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Collagen Deposition, Cellular and Molecular characterisation of self-assembled tendon constructs grown in vitro from embryonic chick tenocyte cells
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2025)Tendons are fibrous connective tissues that connect and transmit forces between muscle and bone. Following injury, they are very difficult to repair surgically, often resulting in tissue that is not comparable to native ... -
Ecological stability across scales
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Zoology, 2016)One of the greatest challenges facing ecologists is how to detect and predict species and community responses to disturbance against a background of concurrent and potentially interacting environmental, biotic and anthropogenic ... -
Stable isotope analysis of Dublin Bay food web
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Zoology, 2017)Coastal ecosystems are being increasingly impacted by human activities. Among the main threats, eutrophication is a major issue worldwide which can lead to major dysfunctions such as the excessive development of opportunistic ... -
Expression analysis of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) and caspases in chick (Gallus gallus) neural retina embryonic development
(Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Department of Zoology, 2016)Programmed cell death occurs naturally in developing neural tissues to regulate cell population, neural circuit connection and refined tissue structure. Caspases and inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) are believed to ... -
Trophic adaptability shapes isotopic niche of the resident fish Aphanius fasciatus across lagoon habitats
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Coastal lagoons are characterized by high habitat heterogeneity where natural habitats coexist with artificial ones, historically set up to support human activities. Increasing anthropogenic pressure may lead to progressive ... -
The consequences of unidentifiable individuals for the analysis of an animal social network
(2015)Social network analysis is pervasive in understanding animal social systems, and provides information about how individuals vary in their social strategies. Many long-term studies comprising uniquely marked individuals ... -
Reconceptualising Eco-tourism: Aligning Tourism and Conservation Goals using Biodiversity Perception, Governance, and Management
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, Trinity College Dublin, School of Natural Sciences, 2024)This thesis represents an in-depth exploration of the intricate relationship between tourism and conservation, delving into the critical need for robust governance to ensure effective environmental management within the ... -
Building a Co-ordinated Musculoskeletal System: The Plasticity of the Developing Skeleton in Response to Muscle Contractions
(Springer Nature, 2023)The skeletal musculature and the cartilage, bone and other connective tissues of the skeleton are intimately co-ordinated. The shape, size and structure of each bone in the body is sculpted through dynamic physical stimuli ... -
Interactions between global change and multiple infection have complex effects on life-history traits of Daphnia magna and its parasites
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2024)Recent outbreaks of disease such as the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the need to better understand the drivers of pathogen spread and transmission, especially with disease outbreaks becoming more frequent due to ... -
Quantifying the impacts of multiple stressors on the production of marine benthic resources
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2024)Coastal ecosystems are among the most heavily affected by climate change and anthropogenic activities, which impacts their diversity, productivity and functioning and puts many of the key ecosystem services they provide ... -
The biology and ecology of regionally endothermic fishes in Irish waters
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)The waters surrounding Ireland are very productive due to cold water upwellings. This has led to Irish waters supporting many livelihoods such as those in tourism and fisheries, with some specialising in catching and ... -
Assessing novel cultivation methods, baseline fish assemblages and survey methodologies of cultivated and wild kelp in the Southwest of Ireland
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)Kelp (i.e. large brown macroalgae of the order Laminariales) are important habitat-forming species in coastal ecosystems. Recently, the key role kelp play as part of an expanding blue economy has been recognised in addition ... -
Dietary Conservatism: The Influences and Determinants of Alternative Foraging Strategies
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)Dietary conservatism – the existence of alternative foraging strategies in response to novel foods – continues to be a little-known and understudied topic of animal behaviour. In every vertebrate population tested so far, ... -
Understanding variation in ecology and physiology of marine migratory species.
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)As the world faces the threats of multiple compounded and worsening crises, scientists are racing to gather the knowledge necessary to safeguard entire ecosystems and species. Technological advances are continuously ... -
Temperature and the ecophysiology of marine ectotherms
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)Temperature influences the physiology, behaviour, and distribution of organisms and the field of thermal ecology has been stimulated in recent decades by the need for a greater understanding of how climate change will ... -
Human pressure as an ecological force across scales and systems
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2023)Historically, climate has been seen as the main driver of global vegetation patterns, but ecological paradigms have recently expanded to acknowledge human activity as a critical determinant of species biogeography. Today, ... -
Capture heats up sharks
(2022)Catch-and-release fishing is an important component of ecotourism industries and scientific research worldwide, but its total impact on animal physiology, health and survival is understudied for many species of fishes, ... -
Endothermy makes fishes faster but does not expand their thermal niche
(Functional Ecology, 2021-06-30)Regional endothermy has evolved several times in marine fishes, and two competing hypotheses are generally proposed to explain the evolutionary drivers behind this trait: thermal niche expansion and elevated cruising speeds. ... -
Dispersal and speciation in the avian archipelago
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Natural Sciences. Discipline of Zoology, 2022)Islands play a key role in both the evolution of new species and our understanding of that evolution. The colonisation of islands, followed by different levels of gene flow between populations, has produced a diverse ... -
Small islands and large biogeographic barriers have driven contrasting speciation patterns in Indo-Pacific sunbirds (Aves: Nectariniidae)
(2022)Birds of the Indo-Pacific have provided biologists with many foundationalinsights. This study presents evidence for strong phylogeographic structure in two sunbird species from the heart of this region, the olive-backed ...
