Dr A Douglas, Prof S Piertney, Dr W G Sanderson, Dr I Matejusova
Application Deadline:
4 March 2019
European oyster (Ostrea edulis) beds were once extensive and wide-spread but are now rare and threatened biodiversity hot-spots. They are important nursery and foraging habitats for many fish and invertebrates and also act to stabilise the seabed and prevent coastal erosion.
In the North Sea, spatial patterns in biodiversity have been identified for demersal fish, epibenthic invertebrates and infauna. For the fish community, species richness exhibits peaks the northern North Sea and in Scottish waters (Reiss et al.
Highlights. This fully-funded PhD project provides an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated student to utilise an outstanding 60-year dataset to quantify how compositions of migrant bird assemblages have changed over time, thereby addressing questions at the forefront of biodiversity research.
1. Background to the project. Scottish people living further from key healthcare facilities have less chance of prompt cancer diagnosis and poorer cancer survival than those living closer-by[1].
Urbanisation is one of the major global drivers of land use change, and sustainably managing urban water is one of the key environmental challenges of the 21st Century.
Technology development and R&D within the petroleum sector has often been a result of response to demands and competition, tailored to specific needs without wider implications.
1. Background to the project. Scottish people living further from key healthcare facilities have less chance of prompt cancer diagnosis and poorer cancer survival than those living closer-by[1].
