Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

All Outputs (303)

Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous! (2016)
Journal Article
Boyes, S. J., & Elliott, M. (2016). Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous!. Marine pollution bulletin, 111(1-2), 41-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.08.020

On Thursday 23rd June 2016, the British people voted in a referendum on the following question: ‘Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union or leave the European Union?’ Of the 33,551,983 who voted, 51.9% (17,410,742) voted to le... Read More about Brexit: The marine governance horrendogram just got more horrendous!.

A review of Australian approaches for monitoring, assessing and reporting estuarine condition: III. Evaluation against international best practice and recommendations for the future (2016)
Journal Article
Hallett, C. S., Valesini, F., & Elliott, M. (2016). A review of Australian approaches for monitoring, assessing and reporting estuarine condition: III. Evaluation against international best practice and recommendations for the future. Environmental science & policy, 66, 282-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.07.015

In this final component of a three-part review, we present a national synthesis and evaluation of approaches for monitoring, assessing and reporting estuarine condition across Australia. Progress is evaluated against objective criteria that together... Read More about A review of Australian approaches for monitoring, assessing and reporting estuarine condition: III. Evaluation against international best practice and recommendations for the future.

Processing and exploitation of multisensor optical data for coastal water applications-The HIGHROC project (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ruddick, K., Brockmann, C., Créach, V., De Keukelaere, L., Doxaran, D., Forster, R., Jaccard, P., Knaeps, E., Lebreton, C., Ledang, A. B., Nechad, B., Norli, M., Novoa, S., Ody, A., Pringle, N., Sorensen, K., Stelzer, K., Van Der Zande, D., & Vanhellemont, Q. Processing and exploitation of multisensor optical data for coastal water applications-The HIGHROC project

The FP7/HIGHROC ("HIGH spatial and temporal Resolution Ocean Colour") Project is developing the next generation of optical products for coastal water services. These products are based on both mainstream ocean colour sensors (Sentinel-3/OLCI, VIIRS)... Read More about Processing and exploitation of multisensor optical data for coastal water applications-The HIGHROC project.

Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies (2016)
Journal Article
Kirkbride-Smith, A. E., Wheeler, P. M., & Johnson, M. L. (2016). Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies. PeerJ, 2016(7), Article e2175. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2175

© 2016 Kirkbride-Smith et al. Artificial reefs in marine protected areas provide additional habitat for biodiversity viewing, and therefore may offer an innovative management solution for managing for coral reef recovery and resilience. Marine park u... Read More about Artificial reefs and marine protected areas: a study in willingness to pay to access Folkestone Marine Reserve, Barbados, West Indies.

Is existing legislation fit-for-purpose to achieve Good Environmental Status in European seas? (2016)
Journal Article
Boyes, S. J., Elliott, M., Murillas-Maza, A., Papadopoulou, N., & Uyarra, M. C. (2016). Is existing legislation fit-for-purpose to achieve Good Environmental Status in European seas?. Marine pollution bulletin, 111(1-2), 18-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.079

Recent additions to marine environmental legislation are usually designed to fill gaps in protection and management, build on existing practices or correct deficiencies in previous instruments. Article 13 of the European Marine Strategy Framework Dir... Read More about Is existing legislation fit-for-purpose to achieve Good Environmental Status in European seas?.

Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment (2016)
Book Chapter
Smyth, K., & Elliott, M. (2016). Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment. In M. Solan, & N. Whiteley (Eds.), Stressors in the Marine Environment: Physiological and ecological responses; societal implications (161-174). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198718826.003.0009

Changing salinity is a master factor in the distribution of both marine and estuarine species and is limiting to freshwater organisms; hence salinity is fundamental in modifying aquatic ecosystem assemblage structure and functioning. The effects of c... Read More about Effects of changing salinity on the ecology of the marine environment.

