CESEA - coastal ecosystem services in east Africa Oct 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2017
The CESEA project is a collaboration between scientists and researchers in Tanzania, Kenya and the UK. By bringing together experts in ecololgy and development it will find new ways to help local people maintain their coastal resources whilst beating... Read More about CESEA - coastal ecosystem services in east Africa.

Parasites in the deep Nov 1, 2014 - Jan 31, 2016
Parasites collected from different fish species (e.g. Barathrites iris) from the New Hebrides trench and the Kermadec trench will be identified on a morphological and molecular level.

Effects of artifical noise on marine invertebrates Oct 29, 2014 - Nov 30, 2016
To address this lack of knowledge investigating whether underwater noise, such as arising from installation and running of marine renewables, has any effects on a range of behavioural, physiological, and genetic processes, evaluating how the increasi... Read More about Effects of artifical noise on marine invertebrates.

Phd studentship (Earthwatch), Determinants Of Habitat Use By Fish In Mangroves In Kenya Apr 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2019
Mangrove for fish: understanding and enhancing the nursery function

Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates Dec 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016
The project aims to address this lack of knowledge investigating whether underwater noise, such as arising from installation and running of marine renewables, has any effects on a range of behavioural, physiological, and genetic processes, evaluating... Read More about Effects of Anthropogenic Noise Playbacks on Marine Invertebrates.

Understanding the drivers of, and threats to, carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass Nov 1, 2016 - Apr 30, 2020
Understanding the drivers of, and threats to, carbon sequestration in Scottish seagrass

Building and evaluating recorders for seabird vocalisations at nesting sites with differing degrees of human disturbance Apr 1, 2016 - Aug 31, 2017
Long-duration recorders are commercially available for week-scale terrestrial sound monitoring, but expensive and large, thus difficult to disguise in colonies. We have an active collaboration with the Soundtags group at St Andrews who have co-develo... Read More about Building and evaluating recorders for seabird vocalisations at nesting sites with differing degrees of human disturbance.

Governance for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation Dec 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2017
This research will draw on the extensive research undertaken by ESPA projects in a range of ecosystem contexts through
two main areas of work.
The first, supply-driven phase of the research will provide a comprehensive review of all ESP... Read More about Governance for ecosystem services and poverty alleviation.

Oral Infestation Challenge Jun 20, 2016 - Aug 5, 2016
Live Atlantic salmon will be experimentally infested with live anisakis simplex. The experiment will run for 35 days, and at certain sampling points, salmon will be euthanised and blood will be taken. This will then be used for cytometric analyses of... Read More about Oral Infestation Challenge.

Exploring the causes of Red Vent Syndrome in wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from coastal waters around Scotland Jul 1, 2016 - Jun 30, 2017
This research will make direct comparisons of ?13C and ?15N isotope values from muscle tissue between populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) returning to the North, East and West coasts of Scotland. This work will investigate whether returning... Read More about Exploring the causes of Red Vent Syndrome in wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from coastal waters around Scotland.

The juvenile fish fauna of a Kenyan mangrove forest: exploring new tools to understand growth and condition. Aug 1, 2016 - Dec 31, 2019
The project will work with a new PhD student who is collecting regular samples of juvenile fish from the Vanga mangrove forest in southern Kenya. The work will focus on two areas:
1) Describing the metazoan parasite fauna of the mangrove fish... Read More about The juvenile fish fauna of a Kenyan mangrove forest: exploring new tools to understand growth and condition..

Rates of desimentation in seagrass meadows Oct 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2014
Radiometric dating of seagrass sediments using short-lived isotopes

PUNGUZA HEWA KAA : PARTNERS IN CARBON Apr 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2018
Gazi Bay in southern Kenya has the potential to become a world-leading centre of excellence in the integration of ecosystem science and community development. Work there, led by scientists from Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute and Edinbu... Read More about PUNGUZA HEWA KAA : PARTNERS IN CARBON.

BES Travel Grant for PhD student Alex Kent Feb 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2017
Travel grant to allow PhD student to attend Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting/conference in Hawaii.

Effects of Combined Aquatic Noise and Chemical Pollution on Early Stage Marine Invertebrates in Different Temperature Contexts Oct 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2022
Effects of Combined Aquatic Noise and Chemical Pollution on Early Stage Marine Invertebrates in Different Temperature Contexts

Effects of aquatic noise on the European sea urchin Echinus esculentus in different temperature contexts May 1, 2017 - Feb 28, 2019
Experiment with single and combined noise and temperature stress treatments

Impacts of cliff-top walkers and boats on the nesting success of seabirds at St Abbs's Head, Scotland May 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2024
Collaboration with the National Trust for Scotland, St Abb's Head to determine the impacts of cliff-top walkers and boats on the nesting success of seabirds at St Abbs's Head, Scotland

Production of final version smartphone application and data queries for citizen science research in Brazil to improve mangrove crab fisheries management Jun 1, 2017 - May 31, 2018
Production of final version smartphone application and data queries for citizen science research in Brazil to improve mangrove crab fisheries management.

Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on the Embryogenesis of Squids, Loligo spp. Jul 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2018
Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on the Embryogenesis of Squids, Loligo spp.

Continuous Monitoring of Marine Soundscapes: Assessing Anthropogenic Noise Near Breeding Seabird Colonies Jul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2019
Continuous Monitoring of Marine Soundscapes: Assessing Anthropogenic Noise Near Breeding Seabird Colonies