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 live and artificial diets on tissue composition and trypsin activity in Penaeus japonicus larvae
Le Vay, L., Rodríguez, A., Kamarudin, M. S. & Jones, D., 1993, In: Aquaculture. 118, 3-4, p. 287-297 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interpretation of the European legal framework for the microbiological classification of bivalve mollusc production areas
Pinn, E. & Le Vay, L., 1 Feb 2023, In: Marine Policy. 148, 105479.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Intertidal bait gleaning on rocky shores in Kuwait
Al-Wazzan, Z., Giménez, L., Behbehani, M. & Vay, L. L., 15 Apr 2020, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 188, p. 105111 1 p.Research 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
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Mangrove carbon stocks and biomass partitioning in an extreme environment
Chatting, M., Le Vay, L., Walton, M., Skov, M., Kennedy, H., Wilson, S. & Al Maslamani, I., 5 Oct 2020, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 244, 106940.Research 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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Mud crab pen culture: replacement of fish feed requirement and impacts on mangrove community structure.
Primavera, J. H., Binas, J. B., Samonte-Tan, G. P., Lebata, M. J., Alava, V. R., Walton, M. & Le Vay, L., 1 Jul 2010, In: Aquaculture Research. 41, 8, p. 1211-1220Research 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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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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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