• 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 ...
• A health status survey of clams, Mya arenaria and Ensis siliqua, in the Irish Sea 

  Cross, Maud E.; Lynch, Sharon A.; O'Riordan, Ruth M.; Culloty, Sarah C. (Elsevier, 2014-11-10)

  The soft shell clam, Mya arenaria, and the razor clam, Ensis siliqua, are widely distributed in Irish waters. Though the reproductive biology and other aspects of the physiology of these species has been previously ...

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