MSc Aquaculture and the Environment

Class of 2006 (from left: Eleanor Kennedy, Michael Hickman, Katie Clements and Jon Buckley)

Dissertation titles from 2006

Eleanor Kennedy            Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Garcia de Leaniz

                                   Co-Supervisor: Dr. John Taylor (Environment Agency Wales)

                                   Mark Awarded: Distinction

An experimental approach to the culture of the endangered freshwater pearl mussel (Margaretifera margaretifera L.): Nutritional and environmental requirements of adult and juvenile mussels for conservation and restoration purposes.

Jonathan Buckley             Supervisor: Prof. Andrew Rowley

                                     Co-Supervisor: Dr. Robin Shields (Aquaculture Wales)

                                     Mark Awarded: Distinction

Intestinal morphometrics and blood chemistry of cod (Gadus morhua) fed protein-supplemented diets.

Katie Clements                Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Garcia de Leaniz

                                     Co-Supervisor: Dr. Ruth Callaway

                                     Mark Awarded: Distinction

An experimental assessment of growth and mortality of the edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) in the Burry Inlet (South Wales): density-dependant effects and implications for aquaculture-based fisheries.

Michael Hickman                Supervisor: Dr. Carlos Garcia de Leaniz

                                       Co-Supervisor: Dr. John Taylor (Environment Agency Wales)

                                       Mark Awarded: Distinction

Behavioural responses to hatchery-reared juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) to chemical cues of a top mammalian predator, the European otter (Lutra lutra): possibilities for improving salmonid stock enhancement.