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SBS Bursary Masters MSc/MRes Application Form 2016-17
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Description of planned project (summary of the key research questions, desired outcomes, not
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MSc/MRes project titles offered in 2015-16
SUPERVISOR/S
Professor David
Burslem
Dr Tara Marshall
Professor Adam
Price
PROJECT TITLE
Effect of spatial pattern on pollination and fruit production of tropical trees
1. Real-time mapping of hotspots of fish distribution as a by-catch reduction tool (co-supervisor
Thomas Cornulier)
2. Has the implementation of Harvest Control Rules (HCR) improved fisheries management in
Europe?
3. Climate change impacts on growth efficiency of marine fish
1. Why do growing conditions vary mycorrhizal colonisation rates in some rice cultivars and not
others? (co-supervisor Roshi Shrestha)
2. The role of ethylene in rice (co-supervisor Nick Morley)
Professor Stuart
Piertney
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
Professor David Burslem
Dr Tara Marshall
Professor Adam Price
Professor Stuart Piertney
DNA barcoding of marine invertebrates
Dr Andrew Cameron
Relationship between climatic factors and the incidence of radial-longitudinal stress fractures in tree
stems
Dr Andrew Cameron
Dr Helen Dooley
Studying shark immune genes
Dr Beth Scott
Dr Davd Lusseau
1. Developing classification techniques for acoustic targets in marine renewable energy sites
2. Detection and classifcation ofseabird dives from acoustic datasets
1. Abundance estimate and indivdual residency pattern of bottlenose dolphin at Aberdeen Harbour
2. Socioecological system models of coral reef tourism governance
3. Behvioural physiology of yellowfin tuna
Dr Helen Dooley
Dr Beth Scott
Dr David Lusseau
SUPERVISOR/S
Dr Gareth Norton
Professor Grame
Paton
PROJECT TITLE
1. Genetic variation for salinity and drought tolerance in rice
2. Arsenic and rice
1. Quantitative environmental risk assessment of area impacted by former mining operations
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WEBPAGE
Dr Gareth Norton
2. Deployment of a P and N responsive set of bacterial biosensors to quatify bioavailable nutrient
fluxes in agricultural land
Professor Graeme Paton
3. Application of sustainable water treatment technologies for metal impacted water sources
4. Nanoparticle-driven recovery of phosphate from industrial wastewaters
1. Distribution and population dynamics of Littorina littorea on the Aberdeenshire coast
Dr Andy Yule
2. The distribution of barnacle larvae in the water column form Peterhead to the Firth of Forth and
the spread of Elminius modestus Darwin
Dr Andy Yule
3. River Ugie. Two projects available
1. Susceptibility and recovery of the brown alga Ectocarpus to/from freeze injury; implications to its
capacity to colonise the warming Arctic
Professor Frithjof
Kuepper
2. Halometabolites survey in large brown algae
Professor Frithjof Kuepper
3. Natural products of the invasive sea cucumber Synaptula reciprocans Project 1
4. Natural products of the invasive sea cucumber Synaptula reciprocans Project 2
Helen Wade (MSS) &
Dr Beth Scott (UOA)
Professor Sam
Martin & Dr Enrique
Identification of human-induced pressures on a Scottish black-legged kittiwake population during
the non-breeding season
Dr Beth Scott
Professor Sam Martin
Growth rate of Norwegian corkwing wrasse (Symphodus melops) during larvae and juveniles stages
SUPERVISOR/S
Blanco Gonzalez
(University of Agder)
Professor Graham
Pierce & Jean-Pierre
Lacaze (MSS)
Dr Clare Trinder
Professor David
Johnson & Dr
Mathilde Chomel
Professor David
Johnson & Dr Sabine
Both
Professor David
Johnson & Dr Jen
Walker
Professor David
Johnson & Dr Ben
Jackson
Dr Jacqueline
Tweddle (UoA), R
O'Hara Murray (MSS)
& Dr Beth Scott
(UoA)
Professor Steve
Redpath
Prof Paul Thompson,
Dr Julien Martin & Dr
Barbara Cheney
PROJECT TITLE
Long term trends in diet and mortality of Moray Firth harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena)
related to prey abundance: insights from stable isotope analysis
Temporal dynamics of plant neighbour interactions
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WEBPAGE
Professor Graham Pierce
Dr Clare Trinder
The impact of plant diversity and drought on soil food webs
How does being eaten by herbivores affect how plants distribute carbon and acquire nutrients?
Professor David Johnson
What is the advantage of being a specialist ?
Love thy neighbour….Do some plant species promote productivity of neighbours by mobilising soil
nutrients?
