Establishing survey and monitoring protocols for the assessment of conservation status of fish populations in river Special Areas of Conservation in the UK

Harvey, J. P.; Noble, R. A.; Cowx, I. G.; Harvey, Jon; Noble, Richard; Nunn, A. D.

doi:10.1002/aqc.968

Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers (2024)
Data
Ainsworth, R., Vickers, L., Bolland, J., Harvey, J., Taylor, M., Cowx, I., Noble, R., & Nunn, A. (2024). Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10552216

Long term ecological datasets are valuable in providing context and understanding to complex ecological processes that occur over broad temporal scales, and provide a baseline for analysing change. Monitoring of fish populations in UK waterbodies and... Read More about Two decades of body length measurements in size-structured larval and juvenile fish populations in English rivers.

Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries (2024)
Journal Article
Dodd, J. R., Noble, R. A., Nunn, A. D., Owen, H. M., Moccetti, P., Harvey, J. P., Wallace, L., Gillespie, B., Joyce, D. A., & Bolland, J. D. (online). Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries. Journal of fish biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15814

This investigation compared the spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. between reservoirs with (impact; Langsett Reservoir) and without (control; Grimwith Reservoir) barriers to fish movements into headwater tributarie... Read More about Spatial ecology and population dynamics of brown trout Salmo trutta L. in reservoirs and headwater tributaries.

Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain (2023)
Journal Article
Nunn, A. D., Ainsworth, R. F., Walton, S., Bean, C. W., Hatton-Ellis, T. W., Brown, A., Evans, R., Atterborne, A., Ottewell, D., & Noble, R. A. (in press). Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4014

Extinctions occur naturally in all environments, but rates have accelerated rapidly during the Anthropocene, especially in fresh water. Despite supporting many fish species of conservation importance, there has never been a formal assessment of their... Read More about Extinction risks and threats facing the freshwater fishes of Britain.

Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) (2023)
Data
Nunn, A., Ainsworth, R., & Noble, R. (2023). Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). [Data]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7940246

A regional IUCN redlist assessment of extinction risk for freshwater and diadromous fishes in Great Britain, including assessments for Engand, Scotland and Wales. The dataset comprises summary data for assessments under Criteria A-E and narratives to... Read More about Regional IUCN Redlist for Freshwater and Diadromous Fishes of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).

Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Yorkshire Ouse, 2018-2020 (2023)
Data
Bolland, J. D., Jubb, W. M., Noble, R. A. A., Nunn, A. D., Dodd, J. R., Lucas, M. C., Lothian, A. J., Bubb, D. H., & Albright, A. J. (2023). Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Yorkshire Ouse, 2018-2020. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.14284/623

This study investigated the upstream spawning migration of anadromous river lamprey in the Yorkshire Ouse, a highly dendritic and heavily fragmented tributary of the Humber Estuary (home to one of the largest UK river lamprey populations). The main E... Read More about Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Yorkshire Ouse, 2018-2020.

Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Trent, 2020-2021 (2023)
Data
Noble, R. A. A., Bolland, J. D., Jubb, W. M., Nunn, A. D., & Dodd, J. R. (2023). Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Trent, 2020-2021. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.14284/598

This study investigated the upstream spawning migration of anadromous river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Trent, a heavily fragmented tributary of the Humber Estuary- the location of one of the largest river lamprey populations in the U... Read More about Upstream spawning migration of river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) in the River Trent, 2020-2021.

Understanding the impacts of exploitation and fragmentation on the upstream migrating, adult river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis [L.]): implications for conservation (2022)
Thesis
Jubb, W. M. Understanding the impacts of exploitation and fragmentation on the upstream migrating, adult river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis [L.]): implications for conservation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4186773

Globally, freshwater ecosystems are heavily impacted by anthropogenic pressures, including fragmentation and exploitation. Consequently, many negative impacts are observed on numerous fish populations, especially anadromous species.
Currently, there... Read More about Understanding the impacts of exploitation and fragmentation on the upstream migrating, adult river lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis [L.]): implications for conservation.

