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Ecosystem approach to fisheries management works-how switching from mobile to static fishing gear improves populations of fished and non-fished species inside a marine-protected area.

Published online: 28 Dec 2021

Authors: Davies, B. F. R. & Holmes, L. & Rees, A. & Attrill, M. J. & Cartwright, A. Y. & Sheehan, E. V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Designated using a Statutory Instrument in 2008, Lyme Bay marine-protected area (MPA) is the UK's first and largest example of an ambitious, whole-...

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Peaceful coexistence between people and deadly wildlife: why are recreational users of the ocean so rarely bitten by sea snakes?

Published online: 27 Oct 2021

Authors: Udyawer, V. & Goiran, C. & Shine, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

1. Research on interactions between humans and deadly snakes has focused on situations that result in high rates of snakebite; but we can also learn f...

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A marsh multimodel approach to inform future marsh management under accelerating sea-level rise.

Published online: 24 Nov 2023

Authors: Mitchell, M. & Nunez, K. & Herman, J. & Tombleson, C. & Mason, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Accelerating sea-level rise combined with the stresses of human land use threatens the persistence of tidal marshes. The proper management of existing...

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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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Kelp habitat fragmentation reduces resistance to overgrazing, invasion and collapse to turf dominance.

Published online: 03 Aug 2022

Authors: Reeves, S. E. & Kriegisch, N. & Johnson, C. R. & Ling, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Across many temperate coastlines worldwide, kelp habitat has degraded to be replaced by alternative reef-states with consequences to ecosystem functio...

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Shell Flat and Lune Deep Special Area of Conservation (SAC) monitoring report 2017.

Published online: 18 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bolam, S. & Hoytema, N. van & Kirby, D.

Content type: Reports

This report primarily explores data acquired from a dedicated monitoring survey of the Shell Flat and Lune Deep SAC in 2017, intended to serve as firs...

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Isles of Scilly Eelgrass Bed Voluntary Monitoring Programme - 2021 Annual Survey.

Published online: 27 May 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Bull, J. & Kenyon, E.

Content type: Reports

This report present novel data from an ongoing, spatially replicated, annual study of a comparatively un-impacted, temperate eelgrass habitat, based a...

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Targeted prey fields determine foraging effort thresholds of a marine diver: important cues for the sustainable management of fisheries.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: McInnes, A. M. & Ryan, P. G. & Lacerda, M. & Pichegru, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Understanding functional relationships between seabirds and prey can play an important role in the sustainable management of fisheries that compete fo...

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Decades of artificial nests towards African penguin conservation-have they made a difference?

Published online: 30 Oct 2024

Authors: Pichegru, L. & Sherley, R. B. & Malan, T. & Barham, B. J. & Ludynia, K. & Geldenhuys, D. & Amos, K. & Barham, P. J. & Drost, E. & Hahndiek, V. & Hufke, A. & Hugo, C. & Lawrence, C. & McGeorge, C. & McInnes, A. M. & Makhado, A. M. & Mashau, M. & Milne, R. & Purves, A. & Slier, M. & Merwe, C. van der & Wilgen, N. J. van & Waller, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

African penguins are among the most threatened seabird species globally and an African Penguin Biodiversity Management Plan (BMP) published in 2013 gu...

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Assessment of compensatory measures for impacts of offshore windfarms on seabirds.

Published online: 23 Oct 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: McGregor, R. & Trinder, M. & Goodship, N.

Content type: Reports

This study reviewed the available literature for potential compensation measures for nine qualifying features of eight Special Protection Areas (SPAs)...

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