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Is angling a significant pathway for invasive species?
26 March 2019
Emily鈥檚 PhD success in tracing non-native impacts
Bubbly was cracked open for Dr Emily Smith on 18th聽March, after she was the latest 香港六合彩 Geography candidate to successfully defend her PhD thesis.
Emily鈥檚 work at 香港六合彩 began with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Environmental Geography, followed by a distinction in 香港六合彩 Geography鈥檚 MSc Aquatic Science course.
She then obtained a NERC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) award to carry out PhD research on聽'Conduits of Aquatic Invasive Species into the UK: The Angling Route?鈥�.
In this work, Emily investigated the direct and indirect impacts of angling on invasive species in the UK, including those carried on angling equipment, and the implications for the European Invasive Alien Species Regulation and the Code of Conduct for Coarse Anglers.
Emily鈥檚 supervisors were Professor Helen Bennion and Dr Carl Sayer. The thesis was examined by from King鈥檚 College London Geography and from the Department of Environmental Science, Institute of Technology, Sligo. They congratulated Emily on an impressive piece of work which would have real-world impact.
As if to confirm this assessment, Emily has secured a post with , which part-funded the research, allowing her to put the findings directly to good use.