From soil to stream: Spatial and temporal variations in the decomposition, generation and transport of Dom.

Supervisor: Freeman, P. C. (Supervisor) & Thomas, P. D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional ecology of the southern stingray, Dasyatis Americana

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of Mytilus edulis in relation to spawning and hatchery culture

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic linkage mapping in the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and the European flat oyster Ostrea edulis, and the search for quantitative trait loci of resistance to a disease in O. edulis

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical evaluation of the geotechnical properties of Quaternary sediments fron the continental margin, northwest of the UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical properties of surficial sediments : textural and biological controls.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical/sedimentological studies of a Quaternary tidal delta system

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) larvae and postlarvae on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High-resolution three-dimensional ecosystem mapping of temperate reef systems

Supervisor: Williams, G. (Supervisor) & King, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene climate variability in UK waters based on Arctica islandica sclerochronology

Supervisor: Butler, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene evolution of a coastal barrier complex, Pendine Sands.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene sea-level change in North Wales : the evolution of the Menai Strait

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hormones in Cirripedes

Supervisor: Walker, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydroacoustics as a tool for the assessment of fishes within existing and candidate marine protected areas (MPAs)

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of measurable metrics for characterisation of marine turbulent coherent structures in tidal races

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor) & Austin, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impact of sea level rise, land reclamation and tidal power plants on regional tidal dynamics

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Induction of metamorphosis and seed attachment in hatchery production of the king scallop Pecten maximus (L.) and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.)

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor) & King, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction between the bacterial and phytoplanktonic inorganic nitrogenous nutrition

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Isolation and development of microsatellite DNA markers in the cockle Cerastoderma Edule

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late Quaternary benthonic Foraminiferal stratigraphy the western U.K. Continental Shelf.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal and climatic driven changes in local patterns of intertidal macroalgae : implications for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living at the edge: Ecology of Patella species in Britain

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Long-term morphological modelling of tidal basins

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Macrofaunal Diversity and Functioning within Submarine Canyons of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Western North Atlantic

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Marine protected areas : efficacy, implementation and management

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Methane in two temperate coastal marine environments

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microalgal photobioreactors for power plant CO2 mitigation and bioenergy

Supervisor: Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microbial metabolism and temperature : comparative studies in the Southern Ocean and a temperate coastal ecosystem

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mineral Dynamics in Sea Ice Brines

Supervisor: Kennedy, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling oscillatory flow over vortex ripples using the discrete vortex method

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multivariate statistical analyses in lipid biomarker studies

Supervisor: Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mussel assemblages as biomonitors of anthropogenic disturbance in estuarine environments

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor) & Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Natural variations in the zooxanthellae of temperate symbiotic Anthozoa.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

No-take or no way: The case for a no-take policy along the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway: Critical analysis of published works

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nutritional studies on fish and crustacean larvae

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Observations and modelling of the western Irish Sea gyre

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Operational Ocean Modelling: a Critical Evaluation of Published Works

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical Measurements of Suspended Sediments

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical remote sensing of sediments and phytoplankton pigments in an estuary: towards retrieving CDOM and salinity

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ostracod palaeoecology and biogeochemistry of marine and estuarine interglacial deposits in North West Europe.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Palynology of late pleistocene and holocene sediments from the African Atlantic equatorial margin

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Partitioning of stable isotopes between scallop shell calcite and sea water and factors influencing shell growth and microgrowth patterns.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Patterns and processes of saltmarsh area change at three spatial scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Pelagic sharks are poorly understood because of limitations inherent in studying

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiology of decapod crustacean larvae with special reference to diet.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polychlorinated biphenyls and their effects on the early life stages of the European plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L.