Dr Jacqueline Tweddle
Exploring processes driving biological variability over the Scottish east coast banks
Using camera traps to investigate the relationships between snow leopards, wild ungulates and
livestock
Professor Steven Redpath
Assessing the potential for photogrammetric assessments of pregnancy rates in free-living harbour
seals and bottlenose dolphins
Professor Paul Thompson
SUPERVISOR/S
Professor Paul
Thompson & Dr Isla
Graham
PROJECT TITLE
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WEBPAGE
1. Foraging distribution of GPS-tagged harbour seals in relation to offshore wind farm developments
in the Moray Firth
2. Acoustic characterisation of spatio-temporal patterns of occurrence in coastal bottlenose dolphins
Professor Paul
Thompson
Professor Michelle
Pinard & Dr Amanda
Wilson
Prof Xavier Lambin &
Dr Jabi Zabala (Marie
Curie Fellow)
Prof Xavier Lambin,
William Morgan &
Ewan McHenry
Professor Xavier
Lambin & Rupert
Houghton
Professor Xavier
Lambin
Andronikos Kafas
(MSS) & Dr Beth
Scott (UoA)
Andronikos Kafas
(MSS) & Dr Beth
Scott (UoA)
Using time-lapse photography and GLS tracking to explore how wind patterns influence foraging
patterns in northern fulmars
Professor Michelle Pinard
Roosting patterns and preferences of the Soprand and Common Pipistrelle Bats in Scotland
Consequences of double brooding in Barn owls (Tyto Alba) for adults and nestlings
Quantifying the recovery of an endangered species: Impact of variable mink control and distance to
remnant populations
Professor Xavier Lambin
Understanding the impacts of density on the vital rates of a problematic invasive species, the signal
crayfish
Making the most of field data: Estimating weasel abundance detected from spatially explicit absence
data
Combining on-board Fishing Plotter System and Vessel Monitoring System data to improve
representation of the use of marine space by commercial fisheries to support strategic planning for
offshore renewable energy developments and marine spatial planning
Mapping the spatial distribution of the Scottish small-scale (<15m) fishing activity based on
Automatic Identification System (AIS) Data
Dr Beth Scott
SUPERVISOR/S
Prof Norval Strachan
& Prof Kenneth
Forbes
Dr Tyler Stevenson
Dr Leslie Noble
Prof Liz Baggs & Dr
Nick Morley
PROJECT TITLE
Applying molecular epidemiology, microbiology and risk assessment to understand the emergence
and burden of gastrotestinal diseases
Biological rhythms in epigenetic plasticity: how cycles in enzyme expression governs animal
physiology and behaviour
Connectivity and sociality in basking sharks
1. The use of stable isotopes to identify the source of nitrous oxide emissions from an imidacloprid
treated soil
2. Nitrate reduction coupled with sulphide oxidation in soils
Dr Louise Page
Dr Pierre Bize & Dr
Julien Martin
Dr Pierre Bize & Dr
Sharon Mitchell
Dr Lesley Lancaster
Management of Gight Wood (Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve)
1. Linking individual variation in ageing rates to early growth conditions in a long-lived bird, the
Alpine swift
2. Phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a long lived bird, the Alpine swift
Is interaction between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes an important selective force of
speciation?
1. Effect of winter diapause duration on adult performance in damselflies
Prof Ursula Witte
Professor Norval Strachan
Dr Tyler Stevenson
Dr Leslie Noble
Profesor Elizabeth Baggs
Dr Louise Page
Dr Julien Martin
Dr Pierre Bize
2. Thermal modification of river environments imposed by dams, and effects on thermal tolerances
of larval and adult semi-aquatic insects
3. Thermal niche partitioning of Scottish or Swedish damselflies
Dr Lesley Lancaster
& Dr David O'Brien
(SNH)
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WEBPAGE
Dr Lesley Lancaster
Effects of wind farms on reptile abundance and behaviour
1. Influence of climate change on arctic benthic ecosystem functioning
2. The natural capacity for oil degradation in North Sea/ North Atlantic marine ecosystems and
influence of dispersants
Professor Ursula Witte
SUPERVISOR/S
PROJECT TITLE
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
3. Transport and fate of petroleum hydrocarbons in coastal marine sediments and influence of
dispersants
4. Identification and application of biosurfactants for use in marine oil spill remediation
Dr Julien Martin
Dr Martin Barker
Dr Martin Barker &
Dr Julien Martin
Dr Vasilis Louca
Ontogeny variation of body variance in yellow-bellied marmots
Spatial and temporal aspects of phenological events in the UK: evidence of climatie change on
plant/animal species
Dr Julien Martin
Dr Martin Barker
Spatial and temporal aspects of tar spot dispersal in sycemore trees: a 3D analysis using drones
1. Impact of predatory cues on life history patterns in Triops longicaudatus
2. Patterns of freshwater pond diversity across Europe
Dr Vasilis Louca
3. Influence of water nutrient levels to mosquito oviposition site selection
1. Identifying the reservoir community for Leptospira in Madagascar
Dr Sandra Telfer
Professor Chris
Secombes
Dr Cath Jones
Dr Sarah Woodin &
Dr James Speed
(NTNU Trondheim)
Dr Sandra Telfer
2. Spatial and temporal patterns in the abundance of plague hosts and vectors in Madagascar
1. Greater Amberjack immune responses
Professor Chris Secombes
2. Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD) in rainbow trout
Stock structure and connectivity in endangered porbeagle sharks
Dr Cath Jones
Dr Sarah Woodin
Effects of moose browsing on soil carbon stocks in Norwegian forests
SUPERVISOR/S
Dr Sarah Woodin &
Prof Graeme Paton
Dr Sarah Woodin &
Graham Sullivan
(SNH Uplands
Officer)
Dr Sarah Woodin &
Mark Young
(Butterfly
Conservation)
Dr Sarah Woodin &
Dr Andrew Cameron
with SNH
Dr Sarah Woodin
PROJECT TITLE
Effects of P availability on ecosystem C sequestration
Classification of alpine and sub-alpine heaths
The relationship between grazing, changing vegetation and the population of a rare burnet moth.
