A5061736429- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
- Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Heavy metals in environment
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and environmental studies
- thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses
- Smart Parking Systems Research
Heriot-Watt University
2014-2025
University College Cork
2002-2007
National University of Ireland
2007
Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland
2006
Environmental Research Institute
2005
National Oceanography Centre
2000-2001
University of Southampton
2001
University of Vienna
1999
Agence internationale de l'énergie
1998
To assess the risk of all nanomaterials (NMs) on a case-by-case basis is challenging in terms financial, ethical and time resources. Instead more intelligent approach to knowledge gain assessment required. A framework future research priorities was developed from accorded opinion experts covering major stake holder groups (government, industry, academia, funders NGOs). It recognises stresses topics physicochemical characterisation, exposure identification, hazard identification modelling...
There is an urgent need to understand how organisms respond multiple, potentially interacting drivers in today's world. The effects of the pollutants anthropogenic sound (pile driving playbacks) and waterborne cadmium were investigated across multiple levels biology larval juvenile Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus under controlled laboratory conditions. combination pile playbacks (170 dBpk-pk re 1 μPa) combined synergistically at concentrations >9.62 μg[Cd] L-1 resulting increased...
The increasing use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) as a biocidal agent and their potential accumulation in sediments may threaten non-target natural environmental bacterial communities. In this study microcosm approach was established to investigate the effects well characterized OECD AgNPs (NM-300) on function community inhabiting marine estuarine (salinity 31‰). results showed that single pulse NM-300 (1 mg L−1) led sediment concentrations below 6 Ag kg−1 dry weight inhibited utilization...
Abstract The alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) or Comet assay was employed to test the potential of surficial sediment collected from Cork Harbor, Ireland, induce DNA damage in turbot ( Scophthalmus maximus L.) a laboratory exposure experiment. Turbot were exposed for 21 days field‐collected Harbor and relatively clean reference site at Ballymacoda sampled 0, 7, 14, days. As positive control experiment, subsample cadmium chloride‐spiked seawater. analysis performed on...
Scarce information is available regarding the fate and toxicology of engineered silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in marine environment, especially when compared to other environmental compartments. Hence, antibacterial activity NM-300 AgNPs (OECD programme) a household product containing colloidal (Mesosilver) was investigated using bacteria, pure cultures natural mixed populations (microcosm approach). Bacterial susceptibility species-specific, with Gram negative bacteria being more resistant...
The composition, abundance and distribution of macroplastics (MAPs) microplastics (MPs) in the Vinces Los Tintos rivers were determined three sites (Pueblo Nuevo, Santa Marianita, Tintos) from low basin coastal province Guayas, Ecuador. MAPS recorded by visual census, covering a total distance 140 m, MPs extracted intertidal sediments via density separation using saturated NaCl solution, these counted stereomicroscope. A 940 plastic items identified. predominant debris was with 85.2%,...