2013 Programme

Day 1: Tuesday 27^th August 2013

9.00-9.30       Coffee and Registration

9.30-9.35       Opening by Prof David Paterson – MASTS Executive Director

9.35-10.05     Invited Keynote Speaker in memoriam of Prof Carlo Heip: Dr Tasman Crowe,   University College     Dublin – “Impacts of multiple stressors on marine organisms and ecosystems: experimental tests in the lab and the field”10.05-11.00: MRT Leader and Forum Convenor Highlights

11.00-11.30   Coffee

11.30-12.30     MASTS Science Session (Chair: Dr John Baxter)

• Sam Anson (Marine Scotland): The contribution of socio-economics to marine science.
• Amy Scott-Murray (Aberdeen) Communicating marine science in the 21st century.
• Dr Colin Macleod (GIS in Ecology) Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) In The Marine Environment: Simple In Theory, Complex In Practice.
• Niels Jobsvogt (Aberdeen) The economic value of protecting biodiversity in the Scottish deep-sea.
• Dr Sandra Brookes (MASTS Visiting Fellow) Reproductive ecology of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa from Mingulay Reef, Scotland.

12.30-12.45     Question time for Science Session 1

12.45-2.00       Buffet Lunch, Networking opportunities and E-poster Session

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1.35-1.50	Andrew Guerin	Jenny Wright	Suzanne van Osch	Marlene Lorgen	Fiona Mcintyre	Alan MacDonald	Caitriona  McInerney

 

• Andrew Guerin: An agent-based model of Atlantic salmon migration in Scottish coastal waters
• Jenny Wright: The physical oceanography of Loch Linnhe with a focus on temperature and salinity variability observed within the system
• Suzanne van Osch: Growing Fish in Troubled Waters? Determining Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Reduced Environmental Pressure of Aquaculture Production Processes
• Marlene Lorgen: Gene Response to Photoperiod Changes in the Atlantic salmon during Parr-Smolt Transformation (PST)
• Fiona Mcintyre: Development of a visual survey technique to assess the abundance and distribution of deep-water fish and cold-water coral
• Alan MacDonald: Inter-annual variations in spawning and hatch dates of sandeels off Stonehaven
• Caitriona McInerney: The NERC Biomolecular Analysis Facility at Sheffield

 

2.00-3.45         Special Sessions

Auditorium	Carnegie B Room	Carnegie A Room
Improving   the sustainability of aquaculture production	The Future of Deep-Water Research	Firth of Clyde Community Project
Session Champion: Prof Brendan McAndrew (Sustainable  Aquaculture Forum Convenor)	Session Champion: Dr Bhavani Narayanaswamy (Deep Sea Forum Convenor)	Session Champion: Prof Mike Heath (MASTS Professor and Fisheries Science Forum Steering Group Member)
An assessment of tissue tropism of Salmonid alphavirus infection in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar  Tharangani Herath (Stirling)	The North Atlantic Ocean and Climate Observing System Dr Stuart Cunningham (SAMS)	The MASTS Fisheries Forum has endorsed a proposal to develop a Community Project focussing on the Firth of Clyde marine ecosystem. If you are a researcher at any level actively engaged in marine research in the Clyde, come along to a round table discussion. Everyone who attends this session will be asked to present approx. 2 minutes (no  powerpoint slides) stating who they are and what research they are doing. A Marine Scotland representative will outline what they see as the rersearch needs. This will be followed by a discussion about how the existing research can be linked up, what the gaps are, and what research proposals might be viable. Please register your interest with: Mike Heath:m.heath@strath.ac.uk
Managing connections: modelling spread of sea lice between aquaculture sites. Dr Thom Adams (SAMS)	Ocean basin-scale deep-sea research: the case study of cold-water coral ecosystem history and connectivity. Prof Murray Roberts (HW)
Salmotrip: towards a more sustainable salmon industry. Dr Herve Miguad (Stirling)	Ecological adaptations and commensal evolution of the Polynoidae (Polychaeta) in the Southwest Indian Ocean Ridge. Dr Natalia Serpetti (SAMS)
Characterizing signaling pathways linking growth to other physiological systems in farmed salmonid fish. Dr Dan MacQueen (Aberdeen)	The need for biodiversity indicators in the UK deep-sea environment. Laura Robson (JNCC)
Alternative feeds for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) using novel plant-based meals and oils to replace fishmeal & fish oil. Prof Douglas Tocher (Stirling)	Interdisciplinary studies in the modern deep sea: Are we there yet? Dr Robert Turnewitsch(SAMS)
Society and Seaweed, can sustainable aquaculture meet the challenges of food security, climate change and the energy gap, or are we asking too much? Dr Adam Hughes (SAMS)	Open discussion (25 mins)
Open discussion (15 mins)

