A5045961147- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Marine Toxins and Detection Methods
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Neuroscience of respiration and sleep
- Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation
- Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics
Scottish Association For Marine Science
2014-2023
Marine Institute
2016
Edinburgh Napier University
2012
We present an on-line early warning system that is operational in Scottish coastal waters to minimize the risk humans and aquaculture businesses terms of human health economic impacts harmful algal blooms (HABs) their associated biotoxins. The includes both map time-series based visualization tools. A “traffic light” index approach used highlight locations at elevated HAB/biotoxin risk. High resolution mathematical modelling cell advection, combination with satellite remote sensing, provides...
Across the European Atlantic Arc (Scotland, Ireland, England, France, Spain, and Portugal) shellfish aquaculture industry is dominated by production of mussels, followed oysters clams. A range spatially temporally variable harmful algal bloom species (HABs) impact through their biotoxins that accumulate concentrate in flesh, which negatively health consumers consumption. Regulatory monitoring cells water column toxin concentrations within flesh are currently main means warning elevated...
During the summer of 2013, 70 people received Diarrhetic Shellfish Poisoning following consumption mussels harvested in Shetland Islands, Scotland. At this time, large numbers biotoxin-producing phytoplankton genus Dinophysis was observed around Islands. Analysis indicated increase not due to situ growth but coincided with a change prevalent wind direction. A previous bloom during 2006 also similar patterns. Wind direction and speed North East Atlantic Sea is strongly influenced by...
The farming of shellfish plays an important role in providing sustainable economic growth coastal, rural communities Scotland and acts as anchor industry, supporting a range ancillary jobs the processing, distribution exporting industries. Scottish Government is encouraging farmers to double their contribution by 2030. These face numerous challenges reach this goal, among which problem caused toxin-producing microplankton that can contaminate shellfish, leading harvesting site closure recall...
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) cause harm to human health or hinder sustainable use of the marine environment in Blue Economy sectors. HABs are temporally and spatially variable hence their mitigation is closely linked effective early warning. The European Union (EU) Interreg Atlantic Area project “PRIMROSE”, Predicting Risk Impact Events on Aquaculture Sector, was focused joint development HAB warning systems different regions along Area. Advancement existing forecasting requires tools,...
Diarrhetic shellfish toxins produced by the dinoflagellate genus Dinophysis are a major problem for industry worldwide. Separate species of have been associated with production different analogues okadaic acid group toxins. To evaluate spatial and temporal variability in important shellfish-harvesting region Scottish west coast, we analysed data collected from 1996 to 2017 two contrasting locations: Loch Ewe Clyde Sea. Seasonal studies were also undertaken, both 2001 2002, 2015. acuminata...
Tett, P., B. Valcic, T. Potts, C. Whyte, F. Culhane and Fernandes 2012. Mussels yachts in Loch Fyne, Scotland: a case study of the science-policy interface. Ecology Society 17(3): 16. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04995-170316
Spring phytoplankton blooms are important events in Shelf Sea pelagic systems as the increase carbon production results increased food availability for higher trophic levels and export of to deeper waters sea-floor. It is usually accepted that abundance followed by an plankton respiration. However, this expectation derived from field studies with a low temporal sampling resolution (5–15 days). In study we have measured time course abundance, gross primary production, community respiration,...
Microplankton plays a vital part in marine ecosystems, and its importance has been recognized by the inclusion of microplankton community composition regulatory frameworks such as European Water Framework Directive Marine Strategy an indicator ecological status. Quantitative techniques are therefore required to assess environmental status water body. Here we demonstrate use method known index PI(mp) evaluate changes west coast Scottish Sea Loch Creran. this fjord studied since 1970s,...
A particle tracking model is described and used to explore the role of advection as source harmful algal blooms that impact Shetland Islands, where much Scotland's aquaculture located. The movement particles, representing cells, was modelled using surface velocities obtained from 1.5 km resolution Atlantic Margin Model AMM15. Following validation performance against drifter tracks, results recreate previously hypothesised onshore cells west archipelago during 2006 2013, when exceptional...