• Impacts, fate and trophic transfer of microplastics in the freshwater environment 

  Mateos-Cárdenas, Alicia (University College Cork, 2020-08-31)

  Microplastics (1–1000 μm) are now ubiquitous in all environments, including freshwater systems. Plastics of different sizes and shapes have been reported to be present in river and lake samples from the water column and ...
• The taphonomy of vertebrate melanosomes 

  Rossi, Valentina (University College Cork, 2020-08-31)

  The field of fossil colour is emerging rapidly as a new focus of palaeobiological research. Evidence of melanosomes, micron-sized organelles containing melanin, found in skin, feathers and hair of exceptionally preserved ...
• Environmental drivers of spatiotemporal variation in the movement, performance, and genetic structure of brown trout and Atlantic salmon 

  Finlay, Ross (University College Cork, 2020-05)

  Environmental conditions vary spatially and temporally, providing organisms with both challenges and opportunities. Animals have evolved a spectacular variety of migratory behaviours to take advantage of environmental ...
• Improving the sustainability of aquaculture: investigating novel experimental concepts and techniques 

  Gunning, Daryl (University College Cork, 2017)

  The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate novel concepts and techniques that have the potential to improve the sustainability of the marine aquaculture industry. The focus of the research described here is on novel ...
• Plant communities along Irish roads: the impact of humans and potential to improve biodiversity 

  Thompson, Rosalyn (University College Cork, 2019)

  The vegetation, soil nutrients and soil seed banks of road verges (located along a national road scheme in the south of the Republic of Ireland) were examined along with their adjacent fields plus reference points in the ...

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