A5040982179- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Marine and fisheries research
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
- Aeolian processes and effects
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies
Environmental Protection Agency
2014-2024
Dundalk Institute of Technology
2022
Nottingham Trent University
2019
Georgia College & State University
2016
Environmental Protection Agency
2015
Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway
1999-2006
National University of Ireland
1999-2006
University of Connecticut
1999
Abstract Seagrass meadows, key ecosystems supporting fisheries, carbon sequestration and coastal protection, are globally threatened. In Europe, loss recovery of seagrasses reported, but the changes in extent density at continental scale remain unclear. Here we collate assessments from 1869 to 2016 show that 1/3 European seagrass area was lost due disease, deteriorated water quality, development, with losses peaking 1970s 1980s. Since then, rates slowed down for most species fast-growing...
Societal Impact Statement Seagrass ecosystems are of fundamental importance to our planet and wellbeing. Seagrasses marine flowering plants, which engineer that provide a multitude ecosystem services, for example, blue foods carbon sequestration. have largely been degraded across much their global range. There is now increasing interest in the conservation restoration these systems, particularly context climate emergency biodiversity crisis. The collation 100 questions from experts Europe...
Enrichment of nutrients and metals in seawater associated with anthropogenic activities can threaten aquatic ecosystems. Consequently, nutrient metal concentrations are parameters used to define water quality. The European Union's Water Framework Directive (WFD) goes further than a contaminant-based approach utilises indices assess the Ecological Status (ES) transitional bodies (e.g. estuaries lagoons). One assessment is based upon abundance opportunistic Ulva species, as an indication...
Graphical Abstract Overall research workflow showing data types, study area, model development and biomass results.
Grateloupia is one of the most taxonomically complex genera Cryptonemiales. Of four species reported to occur in Ireland and Britain, only G. filicina (J.V. Lamouroux) C. Agardh dichotoma J. are considered as native, with var. luxurians A. Gepp & E.S. doryphora (Montagne) Howe thought be recent introductions. Sequence data from plastid-encoded rbcL gene have been used assist clarifying taxonomic position these other members Halymeniaceae Ireland, Britain neighbouring coasts. Molecular...
Increased nutrient delivery to estuarine systems results in elevated growth of primary producers. This is evidenced by high chlorophyll concentrations and increased frequency phytoplankton blooms. However, shifts loads ecosystems can also cause modifications the structure communities which have adverse impacts right through food web. Acknowledging these imperative if response mechanisms are be fully understood. In this study Ireland's current Water Framework Directive (WFD) tool for...
Golden seaweed tides are a global environmental and social problem, that have been occurring along Ireland's eastern coastline since the 1990s. This study focused on analysing spatiotemporal dynamics of golden (Ectocarpus siliculosus) coverage at Dollymount Strand in Dublin Bay (Ireland), between 2016 2022, its relationship with meteorological conditions. Hyperspectral measurements field Sentinel-2 imagery were utilized to monitor macroalgal blooms resolution 10 m minimum costs. The...
Vegetative and reproductive growth of individually marked plants the brown alga Himanthalia elongata was monitored over 2·5 years at two sites with different wave exposures on Irish west coast. Macro-recruits were first visible to unaided eye in February/March. About 65% all buttons produced receptacles during autumn same year, whereas others remained sterile. Growth started between late August November, when vegetative 9–14 months old, but no further became after December. At both sites,...
R.J. Wilkes, L. McIvor and M.D. Guiry. 2006. Vegetative morphology rbcL phylogeny of some members the genera Botryocladia Irvinea (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta). Phycologia 45: 481–494. DOI: 10.2216/05-11.1Botryocladia is a genus marine red algae (Rhodophyta) generally found in tropical, subtropical warm temperate seas. There are currently 35 described species, but taxonomic status many these remains confused. Recently, was split into two genera, with new genus, Irvinea, based on morphological...