Professor Lewis Le Vay
Professor/Director of CAMS
Affiliations
Contact info
Room 102, Marine Centre Wales
School of Ocean Sciences
Menai Bridge LL59 5AB
Phone: +44 (0) 1248 388115
Email: l.levay@bangor.ac.uk
I graduated in Biology from Sussex University in 1982, and an MSc in Marine Biology from Bangor University in 1989. I worked for several years on shrimp and fish nutrition and feed research and development, in collaboration with several industrial partners, with the results from this research contributed to my PhD from Bangor University in 1994. This was followed by several years working in industry and as a consultant before returning to Bangor to join EU funded research projects in SE Asia developing techniques for mangrove-integrated aquaculture and fisheries stock enhancement. I joined the academic staff in the School of Ocean Sciences as a lecturer in 2001, leading to a personal chair in October 2014. I was appointed as Director of the Centre for Applied Marine Sciences in 2012, alongside my academic role in the School.
My research has covered a broad range of aquaculture, including hatchery technologies, feeds and nutrition, aquaculture of tropical and temperate crustaceans, integration of aquaculture in coastal wetlands, wastewater remediation, and more recently bivalve shellfish aquaculture including development of offshore production systems and coastal water quality. Work on development of stock enhancement strategies has led to more ecological research in tropical and subtropical systems, principally on mangroves and seagrasses, in SE Asia, East Africa and the Arabian Gulf. My fisheries-related research has been focused on shellfish in the Irish Sea and ecosystem approaches to management of demersal fisheries in the Arabian Gulf. As director of CAMS I am also closely involved in wide range of multidisciplinary projects that link academic expertise within the School of Ocean Sciences with commercial and institutional partners in marine sectors including aquaculture, fisheries, renewable energy, coastal infrastructure development and tourism.
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Development of nursery culture techniques for the mud crab Scylla paramamosain.
Ut, V. N., Le Vay, L., Nghia, T. T. & Hanh, T. T., 19 Oct 2007, In: Aquaculture Research. 38, 14, p. 1563-1568Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A global review of the ecosystem services provided by bivalve aquaculture: Services of bivalve aquaculture
Van Der Schatte Olivier, A., Jones, L., Le Vay, L., Christie, M., Wilson, J. & Malham, S., Feb 2020, In: Reviews in Aquaculture. 12, 1, p. 3-25 23 p., doi: 10.1111/raq.12301.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The effect of water management on extensive aquaculture food webs in the reconstructed wetlands of the Doñana Natural Park, Southern Spain
Walton, M. E., Vilas, C., Coccia, C., Green, A. J., Canavate, J. P., Prieto, A., van Bergeijk, S. A., Medialdea, J. M., Kennedy, H. A., King, J. & Le Vay, L., 14 Jun 2015, In: Aquaculture. 448, p. 451-463Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Towards spatial management of fisheries in the Gulf: benthic diversity, habitat and fish distributions from Qatari waters
Walton, M., Hayes, J., Al-Ansi, M., Abdallah, M., Al Maslamani, I., Al-Mohannadi, M., Al-Shaikh, I., D'Urban Jackson, T., Szostek, C., Egerton, J., Kaiser, M. & Le Vay, L., 1 Jan 2018, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 75, 1, p. 178-189 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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 Feb 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 755, 1, 13 p., 142677.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Extreme 15N Depletion in Seagrasses
Walton, M., Al-Maslamani, I., Haddaway, N., Kennedy, H., Castillo, A., Al-Ansari, E. S., Al-Shaikh, I., Abdel-Moati, M., Al-Yafei, M. A. A. & Le Vay, L., Nov 2016, In: Estuaries and Coasts. 39, 6, p. 1709-1723Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Significance of mangrove-mudflat boundaries as nursery grounds for the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain.
Walton, M., Le Vay, L., Truong, L. M. & Ut, V. N., 1 Aug 2006, In: Marine Biology. 149, 5, p. 1199-1207Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A model for the future: Ecosystem services provided by the aquaculture activities of Veta la Palma, Southern Spain
Walton, M. E., Vilas, C., Canavate, P., Gonzalez-Ortegon, E., Prieto, A., van Bergeijk, S. A., Green, A. J., Librero, M., Mazuelos, N. & Le Vay, L. (ed.), 14 Jun 2015, In: Aquaculture. 448, p. 382-390Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessment of the effectiveness of mangrove rehabilitation using exploited and non-exploited indicator species.
Walton, M. E., Le Vay, L., Lebata, J. H., Binas, J. & Primavera, J. H., 1 Aug 2007, In: Biological Conservation. 138, 1-2, p. 180-188Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Kelp detritus: Unutilized productivity or an unacknowledged trophic resource?
Walton, M., R, B., Griffiths, J., Cartwright, D., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Le Vay, L., 10 May 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 820, 153191.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review