Browsing University of Galway Theses (PhD Theses) by Author "Potito, Aaron"
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Chironomid response to prehistoric farming in northwest Ireland
Taylor, Karen (2017-12-20)This article-based PhD thesis explored the utility and performance of chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae) autecology in the investigation of prehistoric farming impacts on freshwater lake systems. Chironomid subfossils, ... -
Deciphering the geomorphic and sedimentary record of the last Irish Ice Sheet in NW Donegal, Ireland: implications for glacial dynamics and decay configurations
Cullen, Claire (2012-04-13)The last Irish Ice Sheet has a long history of investigation, but its characteristics and behaviour remain elusive. A comprehensive reconstruction of the last Irish Ice Sheet of NW Donegal is presented in this thesis. It ... -
Development of long-term daily maximum and minimum air temperature series and assessment of past extreme air temperature events in Ireland
Mateus, Carla (NUI Galway, 2021-05-06)Despite the rich heritage of meteorological observations registered in Ireland, prior to this PhD research, numerous historical daily air temperature records remained only in paper data sources across multiple archives, ... -
A Palaeolimnological Assessment of Human and Climate Influences on Chironomid Communities in Western Ireland
McKeown, Michelle (2013-09-30)Climate warming and biological response are prominent themes in Irish environmental research. It is widely acknowledged that certain species can be used as indicators of climate variables, and can be used to reconstruct ... -
Paleolimnological investigations on a nutrient polluted freshwater lake, Lough Muckno, Northeast Ireland – Reconstructing anthropogenic impacts across timescales
Chique, Carlos (2017-12-21)This project is based on a paleolimnological investigation at Lough Muckno, a large lake system located in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. The investigation is centered on a sediment core retrieved from the lake and ... -
People, land-use and time: linking multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental data to the archaeological record of prehistoric Co. Clare, Ireland
Spencer, Daisy Eleanor (NUI Galway, 2019-01-23)The aim of this thesis is to understand the nature of changing human-environment interactions through prehistory (from the Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age) in two neighbouring regions of western Ireland. The first is the ...