 

3.45-4.30         Coffee with E-poster session 2

	Screen 1	Screen 2	Screen 3	Screen 4	Screen 5	Screen 6	Screen 7
3.55-4.10	Joanna Wilson	Nilantha Jayasuriya	Lauren Biermann	Mark Braceland	Fani Lamprianidou	Ian  Gardiner	Joly  Ghanawi
4.10-4.25	Vanessa Trijoulet	Nabiel Salama	Eileen Bresnan	Fiona Ware	Aiden  Hunter	Anna Kintner	Thom Linley

 

• Joanna Wilson: Investigating the genetic origins ofMytilus species spat circulating in Scottish mussel farming
• Nilantha Jayasuriya: Use of image analysis and measurement of immune gene expression to evaluate the health performance of fish from gill samples
• Lauren Biermann: What Lies Beneath: A new generation of animal-borne sensors reveal hidden biological riches at depth.
• Mark Braceland: Humoral Biomarkers of Skeletal Muscle Myopathothy in Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar
• Fani Lamprianidou: A model for comprehensive testing and development of Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture
• Ian Gardiner: The rise of the invasive ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi
• Joly Ghanawi: Potential impacts of marine fish farming on wild fish aggregations in Scotland
• Vanessa Trijoulet: Bioeconomic modelling of seal impacts on West of Scotland fisheries
• Dr Nabeil Salama: Modelled sea lice dispersal between finfish farms in Loch Linnhe
• R Stern & Dr Eileen Bresnan: Diversity and plastid types in the dinoflagellate Dinophysis acuminata complex (Dinophyceae) from Scottish waters
• Fiona Ware: The biodiversity of saline lagoons in the Uists with notes on the morphological and molecular identification of Hydrobiidae
• Aidan Hunter: Trends in life history parameters and changes in the length structure of the Firth of Clyde demersal fish community
• Anna Kintner: Hydromedusan interactions with salmon aquaculture: preliminary results
• Thomas Linley: Current Projects: The Deep-Sea Fish of the Pacific Rim

4.30-5.45         MASTS Science Session (Chair: TBC)

• Dr Natalie Hicks (SAMS) Oxygen dynamics of coastal sediments under ocean acidification and elevated temperature regimes
• Dr Angus Cameron (Strathclyde) Dynamic food webs in a changing world: A trait-based modelling approach for describing shifting species composition within functional groups in response to changing temperatures.
• Dr Seb Hennige (Heriot Watt) The Mingulay Coral Reef Complex and Ocean Acidification: from Individuals to Ecosystem.
• Dr David Morris (Strathclyde) Identifying how climate change will impact on fisheries: Global sensitivity analysis of a North Sea ecosystem model.
• Prof Laurence Mee (SAMS): Designer seas: The realities of the Ecosystem Approach.
• Dr Douglas Speirs (Strathclyde) Drivers and controls in trophic cascades.

5.45-6.00         Question time for Science Session

6.00-6.10         Day One Closing Remarks (Prof David Paterson)

6.10-7.30         Networking (Bar will be open)

7.30-late          ASM Conference Dinner and Ceilidh

9.00-9.30         Invited Keynote Speaker: Dr David Mills (CEFAS)

9.30-10.30       MASTS Science Session (Chair: Dr Stuart Cunningham).

• Dr Bee Berx (MSS) Is the Transport of Atlantic Water in the Faroe Shetland Channel changing? – A summary of 20 years of observations.
• Yi Ming Lai (Strathclyde) Nutrient Budget for Loch Linnhe.
• Dr Sarah Hughes (MSS) New observations in the East Shetland Atlantic Inflow,
  seasonal patterns of variability in transport from the North Atlantic to the North Sea.
• Dr John Howe (SAMS) The bathymetry and geomorphology of the Firth of Lorn - the
  INIS Hydro survey.
• Ina Lefering (Strathclyde) Quantitative absorption determination for natural waters and
  associated measurement uncertainties

10.30-10.45     Question time for Science Session

10.45-11.30     Coffee, Networking opportunities & E-poster session 3

	Screen 1	Screen 2	Screen 3	Screen 4	Screen 5	Screen 6	Screen 7
11.10-11.25	Armin Sturm	Chris McCaig	Maria Quaggiotto	Brian Quinn	Vanessa Trijoulet	John    Soje	Murray Roberts

