Rebecca Kyle
BSc (Hons), Marine Biology, Queen's University Belfast 2010
MSc Ecological Management and Conservation Biology (Commendation), Queen's University Belfast 2011
Contact information
Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 2015 (Direct line)
Email: rkyle05@qub.ac.uk
Room: Medical Biology Centre - 6.05
Research Interests
The freshwater pearl mussel, Margaritifera margaritifera, is a globally endangered bivalve. This species is an important ecosystem engineer with the filtering capacity to alter turbidity patterns in rivers that determines light availability to macrophytes and associated organisms. M. margaritifera is also an important indicator species that reveals changes to the physico-chemical properties of rivers. I will be developing ex-situ conservation techniques, concentrating on the critical juvenile stage of mussels, with the aim of re-introducing pearl mussels back into the riverine habitats.
Key Links
- The Institute of Agri-Food & Land Use
- The Beaufort Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Science
- The Beaufort Marine Biodiscovery Project
- The Centre for Assured, Safe and Traceable Food (ASSET)
- Degree Plus
- The Gibson Institute
- The Queen's University Marine Laboratory
- The Queen's University Marine Laboratory is on Facebook
- The Modiolus Restoration Research Group
- Quercus
- Safety Information (Campus access only)
- School News Letters
- Work-shadowing for A-Level students
Contact Info
Medical Biology Centre
97 Lisburn Road
Belfast
BT9 7BL
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