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In Memorium Professor Peter Boyle, founder of what has become the Marine & Fisheries Research Group, died on 22 April 2009. He will be greatly missed. Edward Brown, Honorary Research Assistant with this group during the 1990s, and author of three papers on diet of harbour seals in Shetland waters, was tragically killed in a road accident in April 2007. |
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| Dr Graham Pierce |
Professor of Zoology
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Life history, ecology and trophic interactions of cephalopods and marine mammals, fisheries |
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Dr Lee Hastie |
PDRA |
Cephalopod biology and fisheries |
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Dr Cristina Pita |
PDRA |
Vocational Aqualabs and Aquatnet projects |
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Research students |
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Sarah Bannon |
PhD Student |
Cetacean distribution and ecology |
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Jorge Fernandez |
PhD student |
Salmon abundance in Iceland |
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Neil Fletcher |
PhD Student |
Spatio-temporal analysis of pelagic species in the Aegean Sea in relation to environmental factors and feeding preferences |
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Emily Lambert |
PhD Student |
Whales and whalewatching |
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Antonella Preti |
PhD Student |
Comparative feeding ecology of large pelagic species |
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External postgraduate students and postdocs |
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See the ANIMATE web page for a full listing
of postgraduates based in Spain and Portugal
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| Dr Cristina Brito | FCT-funded postdoc, University of Lisbon | Trading, transporting and dealing in exotic animals and their products from 1500-1970: Their impact on European science and culture | escolademar@gmail.com |
| Gersom Costas | PhD student, University of Vigo | Exploited fish communities | gersom.costas@vi.ieo.es |
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Sabine Goetz |
PhD student, Universities of Kiel and Aveiro | Interactions between cetaceans and fisheries | |
| Angela Llavona | PhD student, University of Minho | Harbour porpoise ecology | allavonav@yahoo.es |
| Dr Ana Marçalo | FCT-funded postdoc, IPIMAR | Purse seine interactions with small cetaceans along the Portuguese continental coast | amarcalo@gmail.com |
| Paula Mendez Fernandez | PhD student, Universities of Minho and La Rochelle | Ecological tracers in cetaceans | paula.mendez_fernandez@univ-lr.fr |
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Ana Moreno |
PhD student, University of Lisbon | Cephalopod distribution and ecology | |
| Silvia Monteiro | PhD student, University of Minho | Pilot whale ecology | silvia.sm.monteiro@gmail.com |
| Julio Portela | PhD student, University of Vigo | Vulnerable marine ecosystems of the SW Atlantic | julio.portela@vi.ieo.es |
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Fiona Read |
PhD Student, University of Vigo |
Cetacean life history and interactions with fisheries |
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| Fleur Visser | PhD student, University of Amsterdam | Cetacean distribution and ecology in the Azores | fleurvisser@gmail.com |
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Honorary
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Dr Alexander Arkhipkin |
Falkland Islands Fishery Department |
Biology and assessment of resource species |
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Dr Jose Maria Bellido |
Honorary PDRA |
Cephalopod fisheries |
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Alex Edridge |
Honorary PGRA |
Diet of seals |
