01 Research Theses Main Collection: Recent submissions
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The impacts of Crassula helmsii on Northwest European freshwater macroinvertebrates
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Crassula helmsii (New Zealand pygmyweed) is an Australasian aquatic plant which has invaded European freshwaters since the 1950s, provoking widespread concern amongst conservationists. The ecological impacts of C. helmsii ... -
Brittle-viscous deformation cycles at the base of the seismogenic zone in the continental crust
(University of Plymouth, 2024)The main goal of the study was to determine the dynamical cycle of ductile-brittle deformation and to characterise the fluid pathways at different scales of a brittle-viscous fault zone active at the base of the seismogenic ... -
Population genetics of green (Chelonia mydas) and hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in Grenada, West Indies
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Sea turtle populations within Grenada are believed to be in decline, consistent with worldwide trends. Conservation strategies for green and hawksbill turtles in Grenada are currently limited by a lack of detailed knowledge ... -
An assessment of the environmental impact and economic viability of a UK based Scallop Farm
(University of Plymouth, 2024)The UK scallop capture fishery’s use of dredging is, at times, both environmentally damaging and economically unsustainable. With demand for seafood continuing to rise, scallop farming may be able to offer an alternative ... -
HOW DO FOLLOWERS EXPERIENCE SHARED LEADERSHIP AS A LIVED EXPERIENCE? Understanding the relationality, processes and practices informing such collaboration.
(University of Plymouth, 2024)How do followers experience shared leadership as a lived experience? Understanding the relationality, processes and practices informing such collaboration. Within shared leadership research culture, the aspiration is ... -
GRAPHENE OXIDE BIOPOLYMER AEROGELS: A NOVEL SOLUTION TO TOXIC METAL POLLUTION IN WATER
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Clean drinking water is a fundamental human right, but still in the 21st century millions of people are forced to drink water contaminated with toxic metals above recommended safe limits. This work proposes to remediate ... -
PANCREATODUODENECTOMY FOR MALIGNANCY: FACTORS INFLUENCING SURGICAL AND ONCOLOGICAL OUTCOMES
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Introduction: Fit patients with a resectable pancreatic head adenocarcinoma (PDAC), ampullary adenocarcinoma (AA) or distal cholangiocarcinoma (CC) may be offered pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) with curative-intent. However, ... -
Re-Imagining Marginalised Tudor Voices: Working Women, Print Culture and the Rejection of Female Silence
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Though the recent work of historians has begun to reveal the rich and complex lives of working women (Hubbard, 2012, p.1), their narrative potential has mostly been ignored by writers of modern historical fiction. Working ... -
Walking away from VR as ‘empathy-machine’: peripatetic animations with 360-photogrammetry
(University of Plymouth, 2023)My research partakes in an expanded documentary practice that weaves together walking, immersive technologies, and moving image. Two lines of enquiry motivate the research journey: the first responds to the trope of VR ... -
Intraspecific differences in the metabolic response of amphipods to elevated CO2 and hypoxia
(University of Plymouth, 2024)Periodic episodes of low oxygen (hypoxia) and elevated CO2 (hypercapnia) accompanied by low pH occur naturally in Norwegian fjord systems. Under the influence of climate change, the geographic range and intensity of hypoxia ...