Research Areas provided by University of Essex - School of Biological Sciences

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Climate change impacts on the coastal zone Graham Underwood
Coastal marine ecosystems Graham Underwood, Terry McGenity, Boyd McKew
Continental shelf and coastal dynamics Richard Geider
Estuarine dynamics and processes Graham Underwood, Corinne Whitby
Air-sea exchange Michael Steinke
Deep-water habitat mapping and ecosystems Michelle Taylor
Ecological modelling Michelle Taylor
Environmental impacts - oil spills, bioremediation, human impacts Corinne Whitby, Terrry McGenity, Boyd McKew
Eutrophication Tom Cameron
Global modelling Michelle Taylor
Habitat mapping Michelle Taylor
High performance computing Alex Dumbrell
Marine water quality Boyd McKew
Ocean acidification and carbon feedbacks Richard Geider
Ocean/atmosphere interactions Michael Steinke
Shelf and coastal processes and impacts Richard Geider
Spatial analyses and habitat mapping Michelle Taylor
Species distribution models Michelle Taylor
Surface Ocean/Lower Atmosphere interactions Michael Steinke
Water quality monitoring and harmful algal blooms Tom Cameron
Algal biology Richard Geider
Aquaculture Tom Cameron
Aquaculture Tom Cameron
Behavioural ecology Michael Steinke
Benthic communities and natural and anthropogenic impacts Graham Underwood, Corinne Whitby, Michelle Taylor
Biodiversity and changes to ecosystem functionality Terry McGenity, Boyd McKew, Alex Dumbrell, Corinne Whitby
Biological oceanography Richard Geider
Chemical pollutants; biomarkers; toxicology Corinne Whitby, Terrry McGenity, Boyd McKew
Coastal marine biology Graham Underwood, Michelle Taylor, Terry McGenity
Coral reef ecology, coral bleaching David Smith, Leanne Hepburn, Michelle Taylor
Ecology - fish conservation Tom Cameron
Ecology - Microbial Terry McGenity, Boyd McKew, Alex Dumbrell, Corinne Whitby, Michelle Taylor
Ecology - Molecular Terry McGenity, Boyd McKew, Alex Dumbrell, Corinne Whitby, Michelle Taylor
Ecology – Marine invertebrates Michael Steinke, Michell Taylor
Environmental microbiology Boyd McKew, Corinne Whitby, Terry McGenity, Richard Geider
Microbiology Boyd McKew, Corinne Whitby, Richard Gieder, Terry McGenity
Nitrogen cycling Boyd McKew, Corinne Whitby
Nutrient biogeochemistry Boyd McKew, Corinne Whitby, Richard Geider
Oil degradation in marine environments Boyd McKew, Corinne Whitby, Terry McGenity
Phytoplankton, phytoplankton productivity, physiology, zooplankton Professor Richard Geider
Primary production, phytoplankton physiology Professor Richard Geider
Trace gas biology Dr Michael Steinke
Microbial biodiversity Dr Alex Dumbrell