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Dr Ruth Fernandez |
Honorary PGRA |
Cetacean diets |
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Gema Hernandez |
Honorary PGRA |
Fish diet, monk seal diet, cetacean strandings |
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Dr Elena Ieno |
Seal diets, statistics | ||
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Dr Patricia Lastra |
Honorary PGRA |
Age determination in cetaceans |
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Dr Jennifer Learmonth |
Honorary PDRA |
Ecology of porpoises |
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Dr Colin MacLeod |
Honorary PGRA |
Cetacean ecology |
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Dr Francesca Marubini |
Honorary PDRA |
Cetacean distribution |
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Dr Sonia Mendes |
Honorary PDRA |
Indicators for climate change in migratory species |
s.mendes@abdn.ac.uk |
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Dr Elena Mente |
Honorary PDRA |
Interactions between fisheries and aquaculture |
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Dr M. Begoña Santos |
Honorary PDRA |
Diet of small cetaceans, sardine fisheries ecology |
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Dr Jianjun Wang |
Honorary PDRA |
Fisheries GIS |
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Dr Caroline Weir |
Honorary PDRA |
Cetacean ecology |
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Dr Alain Zuur |
Statistician |
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| Sansanee Wangvoralak, PhD 2011. "Life history and ecological importance of veined squid Loligo forbesii in Scottish waters". Co-supervisor: Lee Hastie |
| Joost Pompert, MSc 2011. "On the biology of two skate species Bathyraja macloviana (Norman, 1937) and Bathyraja cousseauae Díaz de Astarloa & Mabragaña, 2004 around the Falkland Islands". Co-supervisors: Alexander Arkhipkin and Paul Brickle (both Falkland Islands Fisheries Department) |
| Katie Longo, PhD 2011. "Predator prey interactions and indicators of the impact of fisheries on fish species diversity". Co-supervisors: Simon Greenstreet (FRS Marine Laboratory), Francesco Colloca (University "La Sapienza" Rome), Marie-Joëlle Rochet (IFREMER) and Dr George Tserpes (HCMR) |
| Jose Castro-Pampillon, PhD 2011. "Gestión de pesquerías mixtas de la flota española de aguas europeas atlánticas no ibéricas". Universidad de Vigo. Co-supervisor: José Manuel García Estévez (Universidad de Vigo) |
| Caroline Weir, PhD 2011."Ecology and conservation of cetaceans in the waters between Angola and the Gulf of Guinea, with focus on the Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii)". Co-supervisor: Colin MacLeod |
| Jennifer Smith Robertson, PhD 2011. "Growth investment and distribution of the squid Loligo forbesii (Cephalopoda: Loliginidae) in Northeast Atlantic Waters". Co-supervisors: Ioannis Theodossiou, Jean-Paul Robin (University of Caen) |
| Ruth Fernández García, PhD 2010. “Ecology of the bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu 1821), in Galician waters, NW Spain”, Universidad de Vigo. Co-supervisors: Begoña Santos (Instituto Español de Oceanografía), Stuart Piertney |
| Cristina Pita, PhD 2010, “The human dimension The Scottish fishing industry”. Co-supervisor: Ioannis Theodossiou (Business School, University of Aberdeen) |
| Anna Meissner, MSc 2010, “Ecology of striped dolphins in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea”. Co-supervisors: Colin MacLeod, Alexandre Gannier (Groupe de Recherche sur les Cétacés), Vincent Ridoux and Pierre Richard (both University of La Rochelle) |
| Susana García Tiscar, PhD 2010. “Interacciones entre delfines mulares (Tursiops truncatus), orcas (Orcinus orca), y pesquerías en el mar de Alborán y estrecho de Gibraltar”, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Co-supervisors: Angel Baltanás Gentil (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Begoña Santos Vazquez (Instituto Español de Oceanografía) |
