Recent Theses

Student Name	Thesis Title	Supervisor	GraduationDate

Kader Bathia, Wasiim	Ornamental fish as complementary species in aquaponics	C. Couturier, L. Halfyard, & C. Parrish	October 2012
Both, Adrianus	Assessing the performance of the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) setting	C. Parrish & R. Penney	May 2011
Rowsell, Nicole	Incorporation of a krill protein hydrolysate into the feeding regime of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae and its effects on growth and survival	C. Parrish	May 2009
Vickerson, Andrew	Managing the health of mussel (Mytilus sp.) seed from Newfoundland: The effects of thermal stressors, transport times, storage conditions and anti-biofouling treatments on the short and long term performance of mussel seed	C. Couturier & C. Mackenzie	May 2009
Monk, Jennifer	The effect of varying light intensities and tank colour on the growth, foraging behaviour and survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae	L. Halfyard & V. Puvanendran	October 2008
Clarke, Marsha	Lipids, fatty acids and free amino acids as indicators of egg and larval viability in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	C. Parrish	May 2008
Westelmajer, Sarah	Ontogeny of corticosteroid stress response and the effect of differentially enriched live feed on growth, lipid composition and acute stress tolerance of larval Atlantic cod,Gadus morhua	C. Parrish & S. Johnson	May 2008
MacNeil, P. Sean	Mussel larval and spatfall recruitment processes	C. Couturier & J. Parsons	May 2006
Soko, Chimwemwe	Efficacy of garlic juice and lemon juice as bio-product treatments forIchthyophthirius multifiliis ('Ich') infections among different size classes of juvenile Nile Tilapia,Oreochromis niloticus	D. Barker	May 2006
Pryor, Miranda	Temporal and spatial distribution of larval and post-larval Blue Mussels (Mytilus edulis/Mytilus trossulus) and Starfish (Asterias vulgaris) within four Newfoundland mussel culture sites	J. Parsons	May 2005
Smith, Karen	Cannibalism in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and juvenile Fat snook (Centropomus parallelus)	J. Brown	May 2005
Frenette, Bruno	Environmental factors influencing the growth and survival of juvenile Sea scallops, Placopecten magellanicus(Gmelin, 1791)	J. Parsons	October 2004
O'Brien-MacDonald, Kelly	Development of foraging and digestive function in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) larvae in response to diet	J. Brown	October 2004
Wijekoon, Manjusri	Interpopulation differences in growth, food conversion efficiency and swimming performance of (0+) juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)	J. Brown	October 2004
Alves, Tarcisio T.	The effects of early weaning on the behaviour, growth and survival of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) and fat snook (Centroponus parallelus) larvae	J. Brown	May 2004
Mouland, Derek	A study of algal biofouling on pearl nets in Charles Arm, Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland	A. Whittick	May 2004
McNeil, Gina	Effects of temporal and spatial variations in Seston Flux on growth of mussels (Mytilus Spp.) in suspended culture in a boreal environment	C. Couturier & J. Parsons	October 2003
Harding, Joanne	Evaluation of the neutral red assay as a stress response indicator in mussels (Mytilus spp.) in relation to seasonal, environmental, handling, harvesting, processing, and post-harvest storage conditions	C. Couturier & J. Parsons	May 2003
Moret, Kelly	Effects of photoperiod and light intensity on the survival, growth, and feeding behaviour of larval Striped Wolffish (Anarchicas lupus)	J. Brown	October 2002