This research will determine a baseline list of biological communities, comprising aquatic and semi-aquatic plants, invertebrates and vertebrates of dystrophic lakes and pools within Nephin Forest using eDNA.
Contact: Dr Heather Lally
This Marine Institute funded research project led by ATU Galway City aims to gather and assess baseline habitat composition and structure, and bird population data in Nephin Forest within Wild Nephin National Park
Contact: Dr Heather Lally, Dr Conor Graham
This project aimed at establishing standardised operating procedures for environmental matrices laboratory processing targeted at microplastics
Contact: Dr João Frias, Dr Róisín Nash, Dr Ian O’Connor
This project consists of a literature review of the impacts of microplastics in the marine environment and on the proposal of mitigation and/or reduction policy recommendations to address this global environmental issue.
Contact: Dr João Frias, Dr Róisín Nash
This project is investigating the potential of Nephrops norvegicus as a flagship species for plastic pollution in the deep sea.
Contact: Dr Róisín Nash, Dr Fiona Kavanagh, Dr João Frias
Environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding for monitoring marine biodiversity in Galway Bay, with particular attention to marine Invasive Alien Species (AIS)
Contact: Dr Luca Mirimin
