El Niño-induced upwelling variability in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Evaluating damselfish distribution patterns and benthic habitat complexity associations using SFM-Photogrammetry

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Response of Benthic Fauna to Merchant Vessel Anchoring in the Point Lynas Anchorage, Anglesey

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Size-spectra of reef fish assemblages within distinct coral habitats, before and after a mass coral bleaching event

Supervisor: Richardson, L. (Supervisor), Williams, G. (Supervisor) & Robinson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Using an Agent based model (ABM) to predict fish interactions with a Tidal Stream Turbine

Supervisor: Waggitt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Utilising Chronobiology For Sustainable Aquaculture Nutrition & Fish Health

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & Ellison, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Which regions of European waters exhibit the highest risk for harbour porpoises from marine pollutants?

Supervisor: Waggitt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Wind driven energy flows as a micro-renewable resource

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor), Robins, P. (Supervisor) & Lewis, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Phytoplankton dynamics in Maltese coastal waters (Central Mediterranean) using in situ, remote sensing methods, and modelling techniques

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Bio-physical interactions over cultured mussel beds : measured and modelled chlorophyll distributions in the Menai Strait

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Numerical Study of the Internal Tide in Upper Loch Linnhe

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparison between optical properties measured in the field and the laboratory, and the development of an optical model.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A modelling approach to assessing the environmental impacts of harvesting marine bivalves from natural populations

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor) & Cordes, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A new proxy for constraining Palaeotidal simulations for the Northwest European Shelf Seas

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adhesion in lepadomorph barnacles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing the ecological knowledge base of the dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) off Southern Africa

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Age, growth and reproductive assessment of the whelk, Buccinum undatum, in coastal shelf seas

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An integrated geotechnical-geophysical procedure for the prediction of liquefaction in uncemented sands.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An interdisciplinary approach to understanding predator modification of antipredator traits in prey

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor), Whiteley, N. (Supervisor), McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An interdisciplinary understanding of coastal resource collection in Wales

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & St John, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation into the spatial scales of genetic and reproductive variation in the scallop Pecten maximus L.

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation of internal mixing processes in a seasonally stratified shelf sea

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of natural stable isotopes in aquaculture nutrition

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of bacterial disease prevention and control in penaeid prawns

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biological and environmental processes affecting cockles in North Wales

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Birchenough, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biology of Sacculina carcini (Crustacea: cirripeda: rhizocephala), with particular emphasis on the larval energy budget.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biology of the little cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica and the common European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Supervisor: Richardson, P. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the regulation of food intake in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessment of marine recreational fisheries using: social media, fisheries dependent data and image analysis

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor), Vidal, F. P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hyder, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial abundance and larval settlement in the rocky intertidal

Supervisor: Latchford, J. (Supervisor) & Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial degradation of linseed and sunflower oils in salt marsh sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial reservoirs in shellfish and shellfish harvesting waters

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bahrain marine habitats and some environmental effects on seagrass beds : a study of the marine habitats of Bahrain with particular reference to the effects of water temperature, depth and salinity on seagrass biomass and distribution.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Baroclinic circulation in the Gareloch : a Scottish fjord

Supervisor: Elliott, A. (Supervisor) & Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bedload Transport of Sand-Gravel Mixtures in Coastal and Shelf-Sea Environments

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor), Baas, J. (Supervisor) & Amoudry, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural responses of the shore crab Carcinus maenus to salinity variation.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical properties and its application for ocean colour algorithm in east coast of peninsular Malaysia water

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical studies of coastal waters

Supervisor: Tett, P. (External person) (Supervisor), Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Lucas, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and biology of salt marsh and mangal Brachyura in Qatar.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and colonisation of macrofauna in an artificial lagoon, Qatar

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal marine communities: Towards predicting the consequences of extinction for ecosystem functioning in natural assemblages

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor) & Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate communities associated with intertidal mussel beds on rocky shores.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate community associated with the turf-forming red alga Corallina officinalis in tide pools

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology and fisheries management of king soldier bream, Argyrops spinifer and spangled emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus in the Arabian Sea, Oman.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon stocks and productivity in mangroves under climate change: regional and global perspectives

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Skov, M. (Supervisor) & Walton, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Causes of light backscattering by particles in the open ocean and the coastal zone

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cayman Islands Marine Protected Areas, their status, effects and future

