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
Environmental DNA/RNA metabarcoding for monitoring marine biodiversity in Galway Bay, with particular attention to marine Invasive Alien Species (AIS)
Contact: Dr Luca Mirimin
The aim of this project is to investigate the influence of environmental and observational effects on Harbour Porpoise survey counts from the NPWS monitoring programme conducted across three spatial areas of conservation in 2007, 2008, 2013-2016 and 2018.
Contact: Dr Olga Lyashevska
GMIT are working in collaboration with Dublin Port and RPS Consulting Engineers to assess the use of Dublin Bay by harbour porpoise and impact s of anthropogenic noise.
Contact: Dr Simon Berrow, Dr Joanne O’Brien