The European Fish Hazard Index – An assessment tool for screening hazard of hydropower plants for fish (2020)
Journal Article
van Treeck, R., Radinger, J., Noble, R. A., Geiger, F., & Wolter, C. (2021). The European Fish Hazard Index – An assessment tool for screening hazard of hydropower plants for fish. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 43, Article 100903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100903

Hydroelectricity is critical for decarbonizing global energy production, but hydropower plants affect rivers, disrupt their continuity, and threaten migrating fishes. This puts hydroelectricity production in conflict with efforts to protect threatene... Read More about The European Fish Hazard Index – An assessment tool for screening hazard of hydropower plants for fish.

The Response of River-Resident Fish to Reservoir Freshet Releases of Varying Profiles Intended to Facilitate a Spawning Migration (2020)
Journal Article
Baker, N. J., Taylor, M. J., Harvey, J. P., Angelopoulos, N. V., Smith, M. A., Noble, R. A., Tinsdeall, M., Bolland, J. D., Baxter, J., Baker, N., Taylor, M., Cowx, I. G., Harvey, J., Nunn, A. D., Angelopoulos, N., Smith, M., Noble, R., Tinsdeall, M., Baxter, J., & Bolland, J. (2020). The Response of River-Resident Fish to Reservoir Freshet Releases of Varying Profiles Intended to Facilitate a Spawning Migration. Water Resources Research, 56(6), Article e2018WR024196. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024196

Natural hydrological regimes encompass varying seasonal flow characteristics that provide fish with cues and opportunities for upstream spawning migrations, but these flows are often modified/absent in regulated rivers. Compensatory artificial flows... Read More about The Response of River-Resident Fish to Reservoir Freshet Releases of Varying Profiles Intended to Facilitate a Spawning Migration.

Upstream passage of adult sea trout (Salmo trutta) at a low-head weir with an Archimedean screw hydropower turbine and co-located fish pass (2018)
Journal Article
Dodd, J. R., Bolland, J. D., Hateley, J., Cowx, I. G., Walton, S. E., Cattaneo, M. E. G. V., & Noble, R. A. A. (2018). Upstream passage of adult sea trout (Salmo trutta) at a low-head weir with an Archimedean screw hydropower turbine and co-located fish pass. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69(12), 1822-1833. https://doi.org/10.1071/MF18125

© 2018 CSIRO. The exploitation of riverine systems for renewable energy has resulted in large numbers of small-scale hydropower schemes on low-head weirs. Although considered a clean and 'green' energy source in terms of emissions, hydropower can aff... Read More about Upstream passage of adult sea trout (Salmo trutta) at a low-head weir with an Archimedean screw hydropower turbine and co-located fish pass.

Overcoming the dichotomy of implementing societal flood risk management while conserving instream fish habitat – A long-term study from a highly modified urban river (2018)
Journal Article
Angelopoulos, N. V., Harvey, J. P., Bolland, J. D., Nunn, A. D., Noble, R. A., Smith, M. A., Taylor, M. J., Masters, J. E., Moxon, J., & Cowx, I. G. (2018). Overcoming the dichotomy of implementing societal flood risk management while conserving instream fish habitat – A long-term study from a highly modified urban river. Journal of environmental management, 224, 69-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.07.030

Flood Risk Management (FRM) is often essential to reduce the risk of flooding to properties and infrastructure in urban landscapes, but typically degrades the habitats required by many aquatic animals for foraging, refuge and reproduction. This confl... Read More about Overcoming the dichotomy of implementing societal flood risk management while conserving instream fish habitat – A long-term study from a highly modified urban river.

Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions (2017)
Journal Article
Nunn, A. D., Taylor, R. J., Cowx, I. G., Noble, R. A. A., Bolland, J. D., & Harvey, J. P. (2017). Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 27(4), 764-772. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2748

Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Recent advances in the understanding of lamprey migrations have led to concerns over the impacts of obstructions on the demography of many species. This study investigated sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) la... Read More about Demography of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) ammocoete populations in relation to potential spawning-migration obstructions.

DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge (2013)
Journal Article
Bredeweg, B., Liem, J., Beek, W., Linnebank, F., Gracia, J., Lozano, E., Wißner, M., Bühling, R., Salles, P., Noble, R., Zitek, A., Borisova, P., & Mioduser, D. (2013). DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge. AI Magazine, 34(4), 46-65. https://doi.org/10.1609/aimag.v34i4.2489

Articulating thought in computerbased media is a powerful means for humans to develop their understanding of phenomena. We have created DynaLearn, an intelligent learning environment that allows learners to acquire conceptual knowledge by constructin... Read More about DynaLearn - An intelligent learning environment for learning conceptual knowledge.

Problem-based learning supported by semantic techniques (2012)
Journal Article
Lozano, E., Gracia, J., Corcho, O., Noble, R. A., & Gómez-Pérez, A. (2015). Problem-based learning supported by semantic techniques. Interactive Learning Environments, 23(1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/10494820.2012.745431

Problem-based learning has been applied over the last three decades to a diverse range of learning environments. In this educational approach, different problems are posed to the learners so that they can develop different solutions while learning ab... Read More about Problem-based learning supported by semantic techniques.

Flow requirements of non-salmonids (2012)
Journal Article
Cowx, I. G., Noble, R. A., Nunn, A. D., Bolland, J., Walton, S., Peirson, G., & Harvey, J. P. (2012). Flow requirements of non-salmonids. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 19(6), 548-556. https://doi.org/10.1111/fme.12017

Research into the relationships between non-salmonid fish population dynamics and discharge is in its infancy compared with salmonids, thus compromising the ability to manage flows in rivers and maintain ecological status. This study reviews the pote... Read More about Flow requirements of non-salmonids.

Monitoring fish populations in river SACs (2009)
Book Chapter
Cowx, I. G., Harvey, J. P., Noble, R. A., & Nunn, A. D. (2010). Monitoring fish populations in river SACs. In Conservation monitoring in freshwater habitats: a practical guide and case studies (53-62). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9278-7_6

The EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC) on Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora stipulates that Member states maintain or restore habitats and species in a condition that ensures their favourable conservation status in the commu... Read More about Monitoring fish populations in river SACs.

Monitoring sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus ammocoetes in SAC rivers: A case study on the River Wye (2009)
Book Chapter
Taylor, R. J., Noble, R. A., Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P., & Cowx, I. G. (2010). Monitoring sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus ammocoetes in SAC rivers: A case study on the River Wye. In Conservation Monitoring in Freshwater Habitats A Practical Guide and Case Studies (193-206). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9278-7_19

The sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus L.) is a designated feature of the River Wye and the Severn Estuary Special Areas of Conservation (SAC). This study assessed the conservation status of sea lamprey in the Welsh reaches of the Wye catchment. Sea lam... Read More about Monitoring sea lamprey Petromyzon marinus ammocoetes in SAC rivers: A case study on the River Wye.

A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation (2009)
Journal Article
Noble, R. A. A., Bredeweg, B., Linnebank, F., Salles, P., & Cowx, I. G. (2009). A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation. Ecological informatics, 4(5-6), 299-319. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2009.09.006

Qualitative Reasoning modelling has been promoted as a tool for formalising, integrating and exploring conceptual knowledge in ecological systems, such as river rehabilitation, which draw different information from multiple domains. A qualitative mod... Read More about A qualitative model of limiting factors for a salmon life cycle in the context of river rehabilitation.

Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne (2008)
Journal Article
Acreman, M., Dunbar, M., Hannaford, J., Mountford, O., Wood, P., Holmes, N., Cowx, I., Noble, R., Extence, C., Aldrick, J., King, J., Black, A., & Crookall, D. (2008). Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 53(6), 1105-1120. https://doi.org/10.1623/hysj.53.6.1105

Under the European Union Water Framework Directive, Member States must put in place a river basin planning framework to determine what measures are necessary to maintain and improve the ecological status for all surface water bodies. The governmental... Read More about Developing environmental standards for abstractions from UK rivers to implement the EU Water Framework Directive / Développement de standards environnementaux sur les prélèvements d'eau en rivière au Royaume Uni pour la mise en œuvre de la directive cadre sur l'eau de l'Union Européenne.

Establishing survey and monitoring protocols for the assessment of conservation status of fish populations in river Special Areas of Conservation in the UK (2008)
Journal Article
Cowx, I. G., Harvey, J., Noble, R., & Nunn, A. D. (2008). Establishing survey and monitoring protocols for the assessment of conservation status of fish populations in river Special Areas of Conservation in the UK. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 19(1), 96-103. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.968

1. Under the EC Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), several rivers in the UK have been designated Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) because they support important populations of fish species. Several factors need to be considered when establishing sur... Read More about Establishing survey and monitoring protocols for the assessment of conservation status of fish populations in river Special Areas of Conservation in the UK.

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