
Danielle Sloan
Multi-disciplinary connectivity investigation of Priority Marine Features in Scottish waters using bio-physical modelling and population genomics
PhD Aim:
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By combining particle tracking and hydrodynamic modelling with habitat suitability models and population genomics this project aims to investigate how Scottish flame shell (Limaria hians) beds are connected.
PhD Objectives:
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The mitochondrial genome of Limaria hians (flame shell) will be characterised and described for the first time.
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Broad-scale contemporary connectivity, gene flow and genetic diversity within and between flame shell beds will be investigated using haplotypes.
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A Lagrangian particle tracking model will be forced with output from the hydrodynamic Scottish Shelf Model to investigate the mechanisms behind population connectivity.
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Data from the genomic analyses will be used to validate the outcomes of the larval dispersal model.
Contact Details:
- d.sloan.19@abdn.ac.uk
- www.linkedin.com/in/danielle-sloan-174773133
- Twitter: @_daniellesloan