Dr Vasilis Louca
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Dr Vasilis Louca
Senior Lecturer
- About
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School of Biological Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Cruickshank Building, Room 1.10
Aberdeen AB24 3UUMemberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Personal Tutor
Member of the School of Biological Sciences retention committee
- External Memberships
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Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Biology
- Research
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Research Overview
Key Research Interests:
- Aquatic and terrestrial animal movement and emigration
- Wetland ecology
- Animal behaviour
- Drivers influencing animal community structure and biodiversity patterns
- Conservation of freshwater systems
- Global change and vector-borne diseases
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Animal Behaviour
- Ecology
- Entomology
- Marine Biology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
* Animal dispersal and networks
* Desalination impacts on the coastal environment
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Programme coordination:
Co-coordinator of the MSc programme in Environmental Science
Course coordination and teaching:
Coordination and teaching of the Summer Biology Access School
Level 1 Diversity of Life: lectures on invertebrates
Level 2 Ecology: lectures on population growth
Level 2 Conservation Biology: Lectures on PVA analysis, biodiversity, reintroductions and MPAs
Level 2 Ocean Biology: Lectures on a range of marine habitats and ecosystems, MPAs and marine adaptations
Level 2 Ecology field course: coordination and running of the field course with Cath Dennis
Level 3 Behavioural Biology: lectures on parasites, predators, foraging theory and reproduction
Level 3 Animals in captivity: lectures on the ethics of keeping fish in captivity
Level 3 animal Population Ecology: coordination (with Graham Pierce) and lectures on population growth, field sampling and estimating populations.
Level 5 Environmental pollution: lectures on freshwater pollution
Level 5 Catchment management: lectures and coordination
Level 5 Core Skills in Environmental Sciences: coordination and lectures on statistical analyses and sampling designs
- Publications
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Predicting diversity in benthic macro-scale communities associated with mussel matrices in three Pacific ecoregions
Marine Ecology, e12741Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12741
Benthic biodiversity near brine discharge sites in the Port of Rotterdam
Water Resources and Industry, vol. 27, 100173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study
Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 211, pp. 15-30Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing watermilfoil invasion effects on native macrophyte communities in North American lakes using a novel approach for macrophyte sampling
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 422, no. 1, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe multidimensionality of female mandrill sociality-A dynamic multiplex network approach
PloS ONE, vol. 15, no. 4, e0230942Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the consequences of demographic variation for female mandrills
PeerJ, vol. 7, e6332Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6332
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11914/1/peerj_6332.pdf
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Term-time Employment and Student Attainment in Higher Education
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 28-38Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCompetition for shelter occupancy between a native freshwater crab and an invasive crayfish
Aquatic Ecology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 273-278Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10452-015-9522-7
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Role of fish as predators of mosquito larvae on the floodplain of the Gambia River
Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 546-556Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1603/033.046.0320
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Do culverts impact the movements of the endangered white-clawed crayfish?
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 14, no. 17, pp. 45-57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2014029
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