There has been a global push to increase the protection of the world’s oceans with a particular interest in increasing the coverage of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). MPAs vary in level of protection, with No Take Zones (NTZ) serving as the highest level of protection...
Mapping temporal trends of intertidal Zostera nolteiseagrass and its interactions with oyster aquaculture, sediment characteristics, and macroinfaunal assemblages in the Royal Bay of Grouville, Jersey
Seagrass meadows provide key ecosystem services but are in global decline. In the Royal Bay of Grouville, Zostera noltei forms an extensive intertidal bed overlapping with oyster aquaculture within the South East Coast of Jersey Ramsar site. This study examined...
The impact of Alder on Soil Carbon Storage in Agricultural Hedgerows.
Hedgerows are prominent features of Jersey’s arable landscape and important elements for climate-smart farming. Whilst recognised for their role in biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation through soil carbon storage, little is known about how hedge...
Improving Efficiencies of island-based EBME Departments through Asset Tracking: An investigative cost-benefit analysis
This research study attempts to explore how implementing asset tracking technology may address the specific operational challenges faced by island-based Electro-Biomedical Engineering (EBME) departments providing insights into the unique equipment management issues...
The Critical Voice; A Heuristic Enquiry into the experience of hearing a Critical Inner Voice to deepen our understanding of its meaning and purpose.
The purpose of this thesis is to discover new ways of thinking about and understanding one’s critical inner voice. The critical voice is defined as words that are heard internally, are typically negative towards the self and others and not Auditory Verbal...
Jersey seagrass report
This report reviews seagrass biology, ecology, and global status before focusing on seagrass meadows around Jersey, Channel Islands, highlighting their distribution, biodiversity, health, and carbon storage capacity. Seagrass ecosystems support marine biodiversity,...