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A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia (2022)
Journal Article
Buckingham, J. W., Manno, C., Waluda, C. M., & Waller, C. L. (2022). A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia. Environmental pollution, 306, Article 119379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119379

The polar plastics research community have recommended the spatial coverage of microplastic investigations in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean be increased. Presented here is a baseline estimate of microplastics in the nearshore waters of South Geor... Read More about A record of microplastic in the marine nearshore waters of South Georgia.

Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity (2022)
Journal Article
McLean, D. L., Ferreira, L. C., Benthuysen, J. A., Miller, K. J., Schläppy, M. L., Ajemian, M. J., Berry, O., Birchenough, S. N., Bond, T., Boschetti, F., Bull, A. S., Claisse, J. T., Condie, S. A., Consoli, P., Coolen, J. W., Elliott, M., Fortune, I. S., Fowler, A. M., Gillanders, B. M., Harrison, H. B., …Thums, M. (2022). Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity. Global change biology, 28(11), 3515-3536. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16134

Offshore platforms, subsea pipelines, wells and related fixed structures supporting the oil and gas (O&G) industry are prevalent in oceans across the globe, with many approaching the end of their operational life and requiring decommissioning. Althou... Read More about Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity.

Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs (2021)
Journal Article
Tarling, G. A., Freer, J. J., Banas, N. S., Belcher, A., Blackwell, M., Castellani, C., Cook, K. B., Cottier, F. R., Daase, M., Johnson, M. L., Last, K. S., Lindeque, P. K., Mayor, D. J., Mitchell, E., Parry, H. E., Speirs, D. C., Stowasser, G., & Wootton, M. (2022). Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs. AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment, 51(2), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01667-y

The changing Arctic environment is affecting zooplankton that support its abundant wildlife. We examined how these changes are influencing a key zooplankton species, Calanus finmarchicus, principally found in the North Atlantic but expatriated to the... Read More about Can a key boreal Calanus copepod species now complete its life-cycle in the Arctic? Evidence and implications for Arctic food-webs.

From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastes (2021)
Book Chapter
Mayes, W. M., Hull, S. L., & Gomes, H. I. (2021). From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastes. In A. Stefanakis, & I. Nikolaou (Eds.), Circular Economy and Sustainability Volume 1: Management and Policy (409-431). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819817-9.00009-0

Extractive industries represent the first stage of our global cycles of production and consumption. Environmental legacies associated with mining and mineral processing to all environmental compartments (air, soil, water) are extensive, long-lived, a... Read More about From linear economy legacies to circular economy resources: Maximising the multifaceted values of legacy mineral wastes.

From an economic crisis to a pandemic crisis: The need for accurate marine monitoring data to take informed management decisions (2021)
Book Chapter
Borja, A., & Elliott, M. (2021). From an economic crisis to a pandemic crisis: The need for accurate marine monitoring data to take informed management decisions. In C. Sheppard (Ed.), Advances in Marine Biology (79-114). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.amb.2021.08.002

It is axomatic that a system cannot be managed unless it is measured and that the measurements occur in a rigorous, defendable manner covering relevant spatial and temporal scales. Furthermore, it is not possible to predict the future direction of a... Read More about From an economic crisis to a pandemic crisis: The need for accurate marine monitoring data to take informed management decisions.

Long-Term Changes in the Abundance of Benthic Foraging Birds in a Restored Wetland (2021)
Journal Article
Mander, L., Scapin, L., Thaxter, C. B., Forster, R. M., & Burton, N. H. (2021). Long-Term Changes in the Abundance of Benthic Foraging Birds in a Restored Wetland. Frontiers in ecology and evolution, 9, Article 673148. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.673148

Estuaries have historically been subject to considerable habitat loss, and continue to be subjected to such in areas where the natural landward migration of intertidal habitats is constrained by hard coastal defences. Thus, in estuaries where direct... Read More about Long-Term Changes in the Abundance of Benthic Foraging Birds in a Restored Wetland.

Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges (2021)
Journal Article
Defeo, O., McLachlan, A., Armitage, D., Elliott, M., & Pittman, J. (2021). Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(10), 564-573. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2406

Approximately half of the world’s ice-free ocean coastline is composed of sandy beaches, which support a higher level of recreational use than any other ecosystem. However, the contribution of sandy beaches to societal welfare is under increasing ris... Read More about Sandy beach social–ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges.

Podcast - Researchers Rant - Ep1 - Plastic-Free July (2021)
Digital Artefact
Collins, C., & McCumskay, R. (2021). Podcast - Researchers Rant - Ep1 - Plastic-Free July. [Video podcast]

A light-hearted, entertaining discussion between researchers, Rick and Clare on Plastic-Free July #PlasticFreeJuly. The first of a series of podcasts due to be released, questioning science and life in general.

A GIS-Based Prioritisation of Coastal Legacy Mine Spoil Deposits in England and Wales for Effective Future Management (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Riley, A., Onnis, P., Jennings, E., Crane, R., Hudson-Edwards, K., Comber, S., Burke, I., Byrne, P., Gandy, C., Jarvis, A., & Mayes, W. (2021, July). A GIS-Based Prioritisation of Coastal Legacy Mine Spoil Deposits in England and Wales for Effective Future Management. Presented at IMWA 2021, Newport, Wales

Increases in coastal flooding and erosion due to climate change threaten many coastal mine waste deposits in the UK. As such, a robust approach to prioritising sites for management is required. A spatial dataset of 9094 mine spoil deposits in Englan... Read More about A GIS-Based Prioritisation of Coastal Legacy Mine Spoil Deposits in England and Wales for Effective Future Management.

