Search

All content is free for everyone to browse, read and share. You’ll find journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature. Type keywords into the search box or Use the filtering options below to browse the content.

Filter by...

Showing 549 results

Fish culling reduces tapeworm burden in Arctic charr by increasing parasite mortality rather than by reducing density-dependent transmission.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Henriksen, E. H. & Frainer, A. & Knudsen, R. & Kristoffersen, R. & Kuris, A. M. & Lafferty, K. D. & Amundsen, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Two common Dibothriocephalus (formerly Diphyllobothrium) tapeworm species were significantly reduced by experimental culling of their fish host Arc...

Read more

Developing eDNA approaches for the detection of European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) on the River Wyre.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Morrisey, B. & Hänfling, B. & Andreou, D. & Sellers, G. & Pritchard, V.

Content type: Reports

The European smelt, Osmerus eperlanus is a small anadromous fish which largely occupies coastal and brackish waters and moves into freshwater for spaw...

Read more

An integrated population model for estimating the relative effects of natural and anthropogenic factors on a threatened population of steelhead trout.

Published online: 04 Mar 2021

Authors: Scheuerell, M. D. & Ruff, C. P. & Anderson, J. H. & Beamer, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing the degree to which at-risk species are regulated by density-dependent versus density-independent factors is often complicated by incomplete...

Read more

Predicting population responses to restoration of breeding habitat in Atlantic salmon.

Published online: 04 Jun 2008

Authors: Einum, S. & Nislow, K. H. & Reynolds, J. D. & Sutherland, W. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Habitat degradation is seriously threatening stream biodiversity and productivity world-wide. For salmonid fish, restoration projects in disturbed sys...

Read more

Modelling spatial variation in an exploited species across marine reserve boundaries.

Published online: 08 Jan 2024

Authors: Hanns, B. J. & Shears, N. T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

An increase in exploited species within marine reserves is often expected to benefit adjacent fished areas through the movement or 'spill-over' of exp...

Read more

Assessing methods to improve benthic fish sampling in a stony headwater stream.

Published online: 23 Dec 2021

Authors: Pritchard, E. G. & Chadwick, D. D. A. & Chadwick, M. A. & Bradley, P. & Sayer, C. D. & Axmacher, J. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Electrofishing is a well-established and widely used method for surveying fish populations. Nonetheless, its effectiveness is impacted by numerous fac...

Read more

Novel trophic subsidies from recreational angling transform the trophic ecology of freshwater fishes.

Published online: 08 Sep 2022

Authors: Britton, J. R. & Cucherousset, J. & Almela, V. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Angling is a globally popular leisure activity. There are over 31 million anglers in Europe, many of which target species of the Cyprinidae family in ...

Read more

Micronutrient levels of global tropical reef fish communities differ from fisheries capture.

Published online: 27 Jan 2025

Authors: Waldock, C. & Maire, E. & Albouy, C. & Andreoli, V. & Beger, M. & Claverie, T. & Cramer, K. L. & Feary, D. A. & Ferse, S. C. A. & Hoey, A. & Loiseau, N. & MacNeil, M. A. & McLean, M. & Mellin, C. & Montcho, S. A. & Palomares, M. L. & Puente, S. de la & Tupper, M. & Wilson, S. & Velez, L. & Zamborain-Mason, J. & Zeller, D. & Mouillot, D. & Pellissier, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The exceptional diversity of shallow-water marine fishes contributes to the nutrition of millions of people worldwide through coastal wild-capture fis...

Read more

Centenary shipwrecks reveal the limits of artificial habitats in protecting regional reef fish diversity.

Published online: 07 Mar 2022

Authors: Medeiros, A. P. M. & Ferreira, B. P. & Betancur-R, R. & Cardoso, A. P. L. R. & Matos, M. R. S. B. C. & Santos, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The sinking of artificial structures has become increasingly common around the world, but whether the artificial structures favour or disfavour fish d...

Read more

Institutional amnesia pushes fish spawning aggregations towards extirpation.

Published online: 04 Sep 2023

Authors: Fulton, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

How institutions create and manage knowledge has been explored in the context of management and business science. However, little effort has been made...

Read more