Supervisor: McCarthy, D. I. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mudge, D. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population biology of two species of grey mullet, Liza abu in CentralIraq (Heckel, 1843) and Chelon labrosus (Risso, 1827) in North West Wales

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population characteristics and environmental interactions of the king scallop fishery in the English Channel

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics and secondary production of the small copepods in the Menai Strait

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population dynamics of plaice Pleuronectes platessa L in the inshore waters of North West Wales and Eastern Anglesey

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population ecology of dab (Limanda limanda L.) in the eastern Irish Sea, North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics of Penaeus vannamei on the west coast of Mexico

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population genetics of the scallop Pecten maximus : morphological, allozyme electrophoresis and mitochondrial DNA approaches.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population structure and genetics of the European lobster Homarus gammarus

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Postglacial vegetational dynamics in Lowland North Wales.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predicting recovery of soft sediment communities following physical disturbance

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Predicting the impact of towed fishing gears on emergent epifauna

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Processes contributing to the evolution and destruction of stratification in the Liverpool Bay ROFI

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Processes controlling spatial and temporal variations in cockle Cerastoderma edule (L.) abundance and distribution

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quantitative Methods for Producing Evidence to Support Sustainable King Scallop Management

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor), Szostek, C. (Supervisor), Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Lambert, G. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Recent irreversible retreat phase of Pine Island Glacier

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor), Gudmundsson, H. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jenkins, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Remote determination of bathymetric changes using ground based radar

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Remote sensing of chlorophyll concentrations in a turbid shelf sea

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Resistivity, thermal conductivity, porosity relationships for marine sediments

Supervisor: Taylor Smith, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Scales and otoliths as biogeochemical tags of Salmo trutta

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sclerochronology at St Kilda: A study of late Holocene climate and hydrography on the western Scottish shelf using the shells of long-lived bivalve molluscs

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (External person) (Supervisor), Butler, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seabed Integrity Around Objects in a Complex Marine Environment

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal and tidal cycles of suspended particulates in the Irish Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal changes in the plankton of inshore waters: with special reference to the life history of certate copepods

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal variation of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and nitrogen (DON) in relation to primary production and yellow substrates (g440). in the Menai Strait, North Wales

Supervisor: Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seasonal variations in aspects of Mytilus edulis L. immune function and allozyme genetics in relation to pollution

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sedimentary processes in the Dwyryd estuary.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sedimentological, geophysical and oceanographic studies of postglacial and contemporary sedimentary processes of the NE Menai Strait and Conwy Bay (Wales, U.K.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seismic stratigraphy of shallow water Quaternary sediments around the UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Seismo-acoustic investigations of consolidated phenomena.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Settlement and bioadhesion of two marine fouling organisms, Pomatoceros lamarckii and Laminaria digitata

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Shear dispersion in the surface layers of the sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulating Feedbacks between Tidal Stream Array Operation and the Marine Energy Resource

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulating the temporal and spatial variability of North Wales mussel populations

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor), Robins, P. (Supervisor) & Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Socioeconomic and ecological implications of an ecosystem approach to marine resource management for Wales, UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Socioeconomic and ecological implications of special management areas (SMAs) regime in the Kingdom of Tonga

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Socioeconomic valuation of the marine environment in Wales implications for coastal management

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Some aspects of growth and behaviour in the juvenile lobster HOMARUS GAMMARUS (LINNAEUS)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Spatial considerations and environmental constraints on benthic prey resources for common scoter

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stability and variability of the ecosystem engineer Sabellaria alveolata on differing temporal and spatial scales

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Static acoustic monitoring of Cetaceans in Cardigan Bay, Wales

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stock enhancement of the mud crabs Scylla spp. in the mangroves of Naisud and Bugtong Bato, Ibajay, Aklan, Philippines

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Stratigraphy and palaeobotany of Middle Pleistocene interglacial deposits in the North Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on micro algal fine-structure, taxonomy and systematics : cryptophyceae and bacillariophyceae.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the acceptability and digestibility of artificial diets by crustacea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies on the development and nutrition of the caridean prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de man) (Crustacea: decapoda).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies to optimise the culture conditions for Penaeis indicus from the Saudi Arabian coast of the Red Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surficial marine sediment properties : a geophysical investigation of variability and controls.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics and flux in the macrotidal Taf estuary, South Wales.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Suspended sediment dynamics in the upper Gulf of California

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tamar estuary sediment dynamics

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Taxonomy and Biogeography of the Polychaetes of the Falkland Islands: Critical Analysis of Published Works

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal and spatial variations of suspended sediments in the Irish Sea determined from AVHRR visible band and in-situ data.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal variability of suspended particulate matter in a tidal estuary

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy