Outputs (335)

NatureScot Research Report 1207 - Assessing the implications of wrasse fishing for marine sites and features (2025)
Report
Burns, N. M., Bailey, D. M., & Hopkins, C. (2025). NatureScot Research Report 1207 - Assessing the implications of wrasse fishing for marine sites and features. NatureScot

Background
Concerns with chemical treatments for the control of sea lice affecting farmed salmon have prompted the Scottish salmon aquaculture industry to increasingly use cleaner fish - wrasse species (Labridae) and lumpsuckers (Cyclopterus lumpus)... Read More about NatureScot Research Report 1207 - Assessing the implications of wrasse fishing for marine sites and features.

Defining marine rewilding can help guide theory and practice in marine conservation (2025)
Journal Article
Brooker, E., Midgley, G., Burns, N., Trotman, C. E., Gregory, A., & Hopkins, C. R. (2025). Defining marine rewilding can help guide theory and practice in marine conservation. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), Article 241. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02155-x

Public concern over global climate change and biodiversity loss has accelerated international efforts to restore natural ecosystems through nature-based solutions. Rewilding is a growing conservation approach encompassing the recovery of ecological a... Read More about Defining marine rewilding can help guide theory and practice in marine conservation.

The Former Pelagic Longline Fishery of a Large‐Scale Marine Protected Area (2025)
Journal Article
Kerry, C., Metcalfe, K., Brown, J., Richardson, A., Laptikvoksky, V., Reeves, S., Weber, N., & Weber, S. (2025). The Former Pelagic Longline Fishery of a Large‐Scale Marine Protected Area. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 35(2), Article e70076. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.70076

The establishment of large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) has emerged as one of the defining trends in ocean conservation over recent decades. To assess the potential benefits of such designations, it is necessary to understand the nature of t... Read More about The Former Pelagic Longline Fishery of a Large‐Scale Marine Protected Area.

Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing (2025)
Journal Article
Lecordier, E. M., Gernez, P., Mazik, K., York, K., & Forster, R. M. (2025). Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing. Science of the Total Environment, 967, Article 178814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178814

The offshore wind (OSW) industry is expanding globally, particularly in areas of shallow water such as the North Sea. The environmental impacts of large-scale offshore development are not yet well understood. Satellite remote sensing has shown an inc... Read More about Quantification of turbid wakes in offshore wind farms using satellite remote sensing.

Spatial variability of metal(loid) leaching from coastal colliery wastes under freshwater and saline water conditions (2025)
Journal Article
Gandy, C. J., Burke, I. T., Byrne, P., Cooper, N., Crane, R. A., Hudson-Edwards, K. A., Mayes, W. M., Onnis, P., Riley, A. L., & Jarvis, A. P. (2025). Spatial variability of metal(loid) leaching from coastal colliery wastes under freshwater and saline water conditions. Journal of environmental management, 376, Article 124489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.124489

Historical disposal of coal mine wastes in the coastal zone has left a significant environmental pollution legacy. Climate change is increasing the likelihood that erosion of these wastes will lead to release of metal(loid)s to coastal environments.... Read More about Spatial variability of metal(loid) leaching from coastal colliery wastes under freshwater and saline water conditions.

Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve (2025)
Journal Article
Weber, S. B., Richardson, A. J., Thompson, C. D., Brown, J., Campanella, F., Godley, B. J., Hussey, N. E., Meeuwig, J. J., Rose, P., Weber, N., Witt, M. J., & Broderick, A. C. (2025). Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve. PLoS Biology, 23(2 February), Article e3003016. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003016

Seamounts have been likened to “oases” of life in the comparative : deserts of the open ocean, often harbouring high densities of threatened and exploited pelagic top predators. However, few such aggregations have been studied in any detail and the m... Read More about Shallow seamounts are “oases” and activity hubs for pelagic predators in a large-scale marine reserve.

Spatial and temporal (annual and decadal) trends of metal(loid) concentrations and loads in an acid mine drainage-affected river (2025)
Journal Article
Jennings, E., Onnis, P., Crane, R., Comber, S. D. W., Byrne, P., Riley, A. L., Mayes, W. M., Jarvis, A. P., & Hudson-Edwards, K. A. (2025). Spatial and temporal (annual and decadal) trends of metal(loid) concentrations and loads in an acid mine drainage-affected river. Science of the Total Environment, 964, Article 178496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178496

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a worldwide problem that degrades river systems and is difficult and expensive to remediate. To protect affected catchments, it is vital to understand the behaviour of AMD-related metal(loid) contaminants as a function of... Read More about Spatial and temporal (annual and decadal) trends of metal(loid) concentrations and loads in an acid mine drainage-affected river.

Salinity does not affect late-stage in-egg embryonic or immediate post-hatch development in an ecologically important land crab species (2024)
Journal Article
Turner, L. M., Clayton, K. A., Wiberg, L., Wilson, C. H., Ibbini, Z., Tills, O., & Spicer, J. I. (2025). Salinity does not affect late-stage in-egg embryonic or immediate post-hatch development in an ecologically important land crab species. The journal of experimental biology, 228(2), https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.249629

Environmental drivers such as salinity can impact the timing and duration of developmental events in aquatic early life stages of crustaceans, including terrestrial crabs of the family Gecarcinidae. Low salinity delays larval development in land crab... Read More about Salinity does not affect late-stage in-egg embryonic or immediate post-hatch development in an ecologically important land crab species.

The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia (2024)
Journal Article
Mendrik, F., Hackney, C. R., Cumming, V. M., Waller, C., Hak, D., Dorrell, R., Hung, N. N., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The transport and vertical distribution of microplastics in the Mekong River, SE Asia. Journal of hazardous materials, 484, Article 136762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136762

Rivers are primary vectors of plastic debris to oceans, but sources, transport mechanisms, and fate of fluvial microplastics (<5 mm) remain poorly understood, impeding accurate predictions of microplastic flux, ecological risk and socio-economic impa...

Investigating the Importance of UK Seagrass Habitats and Current Conservation Action (2024)
Thesis
Farthing, T. (2024). Investigating the Importance of UK Seagrass Habitats and Current Conservation Action. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5088292

Since 1936, at least 44% of UK seagrass has been lost and the deterioration of seagrass habitats is predicted to continue. Seagrass habitats are rich in species diversity and have the ability to sequester large quantities of carbon. Initially, a syst... Read More about Investigating the Importance of UK Seagrass Habitats and Current Conservation Action.