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The Collection and Analysis of UK larval Lamprey dataset to determine variance and inform future monitoring strategies
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Applied ecology with real-world impact
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: People's Trust for Endangered Species / Mammals
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The Flow Country Peatlands: Studying the past to shape the future
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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SAGES Scheme 2 ECR exchanges with Europe, North America, China and India
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Funded by: Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society
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Towards a European Study on the Economics of Hunting and its contribution to Ecosystems services
PI: Professor Nils Bunnefeld
Funded by: FACE: The European Federation for Associations for Hunting and Conservation
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Fish Monitoring Service at Lochwinnoch
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
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A9/A85 Crieff Road Junction Redevelopment , Fish Survey
PI: Dr Colin Bull
Funded by: Halcrow Group Ltd
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Re-shaping models for forecast faecal pathogen risk to humans
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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The use of coniferous plantations by bats
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Forestry Commission (Scotland)
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Review of Adaptive Management Approaches
PI: Professor Nils Bunnefeld
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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European Beech Forests for the Future: Ecological, Economical, and policy analysis of beech forest conservation under the Natura 2000 Network
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Can altitudinal data predict latitudinal responses of plants to climate change?
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Project Design for Preservation in situ guidance - soil moisture measurement
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: York Archaeological Trust
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Call Down Framework Agreement
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Centre of Expertise for Waters
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Delivery of Phosphorus and Faecal Indicator Organisms from Agricultural Sources to Watercourses
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Lancaster University
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Desk-based review of the methods used to assess the effects of Windfarms on different Bird Species
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Scottish Windfarm Bird Steering Group
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Genetic diversity and ecological success of the invasive riparian plant Mumulus guttatus
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Recycling Biomass to Agricultural LANd: Capitalizing on Eutrophication
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Is Restored Saltmarsh Sustainable in a rapidly changing environment?
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
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Radioactive particle monitoring statistical techniques
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: University of Glasgow
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Landscape Burden and storm delivery of E. coli from land to water in a headwater catchment
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Analysis of Past woodland change using historical land cover maps
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Forest Research, Natural England and NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Delivering Healthy Water
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Standby monitoring services for radionuclides - Dalgety Bay
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Counting pine martens using faecal and hair genotyping
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Glasgow Natural History Society
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Algal Bloom Pilot Project
PI: Professor Peter Hunter
Funded by: Freshwater Biological Association
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Commonwealth Scholarship
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Association of Commonwealth Universities
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Assessing the effects of microturbines on urban wildlife.
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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Mapping Anti-Waste Incinerator Campaigns in France: National Movement or local NIMBYism?
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Funded by: The British Academy
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NEA Lakes Pilot Project
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Palaeoenvironmental study of a 5-6m peat deposit prior to loss due to pipeline works at Sullom Voe, Shetland
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Funded by: Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology
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DARLEQ for Lakes and Rivers
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Bowburn Consultancy
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Bumblebee Conservation Your Heritage
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Funded by: Bumblebee Conservation Trust
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Diffuse Pollution Management
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: University of St Andrews
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Shebster Proposal - British Geological Survey funding
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Funded by: British Geological Survey
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Standby monitoring services for radionuclides - sewage pellet analysis
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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The Functional Composition of Tree Communities in Regenerating Secondary Forests
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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RSE - NSFC Joint Project in field of Plant Evolutionary Ecology
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Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Assessing the effectiveness of farm woodland creation schemes for bats
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: People's Trust for Endangered Species / Mammals
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Collaborative Research: climate, land use and the rise of and fall of powerful sub-Saharan African societies
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Funded by: University of Kansas
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RSE International Exchange Programme IEP Taiwan - Incoming Prof Chaur-Tzuhn Chen
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Catchment modelling strategies for faecal indicator organisms
PI: Professor David Oliver
Funded by: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
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International Literature Review to Support the Development of a Health and Environmental Sustainability Framework for Scotland
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Understanding the drivers of Holocene Geomorphic Change in the Scottish Highlands
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Royal Society Research Grant; Molecular Resources for Studying diversity in mating systems and selection for female ornamentation in dance flies
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Funded by: Royal Society
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Identifying and implementing key habitat features for breeding waders in upland grassland systems: ecology and economics
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Scotland)
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Doses from Radium Particles: Dalgety Bay
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Remote Sensing of plant Functional types in Peatlands: a pilot study in the Flow Country
PI: Professor Peter Hunter
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Assessing the genetic basis and functional significance of flower form variation in Solanum rostratum (Solanaceae)
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Funded by: Royal Society
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Research Studentship (Algorithm) Miss Penelope Ruth Whitehorn
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Multi-Chemical analysis of 100 sub-samples from Site 10 on Easington to Paull Pipeline, Nr Hull
