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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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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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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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
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A review of the impacts of aquaculture and artificial waterways upon coastal ecosystems in the Gulf (Arabian/Persian) including a case study demonstrating how future management may resolve these impacts.
Al - Jamali, F., Bishop, J. M., Osment, J., Jones, D. A. & Le Vay, L., 1 Jan 2005, In: Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management. 8, 1, p. 81-94Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Anthropogenic related variations in the epibiotic biodiversity and age structure of the “Pearl Oyster” Pinctada radiata within the eulittoral zone of Qatar
Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Giraldes, B. W., Chatting, M. & Le Vay, L., May 2016, In: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 5, p. 87-96 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Approaches to enhancement in mangrove-associated crab fisheries
Le Vay, L., Lebata, M. J., Walton, M., Primavera, J., Quinitio, E., Lavilla-Pitogo, C., Parado-Estepa, F., Rodriguez, E., Ut, V. N., Nghia, T. T., Sorgeloos, P. & Wille, M., 1 Jan 2008, In: Reviews in Fisheries Science. 16, 1-3, p. 72-80Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are mangroves in arid environments isolated systems? Life-history and evidence of dietary contribution from inwelling in a mangrove-resident shrimp species
Al-Maslamani, I., Walton, M. E. M., Kennedy, H. A., Al-Mohannadi, M. & Le Vay, L., Jun 2013, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 124, p. 56-63 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Are mangroves worth replanting? The direct economic benefits of a community-based reforestation project.
Walton, M. E., Samonte-Tan, G. P., Primavera, J. H., Edwards-Jones, G. & Le Vay, L., 1 Dec 2006, In: Environmental Conservation. 33, 4, p. 335-343Research 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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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