 

• Dr Armin Sturm: The search for molecular markers of drug susceptibility status in salmon lice (Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Kroyer, 1837))
• Dr Chris McCaig: Statistical modelling of suspended sediment off Stonehaven
• Maria Martina Quaggiotto: Role of seal colonies in the provision of the pup carrion as a predictable resource for coastal systems
• Dr Brian Quinn: The use human diagnostic techniques for environmental monitoring in the marine environmen
• Vanessa Trijoulet: Validation of a vibroacoustic finite element model using bottlenose dolphin simulations: The dolphin biosonar beam is focused in stages
• John Soje: Modelling the Net Benefits of Alternative Management Strategies for Bacterial Kidney Disease in Scottish Salmonid Aquaculture
• Prof Murray Roberts: First seabed biodiversity surveys of the Hebrides Terrace Seamount 

11.30-1.15       Special Sessions

Auditorium	Carnegie B Room	Carnegie A Room
Interdisciplinary insights into coastal zone management	Numerical Hydrodynamic Modelling	Biofouling and renewable energy structure - is there really an issue?
Session Champion: Prof Nick Hanley (Coastal Zone Forum Convenor)	Session Champion: Prof David Dritschel (Dynamics & Properties of Marine Steering Group  Member)	Session Champion: Dr Michele Stanley(Marine Energy Forum and Sustainable Aquaculture Forum Steering Group Member)
Identifying & Valuing Cultural Ecosystem Services: An Application to Marine Food Webs. Corinne Baulcomb (SRUC)	A new computational framework for the accurate modelling of tracer advection. Prof David Dritschel (St Andrews)	The sticky problem of biofouling on renewable energy structures? Dr Michele Stanley (SAMS)
Coastal erosion in Scotland: Susceptibility and Vulnerability. James Fitton (Glasgow)	Lagrangian perspectives on an energetic tidal system – using drifters to validate a hdrodynamic model. Dr Andrew Dale(SAMS)	Environmental characteristics will shape off-shore biofouling communities: Are there any engineering concerns? Adrian MacLeod (SRSL)
Developing and Testing Approaches for Marine Spatial Planning: the case of aquaculture. Lauren McWhinnie (Heriot Watt)	Uncertainties in the evaluation of wave energy resources using a modeling approach. Dr Philippe Gleizon(ERI)	Larval dispersal and population connectivity: implications for offshore renewable energy structures. Raeanne Miller (SAMS)
New Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation: Opportunities and Challenges. Prof Colin Reid (Dundee)	A nested 3D hydrodynamic model of Mingulay Reef Complex. Dr Juan Moreno Navas (Heriot Watt)	Benthic productivity on artificial structures and marine renewable energy devices. Sally Rouse (SAMS and HW)
Open discussion (20 mins)	Study of the Clyde Sea Tidal Circulation using FVCOM. Alessandro Sabatino (Strathclyde)	Biofouling and renewable energy structures: is there really an issue?: Lessons from the mussel-farming industry. Dr Tom Wilding (SAMS)
	Open discussion (25 mins)	Open discussion (25 mins)

 

1.15-2.15         Buffet Lunch and Networking opportunities

2.15-3.15         MASTS Science Session (Chair: Dr Karen Diele).

• Toyonobu Fujii (Aberdeen) Spatial and temporal variation in utilisation of an obsolete offshore platform by fishes in the North Sea.
• Dr Amaya Albalat (Stirling/Glasgow) Unravelling the physiological impact of
  trawling on Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus): From vigour index to shot-gut proteomics.
• Dr Paul Fernandes (Aberdeen) Reversal of fish stock decline in the North East Atlantic.
• Prof Mike Heath (Strathclyde) Ecosystem consequences of a ban on fishery discards.
• Dr Farhan R. Khan (Heriot Watt) A biodynamic modelling approach to determining the
  bioavailability of the metal constituents of nanoparticles to an estuarine snail.

