2013 Programme
Day 1: Tuesday 27th 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) |
Tharangani Herath (Stirling) |
Dr Stuart Cunningham (SAMS) |
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
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Dr Thom Adams (SAMS) |
Prof Murray Roberts (HW) |
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Dr Herve Miguad (Stirling) |
Dr Natalia Serpetti (SAMS) |
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Dr Dan MacQueen (Aberdeen) |
Laura Robson (JNCC) |
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Prof Douglas Tocher (Stirling) |
Dr Robert Turnewitsch(SAMS) |
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Dr Adam Hughes (SAMS)
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Open discussion (25 mins) |
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Open discussion (15 mins) |
3.45-4.30 Coffee with E-poster session 2
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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 |
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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
Day 2: Wednesday 28th August 2013
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
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11.10-11.25 |
Armin Sturm |
Chris McCaig |
Maria Quaggiotto |
Brian Quinn |
Vanessa Trijoulet |
John Soje |
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- 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) |
Corinne Baulcomb (SRUC) |
Prof David Dritschel (St Andrews) |
Dr Michele Stanley (SAMS) |
James Fitton (Glasgow) |
Dr Andrew Dale(SAMS) |
Adrian MacLeod (SRSL) |
Lauren McWhinnie (Heriot Watt) |
Dr Philippe Gleizon(ERI) |
Raeanne Miller (SAMS) |
Prof Colin Reid (Dundee) |
Dr Juan Moreno Navas (Heriot Watt) |
Sally Rouse (SAMS and HW) |
Open discussion (20 mins) |
Alessandro Sabatino (Strathclyde) |
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
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3.40-3.55 |
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Enrico Pirotta |
Hassien Alnashiri |
Anica Beuerbach |
Angela Boag |
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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 |
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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)
Day 3: Thursday 29th August 2013
This third day of the MASTS ASM is for associated meetings, seminars, training sessions and workshops.
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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 |
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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 |
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