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Overview

Lewis Le Vay is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans diverse subfields, including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Food Science, and Earth-Surface Processes. The scientist's research primarily focuses on topics related to marine environments and coastal ecosystems.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Crustacean biology and ecology
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview

Lewis Le Vay has contributed to publications in a variety of scientific venues, frequently appearing in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Aquaculture
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Collaboration forms a significant part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include Shelagh K. Malham, Mark Walton, Ibrahim Al-Maslamani, Martin W. Skov, and Mark Chatting.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Lewis Le Vay include:

  • "Future Mangrove Carbon Storage Under Climate Change and Deforestation," 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Prospects of Low Trophic Marine Aquaculture Contributing to Food Security in a Net Zero-Carbon World," 2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • "The application of neural networks to classify dolphin echolocation clicks," 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Examining current best-practices for the use of wild post-larvae capture, culture, and release for fisheries enhancement," 2023, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Faunal mediated carbon export from mangroves in an arid area," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • A global review of the ecosystem services provided by bivalve aquaculture

    Andrew van der Schatte Olivier;Laurence Jones;Lewis Le Vay;Michael Christie

  • The Potential for Replacement of Live Feeds in Larval Culture

    David A. Jones;Mohd. Salleh Kamarudin;Lewis Le Vay

  • Ecology and Management of Mud Crab Scylla spp.

    L. Le Vay

  • The digestive physiology of herbivorous, omnivorous and carnivorous crustacean larvae: a review

    D.A. Jones;M. Kumlu;L. Le Vay;D.J. Fletcher

  • Are mangroves worth replanting? The direct economic benefits of a community-based reforestation project

    Mark E.M. Walton;Giselle P.B. Samonte-Tan;Jurgenne H. Primavera;Gareth Edwards-Jones

  • Biochemical composition and digestive enzyme activity in larvae and postlarvae ofPenaeus japonicus during herbivorous and carnivorous feeding

    A. Rodriguez;L. Le Vay;G. Mourente;D. A. Jones

  • Ontogenetic change in digestive enzyme activity during larval development of Macrobrachium rosenbergii

    Mohd.Salleh Kamarudin;David A. Jones;Lewis le Vay;Aizam Zainal Abidin

  • Digestion in relation to feeding strategies exhibited by crustacean larvae.

    L. Le Vay;D.A. Jones;A.C. Puello-Cruz;R.S. Sangha

  • Halophyte filter beds for treatment of saline wastewater from aquaculture

    J.M. Webb;R. Quintã;S. Papadimitriou;L. Norman

  • Quality of hatchery-reared juveniles for marine fisheries stock enhancement

    L. Le Vay;Gary Carvalho;E.T. Quinitio;J.H. Lebata

  • Influence of live and artificial diets on tissue composition and trypsin activity in Penaeus japonicus larvae

    L. Le Vay;A. Rodríguez;M.S. Kamarudin;David Jones

  • Seasonal abundance, distribution and recruitment of mud crabs (Scylla spp.) in replanted mangroves

    Mark E. Walton;Lewis Le Vay;Junemie H. Lebata;Joseph Binas

  • Natural carbon stable isotope ratios as indicators of the relative contribution of live and inert diets to growth in larval Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis)

    Julián Gamboa-Delgado;José Pedro Cañavate;Ricardo Zerolo;Lewis Le Vay

  • Natural stable isotopes as indicators of the relative contribution of soy protein and fish meal to tissue growth in Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) fed compound diets

    Julián Gamboa-Delgado;Lewis Le Vay

  • Assessment of the effectiveness of mangrove rehabilitation using exploited and non-exploited indicator species.

    Mark E. Walton;Lewis Le Vay;Junemie H. Lebata;Joseph Binas

  • Significance of mangrove–mudflat boundaries as nursery grounds for the mud crab, Scylla paramamosain

    Mark E. Walton;Lewis Le Vay;Le Minh Truong;Vu Ngoc Ut

  • Naturally-occurring stable isotopes as direct measures of larval feeding efficiency, nutrient incorporation and turnover

    Lewis Le Vay;Julián Gamboa-Delgado

  • Prioritization of knowledge needs for sustainable aquaculture: a national and global perspective

    Aisla C. Jones;Angela Mead;Michel J. Kaiser;Melanie C. V. Austen

  • The effect of halophyte planting density on the efficiency of constructed wetlands for the treatment of wastewater from marine aquaculture

    J.M. Webb;R. Quintã;S. Papadimitriou;L. Norman

  • Seasonal abundance and recruitment in an estuarine population of mud crabs, Scylla paramamosain, in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

    Lewis Le Vay;Vu Ngoc Ut;David A. Jones

  • Population ecology of the mud crab Scylla paramamosain (Estampador) in an estuarine mangrove system; a mark-recapture study

    L. Le Vay;V. N. Ut;M. Walton

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Giménez
Luis Giménez Bangor University
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Kennedy Bangor University
David N. Thomas
David N. Thomas University of Helsinki
Jurgenne H. Primavera
Jurgenne H. Primavera Zoological Society of London
Julián Blasco
Julián Blasco Spanish National Research Council
Michel J. Kaiser
Michel J. Kaiser Heriot-Watt University
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Martin W. Skov
Martin W. Skov Bangor University
Shelagh K. Malham
Shelagh K. Malham Bangor University
Mohamed Abdallah
Mohamed Abdallah Hamad bin Khalifa University

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