• Variation in parasitism of intertidal invertebrates, with a focus on trematodes on the southwest of Ireland 

  Geraghty, Amy-Ciara (University College Cork, 2018)

  Parasites are ubiquitous in marine ecosystems, are sensitive to a range of environmental conditions, share characteristics of traditional bioindicators, and can be indicators of environmental stress. To investigate the ...
• Understanding host, pathogen, environment dynamics in the marine environment with a particular focus on the Pacific oyster crassostrea gigas and its pathogens 

  O'Reilly, Amy (University College Cork, 2018)

  This study was undertaken to investigate viral and bacterial infections in Pacific oysters in Ireland. In recent years, ostreid herpes virus-1 (OsHV-1) and variants, in particular OsHV-1 microVar (OsHV-1 µVar), and bacteria ...
• Selection and phylogenetics of salmonid MHC class I: wild brown trout (Salmo trutta) differ from a non-native introduced strain 

  O'Farrell, Brian; Benzie, John A. H.; McGinnity, Philip; de Eyto, Elvira; Dillane, Eileen; Coughlan, James; Cross, Thomas F. (Public Library of Science, 2013)

  We tested how variation at a gene of adaptive importance, MHC class I (UBA), in a wild, endemic Salmo trutta population compared to that in both a previously studied non-native S. trutta population and a co-habiting Salmo ...
• Future oceanic warming and acidification alter immune response and disease status in a commercial shellfish species, Mytilus edulis L. 

  Mackenzie, Clara L.; Lynch, Sharon A.; Culloty, Sarah C.; Malham, Shelagh K. (Public Library of Science, 2014)

  Increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide are leading to physical changes in marine environments including parallel decreases in ocean pH and increases in seawater temperature. This study examined the impacts of a six month ...
• Where the lake meets the sea: strong reproductive isolation is associated with adaptive divergence between lake resident and anadromous three-spined sticklebacks 

  Ravinet, Mark; Hynes, Rosaleen; Poole, Russell; Cross, Thomas F.; McGinnity, Philip; Harrod, Chris; Prodhl, Paulo A. (Public Library of Science, 2015)

  Contact zones between divergent forms of the same species are often characterised by high levels of phenotypic diversity over small geographic distances. What processes are involved in generating such high phenotypic ...

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