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How many seabirds do we need to track to define home-range area?

Published online: 12 Jun 2013

Authors: Soanes, L. M. & Arnould, J. P. Y. & Dodd, S. G. & Sumner, M. D. & Green, J. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In recent years, marine predator and seabird tracking studies have become ever more popular. However, they are often conducted without first consideri...

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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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Practitioner approaches to trade-off decision-making in marine conservation development.

Published online: 12 Oct 2023

Authors: Fortnam, M. & Chaigneau, T. & Evans, L. & Bastian, L.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Mounting evidence suggests that win-wins are elusive and trade-offs are the norm in marine conservation development practice. The status quo involves ...

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Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore windfarms.

Published online: 02 Dec 2020

Authors: Thompson, P. M. & Graham, I. M. & Cheney, B. & Barton, T. R. & Farcas, A. & Merchant, N. D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Offshore windfarms require construction procedures that minimize impacts on protected marine mammals. Uncertainty over the efficacy of existing guidel...

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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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Taxonomic distinctness and environmental assessment.

Published online: 20 Jan 1999

Authors: Warwick, R. M. & Clarke, K. R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The objectives of this paper were to test the performance of the taxonomic distinctness index, Δ+, in a number of environmental impact scenarios, to e...

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Application of telemetry and stable isotope analyses to inform the resource ecology and management of a marine fish.

Published online: 13 Jun 2022

Authors: Brownscombe, J. W. & Shipley, O. N. & Griffin, L. P. & Morley, D. & Acosta, A. & Adams, A. J. & Boucek, R. & Danylchuk, A. J. & Cooke, S. J. & Power, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal movement and resource use are essential considerations for effective environmental management, but they are challenging to quantify in expansiv...

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Can we manage marine mammal bycatch effectively in low-data environments?

Published online: 10 Mar 2021

Authors: Punt, A. E. & Siple, M. C. & Francis, T. B. & Hammond, P. S. & Heinemann, D. & Long, K. J. & Moore, J. & Sepúlveda Maritza & Reeves, R. R. & Sigurðsson, G. M. & Víkingsson, G. & Wade, P. R. & Williams, R. & Zerbini, A. N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Determining acceptable rates of human-caused mortality in low-data situations is a concern for many taxa world-wide. An established approach for deter...

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Taxonomic composition and recording of priority habitat maerl using citizen science data.

Published online: 12 Apr 2024

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Jackson, A. C.

Content type: Reports

This is a report to Natural England (NE) about the biological records for maerl held in the Seasearch database. The overarching intention is to explor...

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Advances in metabarcoding techniques bring us closer to reliable monitoring of the marine benthos.

Published online: 22 Nov 2020

Authors: Steyaert, M. & Priestley, V. & Osborne, O. & Herraiz, A. & Arnold, R. & Savolainen, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Reliable and accurate biodiversity census methods are essential for monitoring ecosystem health and assessing potential ecological impacts of future d...

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