3.15-3.30         Question time for Science Session

3.30-4.30         Coffee with E-poster session 4

	Screen 1	Screen 2	Screen 3	Screen 4	Screen 5	Screen 6	Screen 7
3.40-3.55	Heather Ritchie	Haydn  Thompson	Enrico  Pirotta	Hassien  Alnashiri	Anica Beuerbach	Angela Boag	Kirsty  Brown
3.55-4.10	Lilian    Lieber	Robert Wilson	Nienke van Geel	Catherine Mitchell	Iain   Hannah	Tony Gutierrez	Penelope  Donohue
4.10-4.25	Charlotte Hopkins	Barbara  Harvie	Timothy  Stojanovic	Susan Gallon	Mark    Inall	Christina  Kelly	Marta M-Silva

 

• Heather Ritchie: Ecological genomics of hadal amphipods
• Haydn Thompson: Assessing the dynamics of natural marine algal-bacterial consortia during enrichment with crude oil
• Enrico Pirotta: Scale-dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data
• Hassien S. H. Alnashiri: The Ecotoxicology of Copper Nanoparticles in Marine Mussels
• Anica Beuerbach: Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on European Coastal Waters with Restricted Exchange
• Angela Boag: The feeding ecology of the scleractinian cold-water coralLophelia pertusa
• Kirsty Brown: Comparison of visual and thermal counts of seals at haul out in SW Scotland
• Lilian Lieber: Novel uses of hydroacoustic methods to record fine-scale predator-prey interactions in marine habitats
• Robert Wilson: The comparative ecology of two North Atlantic calanoid copepods
• Nienke van Geel: The use of geographical bottlenecks to monitor marine mammal
  movements – A case study of bottlenose dolphins in the Sound of Mull, Scotland
• Catherine Mitchell: Remote Sensing of Optical Properties and Euphotic Depths in UK Shelf Seas
• Iain Hannah: Application of Wet-Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy to assess the behaviour and fate of silver nano-particles under environmentally realistic conditions.
• Tony Gutierrez: Application of DNA-based stable-isotope probing to revealing novel taxa of oil-degrading bacteria in the ocean: highlights from coastal and deep sea incubation experiments
• Penelope Donohue: Displacement of Scottish commercial sea fisheries as a result of policy and administrative activities in the marine environment
  
• Charlotte Hopkins: International lessons for Marine Protected Areas: Are we designing them for climate change resilience?
• Dr Barbara Harvie: The Blackland Project: reinvigorating the ridges
• Timothy Stojanovic: Assessing the Effectiveness of Coastal Management and Marine Planning in Scotland: opportunities for interdisciplinary research
• Susan Gallon: The energetics of moulting southern elephant seals determined by thermal imaging
• Mark Inall: The use of multiple AUVs in FASTNEt: a study of Ocean Shelf Exchange
• Christina Kelly: Interdisciplinary insights into coastal zone management - Lessons learned from the Shetland Islands’ Marine Spatial Plan
• Marta Mellado-Silva and Murray Roberts: Global biodiversity of cold-water coral reefs

4.30-5.45         MASTS Science Session

• Carole Shellcock (SAMS) Gene regulation linked to neutral lipid production in
  the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.
• Silje-Kristin Jensen (St Andrews) Spatial and temporal exposure of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to toxins from harmful algae in Scotland.
• Prof Frithjof Kuepper (Aberdeen) Iodide in kelp: an inorganic antioxidant in life impacting atmospheric chemistry.
• Virginia Echavarri (Heriot Watt) Effects of silver nanoparticles on the functioning of estuarine bacterial communities.
• Dr David McKee (Strathclyde) Impact of measurement uncertainties on determination of chlorophyll-specific absorption coefficient for marine phytoplankton.
• Majed Al-Shaeri (Heriot Watt) Ecotoxicological implications of the interactions between single-walled carbon nanotubes with metals.

5.45-6.00         Question time for Science Session

6.00-6.15         Conference Closing Remarks & Prize Giving (Prof David Paterson)

6.30-7.30         Networking (Bar will be open)

This third day of the MASTS ASM is for associated meetings, seminars, training sessions and workshops.

Room	Morning	Afternoon
Carnegie A	10-12noon: Aquatic Food security - Scotland's role for a   global market	12.30pm-4.30pm: Role of genomics in aquaculture   development
Carnegie B	9am-12.30pm: Marine predators and high energy environments: challenges and solutions to understanding behaviour and ecology	1.30-4.30pm: Remotely Piloted Aircraft Platforms for   Marine Research: Past Successes and Future Plans.
Wardlaw	9.30am-4pm: Micro-plastic litter in the marine   environment: sources, sinks, effects and impacts
Bruce A	9am-12.30pm: Interdisciplinary approaches to the study   of marine connectivity and its applications to MPA network design and fisheries management	1.30-4.30pm: Researching Scottish Elasmobranchs –   Opportunity for a combined approach?
Auditorium	10am-4pm: To remove or not to remove? The challenge posed   by Man-made structures on the Marine Environment: Considerations for the O&G community