| Isidora Katara, PhD 2009. “Teleconnection Patterns and Fisheries-Environment Interactions: Case-Studies from the Mediterranean”. Co-supervisors Dr Beth Scott, Dr Janine Illian and Dr Jianjun Wang |
| Maria Pan Anon, PhD 2009. "Decapod crustacean larvae in Scottish coastal plankton: Seasonal patterns, settling stages and a real-time PCR identification method". Co-supervisors: Steve Hay and Carey Cunningham (both FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Nina Baumgartner, MPhil 2009. "Distribution, diving behaviour and identification of the north Atlantic minke whale in northeast Scotland". Co-supervisors: Colin MacLeod, Kevin Robinson (Cetacean Research & Rescue Unit). |
| Michael Penston, PhD 2008. "Dynamics of planktonic larval sea louse distribution in relation to Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, farms in a Scottish sea loch". Co-supervisors: Jenny Mordue, Ian Bricknell (FRS Marine Laboratory), Ian Davies (FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Helen Drewery (neé Fraser), PhD 2008. "Do fish predators in the North Sea live beyond their means: Is prey production sufficient to meet consumption?" Co-supervisor: Dr Simon Greenstreet (FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Licia Casaretto, PhD 2008. "Spawning behaviour and acoustic repertoire of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus)". Co-supervisor: Professor Tony Hawkins (FRS Marine Laboratory/University of Aberdeen). |
| Patricia Lastra Luque, PhD, University of Vigo, 2008. "Age determination and interpretation of mineralization anomalies in teeth of small cetaceans". |
| Sarah Canning, PhD 2007. "Cetacean distribution and habitat use along the east coast of Scotland" Co-supervisor: Dr Peter Evans (University of Oxford). |
| Sonia Mendes, PhD 2007. "Foraging ecology and distribution of sperm whales in the North Atlantic ". Co-Supervisor: Dr Bill Turrell (FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Saifullah Jaaman, PhD 2006. "Marine mammal distribution and interactions with fisheries in East Malaysia". |
| Jennifer Learmonth, PhD 2006. "Life history and fatty acid analysis of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Scottish waters". Co-supervisors: Dr Begoña Santos, Dr Colin Moffat (FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Sónia Seixas, PhD, University of Lisbon, 2005. "Trace elements and pollutants in Octopus in Portuguese waters". Co-supervisor: Dr Luis Narciso. |
| Colin MacLeod, PhD 2005. "Niche partitioning, distribution and competition in North Atlantic beaked whales". Co-supervisor: Dr Begoña Santos |
| Laurence Challier, PhD, University of Caen, 2005. “Variabilité de la croissance des Céphalopodes juvéniles (Sepia officinalis, Loligo forbesi) et relation avec les fluctuations du recrutement, en Manche”. Main supervisor Dr Jean-Paul Robin (University of Caen). |
| Gabrielle Stowasser, PhD 2004. "Squid and their prey: insights from fatty acid and stable isotope analysis". Co-supervisors: Dr Martin Collins, Dr Colin Moffat (FRS Marine Laboratory). |
| Laureline Meynier, MSc 2004. "Food and feeding ecology of the common dolphin, Delphinus delphis, in the Bay of Biscay: intraspecific dietary variation and food transfer modelling". Co-supervisor Dr Vincent Ridoux (University of La Rochelle). |
| Hector Lizarraga, PhD 2003. "Factors affecting the fluctuations of the European lobster populations in Scottish coasts: Comparisons of size at maturity and fecundity of two Scottish populations of the European lobster, Homarus gammarus". Co-supervisors: Dr Ian Tuck, Nick Bailey (both FRS Marine Laboratory) |
| Alfredo López Fernandez, PhD, University of Santiago de Compostela, 2003. "Estatus dos pequenos cetaceaos da plataforma de Galicia". Co-supervisor: Dr Angel Guerra (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Vigo) |
| Jose Maria Bellido, PhD 2002. "Use of Geographic Information Systems, Spatial and Environment-based models to study ecology and fishery of the veined squid (Loligo forbesi Steenstrup 1856) in Scottish waters". |