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: Oxford Archaeology
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Micromorphology GUARD
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Funded by: Gloucestershire County Council, Orkney College, Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology, University of Durham, University of Sheffield, West Coast Archaeological Services, University of Bradford and Allan Mackenzie
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Footprints on the edge of Thule: Landscapes of Norse- indigenous interaction
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Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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Ring of Brodgar Sampling and Analysis Collaborative Research
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Funded by: Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology
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Sustainability in pre-historic field systems
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Funded by: Shetland Amenity Trust
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Chilean Pollen Analysis
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Funded by: British Antarctic Survey
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Unravelling the Bombus lucorum complex
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Funded by: The Natural History Museum
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Impacts of climate change on the genetic diversity of Taiwanese alpine plants
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Royal Society
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Studentship - Malloch Society - Ellen Rotheray
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Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Optimising management of machair for the conservation of endangered bumblebees
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Funded by: Bumblebee Conservation Trust and Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (Scotland)
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Integrating physical and chemical techniques to characterise soil micro-sites
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Carnegie Travel Grant
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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RCUK Academic Fellowship: Geoarchaeological & Environmental History
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Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Geoarchaeology of tool-bearing, middle to late Pleistocene fluviatile sediments (Iranamadu Formation) in Sri Lanka
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Restoration genetics of degraded forest landscapes: Land management and evolution of reproductive strategies in keystone tree species
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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SAGES Studentship
PI: Professor Philip Wookey
Funded by: SAGES Administrator
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Landscape setting, ecological context and intervisibility within the Torbhlaren monument complex Kilmartin Argyll
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Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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PhD Studentship: Reconciling ecology and socio-economics to conserve the great yellow bumblebee
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Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Royal Society International Travel Grant
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Royal Society
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Blue Skies PhD Support V Milner Geomorphological & biological validation of river typing
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council and Scottish Environment Protection Agency
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Carnegie Travel Award
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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An Assessment of the ecological impact of mechanical beach clearing in Scotland
PI: Dr Andre Gilburn
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Agents of Change: Human and Social Dynamics in Mynatnssveit, Iceland, from the Settlement to the present
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Funded by: University of Colorado
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A GIS-based decision support tool for Landscape Character Assessment
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Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Cyanobacterial Blooms in the eutrophic waters of Lake and Kis Balaton, Hungary
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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International Travel Award
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: Royal Society
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Costs and consequences of ornament investment in female dance flies
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Woodland fragments and bat populations within agricultural landscapes
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Glasgow Natural History Society
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RSE International Exchange Programme - Paul De Luca
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Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Biodiversity of gravel-bed rivers in Scotland PhD Studentship
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Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Howburn Artefact Assemblage
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Funded by: Historic Scotland
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Black Grouse PhD Studentship
PI: Professor Philip Wookey
Funded by: Forest Research, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)
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Foundations of the future: learning from the past
PI: Althea Davies
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Geoarchaeological investigations into Alum and copperas production at Poole
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: Poole Harbour Heritage Project Ltd
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Assessing spatial variability of C, Fe and AI concentrations as a means of understanding the stabilisation of soil organic carbon
PI: Dr Clare Wilson
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Developing genetic resources for restoration ecology of Acacia harpophylla in a fragmented agricultural landscape
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Dunlaw Phase 2 Pollen Analysis
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Funded by: C F A Archaeology Ltd
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Census of the Gorilla and Chimpanzee Populations
PI: Professor Katharine Abernethy
Funded by: CIRMF
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Biocomplexity in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Mass-flowering crops: cost or benefit to bumblebees and wild flower pollination?
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Funded by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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Changes in dissolved organic carbon in small catchments
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Further Development of River Macrophyte WFD Tool - River Variability Module
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Mesolithic Orkney evidence from Stronsay
PI: Dr Eileen Tisdall
Funded by: Orkney College
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Strategies to manage toxic cyanobacterial blooms in lakes: remote sensing, modelling and cost benefit analysis
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Human Impact of Cyanobactira in the fresh water environment.
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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The Nature, distribution and significance of carbon soils.
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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A late glacial to modern palaeoenvironmental history for the Dounreay site area, reconstructed from a peat core from the Shebster Basin
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Funded by: British Geological Survey
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Evolutionary Responses to Multiple Human-Induced Stresses
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Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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The Immune System and Senescence: Why do we age?
PI: Professor Matthew Tinsley
Funded by: Royal Society
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A Functional Perspective on Long Term Changes in Macrophyte Communities in British Lakes
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Broads Authority, Environment Agency and Natural England
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