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A socio-psychological approach for understanding and managing bycatch in small-scale fisheries.

Published online: 15 Sep 2023

Authors: Booth, H. & Ichsan, M. & Hermansyah, R. F. & Rohmah, L. N. & Naira, K. B. & Adrianto, L. & Milner-Gulland, E. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Fisheries bycatch is the greatest threat to migratory, long-lived marine animals. Addressing bycatch ultimately requires changing fisher behaviour, ye...

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Filling knowledge gaps in a threatened shorebird flyway through satellite tracking.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Chan YingChi & Tibbitts, T. L. & Lok, T. & Hassell, C. J. & Peng HeBo & Ma ZhiJun & Zhang ZhengWang & Piersma, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Satellite-based technologies that track individual animal movements enable the mapping of their spatial and temporal patterns of occurrence. This is p...

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Empirical determination of severe trauma in seals from collisions with tidal turbine blades.

Published online: 23 Jul 2020

Authors: Onoufriou, J. & Brownlow, A. & Moss, S. & Hastie, G. & Thompson, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Tidal energy converters (turbines) are being developed in many countries as part of attempts to reduce reliance on hydrocarbon fuels. However, the mov...

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Rearing background and exposure environment together explain higher survival of aquaculture fish during a bacterial outbreak.

Published online: 22 Jul 2020

Authors: Räihä, V. & Sundberg, L. R. & Ashrafi, R. & Hyvärinen, P. & Karvonen, A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Parasitic diseases represent one of the greatest challenges for aquaculture worldwide and there is an increasing emphasis on ecological solutions to p...

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Is the density of redshank Tringa totanus nesting on saltmarshes in Great Britain declining due to changes in grazing management?

Published online: 24 Feb 1999

Authors: Norris, K. & Brindley, E. & Cook, T. & Babbs, S. & Brown, C. F. & Yaxley, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Salt marsh habitats support about 50% of the population of redshank breeding in Britain. Between 1985 and 1996, breeding densities declined by 23%. Th...

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Carbon storage by habitat: review of the evidence of the impacts of management decisions and condition of carbon stores and sources.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Alonso, I. & Weston, K. & Gregg, R. & Morecroft, M.

Content type: Reports

The aims of this Natural England cross-cutting Evidence project were: (1) To collate information and identify knowledge gaps on carbon stocks (both in...

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Re-evaluating the sensitivity of habitats to climate change.

Published online: 22 Jun 2023

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Staddon, P. & Thompson, P. & Short, C.

Content type: Reports

This report presents the results of an expert led assessment that refines the understanding of the sensitivity of habitats to climate change. Using th...

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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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Best-practice forestry management delivers diminishing returns for coral reefs with increased land-clearing.

Published online: 05 Jan 2021

Authors: Wenger, A. S. & Harris, D. & Weber, S. & Vaghi, F. & Nand, Y. & Naisilisili, W. & Hughes, A. & Delevaux, J. & Klein, C. J. & Watson, J. & Mumby, P. J. & Jupiter, S. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Protection of coastal ecosystems from deforestation may be the best way to protect coral reefs from sediment runoff. However, given the importance of ...

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Spatiotemporal variation in disturbance impacts derived from simultaneous tracking of aircraft and shorebirds.

Published online: 08 Jan 2021

Authors: Kolk, H. J. van der & Allen, A. M. & Ens, B. J. & Oosterbeek, K. & Jongejans, E. & Pol, M. van de

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Assessing the impacts of disturbance over large areas and long time periods is crucial for nature management, but also challenging since impacts depen...

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