantum tunnelling in molecules with large amplitude vibrations

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decomposition of tree leaf litter and formation of soil organic matter

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deep soil: investigating carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gas behaviour in agricultural subsoil

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining a High Throughput Sequencing identification framework for freshwater ecosystem biomonitoring

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deforestation in Jefara Plain, Libya: Socio-economic and Policy Drivers (Algarabulli District case study)

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Demography of animal modular colonies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dendroecology, history and dynamics of mixed woodlands at the upper timberline of the central Italian Alps

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel low band gap conjugated polymers for use in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of health in horticultural workers: a comparison of national and international supply chains

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a Planning Tool for Heritage Interpretation

Supervisor: Pierce, S. (Supervisor) & Lane, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing fodder resources on the forest grasslands of tribal areas in Western India: a participatory approach

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing in-situ and real-time methods of soil nitrogen determination

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the analysis of Animal Parts and Derivatives

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of forensic genetic typing systems for wildlife species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and characterisation of a novel biological system for removing manganese from contaminated waters

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a new analytical method to diagnose tuberculosis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a novel integrated system for bioremediating and recovering transition metals from acid mine drainage

Supervisor: Johnson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of alginate hydrogels for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Supervisor: Williams, D. (Supervisor) & Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioinfirmatic analytical approach to identify novel human cancer testis gene candidates

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of optical fibre devices for distributed monitoring and point-sensing applications

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide Based Conjugated Molecular and Polymeric Materials for Organic Electronics

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional instability of cement bonded particleboard : understanding its occurrence and reducing its magnitude

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional stabilisation by chemical modification of wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Filterable Microorganisms in the Conwy River

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor), Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, concentration and bonding factors affecting the performance of water repellents applied to wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, diversity and relationships in Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Munro: an appraisal using GIS and AFLP markers

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disturbance and climate change risks to forest carbon sinks and potential management responses

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of land use change and policy analysis: the case of Bangladesh

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dye-sensitised solar cells: understanding the interactions between dyes and TiO2

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Butler, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and silviculture of Osyris lanceolata (African sandalwood) : an aromatic tree of Tanzania

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and socio-economic importance of short fallows in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon.

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of household energy in Miombo woodlands of Eastern and Southern Tanzania

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of production and export of vegetables in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of ecotypes : An investigation in the ecophysiology of sand dune ecotypes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of strains A and C of Potamophyrgus jenkinsi

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of climate variability and extreme events on microbial activity in soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on phosphorus cycling in a short rotation poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of slate quarrying on the Barlwyd catchment and remediation strategies

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Bird, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment on root processes and mycorrhizal functioning in short rotation intensive poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on sand dune systems.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of pH on nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of seed production environment and post harvest management on seed production, viability and vigour of seeds of pea and flax

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of silvopastoral areas on dual-purpose cattle production at the semi-humid old agricultural frontier in Central Nicaragua

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of temperature and waterlogging on cotton seedlings roots

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of water stress and salinity on contrasting wheat genotypes.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical characterisation of organic nanostructures

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical properties of self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on polythiophene derivatives

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the impact of novel A1 and A2 Phytophthora infestans strains on existing Irish blight populations

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor), Mullins, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emerging opportunities for native woodland expansion in Britain's crowded future landscapes

Supervisor: Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Endophytic fungi in Elms:implications for the integrated management of Dutch Elm Disease

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhanced phosphate cycling using Tithonia diversifolia

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing carbon sequestration in peatlands using exogenous phenolic inhibitors

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor), Jones, T. (Supervisor), Dunn, C. (Supervisor) & Gough, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environment and livelihood systems in the forest-savanna interface: a study in Brong Ahafo region Ghana

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact assessment in the forest sector of Great Britain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact of integrating legumes into European food systems

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor), Gibbons, J. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Rees, R. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impacts in the water-energy nexus: quantification and mitigation in the food and drink sector

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental sustainability of intensive rice systems in Bangladesh: key stakeholders' perceptions

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiological gene carriage study of gram-negative extended spectrum β-Lactamase-producing bacteria in urinary tract infection patients in North Wales: isolation of a novel CTXM-type enzyme

Supervisor: Williams, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiology of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) : intra- and interseasonal variability in outbreak severity in Eastern Africa in relation to weather and moth migration.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Estimating the contribution of beekeeping to household wellbeing and conservation motivations in the Tanzanian Miombo

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the decomposition characteristics of organic wastes and synthetic plastics

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Roberts, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluating the use of municipal solid waste as a feedstock for in-vessel composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of low phytic acid (lpa) mutants of cereals for global phosphorus sustainability

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of novel naked barley lines for β–glucan, amylose and field performance

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of surface water resources of Marab Hassan in the Northeast Badia of Jordan

Supervisor: Cratchley, R. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of the role of trees and shrubs in seasonally dry pastures of Colombia

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evaluation of vermicompost from composts for agricultural and horticultural uses

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolution & Extinction of the Great Auk: A Palaeogenomic Approach

Supervisor: Knapp, M. (External person) (Supervisor), Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Gilbert, M. T. (External person) (Supervisor), Stewart, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hofreiter, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolutionary biology of the Western rattlesnake, (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalus viridis) : phylogeny, morphology, and venom evolution

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolutionary genetics of early colonisation in Caribbean Anolis

Supervisor: Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ex-post cost-benefit analysis of village woodlots of Gujarat, India.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy