Dr Andy Marriott

Analytical Chemist \- Aqueous Chemistry and Lab Manager

Location: BGS Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3206

E-mail Dr Andy Marriott

ORCID: 0000-0002-3864-4

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

Commissioned reports

2014 –2014 : Salinas de León P, Bertolotti A, Chong C, Marriott A, Reyes H & Preziosi R (2014). Life history and fishing dynamics of the Camotillo (Paralabrax albomaculatus): Endemic species Galapagos classified as endangered by IUCN. Technical report to the Fishing Technical Commission of the Participative Management Board 9p.

Current projects and collaboration

2018 – ongoing : Marriott A.L, Osano O, Coffey T, Egan S, Mulanda Aura, C. UK Institutional Links Grants: Aquaculture: Pathway to food security in Kenya. Newton Fund Institutional Links project, BC/332418244(PI, 2018-2019).
2018 –2018 : Aquaculture and geochemistry : considerations for food security and safety in Africa http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/520204
2015 –2017 : Sustainable and safe fisheries for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Movement patterns and pollutant accumulation by whitemouth croaker or 'Corvina' (Micropogonias furnieri).
2014 –2016 : Pollution biomonitoring of aquaculture ponds in West Bengal - University of Calcutta.
2009 –2014 : Celtic Sea Trout Project. (CSTP)

Key papers

Jones, J B, Arkhipkin, A I, Marriott, A L, and Pierce, G J. 2018. Using statolith elemental signatures to confirm ontogenetic migrations of the squid Doryteuthis gahi around the Falkland Islands (Southwest Atlantic). Chemical Geology.
Marriott, A L, McCarthy, I D, Ramsay, A L, and Chenery, S R N. 2016. Discriminating nursery grounds of juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) in the south-eastern Irish Sea using otolith microchemistry. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 546: 183–195
Cambiè, G, Kaiser, M J, Marriott, A L, Fox, J, Lambert, G, Hiddink, J G, Overy, T, Bennet, S A, Leng, M J, and McCarthy, I D. 2016. Stable isotope signatures reveal small-scale spatial separation in populations of European sea bass. Mar Ecol Prog Ser. 546: 213-223
Watts, M J, Mitra, S, Marriott, A L, and Sarkar, S K. 2017. Source, distribution and ecotoxicological assessment of multielements in superficial sediments of a tropical turbid estuarine environment: A multivariate approach.Marine Pollution Bulletin. 115: 130-140.
Chatterjee, M, Sklenars, L, Chenery, S R, Watts, M J, Marriott, A L, Rakshit, D, and Sarkar, S K. 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
McCarthy, I D, Cant, J, and Marriott, A L. 2018. Population biology of grey gurnard (Eutrigla gurnardus (L.); Triglidae) in the coastal waters of Northwest Wales. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. Ian D. McCarthy | James Cant | Andrew L. Marriott
McCarthy, I D, and Marriott, A L. 2018. Age, growth and maturity of tub gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna L.; Triglidae) in the inshore coastal waters of Eastern Anglesey and Northwest Wales. Journal of Applied Ichthyology.
Marriott, A L, Latchford, J W, and McCarthy, I D. 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

Professional association

Fisheries Society of the British Isles.

Published outputs

Research Gate

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.

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).