A5037970359- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
Queen's University Belfast
2020-2024
Abstract Domestic cats ( Felis catus ) thrive at high densities alongside humans in urban and rural environments are responsible for excessive wildlife predation worldwide. As urbanisation farmland expands, domestic inevitably reach previously unoccupied habitats, management plans will rely on understanding cat ranging behaviours. Cat movements habitat selection may differ depending their surroundings, consequently, we sought to assess how male female behaviours varied during different...
Abstract Essential fish habitats (EFHs) are critical for life‐history events, including spawning, breeding, feeding or growth. This study provides evidence of EFHs the critically endangered flapper skate ( Dipturus intermedius ) in waters around Orkney Isles, Scotland, based on citizen‐science observation data. The potential egg‐laying sites were parametrised as >20 m depth, with boulders exposed bedrock, moderate current flow (0.3–2.8 knots) low sedimentation. information a significant...
Morphological similarities between skates of the genus Dipturus in north-eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean have resulted longstanding confusion, misidentification misreporting. Current evidence indicates that common skate is best explained as two species, flapper (Dipturus intermedius) blue (D. batis). However, some management conservation initiatives developed prior to separation continue refer (as 'D. batis'). This taxonomic uncertainty can lead errors estimating population viability,...
Abstract Aim The critically endangered common skate species complex is a large‐bodied and long‐lived batoid, which has experienced local extirpations population declines over the past century mainly due to overfishing. Due its decline, fisheries management measures were introduced prevent further decline fragmentation of populations. For example, in 2009, landings prohibition was European Union, banned retention onboard commercial fishing vessels with captured individuals be discarded. We...