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Room: 2nd floor, Marine Centre Wales       Phone: +44 (0) 1248 388603

Email: d.smyth@bangor.ac.uk

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I graduated in Marine Biology from Queen’s University Belfast in 2002. After which I undertook a PhD in stock enhancement strategies for the native oyster Ostrea edulis at Queen’s Marine Laboratory Portaferry between 2003 and 2006. I remained at Queens in a post-doctoral position for a further three years managing a project which investigated restoration techniques for damaged Modiolus modiolus reefs. I then accepted a two post in 2010 as the Field Diving Officer with the British Antarctic Survey based at Rothera Research Station. After Antarctica I returned to Queen’s University and undertook a post-doc investigating the impact of marine renewable arrays on benthic community structure. I then moved to Qatar University as an Assistant Professor of Research managing a hawksbill turtle conservation programme and researching the impact of static fishing gear on pearl oyster beds from 2014-2017. I then returned once again to Queens where I investigated the rate of epibiotic successional recovery after sub-sea construction and associated kite energy harvesting activity.

I am a marine environmental ecologist with a keen interest in habitat restoration and enhancement through the use of bio-engineering bivalves primarily the European native oyster Ostrea edulis. Particular areas of interest in this field include the population dynamics of a recovering O. edulis stock and its associated flora and fauna. Identifying a restoration blueprint which will transform a functionally extinct O. edulis region into a self-sustaining recognised biotope is one of my major research components. I am also focused on developing an approach to O. edulis fishery management which will meet the environmental demands associated with an OSPAR and UK Biodiversity Action Plan species while accommodating the needs of the fishing community. I employ an empirical approach to my research using long-term in-situ monitoring, hatchery experimentation and field surveys.

• PhD: Stock enhancement strategies for the native oyster Ostrea edulis in a semi-enclosed sea Lough
  Queen's University, Belfast, 2007
• BSc: Marine Biology
  Queen's University, Belfast, 2002

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2023

• Published
  Hayden-Hughes, M., Bayford, P., King, J. & Smyth, D., 21 Feb 2023. 13 p.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

2021

• Published
  King, N., Wilmes, S.-B., Smyth, D., Tinker, J., Robins, P., Thorpe, J., Jones, L. & Malham, S., Feb 2021, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 78, 1, p. 70-81 70-81.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Walton, M., Al Maslamani, I., Chatting, M., Smyth, D., Castillo, A., Skov, M. & Le Vay, L., 10 Feb 2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 755, 1, 13 p., 142677.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Alexander, J., Malham, S., Smyth, D., Webb, J., Fidler, D., Bayford, P., McDonald, J. & Le Vay, L., 15 Feb 2021, In: Aquaculture. 532, 736003.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Smyth, D., Hayden-Hughes, M., Alexander, J., Bayford, P. & Kregting, L., 31 Jan 2021, In: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 41, p. 101585 1 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Leitao, A. & Smyth, D., 1 May 2019, In: PLoS ONE. 14, 5, e0215865.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Chatting, M. & Smyth, D., Sept 2019, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 99, 6, p. 1353-1361
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Guy, C., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., May 2019, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 99, 3, p. 587-593
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• Published
  Al-Maslamani, I., David, S., Giraldes, B., Chatting , M., Al-Mohannadi , M. & Le Vay, L., Oct 2018, In: Journal of Sea Research. 140, p. 40-51 12 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Mark, C., Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Obbard, J., Al-Ansi, M., Hamza, S., Al-Mohanady, S. F., Al-Kuwari, A. J. & Marshall, C. D., 7 Sept 2018, In: PLoS ONE. 13, 9, e0203257.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Smyth, D., Mahon, A. M., Roberts, D. & Kregting, L., Jun 2018, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 28, 3, p. 662-671
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Guy, C., Blight, A., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., 1 Oct 2018, In: Journal of Sea Research. 140, p. 52-58
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2017

• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Al-Maslamani, I. & Smyth, D., 6 Apr 2017, In: Zootaxa. 4250, 4, p. 389-395
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Filho, P. A. C., Smyth, D. M. & Coelho, P. A., Sept 2017, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 74, 8, p. 2180-2190
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

• Published
  Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Giraldes, B. W., Chatting, M. & Le Vay, L., May 2016, In: Regional Studies in Marine Science. 5, p. 87-96 10 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Al-Maslamani, I., Al-Ashwel, A., Chatting, M. & Smyth, D., Mar 2016, In: The Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research. 42, 1, p. 111-119
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Smyth, D., Al-Maslamani, I., Chatting, M. & Giraldes, B., 15 Dec 2016, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 113, p. 147-155
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Kregting, L., Elsaesser, B., Kennedy, R., Smyth, D., O'Carroll, J. & Savidge, G., 25 Aug 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 8, e0161279.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Smyth, D. & Chatting, M., 13 Jul 2016, In: Marine Biodiversity Records. 9, 54.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W. & Smyth, D., 3 May 2016, In: Zootaxa. 4107, 3
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Smyth, D., Kregting, L., Elsäßerb, B., Kennedy, R. & Roberts, D., Feb 2016, In: Journal of Sea Research. 108, p. 50-59
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• Published
  Giraldes, B., Zaracon Silva, A., Correa, F. M. & Smyth, D., 1 Jul 2015, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 4, July, p. 572-580
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• Published
  Giraldes, B. W., Filho, P. A. C. & Smyth, D. M., Jan 2015, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 3, p. 163-175
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• Published
  Farinas-Franco, J., Allcock, L., Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., 1 Apr 2013, In: Journal of Sea Research. 78, p. 59-74
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• Published
  Smyth, D. & Roberts, D., Nov 2010, In: Hydrobiologia. 655, p. 25-36
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• Published
  Smyth, D., Roberts, D. & Brown, L., 1 Jun 2009, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58, 6, p. 916-922
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review