Linking microbial genes to methane emissions from peatlands under water-table changes Jun 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2027
• Explore methane producing methanogens and methane consuming methanotrophs diversity
and functional genes across multiple peatland sites under water table changes and
quantitatively link it to methane fluxes.
• Study populations of methanogens an...
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Projects (22)
BlueFish Jun 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
Establishing the movements, space use and critical habitats of mobile marine species is a significant challenge in mitigating the impacts of anthropogenic activity on them. This limits the sustainable use of ocean resources while preserving marine ec...
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Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound
Herring helped to generate local income, identity, and societal change for centuries in Scotland, but their numbers on the west coast have been in decline since...
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Exploring the Relationship between Habitat Biodiversity and Donkey Welfare: A Case Study in Scotland and the North of England May 6, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
The application was written by Edinburgh Napier 4th year student Skye Kenny, in collaboration with Dr Gavin Ballantyne and partners at the University of the West of England and The Donkey Sanctuary.
The project will start before Skye graduates in...
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New funding for biodiversity conservation Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2025
The project will result in a sustainable finance stream for the community for the protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems through a certified credit-generating framework that is highly replicable. The innovation of this project will be disse...
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Tiree Tope Aug 1, 2024 - Jul 31, 2025
To install acoustic receivers off the Isle of Tiree to detect tope
DIRTT 2.0 consultancy Oct 2, 2023 - Dec 2, 2024
ENU to conduct a further survey to follow-on from our work on the first project. we were a partner on the original EU funded DIRTT project but post-Brexit were not able to participate in this follow-on project, although we are named as an associate p...
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Methane-derived carbon in urban drainage ponds: characteristics and links to riparian ecosystems Jul 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2025
Urban drainage ponds commonly have high methane production,
leading to local emissions. Dissolved methane may also act as a
carbon source for local food webs, through bacterial methane
oxidation, as has been found in other freshwaters, notably dee...
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Characterising spatial freshwater soundscapes on an urban-rural gradient Apr 3, 2023 - Sep 29, 2023
The project aims to compare existing methods with a new methodology based on sensor arrays and utilising spatial audio algorithms, which can identify which direction a particular sound comes from and attenuate sounds from other directions. It will al...
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Bundling seagrass carbon with mangroves Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
The high costs of measuring carbon stocks and increments in subtidal seagrass beds mean that fully accredited seagrass carbon projects, using current standards and protocols, are not usually financially viable. The required precision means that any m...
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Scottish Borders – European Capital of MTB Dec 1, 2023 - Dec 1, 2025
Evaluation and project support for the ‘Creating a European Capital of Mountain Biking – Scottish Borders’
UK Trails project Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025
Algumer Enzyme Protection Dec 2, 2024 - Apr 30, 2025
Solid detergents, such as laundry sheets represent an excellent way to reduce water, waste, storage and transport costs, and packaging. However the manufacturing process of the sheet involves exposure to elevated temperatures to remove the water. Thi...
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Sustainable wild seaweed Jan 1, 2025 - Jun 30, 2025
Investigating the options for the use of seaweed as an alternative source for nanocellulose production for the medical industry.
Ivermectin impacts on freshwater organisms in a variable world Oct 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2028
The overview of the research objectives is given below. There will be scope for the candidate to adapt and develop these as the project progresses and their expertise as an independent researcher grows.
1.Undertake laboratory-based toxicological ass...
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SIORC report Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
The core aim is to provide a detailed inventory of elasmobranch species in Scottish waters with a particular focus on Priority Marine Features (PMFs), alongside a thorough review of their ecology, biology and conservation status.
West of Scotland Herring Hunt (WOSHH ) 2025 Nov 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2025
WOSHH 2025 is an addition to the West of West of Scotland Herring Hunt project to allow for spring 2025 e-DNA fieldwork and data analysis.
Read more on the Scottishherring.org webpage .
CPD Introduction to Sedge Identification 2025 Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025
Open CPD course delivered online , involving up to 20 student learning hours over up to 8 weeks, introduces ecological consultants and land managers to identification of common sedges using botanical keys.
Fishy Tales Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Fishy Tales is an outdoor theatre and marine species identification event intended to engage public audiences with local marine ecology and the West of Scotland Herring Hunt (WOSHH) research project. It is funded with £10k by NERC's Growing Roots Pr...
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Fleming Fund mentorship Feb 1, 2025 - Jan 31, 2026
Mentorship of Fleming fund fellows from Malawi and Kenya