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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Effects of food limitation and pharmaceutical compounds on the larval development and morphology of Palaemon serratus
González-Ortegón, E., Giménez, L., Blasco, J. & Le Vay, L., 15 Jan 2015, In: Science of the Total Environment. 503-504, p. 171-178 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical Review on the Public Health Impact of Norovirus Contamination in Shellfish and the Environment: A UK Perspective
Hassard, F., Sharp, J., Taft, H., Le Vay, L., Harris, J., McDonald, J., Tuson, K., Wilson, J., Jones, D. & Malham, S., Jun 2017, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 9, 2, p. 123-141Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Using bio-physical modelling and population genetics for conservation and management of an exploited species, Pecten maximus L.
Hold, N., Robins, P., Szostek, C., Lambert, G., Lincoln, H., Le Vay, L., Bell, E. & Kaiser, M., Nov 2021, In: Fisheries Oceanography. 30, 6, p. 740-756 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Potential for Replacement of Live Feeds in Larval Culture
Jones, D. A., Kamarudin, M. S. & Le Vay, L., 1993, In: Journal of the World Aquaculture Society. 24, 2, p. 199-210 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prioritization of knowledge needs for sustainable aquaculture: a national and global perspective
Jones, A. C., Mead, A., Kaiser, M. J., Austen, M. C., Adrian, A. W., Auchterlonie, N. A., Black, K. D., Blow, L. R., Bury, C., Brown, J. H., Burnell, G. M., Connolly, E., Dingwell, A., Derrick, S., Eno, N. C., Gautier, D. J., Green, K. A., Gubbins, M., Hart, P. R., Holmyard, J. M., Immink, A. J., Jarrad, D. L., Katoh, E., Langley, J. C., Lee, D. O., Le Vay, L., Leftwich, C. P., Mitchell, M., Moore, A., Murray, A. G., McLaren, E. M., Norbury, H., Parker, D., Parry, S. O., Purchase, D., Rahman, A., Sanver, F., Siggs, M., Simpson, S. D., Slaski, R. J., Smith, K., Syvret, M. L., Tibbott, C., Thomas, P. C., Turnbull, J., Whiteley, R., Whittles, M., Wilcockson, M. J., Wilson, J., Dicks, L. V. & Sutherland, W. J., 4 Jul 2014, In: Fish and Fisheries. 16, 4, p. 668–683Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The digestive physiology of herbivorous, omnivorous and carnivorous crustacean larvae: a review: Proceedings of the fish and shellfish Larviculture Symposium LARVI '95
Jones, D. A., Kumlu, M., Le Vay, L. & Fletcher, D. J., 1997, In: Aquaculture. 155, 1-4, p. 285-295 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ontogenetic change in digestive enzyme activity during larval development of Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Kamarudin, M. S., Jones, D. A., le Vay, L. & Abidin, A. Z., 1994, In: Aquaculture. 123, 3-4, p. 323-333 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prospects of Low Trophic Marine Aquaculture Contributing to Food Security in a Net Zero-Carbon World
Krause, G., Le Vay, L., Buck, B. H., Costa-Pierce, B. A., Dewhust, T., Heasman, K. G., Nevejan, N., Nielsen, P., Nielson, K. N., Park, K., Schupp, M. F., Thomas, J-B., Troell, M., Webb, J., Wrange, A. L., Ziegler, F. & Strand, A., 26 May 2022, In: Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6, 875509.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digestion in relation to feeding strategies exhibited by crustacean larvae.
Le Vay, L., Jones, D. A., Puello-Cruz, A. C., Sangha, R. S. & Ngamphongsai, C., 1 Mar 2001, In: Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology. 128, 3, p. 621-628Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Naturally-occuring stable isotopes as direct measures of larval feeding efficiency, nutrient incorporation and turnover.
Le Vay, L. & Gamboa-Delgado, J., 1 May 2011, In: Aquaculture. 315, 1-2, p. 95-103Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review