Marine Sciences Research Topics
Our research spans the whole range from organismal studies to large-scale processes and management procedures, but it can be viewed as being in two broad areas, namely Marine Organisms and Ecosystem Research, and Coastal Processes and Management. We warmly welcome enquiries about our active research programme.
Enquiries: Prof Tony Clare
E-mail: a.s.clare@ncl.ac.uk
Marine Organisms and Ecosystem Research
- Gamete maturation and fertilization biology of marine invertebrates (Prof M G Bentley).
- Chemical/physiological ecology of marine invertebrates (Prof A S Clare).
- Reef ecology, especially trophodynamics, the structure and dynamics of marine food webs generally (Prof N V C Polunin).
Relevant recent research-degree projects
- Pyrolysis mass spectrometry - a new tool for marine biology?
- Detection of oxidative protein damage in marine invertebrates.
- Stable isotope analysis of marine food webs.
- Algal-grazer dynamics on degraded and undegraded Caribbean reefs.
- Modulators of invertebrate larval settlement.
Coastal Processes and Management
- Effects of fishing and marine protected areas on benthic communities (Prof N V C Polunin).
- Air-sea exchange of biogases, element cycling in oceans, gaseous tracer technology (Prof R Upstill-Goddard).
Relevant recent research-degree projects
- Coral reef remote sensing and coral bleaching.
- Framework for coastal management as a tool for sustainable development.
- Methane in coastal environments and molecular investigations of microbial populations.