A5085347704- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine animal studies overview
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Research Data Management Practices
- Indigenous and Place-Based Education
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Academic Publishing and Open Access
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Rural development and sustainability
University of Plymouth
2015-2024
Plymouth Marine Laboratory
2013
Marine Institute
2013
Summary 1. The evidence for anthropogenically induced climate change is overwhelming with the production of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels being a key driver. In response, many governments have initiated programmes energy renewable sources. 2. marine environment presents relatively untapped source and offshore installations are likely to produce significant proportion future production. Wind power most advanced, development wave tidal conversion devices expected increase...
Extensive development and construction in marine coastal systems is driving a phenomenon known as “ocean sprawl”. Ocean sprawl removes or transforms habitats through the addition of artificial structures some most significant impacts are occurring sedimentary environments. Marine sediments have substantial social, ecological, economic value, they rich biodiversity, crucial to fisheries productivity, major sites nutrient transformation. Yet impact ocean on environments has largely been...
Marine Protected Areas MPA have been widely used over the last 2 decades to address human impacts on marine habitats within an ecosystem management context. Few studies quantified recovery of temperate rocky reef communities following cessation scallop dredging or demersal trawling. This is critical information for future these contribute towards conservation and fisheries targets. The Lyme Bay MPA, in south west UK, has excluded towed fishing gear from 206 km(2) sensitive habitat using a...
Marine renewable energy developments (MREDs) are rapidly expanding in size and number as society strives to maintain electricity generation whilst simultaneously reducing climate-change linked CO2 emissions. MREDs part of an ongoing large-scale modification coastal waters that also includes activities such commercial fishing, shipping, aggregate extraction, aquaculture, dredging, spoil-dumping oil gas exploitation. It is increasingly accepted developments, any kind, should only proceed if...
Abstract This decade represents a critical period to profoundly rethink human–nature interactions in order address the interwoven climate and biodiversity crises. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) demonstrate promise for increasing ecosystem resilience reversing habitat population declines, but outcomes vary considerably from context context. Partially protected areas offer compromise between ecological recovery social needs of local communities, their success is contingent on an array factors....
Following governments' policies to tackle global climate change, the development of offshore renewable energy sites is likely increase substantially over coming years. All such developments interact with seabed some degree and so a key need exists for suitable methodology monitor impacts large-scale Marine Renewable Energy Installations (MREIs). Many these will be situated on mixed or rocky substrata, where conventional methods characterise habitat are unsuitable. Traditional destructive...
Healthy marine ecosystems provide a wide range of resources and services that support life on Earth contribute to human wellbeing. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are accepted as an important tool for the restoration maintenance ecosystem structure, function, health integrity through conservation significant species, habitats, or entire ecosystems. In recent years there has been rapid expansion in area ocean designated MPA. Despite this progress spatial protection targets progressive knowledge...
Abstract Estuaries provide important nursery and feeding habitat for numerous commercially ecologically fish, however, have been historically subject to substantial alteration/degradation via environmental fluctuations, sea level rise, human activity on intertidal habitats, adjacent land management. This review has summarized estuarine use 12 economically finfish in the United Kingdom, of which seven were found utilize habitats e.g. saltmarsh during their life cycle. reveals that ∼2500 km2...
Abstract Spatial management is a widely used technique to protect sessile species or habitats. Protection of essential fish habitat increasingly being recognized globally within fisheries policies, requiring further practical assessments temperate fisheries. We provide case study for the efficacy spatially protecting nursery sites highly mobile species—the European bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). Using acoustic telemetry, 146 individual were tracked up 812 days across three independent...
Summary Managing ecological systems, which operate over large spatial scales, is inherently difficult and often requires sourcing data from different countries organizations. The assumption might be made that collected using similar methodologies are comparable, but this rarely tested. Here, benthic video recorded towed underwater systems ( TUVS s) were experimentally compared. Three technically s compared on seabed types (rocky, mixed ground sandy) in Kingmere Marine Conservation Zone, off...
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) can either protect all seabed habitats within them or discrete features. If features the MPA are to be protected humans have know where boundaries are. In Lyme Bay, SW England a excluded towed demersal fishing gear from 206 km(2) rocky reef and associated species. The site comprised mosaic of sedimentary so 'non reef' habitat also benefited MPA. Following 3 years protection, video data showed that sessile Reef Associated Species (RAS) had colonised indicating...
Abstract 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‐site approach to management, recover protect reef biodiversity. The applies consistent this case excluding bottom towed fishing, across full 206 km 2 extent MPA, thus protecting mosaic reef‐associated habitats from regular damage, while still allowing less destructive fishing methods, such as static gear, rod line, diving. To assess...
Thought to be a sustainable choice, molluscs are the most consumed aquaculture foods after finfish. The expansion of mussel industry offshore reports lower environmental impacts compared inshore farms. Although an location has potential reduce farm's ecological impacts, effect large developments on water currents is still not fully understood. High hydrodynamic regimes can influence dispersion farm biodeposits, organic loading, flow alterations with impact residence time, particle and...
Offshore ocean aquaculture is expanding globally to meet the growing demand for sustainable food production. At United Kingdom's largest longline mussel farm, we assessed potential farm improve habitat suitability commercially important crustaceans. Modelled distribution patterns (GAM & GLM) predicted low complexity seabed beneath was 34-94 % less suitable European lobster (Homarus gammarus) and brown crab (Cancer pagurus) than nearby rocky reefs. The operations, however, contributed large...
Detecting the effects of introduced artificial structures on marine environment relies upon research and monitoring programs that can provide baseline data necessary statistical power to detect biological and/or ecological change over relevant spatial temporal scales. Here we report on, assess use of, Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV) systems as a technique monitor diversity, abundance assemblage composition evaluate renewable energy infrastructure mobile epi-benthic species. The results...
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are employed as tools to manage human impacts, especially fishing pressure. By excluding the most destructive activities MPAs can rewild degraded of seabed habitat. The potential for increase ecosystem resilience from storms is, however, not understood, nor how such events impact habitats. Extreme storm disturbance was studied in Lyme Bay MPA, Southwest United Kingdom, where 2008 exclusion bottom-towed whole site allowed recovery temperate reef assemblages a...