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Solent & Isle of Wight Intertidal Seagrass Survey 2023.

Published online: 03 Oct 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Perry, C.

Content type: Reports

Surveys were conducted within the Solent and Isle of Wight in known areas where seagrass has been mapped previously, as well as a small number of addi...

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Testing the validity of using eDNA for carbon origin analysis from sediment cores.

Published online: 28 Nov 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Pagaling, E. & Buswell, V. G. & Cooper, A. & Hedley, P. & Cock, P. J. A. & Robinson, L. & Morris, J.

Content type: Reports

The present pilot study tested the validity of metabarcoding to characterise blue carbon stocks in the UK using sediments from the Solway Firth. This ...

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Assessing the CO2 capture potential of seagrass restoration projects.

Published online: 04 Dec 2013

Authors: Duarte, C. M. & Sintes, T. & Marbà, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seagrass meadows are important carbon sinks, and they are experiencing a global decline. Restoration of seagrass meadows provides a strategy to mitiga...

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Definition of Favourable Conservation Status for seagrass beds.

Published online: 07 Aug 2023

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This document sets out Natural England's view on favourable conservation status for seagrass beds in England. Favourable conservation status is the si...

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Does harvesting amplify environmentally induced population fluctuations over time in marine and terrestrial species?

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Gamelon, M. & Sandercock, B. K. & Sæther, B. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In marine and terrestrial ecosystems, organisms are affected by environmental variations that cause fluctuations in population size. The harvest-inter...

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Could our fisheries be more productive? Indirect negative effects of bottom trawl fisheries on fish condition.

Published online: 30 Nov 2011

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Johnson, A. F. & Kingham, R. & Hinz, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The nets used in bottom trawl fisheries cause mortality of benthic invertebrates and this can decrease the long-term availability of prey to exploited...

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Chief Scientist Report 2022: Nature recovery, led by evidence.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Clements, A.

Content type: Reports

This 5th report in the series describes the nature conservation activities and recommendations in the UK in 2022, including developing recommendations...

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NatureScot Research Report 1292 - Towards understanding the effectiveness of measures to manage fishing activity of relevance to MPAs in Scotland.

Published online: 06 Sep 2022

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Cunningham, S. & Donnan, D. & Gillham, K. & James, B. & Kamphausen, L. & Henderson, S.

Content type: Reports

This paper presents current evidence from within the UK and other temperate regions regarding the efficacy of fisheries management measures in safegua...

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Fishing impacts on the marine inorganic carbon cycle.

Published online: 04 Nov 2009

Authors: Jennings, S. & Wilson, R. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Teleost fish excrete precipitated carbonate and make significant contributions to the marine inorganic carbon cycle at regional and global scales. As ...

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Accounting for environmental stress in restoration of intertidal foundation species.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Clausing, R. J. & Fuente, G. de la & Falace, A. & Chiantore, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Restoration of foundation species in historical habitat may be difficult if adult facilitation is obligatory for survival of early life stages. On int...

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