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Principal Investigator in Marine Ecology

Research interests

Kenny has been involved in marine science at Dunstaffnage since 1991. He has has published 48 peer-reviewed papers on a variety of topics ranging from organic chemistry to modelling environmental impacts of aquaculture. He has edited and co-edited six books on environmental impacts of aquaculture and contributed chapters to several other volumes.

He has co-ordinated three EU projects concerning the impacts of aquaculture. Recently he was the co-ordinator of the EU FP6 STREP ECASA - Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture. In the UK, he has lead major projects including "Ecological effects of sea lice medecines" (DEFRA - £1.5m) and several Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum (SARF) projects. He was a co-PI on NERC projects from AUTOSUB and DEMA thematic programmes.

Kenny is a member of the Scottish Working Group on Aquaculture and more recently a member of the Expert Working Group on Aquaculture Site location. He is an accredited PRINCE2 Practitioner.

Kenny's current research interests include:

  • Persistent organic pollutants in the Arctic
  • Recovery processes in fish farm sediments

 

At the Scottish Marine Institute Kenny is a member of the ...

 

Career / education

Projects

Ongoing research activities

 

Past projects include

Grants

grants

Research income

 

Publications

key publications

ISI publications since 2008

  • Navarro, N., Leakey, R.J.G., Black, K.D. (2008) Effect of salmon cage aquaculture on the pelagic environment of temperate coastal waters: seasonal changes in nutrients and microbial community. Marine Ecology Progress Series 361, 47-58 doi: 10.3354/meps07357
  • Gutierrez, T., Shimmield, T.M., Haidon, C., Black, K. and Green, D.H. (2008) Emulsifying and metal ion binding activity of a glycoprotein exopolymer produced by Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain TG12. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 4867–4876 doi:10.1128/AEM.00316-08
  • Robertson, P.K.J., Black, K, Adams, M., Willis, K., Buchan, F, Muir, H., Lawton, L. and McCullagh,. C. (2009) A new generation of biocides for control of crustacea in fish farms. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 95, 58–63.
  • Cromey, C.J., Nickell, T.D., Treasurer, J., Black, K.D., Inall, M., 2009. Modelling the impact of cod (Gadus morhua L) farming in the marine environment-CODMOD. Aquaculture 289, 42-53.
  • Borja, Á. J. Germán Rodríguez, Kenny Black, Alain Bodoy, Chris Emblow, Teresa F. Fernandes, Janez Forte, Ioannis Karakassis, Iñigo Muxika, Thom D. Nickell, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Fabio Pranovi, Katerina Sevastou, Paolo Tomassetti, Dror Angel. (2009) Assessing the suitability of a range of benthic indices in the evaluation of environmental impact of fin and shellfish aquaculture located in sites across Europe. Aquaculture 293, 231–240
  • Dodds, L.A., Black, K.D., Orr, H. and Roberts, J.M. (2009) Lipid biomarkers reveal geographical differences in food supply to the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa (Scleractinia). Marine Ecology Progress Series 397, 113-124
  • Adey, E.A., Black, K.D., Sawyer,, T, Shimmield, T.M. and  C.N. Trueman, C.N. (2009) Scale microchemistry as a tool to investigate the origin of wild and farmed Salmo salar. Marine Ecology Progress Series 390 225-235
  • Nickell, T.D., Cromey, C.J., Borja, Á., and Black, K.D., (2009). The benthic impacts of a large cod farm – are there indicators for environmental sustainability? Aquaculture 293 231-240
  • Folmer, Florence, Marcel Jaspars, Godofredo Solano, Silvia Cristofanon, Estelle Henry, ,Jioji Tabudravu, Kenny Black, David H. Green, Frithjof C. Kupper, William Aalbersberg, Klaus Feussner, Mario Dicato, Marc Diederich (in press) The inhibition of TNF-a-induced NF-kB activation by marine natural products. Biochemical Pharmacology
  • Duarte, Carlos M., Marianne Holmer, Yngvar Olsen, Doris Soto, Núria Marbà, Joana Guiu, Kenny Black, Ioannis Karakassis. (2009) Will the Oceans Help Feed Humanity? BioScience 59 067-976 (IF 4.7)

 

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External

external activities / measures of esteem

ROLE in SAMS

  • Member of the SAMS Executive Group 1999 - 2009
  • Leader of the Coastal Impacts Research Group 1991-2005
  • Head of Ecology Department 2005 - 2009
  • Acting Director SAMSardtoe Ltd. 2003-2005

 

External appointments

  • Member of the NERC Science Promotion Panel II (1999-2004)
  • Member of the Council of the Challenger Society for Marine Science (2000-2003)
  • Chairman of the Glenorchy and Innishail Community Council (2000-2005)
  • Member of the Ministerial Working Group on Aquaculture Strategy (2002- present)
  • Member of the MWGA sub-committee on farm Relocations (2003-2006)
  • Member of the MGWA sub-committee on Assimilative Capacity (2003-2004)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scottish International Relief (1994- present)
  • Chairman of the Craig Lodge Trust (1994 - present)
  • Chairman of Dalmally Community Company (2000- present)
  • Trustee of the Argyll Fisheries Trust (2002- present )
  • Member of the Scottish Government Expert Group on Aquaculture Siting (2007- 2008)
  • Member GB Non-native Risk Assessment Panel (2008 – present)

 

Students

Students

Current PhD students

 

PhD students successfully completed

  • Paula Pereira
  • Paul Provost 
  • Stephen Craig
  • Kemi Obajimi 
  • Rebecca Dean
  • Richard Corner 
  • Liz Adey
  • Lindsay Vare
  • Mark Shields

 

MRes student successfully completed
 
My contact details

Dr Kenny Black SAMS

Dr Kenny Black

E: kenny.black@sams.ac.uk

T: +44 (0)1631 559 259

F: +44 (0)1631 559 001

Scottish Marine Institute

Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK

 

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