Satellite data for the offshore renewable energy sector: Synergies and innovation opportunities (2021)
Journal Article
Medina-Lopez, E., McMillan, D., Lazic, J., Hart, E., Zen, S., Angeloudis, A., Bannon, E., Browell, J., Dorling, S., Dorrell, R. M., Forster, R., Old, C., Payne, G. S., Porter, G., Rabaneda, A. S., Sellar, B., Tapoglou, E., Trifonova, N., Woodhouse, I. H., & Zampollo, A. (2021). Satellite data for the offshore renewable energy sector: Synergies and innovation opportunities. Remote Sensing of Environment, 264, Article 112588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2021.112588

Can satellite data be used to address challenges currently faced by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) sector? What benefit can satellite observations bring to resource assessment and maintenance of ORE farms? Can satellite observations be used to a... Read More about Satellite data for the offshore renewable energy sector: Synergies and innovation opportunities.

Biodiversity benefits of coal mine water remediation schemes for bird life (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jaques, R. O., Moorhouse-Parry, A. M. L., Carline, R., Mayes, W. M., & Hull, S. L. (2021, July). Biodiversity benefits of coal mine water remediation schemes for bird life. Presented at International Mine Water Association 2021: Mine Water Management for Future Generations, Cardiff, UK

Lagoons and reedbeds are established components of mine water treatment systems for iron-rich coal mine drainage. This study coupled modified British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) Breeding Bird Survey monitoring with habitat survey to assess the presen... Read More about Biodiversity benefits of coal mine water remediation schemes for bird life.

Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics (2021)
Journal Article
Rodgers, K., Mayes, W. M., Santoro, O., Redshaw, C., Mccumskay, R., & Parsons, D. R. (2021). Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics. Marine pollution bulletin, 167, Article 112272. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112272

Bio-based plastics were designed to replace single-use plastics and to cause less post-consumer environmental damage. This paper assesses the weathering of four bio-based polymers created by ring opening polymerization (ROP) promoted by a previously... Read More about Comparative assessment of marine weathering of ROP-derived biopolymers against conventional plastics.

UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043) (2021)
Report
Smith, K., Thomas, R. E., Skinner, C., Davidson, G., Parsons, D., McLelland, S., Coulthard, T., Malik, K., Harrison, L., Ramsden, S., Moloney, J., Ahmed, J., Carter, C., Wolstenholme, J., Halstead, F., & Betts, P. (2021). UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043)

This submission presents the research conducted within the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. Our work demonstrates that hazards represented by flooding have multiple dimensions, and that solutions to them need to take these... Read More about UK Parliament Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Select Committee Flooding Inquiry: Written Evidence from Dr Kate Smith et al. (FLO0043).

Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management (2021)
Journal Article
Downey, H., Amano, T., Benítez-López, A., Cadotte, M., Cook, C. N., Cooke, S. J., Haddaway, N. R., Jones, J. P., Littlewood, N., Walsh, J. C., Abrahams, M. I., Adum, G., Akasaka, M., Alves, J. A., Antwis, R. E., Arellano, E. C., Axmacher, J., Barclay, H., Batty, L., Benítez‐López, A., …Sutherland, W. J. (2021). Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2(1), Article e12032. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12032

1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. 2. If, as educators, we do not m... Read More about Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management.

Water column structure defines vertical habitat of twelve pelagic predators in the South Atlantic (2020)
Journal Article
Madigan, D. J., Richardson, A. J., Carlisle, A. B., Weber, S. B., Brown, J., & Hussey, N. E. (2021). Water column structure defines vertical habitat of twelve pelagic predators in the South Atlantic. ICES journal of marine science : journal du conseil, 78(3), 867-883. https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsaa222

Quantifying vertical distributions of pelagic predators elucidates pelagic ecosystem structure and informs fisheries management. In the tropical South Atlantic Ocean, the recently designated large-scale marine protected area around Ascension Island h... Read More about Water column structure defines vertical habitat of twelve pelagic predators in the South Atlantic.

Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System (2020)
Journal Article
Morley, S. A., Abele, D., Barnes, D. K., Cárdenas, C. A., Cotté, C., Gutt, J., Henley, S. F., Höfer, J., Hughes, K. A., Martin, S. M., Moffat, C., Raphael, M., Stammerjohn, S. E., Suckling, C. C., Tulloch, V. J., Waller, C. L., & Constable, A. J. (2020). Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, Article 547188. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.547188

Copyright © 2020 Morley, Abele, Barnes, Cárdenas, Cotté, Gutt, Henley, Höfer, Hughes, Martin, Moffat, Raphael, Stammerjohn, Suckling, Tulloch, Waller and Constable. The manuscript assesses the current and expected future global drivers of Southern Oc... Read More about Global Drivers on Southern Ocean Ecosystems: Changing Physical Environments and Anthropogenic Pressures in an Earth System.

Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology (2020)
Journal Article
Mendrik, F., Henry, T., Burdett, H., Hackney, C., Waller, C., Parsons, D., & Hennige, S. (2021). Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology. Environmental pollution, 269, Article 116238. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116238

There is evidence that microplastic (MP) pollution can negatively influence coral health; however, mechanisms are unknown and most studies have used MP exposure concentrations that are considerably higher than current environmental conditions. Furthe... Read More about Species-specific impact of microplastics on coral physiology.