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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Influence of exogenous chemicals on larval development and survival of the king scallop Pecten maximus (L.)
Galley, T., Beaumont, A., Le Vay, L. & King, J., 1 May 2017, In: Aquaculture. 474, p. 48-56 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors affecting byssus attachment in juvenile scallops, Pecten maximus (L.)
Galley, T., Beaumont, A., Le Vay, L. & King, J., 15 Nov 2020, In: Aquaculture. 528, 735504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Natural stable isotopes as indicators of the relative contribution of soy protein and fish meal to tissue growth in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed compound diets.
Gamboa-Delgado, J. & Le Vay, L., 3 Jun 2009, In: Aquaculture. 291, 1-2, p. 115-123Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effect of different diets on proteolytic enzyme activity, trypsinogen gene expression and dietary carbon assimilation in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) larvae.
Gamboa-Delgado, J., Le Vay, L., Fernandez-Diaz, C., Canavate, P., Ponce, M., Zerolo, R. & Manchado, M., 1 Apr 2011, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 158, 4, p. 251-258Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artemia replacement in co-feeding regimes for mysis and postlarval stages of Litopenaeus vannamei: Nutritional contribution of inert diets to tissue growth as indicated by natural carbon stable isotopes.
Gamboa-Delgado, J. & Le Vay, L., 1 Dec 2009, In: Aquaculture. 297, 1-4, p. 128-135Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Natural carbon stable isotope ratios as indicators of the relative contribution of live and inert diets to growth in larval Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis).
Gamboa-Delgado, J., Canavate, J. P., Zerolo, R. & Le Vay, L., 1 Aug 2008, In: Aquaculture. 280, 1-4, p. 190-197Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flow regime in a restored wetland determines trophic links and species composition in the aquatic macroinvertebrate community
Gonzalez Ortegon, E., Walton, M., Moghaddam, B., Vilas, C., Prieto, A., Kennedy, H., Canavate, J. P. & Le Vay, L., 15 Jan 2015, In: Science of the Total Environment. 503-504, p. 241-250Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Individual and mixture effects of selected pharmaceuticals on larval development of the estuarine shrimp Palaemon longirostris
Gonzalez-Ortegon, E., Blasco, J., Nieto, E., Hampel, M., Le Vay, L. & Gimenez, L., 7 Jul 2015, In: Science of the Total Environment. 540, p. 260-266Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Maternal trophic status and offspring phenotype in a marine invertebrate
Gonzalez-Ortegon, E., Le Vay, L., Walton, M. & Gimenez, J., 25 Jun 2018, In: Scientific Reports.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A multiple stressor approach to study the toxicity and sub-lethal effects of pharmaceutical compounds on the larval development of a marine invertebrate
González-Ortegón, E., Blasco, J., Le Vay, L. & Giménez, L., Dec 2013, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 263, Part 1, p. 233-238 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review