MbyRes Dissertations: Recent submissions
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The causes and consequences of personality variation in the red cherry shrimp, Neocaridina heteropoda.
(University of Exeter Biological Sciences, 22 July 2024)Behaviour is arguably the most flexible aspect of the phenotype. It is also an important determinant for vital components of fitness including survival, reproduction, and growth. When the local environment is changeable, ... -
Automating High-Throughput Viral Isolation and Characterisation for Phage Therapy
(University of Exeter Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, 17 June 2024)With the escalating global threat posed by antimicrobial resistance, there is an urgent need for innovative therapeutic solutions. The treatment of bacterial infection with bacteriophages (phage therapy) is a promising ... -
Conservation in elasmobranchs: Insights from studies of infectious diseases and morphometrics
(University of Exeter Biological Sciences, 1 July 2024)Elasmobranchs are particularly vulnerable to population decline due to their life history traits, typically being long lived, slow growing, late maturing animals with low fecundity. With bycatch, overexploitation and ... -
The application of passive acoustic monitoring to study a population of white-bearded gibbons (Hylobates albibarbis) in a heterogeneous mosaic forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
(University of Exeter Earth and Environmental Sciences, 17 June 2024)Passive acoustic monitoring has made it possible to capture datasets so large that they cannot be analysed manually in full in a reasonable timeframe. In this thesis, I propose a method to extract ecological information ... -
Stirred Not Shaken: A Study of Head Kinematics and Cognitive Changes in Horseracing: A Longitudinal Pilot Study
(University of Exeter Health and Life Sciences, 17 June 2024)Abstract Introduction: In sport emerging research of cumulative head kinematics that participants are exposed to, have revealed changes structurally and functionally within the brain, with the potential for long term ...