The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Daniel's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Supervised Research Degrees
My research activities have received funding to investigate aspects of fish health, nutrition, microbiome and aquafeed sustainability. Themes of interest include better understanding of host-microbe interactions, dysbiosis, mucosal health, enteritis and intestinal inflammation, functional feed additives and novel raw materials for use in aquafeeds. This research programme spans many commercially relevant species including rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, carp and Nile tilapia, and the model species, zebrafish. This research has taken place through postgraduate Research degree programmes and funded research projects.
Research degrees awarded:
Recent research projects:
- Functional feed additives for aquafeeds
- Reassembly of external microbiome following husbandry stressors
- Alleviating intestinal inflammation (enteritis)
- Sustainable Aquafeeds
- Microbial solutions to improve shrimp health and production
- Low-cost, high-quality algal biomass for aquaculture feed
- Salmon and sea lice infections
Teaching
Programme Leader:
MSc Sustainable Aquaculture and Fisheries
Module leader:
BIO505: Research Project
BIO504: Health and Production in Aquaculture
BIO5208: Contemporary Issues in Aquaculture
Contact Daniel
A406, Portland Square, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 584888
daniel.merrifield@plymouth.ac.uk