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Circulation, mixing and renewal in the Clyde Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate-driven changes in the recruitment success of marine invertebrates: the role of food supply and temperature

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coastal Area Modelling: Sand Transport and Morphological Change

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coastal and shelf sea hydro-morphodynamic modelling using process-based and data-based techniques

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cohesive sediment dynamics on a mudflat within the macrotidal Conwy estuary, North Wales, U.K.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combined effects of hydrodynamics and cohesive clay on bedform morphology and migration on sandy tidal flats

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor), Thorne, P. D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Amoudry, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Community level effects of variable recruitment of a key species Mytilus edulis L. in the rocky intertidal

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Hawkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conditioning of Manila clam broodstock on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of the demersal fisheries resources within the 25NM Maltese Fisheries Management Zone

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary ecology and stable isotope geochemistry of benthic foraminiferids in the Celtic Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary sediment dynamics and Holocene evolution of Hamford Water, Essex, England.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Control of pathogenic bacteria in marine larval culture systems

Supervisor: Jones, D. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Controls on stratification in the Rhine ROFI system

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Crab foraging behaviour : prey size and species selection in Carcinus maenas (L.) and Cancer pagurus L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Depth zonation patterns of benthic communities and reef production framework on contemporary coral reefs

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & Roche, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and application of a recirculating flume for the assessment of geotechnical and geophysical indicators of cohesive sediment erodibility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of saline intrusions in coastal and estuarine sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determining the habitat requirements of demersal fish for the design of marine protected areas

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing the Structure Function Method for Evaluating Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digestion and the systemic control of appitite in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae in the western Irish Sea and its relation to physical structure

Supervisor: Hill, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of the plankton community in the Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in south eastern Portugal

Supervisor: Yule, D. A. B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers and consequences of individual movement patterns in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Supervisor: Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Bishop, C. (Supervisor) & Thompson, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of thermocline shear in seasonally stratified shelf seas

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamics and characteristics of organo-mineral aggregates in shelf seas

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem services from bivalve aquaculture

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor), Christie, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effectiveness of halophytic plants in the treatment of marine aquaculture wastewater

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Multiple Stressors on the Development and Performance of Decapod Crustaceans

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of copper on the acorn barnacle Elminius modestus (Darwin) (Cirripedia:Thoracica).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of in situ oceanic warming on marine benthic recruitment and community development in Antarctica

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of marine recreation on bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay

Supervisor: Evans, P. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Waggitt, J. (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of turbulence on suspended sediment concentrations in a tidal flow.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the causes and consequences of individual behaviour: personality & plasticity in the marine gastropod, Littoraria irrorata.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental and biological controls of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios in the shells of the bivalves Pinna nobilis, Mytilus edulis and Pecten maximus : implications for palaeo-environmental reconstructions

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental effects on the growth and biochemical composition of four micoalgae, in relation to their use as food for Mytilus edulis larval rearing.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Erosional resilience of salt marshes: : Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor), Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Garbutt, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishing multi-bivalve species Sclerochronology

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishing the Arctica islandica archive: Development of the definitive shell-based proxy for the North Atlantic shelf seas

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Facilitation and biodiversity in the marine benthos

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Ramsay, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors influencing competition and mortality in barnacles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fatty acid metabolism in a flexibacterium and its role in crustacean nutrition

Supervisor: Floodgate, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and energetic relationships of Pollicipes pollicipes (Gemlin, 1790) (Cirripedia; Lepadomorpha).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and growth in an inshore population of plaice, Pleuronectes Platessa L

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding and nutrition in the marine shrimp Penaeus semisulcatus.

Supervisor: Le Vay, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Feeding, swimming and respiration in barnacle larvae (Cirripedia: Thoracica)

Supervisor: Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Field observation and modelling of near-shore sediment transport processes

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fine Scale Survey of Metals, Nutrients and Lipid Biomarkers in the Conwy Estuary

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fingerprinting ice-rafted detritus ice stream sources in the northeast Atlantic during the Last Glacial Stage

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries and aspects of the biology of Penaeid shrimps of Bahrain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries ecology of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus L.) in the Isle of Man

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor), Murray, L. (Supervisor) & Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Flow-sediment interactions in turbidity currents moving over soft, muddy beds

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Food consumption patterns and dietary digestibility of whiting (Merlangius merlangus L.) fed in laboratory conditions

Supervisor: Grove, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy