Tracing the distribution and growth of baryons in the nearby cosmic web

This thesis examined the importance of separating and controlling for large and small-scale environment when investigating the roles of nature versus nurture in the evolution of galaxies in the cosmic web. A key outcome of this work was the characterisation of how differing corrections for redshift distortions can impact the subsequent analysis. Finally, it was shown that high completeness galaxy surveys can reliably disentangle the role of small-scale environment in the assembly of stellar mass within large-scale structures in the Universe.