Senior Lecturer
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- Email Address
- v.louca@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272781
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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SBS Postgraduate Teaching coordinator
Member of the University Postgraduate Forum
- External Memberships
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Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Biology
- Research
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Research Overview
Key Research Interests:
- Conservation of aquatic systems
- Drivers influencing biological community structure and biodiversity patterns
- Bioacoustic monitoring in aquatic systems
- Animal behaviour
- Global change and aquatic systems
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Marine Biology
- Ecology
- Freshwater Biology
- Animal Behaviour
- Entomology
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.
Current Research
* Coastal, estuarine and wetland ecology
* Desalination impacts on the coastal environment
* Bioacoustic monitoring
Collaborations
CMMI, Cyprus
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Supervisees
- MISS ELENI AVRAMIDI
- MR MOHAMMAD FARHAN
- MR MOHAMMED MASSOUD
- MR ENZO CALABI
- MISS MASTURAH MOHAMAD NADZARI
Funding and Grants
CREW funded project "Assessing the impact of forestry on water quality in Scotland: A review of modelling capabilities". £93 090.30 grant. P.I. start: December 2023.
RSE grants “Ecoacoustic diversity in Scottish wetlands”. £5000. Grant P.I. Start: 2025
- Teaching
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Programmes
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Programme coordination
- Postgraduate, 3 stage, September start
Programme coordination
Courses
Course coordination and lectures.
Course coordination and lectures
Course coordination and lectures
Teaching Responsibilities
Programme coordination:
SBS Postgraduate Teaching coordinator
Co-coordinator of the MSc programme in Environmental Management
Course coordination and teaching:
Level 2 Ecology: lectures on population growth
Level 2 Conservation Biology: Lectures on PVA analysis, biodiversity, reintroductions and MPAs
Level 2 Freshwater and Terrestrial Ecology field course
Level 3 Behavioural Biology: lectures on parasites, predators, foraging theory and reproduction
Level 3 Animals in captivity: lectures on the ethics of keeping fish in captivity
Level 5 Environmental pollution: lectures on freshwater pollution
Level 5 Catchment management: lectures and coordination
Level 5 Core Skills in Environmental Sciences: coordination and lectures on statistical analyses and sampling designs
Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
Personal tutor
- Publications
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Benthic biodiversity near brine discharge sites in the Port of Rotterdam
Water Resources and Industry, vol. 27, 100173Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Aspects of environmental impacts of seawater desalination: Cyprus as a case study
Desalination and Water Treatment, vol. 211, pp. 15-30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing watermilfoil invasion effects on native macrophyte communities in North American lakes using a novel approach for macrophyte sampling
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 422, no. 1, pp. 1-9Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The multidimensionality of female mandrill sociality-A dynamic multiplex network approach
PloS ONE, vol. 15, no. 4, e0230942Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The dynamics of grooming interactions: maintenance of partner choice and the consequences of demographic variation for female mandrills
PeerJ, vol. 7, e6332Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Term-time Employment and Student Attainment in Higher Education
Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 28-38Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Competition for shelter occupancy between a native freshwater crab and an invasive crayfish
Aquatic Ecology, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 273-278Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Role of fish as predators of mosquito larvae on the floodplain of the Gambia River
Journal of Medical Entomology, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 546-556Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Do culverts impact the movements of the endangered white-clawed crayfish?
Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, vol. 14, no. 17, pp. 45-57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Habitat associations, reproduction and diet of the Guinean tilapia Tilapia guineensis of the Gambia River floodplains
Journal of Fish Biology, vol. 76, no. 10, pp. 2469-2485Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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