Current Projects

The following projects are currently being carried out by the Marine Ecosystem-Dynamics Research Group:

• Building expertise to assess MPA effects: does Whitby prohibited trawling area provide protection for finfish? (2010-11) Marine & Fisheries Agency, Fisheries Challenge Fund
• Methodologies for assessing spatial and habitat differences in benthic macroconsumer biodiversity (2010-11) Marine & Fisheries Agency, Fisheries Challenge Fund
• Future of reefs in a changing environment: an ecosystem approach to managing Caribbean coral reefs in the face of climate change (FORCE)(2010-2014), EU FP7
• Chemosynthetically-driven ecosystems south of the Polar Front (2009-12) Natural Environment Research Council
• Abundances of mobile fish in small marine protected areas (2008-09) Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
  

Previous Projects

• C & N stable isotope analyses of bone collagen for description of fish trophodynmaics (2008) CEFAS
• Defining the Northumberland lobster fishery (2008) UK Department of Food, Environment & Rural Affairs/Northumberland Sea Fisheries Committee
• Developing indicators of MPA effectiveness: finfish diversity, size and abundance in the Yorkshire prohibited trawl areas (2008) UK Department of Food, Environment & Rural Affairs/North Eastern Sea Fisheries Committee
• Marine Protected Areas: a review of lessons learned (2005) UK Department of Food, Environment & Rural Affairs
• Impacts of coral bleaching on coral reef fish community structure (2004-08), Leverhulme Trust
• Integrating multiple demands on coastal zones with emphasis on ecosystems and fisheries [Incofish, WP on MPAs on continental shelves] (2004-2007) EU INCO Programme
• Future of aquatic ecosystems: meeting (2001) Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Geneva
• Impacts of fishing on coral reef populations (2003) Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council, Hawaii
• Fishing effects on North Sea fish assemblages: stable isotope analysis (2000-2001) Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences, Lowestoft
• Environmental assessment of the grounding of the MV Nol Shedar (2000) Thomas Miller UK P&I Club, London
• Ecology of no-trawl areas on the Yorkshire coast (1999-2001), Department of Marine Sciences and Faculty of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, University of Newcastle
• Future of aquatic ecosystems: feasibility study (1999-2000) Foundation for Environmental Conservation, Geneva
• Fishing effects on North Sea invertebrates: stable isotope analysis (1999-2000) Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Sciences, Lowestoft
• Fish as predators and fishing effects on pristine marine communities (1998-2001) Fisheries Society of the British Isles
• Alternative states in species-diverse marine benthic communities (1998-2001) UK Natural Environment Research Council
• Ecological effects of protection in Mediterranean marine reserves (1998-2000) CEC MAST Programme
• Ecological and social impacts in planning Caribbean marine reserves (1997-1999) UK Overseas Development Administration, Natural Resources Systems Programme, Land/Water Interface Portfolio
• Placing fisheries in their ecosystem context (1997-2000) CEC INCO Programme
• Planktivorous fishes: links between the littoral and the pelagic (1996-1999) Fisheries Society of the British Isles
• The performance of customary marine tenure in the management of community fishery resources in Melanesia (1996-1999) UK Overseas Development Administration, Fish Management Science Programme
• Environmental impact assessment of the grounding of the MV Kapitan Kissa in the Straits of Tiran (1996) Thomas Miller UK P&I Club, London
• Fish-diversity impacts of predator depletion by fishing in Fiji (1995-96) UK Natural Environment Research Council
• Environmental impact assessment of the grounding of the MV Okha in the Straits of Tiran (1994) Thomas Miller UK P&I Club, London
• Environmental benefit from salving the MV Nicol (1994) Holmes Hardingham for Newcastle P&I Club
• Status of reef fish communities and fisheries in the Chagos Archipelago (1994) UK Overseas Development Administration through MRAG Ltd
• Ecological assessment of reef and diving-tourism impact of the Baltiskiye Zori (1994) Thomas Miller UK P&I Club, London
• Carbon and nitrogen sources for fish production on coral reefs (1993-1995) UK Natural Environment Research Council
• Multi-species effects of reef-fishing in the Indo-Pacific (1992-1995) UK Overseas Development Administration, Fish Management Science Programme
• Attitudes of Northumbrian fishermen to fisheries management (1992) Commission of the European Communities DG XIV, Brussels