Juniper health and climate change in Perthshire
Trends in moss tissue N and N:P ratio in repsone to changing atmospheric nitrogen deposition
Dr Paul Fernandes &
Joshua Lawrence
Understanding the distribution of blue whales off the southern coast of Sri Lanka: conflicts with a
shipping lane
Dr Paul Fernandes &
Joshua Lawrence
Determining fish distributions in the Clyde.
Dr Paul Fernandes &
Dr Alan Baudron
Zonal allocation in hake
Dr Paul Fernandes &
Dr Alan Baudron
Dr Paul Fernandes &
Kaj Dworski
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
Dr Paul Fernandes
Modelling fishery economics in the west of Scotland
Target strength of fish and squid
Dr Thomas Cornulier
Dr Thomas Cornulier
Bat poulation dynamics & conservation: a trait-space approach
Are scattered breeders important for seabird demography?
Dr Thomas Cornulier
SUPERVISOR/S
PROJECT TITLE
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
Dr Thomas Cornulier
Fluctuating asymmetry in birds: is it all environmental stress?
Prof Paul Hallett
Prof Paul Hallett
Prof Paul Hallett &
Prof David Johnson
Prof Paul Hallett &
Prof Adam Price
Prof Pete Smith/Jo
Smith (UoA),
Rebekka Artz,
Jagadeesh Yeluripati
(JHI) & Mike Perks
(Forest Research)
Prof Pete Smith & Dr
Matthias Kuhnert
Organic resources to retain water in Ethiopia's fragile soils
Soil water transport changes driven by plant roots
Soil physical engineering by different fungi species
Do deep rooting rice lines root deep in physically constrained soils?
Assessing the carbon balance of windfarms in Scotland
Professor Pete Smith
Greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint and mititgation potential of European meals.
Prof Pete Smith & Dr
Matthias Kuhnert
Impact of climate change and extreme events on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation
options for paddy fields in Europe
Prof Pete Smith & Dr
Matthias Kuhnert
Professor Jo Smith
Land use change as adaption to food insecurity in Europe
Desk study of organic waste use in Halaba District, Ethiopia
Prof Pete Smith & Dr
Astley Hastings
Professor Paul Hallett
Using precision agronomy techniques to optimize water use
Professor Jo Smith
Professor Pete Smith
SUPERVISOR/S
Prof Pete Smith & Dr
Astley Hastings
Dr Diana Feliciano
Dr Diana Feliciano
PROJECT TITLE
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
Parameterizing an existing crop growth model for new bio-energy feedstocks such as short rotation
coppice willow, poplar and eucalyptus
Risks and opportunities for North East Scotland's farmers under a changing climate
Dr Diana Feliciano
Linking mitigation and adaption practices in agriculture - a win win response to climate change
Dr Astley Hastings
Potential for Carbon Capture and Storage in the UK
Dr Astley Hastings
Dr Astley Hastings
Dr Astley Hastings &
Dr Diana Feliciano
Investigating the impact or changing from petrol/diesel cars to electrical on the environment: the
case of Scotland
Dr Astley Hastings
UK food security: could the UK feed itselft with its land resources and how would that impact
domestic greenhouse gas emissions
Barriers and Opportunities for carbon capture and storage in the North East of Scotland
Molecular epidemiological probes for protozoan parasites of mammals and amphibia. Two potential
projects
Dr Jeremy Sternberg
Project 1) Trichomonads in mice
Dr Jeremy Sternberg
Project 2) Ciliates in amphibia
Dr Lynda Blackadder
(MSS) & Dr Philip
Smith (UoA)
Dr Alan Bowman
Dr Philip Smith
Mortality of king scallops (Pecten maximus) in Scottish waters
Threats of infection from honey bees to bumble bees
Dr Alan Bowman
SUPERVISOR/S
PROJECT TITLE
Dr Philip Smith
LINK TO STAFF
WEBPAGE
Dr Philip Smith
Spatial analysis of fishing effort and landings in a Norway lobster creel fishery
Dr Hugh Galbraith &
Dr Alan Bowman
Prof Michelle Pinard
& Professor David
Burslem
Professor Michelle
Pinard & Professor
David Burslem
Dr Hugh Galbraith
Being Red Deer - matching husbandry with growth and nutritional biology
Opportunities for small woodland management by communities in Scotland
Restoration of native species in a small community woodland
Professor Michelle Pinard