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Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Barnett, A. & Fitzpatrick, R. & Bradley, M. & Miller, I. & Sheaves, M. & Chin, A. & Smith, B. & Diedrich, A. & Yick, J. L. & Lubitz, N. & Crook, K. & Mattone, C. & Bennett, M. B. & Wojtach, L. & Abrantes, K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Shark bites are of high public concern globally. Information on shark occurrence and behaviour, and of the effects of human behaviours, can help under...

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Assessing metabarcoding methods for re-analysis of pond DNA samples: Towards a new metric for assessment of pond condition.

Published online: 24 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Ward, G. & Robertson, C. & Ryder, D. & Bass, D.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this study were to determine whether the quality and quantity of plant and eukaryote DNA present in the district level licensing (DLL) sam...

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Indigenous knowledge of key ecological processes confers resilience to a small-scale kelp fishery.

Published online: 22 Oct 2021

Authors: Kobluk, H. M. & Gladstone, K. & Reid, M. & Brown, K. & Krumhansl, K. A. & Salomon, A. K.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Feedbacks between social and ecological processes can lead to sustainable stewardship practices that support ecological resilience among harvested pop...

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Effects of mechanical cockle harvesting on intertidal communities.

Published online: 01 Nov 2000

Authors: Ferns, P. N. & Rostron, D. M. & Siman, H. Y.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A tractor-towed cockle harvester was used to extract cockles from intertidal plots of muddy sand and clean sand in order to investigate the effects on...

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Resource limitation of compensatory responses in ecosystem processes after biodiversity loss.

Published online: 08 Dec 2024

Authors: Hiddink, J. G. & Davies, T. W.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Biodiversity loss may result in the decline in important ecosystem processes. The effect of biodiversity loss on ecosystem functioning is determined b...

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Inferring recent changes in the ecological state of 21 Danish candidate reference lakes (EU Water Framework Directive) using palaeolimnology.

Published online: 10 Dec 2008

Authors: Bjerring, R. & Bradshaw, E. G. & Amsinck, S. L. & Johansson, L. S. & Odgaard, B. V. & Nielsen, A. B. & Jeppesen, E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) requires that all natural European waterbodies should be assigned to one of five ecological categories de...

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Biodegradable artificial reefs enhance food web complexity and biodiversity in an intertidal soft-sediment ecosystem.

Published online: 18 Sep 2023

Authors: Nauta, J. & Christianen, M. J. A. & Temmink, R. J. M. & Fivash, G. S. & Marin-Diaz, B. & Reijers, V. C. & Didderen, K. & Penning, E. & Borst, A. C. W. & Heusinkveld, J. H. T. & Zwarts, M. & Cruijsen, P. M. J. M. & Hijner, N. & Lengkeek, W. & Lamers, L. P. M. & Heide, T. van der & Bouma, T. J. & Wal, D. van der & Olff, H. & Govers, L. L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reef-forming species form integral aspects of coastal ecosystems, but are rapidly degrading world-wide. To mitigate these declines, nature managers in...

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Does managed coastal realignment create saltmarshes with 'equivalent biological characteristics' to natural reference sites?

Published online: 19 Dec 2012

Authors: Mossman, H. L. & Davy, A. J. & Grant, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Coastal saltmarshes provide distinctive biodiversity and important ecosystem services, including coastal defence, supporting fisheries and nutrient cy...

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Special Feature: Informing decision-making with indigenous and local knowledge and science.

Published online: 21 Oct 2021

Content type: Journal issue

This special section, which contains 5 papers, highlights some of the many benefits which can occur when research and decision-making are informed by ...

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Field evaluation of the Littoral Ecosystem Risk Assessment Model's predictions of the effects of chlorpyrifos.

Published online: 22 Feb 1995

Authors: Hanratty, M. P. & Stay, F. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A Littoral Ecosystem Risk Assessment Model (LERAM) is described and evaluated using field data from a previous littoral enclosure study of the effects...

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