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The diet of grey seals from the south-western North Sea assessed from analyses of hard parts found in faeces.

Published online: 31 Aug 1990

Authors: Prime, J. H. & Hammond, P. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

To assess variation in the diet of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in the south-western North Sea, faeces were collected from Donna Nook, Lincolnshire...

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The relationship between the presence of larval anisakine nematodes in cod and marine mammals in British home waters.

Published online: 01 Jan 1973

Authors: Young, P. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

About 5,400 cod from off the Hebrides, the Irish Sea, the Bristol Channel, the Southern Bight, the central North Sea and off the north-east English co...

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Acoustic risk balancing by marine mammals: anthropogenic noise can influence the foraging decisions by seals.

Published online: 21 Oct 2021

Authors: Hastie, G. D. & Lepper, P. & McKnight, J. C. & Milne, R. & Russell, D. J. F. & Thompson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Avoidance of anthropogenic sounds has been measured in many species. The results, which are typically based on observations in limited exposure contex...

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Epizootiology of the seal disease in the eastern North Sea.

Published online: 06 Mar 1993

Authors: Heide-Jørgensen, M. P. & Härkönen, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The intensity of the 1988 outbreak of phocine distemper among harbour seals, Phoca vitulina, present in the vicinity of haul-out sites in the Kattegat...

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Spatial variation in the biotic and abiotic filters of oyster recruitment: implications for restoration.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Esquivel-Muelbert, J. R. & Lanham, B. S. & Martínez-Baena, F. & Dafforn, K. A. & Gribben, P. E. & Bishop, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Attempts to restore marine ecosystems are increasing, but the success of projects remains variable. For marine invertebrates, the establishment of sel...

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Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Staerk, J. & Conde, D. A. & Ronget, V. & Lemaitre, J. F. & Gaillard, J. M. & Colchero, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Generation time is a fundamental component of extinction risk assessments for the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threate...

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Quantifying the effects of prey abundance on killer whale reproduction.

Published online: 03 Jun 2009

Authors: Ward, E. J. & Holmes, E. E. & Balcomb, K. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Management decisions for threatened and endangered species require risks to be identified and prioritized, based on the degree to which they influence...

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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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Evaluating population recovery for sea turtles under nesting beach protection while accounting for nesting behaviours and changes in availability.

Published online: 20 Jun 2012

Authors: Thorson, J. T. & Punt, A. E. & Nel, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Sea turtles and sea birds generally have high conservation importance world-wide and are often difficult to survey except when present on nesting grou...

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Multi-species restoration accelerates recovery of extinguished oyster reefs.

Published online: 21 Apr 2022

Authors: McAfee, D. & Larkin, C. & Connell, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

A multi-species approach to habitat restoration may boost the key processes (e.g. recruitment) that enable foundation species to overcome barriers to ...

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