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The ecology of the Wash. 1. Distribution and diet of wading birds (Charadrii).

Published online: 01 Jan 1978

Authors: Goss-Custard, J. D. & Jones, R. E. & Newbery, P. E.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

1. Diet and the main feeding areas of wading birds on the Wash were surveyed during August to May in 1972-73 and 1973-74. The most important species o...

NatureScot Research Report 1315 - Life in our Lochs - are there freshwater pearl mussel populations in our lochs as well as our rivers?.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: NatureScot

Authors: O'Leary, D. & Robinson, G. & Cooksley, S. & McDermott, T.

Content type: Reports

NatureScot Research Report 1316 - Guidance and recommendations for native oyster enhancement projects in Scotland.

Published online: 14 Nov 2024

Published by: UK, NatureScot

Authors: Donnan, D. & Bromley, C. & Kent, F.

Content type: Reports

This report presents guidance for European native oyster (Ostrea edulis) enhancement projects in Scotland, supplementing existing frameworks and resou...

Monitoring a Norwegian freshwater crayfish tragedy: eDNA snapshots of invasion, infection and extinction.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Strand, D. A. & Johnsen, S. I. & Rusch, J. C. & Agersnap, S. & Larsen, W. B. & Knudsen, S. W. & Møller, P. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The European noble crayfish Astacus astacus is threatened by crayfish plague caused by the oomycete Aphanomyces astaci, which is spread by the invasiv...

Developing a robust technique to detect populations of endangered native white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes, invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus and crayfish plague Aphanomyces astaci in lotic systems using innovative eDNA approaches.

Published online: 29 Oct 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Farmer, A.

Content type: Reports

eDNA sampling was carried out on known populations of white-clawed crayfish Austropotamobius pallipes and invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus lenius...

Inter-country differences in the cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles.

Published online: 08 Aug 2022

Authors: Jackson-Bué, M. & Brito, A. C. & Cabral, S. & Carss, D. N. & Carvalho, F. & Chainho, P. & Ciutat, A. & Couñago Sanchez, E. & Montaudouin, X. de & Fernández Otero, R. M. & Incera Filgueira, M. & Fitch, A. & Garbutt, A. & Goedknegt, M. A. & Lynch, S. A. & Mahony, K. E. & Maire, O. & Malham, S. K. & Orvain, F. & Rocroy, M. & Olivier, A. van der S. & Jones, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Coastal systems provide many cultural ecosystem services (CES) to humans. Fewer studies have focused solely on CES, while those comparing CES across c...

Detection of crayfish plague spores in large freshwater systems.

Published online: 02 Apr 2014

Authors: Strand, D. A. & Jussila, J. & Johnsen, S. I. & Viljamaa-Dirks, S. & Edsman, L. & Wiik-Nielsen, J. & Viljugrein, H. & Engdahl, F. & Vrålstad, T.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Indigenous European freshwater crayfish (ICS) are threatened due to invasive North American freshwater crayfish that are natural carriers of Aphanomyc...

Bayesian occupancy models for populations of crawfish, Palinurus elephas.

Published online: 24 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Jackson, A. C.

Content type: Reports

This study used the Sparta occupancy model with records from the Seasearch programme from coastal waters of Britain and Ireland during the period 2000...

Patterns of oyster recruitment and habitat provision across tidal elevation gradients are dependent on predator mitigation methods.

Published online: 21 Mar 2025

Authors: Esquivel-Muelbert, J. & Lanham, B. S. & Didderen, K. & Heide, T. van der & Bishop, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

For restoration projects conducted in environments with strong predation, effective predator mitigation can be key to the successful recruitment of ha...

Morecambe Bay SAC subtidal cobble and Boulder skear communities drop-down video survey: final report.

Published online: 16 Aug 2022

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Hawes, W. J. & O'Dell, J. & Axelsson, M. & Dewey, S.

Content type: Reports

This report aims to present the results of a drop-down video survey in order to inform condition monitoring of the subtidal cobble and boulder skear c...

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