Postgraduate theses

Ph.D. theses

Conservation and Environmental Botany (ecology, palaeoecology and phytosociology)

Supervisor:  Professor Michael O'Connell

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Supervisor:  Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington

• McKee, A-M. 2000 The Distribution and Ecology of Heather Calluna Vulgaris in Connemara in Relation to Grazing Pressures. 279 pp.
• O'Connor M. J. 2000 Vegetation and Ecology of Roundstone Bog. 380 pp.
• Bleasdale, A. 1995 Land Use and its Effects on Vegetation of An Upland Connemara Region. 229 pp.
• Conaghan, J. 1995 Ecological Studies of Two Rare Bog Cottons, Eriophorum gracile Koch ex Roth and E. latifolium. Hoppe. 232 pp.
• Van Doorslaer, L. 1990 An Ecological Study of the Heather Erica mackaiana Bab. and its Hybrid, E. x stuartii E.F. Linton. 298 pp.

Supervisor: Professor Michael D. Guiry

• Van der Sleesen, A.C. 2000. Galway's Woodlands: Inventory, Social Context, and Prospects for the Future.
  
  

Marine Phycology

Supervisor: Professor Michael D. Guiry

• Varela-Alvarez, E. 2001. Morphology, Reproduction, Phenology and Phylogeny of Porphyra linearis Greville (Rhodophycota).
• Kraan, S. 2001. The Genus Alaria (Alariaceae, Phaeophyceae) explored: Phylogenetics, Hybridization and Aquaculture.
• O'Flynn, A.M.. 2000. The Physiology, Ecology and Morphology of some Coralline Algae from the West of Ireland.
• Ní Chualáin, M.F. 1997. The Genus Asparagopsis (Bonnemaisoniaceae, Rhodophycota): Comparative Morphological, Physiological and Molecular Studies.
• Brodie, J. A. 1989. Life histories, morphology and photoperiodic responses in Japanese Chondrus (Rhodophyta).
• Cunningham, E. M. 1989. Aspects of photoperiodic and temperature control in the seasonal regulation of life history phases in Nemalion helminthoides and Helminthora divaricata.

Supervisor:  Dr Dagmar Stengel

• Loughnane, C. 2006.  Ecophysiological studies on macroalgal rockpool assemblages and a morphological and molecular assessment of Ulva species in Ireland.
• Baumann, H.A.  2006.  Aspects of physiological ecology of seaweeds:  development of a bioassay for metal toxicity and algal-fungal interactions.
• Morrison, W. 2005. Seaweeds as biomonitors of metals in the marine environment.
  
  

Plant Physiology

Supervisor:  Dr Maurice McDonald

• Wynne, J. 1999. Adventitious Root Formation in Woody Tissue - Biochemical Markers and Controls.
  
  

M.Sc. theses

Conservation and Environmental (ecology, palaeoecology, phytosociology)

Supervisor:  Professor Michael O'Connell

• McMahon, H. 2000. Holocene vegetation and land-use history at Caherkine Lough, S.E. Co. Clare, Western Ireland. 60 pp.
• Wolters, S. 1996. Pollen analytical Investigations towards the Reconstruction of Late Holocene Environmental Change in Kilmore Td., Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry. 171 pp.
• Jelièiæ, Lj. 1991. Investigations towards the Reconstruction of the Palaeoenvironment at Lislarheenmore, north-western Burren, Co. Clare. 88 pp.
• McDonnell, K. 1991. Investigations towards the Reconstruction of the Palaeoenvironment at the Dromteewakeen Prehistoric Sites, Iveragh Peninsula, Co. Kerry. 60 pp.
• Bowler, M. 1986. A Vegetation History of Connemara National Park, Co. Galway. 109 pp.
• O'Donoghue, B.A. 1986. A Palaeoecological Investigation of Lough Namackanbeg, Connemara, County Galway. 83 pp.
  
  

Supervisor: Dr Micheline Sheehy Skeffington

• Little, E. 1995. The Vegetation of A Hill Farm in Co. Mayo and the Comparative Effects of Sheep and Mixed Grazing on its Composition. 74 pp.
• Keane, S. 1990 . Vegetation and Land Use in Upland Areas of the Eastern Burren, Co. Clare. 82 pp.
• Weekes, L. 1990. Vegetation Survey and Map of Glenveagh National Park, Co. Donegal. 113 pp.
• Scully, C.A. 1989. Ecological Studies of the Aquatic Species, Eriocaulon aquaticum (Hill) Druce and Lobelia dortmanna L. 56pp.

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