| Nishat Chowdhury, MSc 2001. "Measuring the effects of oil spill in marine organisms: tainting of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and the response of biochemical parameters following exposure to Forties crude oil." Co-supervisor: Dr Colin Moffat (FRS Marine Laboratory) |
| Xiaohong Zheng, PhD 2001. "Analysis of cod, haddock and whiting distribution in UK waters in relation to environmental variables". Co-supervisor: Professor Ian Jolliffe (Mathematical Sciences) |
| Marianne Nyegaard MSc, Biology of the squid Alloteuthis subulata, University of Tromsø, 2001. Co-supervisor: Dr Martin Collins |
| Claire Waluda, PhD 2000. "Oceanographic influences on the Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda : Ommastrephidae) fishery, Southwest Atlantic". Co-supervisors: Dr Paul Rodhouse and Dr Phil Trathan (both British Antarctic Survey) |
| M. Begoña Santos, PhD 1998. "Feeding ecology of harbour porpoises, common and bottlenose dolphins and sperm whales in the Northeast Atlantic" Co-supervisors: Professor Peter Boyle, Dr Paul Thompson, Dr Angel Guerra Sierra (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas, Vigo) |
| Yorgos Stratoudakis, PhD 1997. "A study of fish discarded by Scottish demersal fishing vessels". Co-supervisors: Dr Robin Cook (FRS Marine Laboratory), Dr Rob Fryer (FRS Marine Laboratory), Dr George Turner |
| Jacqueline Houseman, MSc 1995. "Utilization of northeast Scottish estuaries by seals". Co-supervisor: Professor Peter Boyle. |
2011 - Katharina Sollmann (Diploma student), Dr Katie Longo (PhD student), Joost Pompert (MSc student), Dr Jose Castro Pampillon (PhD student), Diana Correia (MSc student), Anabela Gouveia (MSc student), Wezddy Del Toro (MSc student)
2010 - Dr Isidora Katara, Dr Susana Garcia Tiscar (PhD students), Anna Meissner (MSc student), Imogen German (MSc student)
2009 - Nina Baumgartner (MPhil student), Dr Maria Pan (PhD student)
2008 - Dr Virginie Lahaye (PDRA), Dr Licia Casaretto (PhD student), Dr Helen Drewery (PhD student), Jens Rasmussen (Honorary PGRA), Dr Michael Penston (PhD student), Dr Saifullah Jaaman (PhD student and Honorary PDRA)
2007 - Dr Sarah Canning (Postgraduate student), Natalia Serpetti (visiting postgraduate student), Mafalda Viana (Honorary PGRA)
2006 - Alessandra Tomasini (Honorary PGRA), Leigh Murray (student assistant), Barry Ward (MSc student)
2005 - Dr Mar Sacau (PDRA), Dr Mohammed Elzeir (PDRA), Dr Blair Johnston (PDRA), Dr Tooraj Valinassab (Honorary Research Fellow), Dr Gabrielle Stowasser (PDRA), Dr Joanne Murphy (Honorary PDRA)
2004 - Steve Hoskin (Technician), Dr Chih-Shin Chen (Honorary Research Fellow), Dr Hector Lizarraga (PhD student), Laureline Meynier (MSc student)
2003 - Laurence Challier (Marie Curie trainee), Linda Key (Technician), Dr Fiona Gowland (neé Murray) (Postgraduate student), Nicky Spencer (PGRA),
2002 - Dr Martin Collins (Lecturer)
2001 - Dr Claire Waluda (Postgraduate student), Dr Kirsty Anderson (Postgraduate student), Dr Xiaohong Zheng (Postgraduate student), Sandra Cordes (PGRA), Antony Bishop (PGRA), Eoghan Kelly (PGRA), Jamie Dyson (PGRA), Paul Whomersley (PGRA), Jackie Eggleton (PGRA), Dr Stephen Craig (Postgraduate student), Sofia Mitra (Postgraduate student), Nishat Chowdhury (Postgraduate student), Peter Haddow (Honorary RA)
2000 - Dr Aiden Emery (PDRA), Dr Heather Daly (PDRA), Mr Samuel Desormonts (Honorary RA), Ms Marianne Nyegaard (Postgraduate student), Dr Cynthia Yau (PDRA)
Last updated: 19/1/12
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Peter Boyle in Cambridge, December 2004
Peter and Ann Boyle, Cambridge, December 2004
Cambridge December 2004: Martin Collins presents Peter Boyle with a picture of Grimpoteuthis boylei. A deep sea cirrate octopus, Grimpoteuthis boylei (below), which inhabits the Porcupine abyssal plain of the North Atlantic, is named in recognition of Peter's considerable contributions to cephalopod biology.
