Dr Andy Marriott

Analytical Chemist

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3206

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Biography

2015-Current: Aqueous Chemist
2014 –2015 : Analytical Chemist
2009 –2014 : PhD, Bangor University, Marine Biology
2007 –2008 : MSc (Distinction), University of Bangor, Marine Biology
2004 –2007 : BSc (Hons) 2.1, University of Bangor, Marine Biology

Skills

2014-Current: Analytical experience includes Assessment of water quality using Ion Chromatography, NPOC, pH-Alk, Conductivity.
Laser ablation & solution-based ICP-MS techniques.
Mercury analysis (DMA-80).

Research interests

2007 – ongoing : Analyses of biogeochemical tags in determining the origins and movement patterns of fish (otoliths) and sharks (vertebrae) using solution-based and laser ablation ICP-MS techniques.
Application of Biogeochemical structures (otoliths) in identifying natal origin of marine and freshwater fish.
The bioaccumulation of toxic heavy metals in fish tissue and their effects on food security in developing countries.

Current projects and collaboration

2015 – ongoing : Sustainable and safe fisheries for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Movement patterns and pollutant accumulation by whitemouth croaker or 'Corvina' (Micropogonias furnieri).
2014 – ongoing : Pollution biomonitoring of aquaculture ponds in West Bengal - University of Calcutta.
2009 –2014 : Celtic Sea Trout Project. (CSTP)

Professional association

Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

Published outputs

Research Gate

Key papers

M Chatterjee, L Sklenars, S. R Chenery, M.J Watts, A. L Marriott, S. K. Rakshit, D and Sarkar. 2014. Assessment of Total Mercury (HgT) in Sediments and Biota of Indian Sundarban Wetland and Adjacent Coastal Regions. Environment and Natural Resources Research. 4 (02), 50-64

AL Marriott, JW Latchford, ID McCarthy. 2010. Population biology of the red gurnard (Aspitrigla cuculus L.; Triglidae) in the inshore waters of Eastern Anglesey and Northwest Wales. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 26 (4), 504-512