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Predicting the ecosystem effects of harvesting beach-cast kelp for biofuel

Supervisor: Heymans, J. (Supervisor), Wilding, T. (Supervisor) & Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Cànain agus Cultar ann am Foghlam tro Mheadhan na Gàidhlig: Neartan, Duilgheadasan agus am Buaidh air Comasan is Seasamhan Cànain na h-Òigridh

Supervisor: Mac an Tàilleir, I. (Supervisor), Cox, R. A. (Supervisor) & Dunbar, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The potential application of variable renewable energy supplies to increase the horticultural productivity of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Supervisor: Graham, E. (Supervisor), Finlayson, N. (Supervisor) & Harper, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Benthic habitats in a tide-swept channel of the Pentland Firth and their potential responses to a tidal energy development

Supervisor: Jackson, A. (Supervisor), Sheilds, M. (Supervisor) & Side, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Seeds and Bodies: Cosmology, Anthropology and Eschatology in 1 Corinthians 15:35-49

Supervisor: Maston, J. (Supervisor) & Clarke, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Diversity, ecology and domoic acid production of Pseudo-nitzschia spp. in Scottish waters

Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor), Tett, P. (Supervisor) & Bolch, C. J. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Zooplankton growth dynamics: a modelling study

Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor) & Flynn, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Effect of organic nutrient perturbation on microbial community dynamics and composition in Scottish coastal waters

Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor) & Miller, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

A Society in Transition: Badenoch, 1750-1800

Supervisor: Worthington, D. (Supervisor), Harper, M. (Supervisor), Ritchie, E. (Supervisor) & Hunter, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Late Devensian ice sheet dynamics and the deglaciation of the Hebridean shelf, western Scotland, UK

Supervisor: Howe, J. (Supervisor), Crocket, K. (Supervisor), O'Cofaigh, C. (Supervisor) & dove, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Assessing the suitability of Pleurochrysis and associated strains, for simultaneous biofuel production and carbon capture

Supervisor: Day, J. (Supervisor) & Stanley, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Winter vertical migration of Arctic zooplankton

Supervisor: Cottier, F. (Supervisor), Last, K. (Supervisor) & Berge, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Science (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The significance of Highlanders in the development of the Canadian West

Supervisor: Hunter, J. (Supervisor) & Harper, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Determination of Emamectin Benzoate and its Fate in the Environment as a Result of Fish Farming

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The ecophysiology of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia)

Supervisor: Roberts, J. M. (Supervisor), Taylor, A. (Supervisor) & Marubini, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Element cycling in organic rich sediments on the Pakistan margin

Supervisor: Shimmield, T. (Supervisor), Cowie, G. (Supervisor) & Ganeshram, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Natural biosorbents for the removal of metals from aqueous solutions

Supervisor: Gibb, S. (Supervisor) & Lu, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Thomas Boston and the doctrine of God’s will

Supervisor: McGowan, A. (Supervisor) & Wood, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Lymphoedema in a remote and rural area: An investigation into the prevalence of lymphoedema and its effect on daily living and quality of life in a remote and rural area in the far north of Scotland.

Supervisor: Farmer, J. (Supervisor), Skinner, F. (Supervisor) & Bruce, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Moses Maimonides and Thomas Aquinas on the Good Life: From the Fall to Human Perfectibility

Supervisor: Visagie, I. (Supervisor) & Helm, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Matthew1:1–17 as a Summary of Israel’s Story: The Messiah, His Brothers, and the Nations

Supervisor: Grant, J. (Supervisor) & Marshall, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Leakage of carbon dioxide from a simulated subseabed Carbon Capture and Storage reservoir: potential impacts on benthic biogeochemistry

Supervisor: Stahl, H. (Supervisor), Howe, J. (Supervisor) & Black, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Federal Pneumatology of George Smeaton (1814-89)

Supervisor: Needham, N. (Supervisor) & McGowan, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

An Assessment of the Contribution of Terrestrial Organic Matter to Total Organic Matter in Sediments in Scottish Sea Lochs

Supervisor: Overnell, J. (Supervisor) & Reeves, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Sustainable Estates for the 21st Century: The motivations of landowners in upland Scotland: Exploring challenges to sustainability

Supervisor: Price, M. F. (Supervisor) & Warren, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The response of arthropod assemblages to peatland restoration in formerly afforested blanket bog

Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor), Boyd, K. (Supervisor) & Smith, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Justification Controversy at Westminster Theological Seminary: The Years 1974-1982

Supervisor: McGowan, A. (Supervisor) & Needham, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Large-scale forcing of coastal communities

Supervisor: Burrows, M. (Supervisor) & Hughes, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Watch out for whom?: Reconstructing the historical background of Paul’s rhetoric in the letter to the Colossians

Supervisor: Maston, J. (Supervisor), Bird, M. (Supervisor) & Turner, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Thalassiosira pseudonana (Bacillariophyceae) strains

Supervisor: Stanley, M. (Supervisor), Day, J. (Supervisor), Mcdougall, G. (Supervisor) & Atack, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Offshore power production and marine stakeholders: from understanding conflict to impact mitigation

Supervisor: Wilding, T. (Supervisor), Heymans, J. (Supervisor), Potts, T. (Supervisor) & Bryden, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

An assessment of tidal energy and the environmental response to extraction at a site in the Pentland Firth

Supervisor: Woolf, D. (Supervisor) & Pans, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Time and Eternity: A Study of the ‘Accidental Temporalist’ View

Supervisor: Shillaker, R. (Supervisor) & Bray, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

What lies beneath: probing the cultural depths of a nature conservation conflict in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Supervisor: Mee, L. (Supervisor), Rennie, F. (Supervisor) & Potts, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Impact of Fishing on Populations of Deep-water Chondrichthyan Fishes of the Northeast Atlantic

Supervisor: Burrows, M. (Supervisor), Batty, R. S. (Supervisor) & Swan, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Origins and Early Development of the Parochial System in the Orkney Earldom

Supervisor: Lamb, R. (Supervisor), Crawford, B. (Supervisor) & Downes, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Investigating the potential effects of marine renewable energy developments on seabirds

Supervisor: Masden, E. (Supervisor), Jackson, A. (Supervisor) & Furness, R. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Bioavailability of dissolved organic matter in coastal waters

Supervisor: Davidson, K. (Supervisor), Alvarez-Salgado, X. (Supervisor) & Miller, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

‘Nuclear fission and social fusion’: the impact of the Dounreay Experimental Research Establishment on Caithness, 1953-1966

Supervisor: MacPherson, J. (Supervisor), Kirk, N. (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)

Between Scotland and Norway: connected cultures and intercultural encounters after 1700

Supervisor: Heddle, D. (Supervisor) & Brink, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The role of agents for change in the sustainable development of wave energy in the Highlands and Islands Region of Scotland

Supervisor: Black, K. (Supervisor), Calder, L. (Supervisor) & Rennie, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Experience of Space and Place in World Heritage Site Management

Supervisor: Downes, J. (Supervisor), Clarke, S. (Supervisor) & Howard, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

A Genetic Analysis of the Relationship between Gluten Intolerance and Schizophrenia

Supervisor: Wei, J. (Supervisor), Megson, I. (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Role and mechanism of action of the anthocyanin, delphinidin, in protecting endothelial cells against oxidative stress

Supervisor: Megson, I. (Supervisor), Stewart, D. (Supervisor) & Duthie, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Shear-Induced Vertical Mixing in the Wyville Thomson Basin: A Study of its Driving Mechanisms, Strength and Influence

Supervisor: Inall, M. (Supervisor), Sherwin, T. (Supervisor) & Tirrell, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The influence of ancient near eastern vassal treaties on the seven prophetic messages in revelation.

Supervisor: Marshall, H. (Supervisor), Grant, J. (Supervisor) & Wilson, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

North West of Scotland and Western Norway: A comparative study of factors which can impact on small-scale agriculture within similar peripheral communities

Supervisor: Munro, G. (Supervisor) & Stradling, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

Anthony Burgess and the Westminster Doctrine of Assurance

Supervisor: Needham, N. (Supervisor) & Shillaker, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

The Bioactivity and Natural Products of Scottish Seaweeds

Supervisor: Boyd, K. (Supervisor), Gray, A. (Supervisor) & Ford, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)

A Major Wind Farm Development in a Valued Natural Environment: A Thematic Discourse Analysis of public responses to a proposed wind farm on the Island Of Lewis, Scotland

Supervisor: Rennie, F. (Supervisor) & Scott, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)