Peter Boyle, Cambridge, December 2004
July 2007 : Begoña and Cristina at the fish market, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, during the INCOFISH WP2 meeting
May 2007: Eugenia Lefkaditou, Jianjun and Jennifer Smith in Heraklion, Crete, for the EnviEFH meeting
May 2007: Marie Curie training course in Heraklion, Crete. Top row: Graham, Fiona, Rebeca Rodriguez, Vagelis Spyrakos, Sabine Goetz, Iñigo Martinez. Middle: Jorge, Gema Martinez, Katie , Sonia Mehault, Ruth, Bego. Front row: Isidora, Ricardo Fernandes, Consuelo Hermosilla
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May 2007: Fiona, Alain Zuur, Elena Ieno, Fran Saborido (Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas), Neil Fletcher and Rebeca Rodriguez in Heraklion
December 2006: Bego and Graham at the INCOFISH workpackage 7 meeting in Lima
August 2006: Back row: Cristina, Graham, Bego, Sonia, Colin, Gema. Front row: Sarah Canning, Katie, Ruth, Isidora, Saifullah (and two of Saifullah's children) in Aberdeen just after Saifullah received his PhD.
May 2006: Alex Edridge (right) helping Martin Solan, Oceanlab, Newburgh,
December 2005: Iñigo Martinez, Bego, Sonia, Ruth, Patricia, Katie - Christmas party in Katie's flat, Aberdeen
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September 2005: Bego and Sarah at the ICES Annual Science Conference, Aberdeen
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September 2005: Patricia, Francesca and Ruth at the ICES Annual Science Conference, Aberdeen
September 2005: the Cephstock project team in Tenerife. Among the assembled multitude are Gabi, Jianjun, Graham, Ana Moreno, Sonia Seixas and Bego as well as former group members Paul Shaw and Louise Allcock
August 2005: Graham, Bego and Jianjun in Beijing ahead of the fisheries GIS conference in Shanghai.
June 2005: Group including Tooraj, Colin, Sarah Bannon, Katie, Jennifer, Cristina, Gabi and Graham, in Aberdeen
April 2005: Maria Iversen, Colin, Sarah Bannon, Sonia Mendes, Karen Stockin and Jennifer at the European Cetacean Society, La Rochelle, France.
April 2005: Jennifer and Karen, ECS, La Rochelle
April 2005: Bego, Laureline and Graham at the ECS, La Rochelle
April 2005: Bego and Graham with Mike Walton, Andrew Trites and Vincent Ridoux, after the diet workshop at the ECS in La Rochelle
January 2005: Colin and Bego with a stranded Sowerby's beaked whale, near Peterhead
October 2004: Gema at work on the rockcod project, Oceanlab, Newburgh
September 2004: Julio Portela and Mar Sacau at the ICES Annual Science Conference, Vigo, Spain
March 2004: Gema at work, Oceanlab, Newburgh
December 2004: Peter and Ann Boyle, Cambridge
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July 2004: Colin, Gema, Sonia Mendes in Aberdeen
Summer 2003: Gabi, Graham Sandra Cordes, Jianjun with Zhenghau, Xiaohong and Jing, Ann and Peter, Alicia Mosteiro, Laurence, in Aberdeen
October 2002: Graham and Ian Tuck in the Samaria Gorge, Crete; downtime before the AQCESS project meeting
September 2002: Virginie with Thierry Jauniaux and Jennifer Learmonth with Sinead Murphy and Marjan Addink, in Leiden during the BIOCET meeting
Christmas 2001: Martin Collins, Antony Bishop, Karen Stockin, Colin, Graham
Summer 2001: L-R (standing): Samuel Desormonts, Sandra Cordes, Gabi Stowasser, Marianne Nyegaard, Peter Boyle, Linda Key, Jianjun Wang; L-R (seated) Begoña Santos, Heather Daly, Graham Pierce; in the botanic gardens, Aberdeen (Photo by Brian Stewart)
September 1997: Shirley Hughes, Heather Daly and Claire Waluda before the CIAC conference in Capetown
April 1994: Graham (left) and Peter (right) with Malcolm Clark on Pico, Azores (Photo: Ann Boyle)
Spring 1993: Martin Collins, Shirley Hughes, Joanne Murphy, Graham, Teresa Borges, Bernardino Castro, Ana Moreno (seated), Linda Key, Peter during the Eurosquid meeting in Normandy, France
Spring 1991: Clara Martins (far left) and Graham with the "Eurosquid" group at Instituto de Investigaciones, Vigo, Spain
Spring 1991: Lee and Peter at Instituto de Investigacions Marinas, Vigo, Spain