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Profile
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Scientific interests
- Environmental Impact Assessment
- Gradient ecology
- Aquaculture impacts
- Carrying capacity
Since 2001 I have worked as a benthic ecologist on
- ecological effects of sea lice medicines (PAMP)
- the Keyzones project on shellfish carrying capacity (workpackage leader)
- the carrying capacity of water bodies for
aquaculture as part of the ECASA project
- model development for PHILMINAQ (workshops, training courses, field validations)
- a validated model to predict solids from cod farming and their environmental impact (CODMOD project)
- the Marine Cage Farming working group CONSENSUS
I have also been a Principal Investigator on SARF recovery of the benthos
project and on the AquAgriS project on reducing impacts from aquaculture.
At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the ...
Career / education
2001-present
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Benthic ecologist, SAMS - responsibilities are listed above
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1997-2001
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Benthic ecologist, hydrographer at SAMS: Started work with Chris Cromey on
modelling deposition and environmental impact from salmon farms -
DEPOMOD |
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SAMS SSGA/DTI Benthic Recovery project |
| 1989-1990 |
Marine Biologist, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete: Worked on the
NATO-funded FISHECO programme, including a benthic sampling programme on
the Cretan continental shelf |
1989
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PhD University of London
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1981
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BSc in Biological Oceanography, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, U.S.A. |
1976
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Graduated, American School of London
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Research
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Research projects
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AquAgris: Environmental management reform for sustainable farming, fisheries and aquaculture (Funder: EU FP6)
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Benthic Recovery: Assessment of the rate of sedimentary ecosystem recovery following the removal of marine fish farm cages or the cessation of farming (Funder: SARF)
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Large Sites: Modelling benthic effects of large (>1500 t) salmon cage farms in dispersive environments in Scotland (Funders: SSPO/Crown Estate)
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Keyzones: To investigate sustainable biological carrying capacities of key European coastal zones (Funder: EU FP6)
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ECASA: An Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture (Funder: EU FP6)
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PHILMINAQ: Mitigating Impact From Aquaculture In The Philippines (Funder: EU FP6)
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CODMOD: Cod farming in the marine environment - modelling the environmental impacts (Funders: Crown Estates/Seafish Authority/HIE)
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CONSENSUS: Towards Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe (Funder: EU FP6
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Scottish Executive Aquaculture Review - Review And Synthesis Of The Environmental Impacts Of Aquaculture
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PAMP: The Ecological Effects of Sea Lice Medicines in Scottish Sea Lochs (Funder: DEFRA)
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DEPOMOD: Predictive modelling of marine aquaculture impacts (Funders: SEPA/SSGA)
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Publications
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Nickell, T.D.,
Cromey, C.J., Borja, Á., & Black, K.D., 2009. The benthic impacts
of a large cod farm – are there indicators for environmental
sustainability? Aquaculture 295, 226–237.
doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.07.011
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Brigolin, D., Pastres,
R., Nickell, T.D., Cromey, C.J., Aguilera, D.R. & Regnier, P.,
2009. Modelling the impact of aquaculture on early diagenesis processes
in sea loch sediments. Marine Ecology Progress Series 388, 63-80.
doi:10.3354/meps08072
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Borja, Á., Rodríguez, J.G., Black, K.D.,
Bodoy, A., Emblow, C., Fernandes, T.F., Forte, J., Karakassis, I.,
Muxika, I., Nickell, T.D., Papageorgiou, N., Pranovi, F., Sevastou, K.,
Tomassetti, P., Angel, D., 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. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.04.037
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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.
doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2008.12.020
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Ferreira, J.G., Sequeira,
A., Hawkins, A.J.S., Newton, A., Nickell, T.D., Pastres, R., Fortef,
J., Bodoy, A., Bricker, S.B., 2009. Analysis of coastal and offshore
aquaculture: application of the FARM model to multiple systems and
shellfish species. Aquaculture 292, 129-138.
doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2009.03.039
Selected reports
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Hughes, D.J. &
Nickell, T.D., 2009. Recovering Scotland’s Marine Environment. Report
to Scottish Environment LINK, October 2 2009. Scottish Association for
Marine Science Internal Report No. 262. Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory,
Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, Scotland, UK. 65 pp.
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Black, K.D.,
Cromey, C.J., Dale, A. & Nickell, T.D., 2009. Modelling benthic
effects of large salmon cage farms in Scotland. Report to the Scottish
Salmon Producers Organisation. Scottish Association for Marine Science,
Oban, Argyll, PA37 1QA, Scotland. 97 pp.
For a full list of Thom Nickell's publications and reports, please search the publications box on the right.
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Teaching
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- 1996: Lecturer in Environmental Biology & Genetics, Liverpool John Moores University
- 1997: Associate Lecturer in Oceanography, Open University
- 2001: Honorary Lecturer in Zoology, Aberdeen University
- Occasional Lecturer in Hydrography, University of London
- BSc (Hons) Marine Science: Module leader for Sediment Processes (year 3) and Environmental Impact
Assessment (year 4), University of the Highlands and Islands
- BSc (Hons) Marine Science: Lecturing on modules in Marine Conservation Conservation (year 3), Marine Resources (year 2) and Marine Pollution (year 3), University of the Highlands and Islands
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Dr Thom Nickell
E: thom.nickell@sams.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1631 559 261
F: +44 (0)1631 559 001
Scottish Marine Institute
Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK
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