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LIFE Recreation ReMEDIES advanced mooring systems worldwide: project summary report.

Published online: 13 Feb 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Stainthorp, R.

Content type: Reports

This work, commissioned by Natural England through the Life Recreation ReMEDIES (Reducing and Mitigating Erosion and Disturbance Impacts affEcting the...

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The Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN), Clare Postlethwaite.

Published online: 07 Dec 2024

Published by: UK, Marine Environmental Data and Information Network

Content type: Conference slides

This presentation highlights the aims, methods, and challenges of marine and coastal monitoring, focusing on achieving clean, healthy, safe, productiv...

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Mapping of seafloor debris in intertidal seagrass, Solent Maritime SAC.

Published online: 28 Nov 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Burnham, B. & Newton, D. & Holroyd, S.

Content type: Reports

This report identifies and maps the marine debris in the intertidal areas of the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation (SAC). This has been ach...

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Consideration of avoidance behaviour of northern gannet (Morus bassanus) in collision risk modelling for offshore wind farm impact assessments.

Published online: 19 Oct 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pavat, D. & Harker, A. J. & Humphries, G. & Keogan, K. & Webb, A. & Macleod, K.

Content type: Reports

The aim of this project was to deliver an evidence-based method to ensure macro-avoidance behaviour is appropriately accounted for in collision risk m...

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Can fisherman and tour-boat guides reliably perceive changes in the abundance of large marine species over a sizable time gap?

Published online: 25 Aug 2021

Published by: British Ecological Society

Authors: Bessesen, B. L. & González-Suárez, M.

Content type: Blog

This article is a plain language summary of the study, The value and limitations of local ecological knowledge: Longitudinal and retrospective assessm...

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Salmonella carriage by herring gulls in the Clyde area of Scotland in relation to their feeding ecology.

Published online: 05 Feb 1987

Authors: Monaghan, P. & Shedden, C. B. & Ensor, K. & Fricker, C. R. & Girdwood, R. W. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Faecal examination of 2985 Larus argentatus captured at refuse tips in the Clyde area yielded Salmonella of 23 serotypes from 9.2% of birds during the...

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Alien species spreading via biofouling on recreational vessels in the Mediterranean Sea.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Ulman, A. & Ferrario, J. & Forcada, A. & Seebens, H. & Arvanitidis, C. & Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A. & Marchini, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Despite the Mediterranean being both a hotspot for recreational boating and for non-indigenous species (NIS), no data currently exists on the recre...

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Recreational vessel networks reveal potential hot spots for marine pest introduction and spread.

Published online: 05 Oct 2024

Authors: Hilliam, K. & Treml, E. A. & Stevenson, S. & Floerl, O.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Recreational vessels are an important pathway for spreading marine non-indigenous species (NIS) around coastal environments globally. However, most ve...

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Climate change and vessel traffic create networks of invasion in marine protected areas.

Published online: 21 Nov 2020

Authors: Iacarella, J. C. & Lyons, D. A. & Burke, L. & Davidson, I. C. & Therriault, T. W. & Dunham, A. & Dibacco, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Establishment of protected areas to maintain biodiversity requires identification, prioritization and management of stressors that may undermine co...

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Mass development of aquatic plants: effects of contrasting management scenarios on a suite of ecosystem services.

Published online: 17 Apr 2024

Authors: Vermaat, J. E. & Thiemer, K. & Immerzeel, B. & Schneider, S. C. & Sebola, K. & Coetzee, J. & Petruzzella, A. & Motitsoe, S. N. & Baldo, M. & Misteli, B. & Thiébaut, G. & Hilt, S. & Köhler, J. & Harpenslager, S. F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Dense beds of aquatic plants are often perceived as nuisance and therefore mechanically removed, often at substantial cost. Such removal, however, may...

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