An objective framework to test the quality of candidate indicators of good environmental status (2016)
Journal Article
Queirós, A. M., Strong, J. A., Mazik, K., Carstensen, J., Bruun, J., Somerfield, P. J., Bruhn, A., Ciavatta, S., Flo, E., Bizsel, N., Özaydinli, M., Chuševė, R., Muxika, I., Nygård, H., Papadopoulou, N., Pantazi, M., & Krause-Jensen, D. (2016). An objective framework to test the quality of candidate indicators of good environmental status. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3(MAY), 73-1-73-15. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00073

Large efforts are on-going within the EU to prepare the Marine Strategy Framework Directive's (MSFD) assessment of the environmental status of the European seas. This assessment will only be as good as the indicators chosen to monitor the 11 descript... Read More about An objective framework to test the quality of candidate indicators of good environmental status.

Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation (2016)
Journal Article
Hopkins, C., Bailey, D., & Potts, T. (2016). Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation. Marine Policy, 71, 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.05.015

Significant progress has been made towards implementing Marine Protected Area (MPA) networks in UK waters, with Scotland successfully designating 30 new Scottish MPA sites in July 2014. This paper reviews the Scottish MPA process up to the point of i... Read More about Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation.

First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone (2016)
Journal Article
Waller, C. L., Overall, A., Fitzcharles, E. M., & Griffiths, H. (2017). First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone. Polar Biology, 40(1), 227-230. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-016-1941-y

Many Antarctic marine invertebrates are considered to be highly stenothermal, subjected to loss of functionality at increased temperatures and so at high risk of mortality in a rapidly warming environment. The bivalve Laternula elliptica is often use... Read More about First report of Laternula elliptica in the Antarctic intertidal zone.

Processes for the sustainable stewardship of marine environments (2016)
Journal Article
Scharin, H., Ericsdotter, S., Elliott, M., Turner, R. K., Niiranen, S., Blenckner, T., Hyytiäinen, K., Ahlvik, L., Ahtiainen, H., Artell, J., Hasselström, L., Söderqvist, T., & Rockström, J. (2016). Processes for the sustainable stewardship of marine environments. Ecological economics : the journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, 128, 55-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.04.010

© 2016 Elsevier B.V. Sustainable stewardship of the marine environment necessitates a holistic approach encompassing all the relevant drivers, activities and pressures causing problems for the natural state of the system and their impact on human soc... Read More about Processes for the sustainable stewardship of marine environments.

Perceptions of practitioners: Managing marine protected areas for climate change resilience (2016)
Journal Article
Hopkins, C. R., Bailey, D. M., & Potts, T. (2016). Perceptions of practitioners: Managing marine protected areas for climate change resilience. Ocean and Coastal Management, 128, 18-28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.04.014

Climate change is impacting upon global marine ecosystems and ocean wide changes in ecosystem properties are expected to continue. Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) have been implemented as a conservation tool throughout the world, primarily as a measure... Read More about Perceptions of practitioners: Managing marine protected areas for climate change resilience.

Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands (2016)
Journal Article
Dobson, N. C., Johnson, M. L., & De Grave, S. (2016). Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands. PeerJ, 2016(4), Article e1926. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1926

Morphometric differences in the optical morphology of symbiotic palaemonid shrimps can be observed among species symbiotic with different host organisms. Discriminant functional analysis revealed three distinct groups within the species examined. Of... Read More about Insights into the morphology of symbiotic shrimp eyes (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palaemonidae); the effects of habitat demands.

Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration (2016)
Journal Article
Elliott, M., Mander, L., Mazik, K., Simenstad, C., Valesini, F., Whitfield, A., & Wolanski, E. (2016). Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 176(5), 12-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2016.04.003

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Ecological Engineering (or Ecoengineering) is increasingly used in estuaries to re-create and restore ecosystems degraded by human activities, including reduced water flow or land poldered for agricultural use. Here we focus on e... Read More about Ecoengineering with Ecohydrology: Successes and failures in estuarine restoration.

The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic (2016)
Journal Article
Cavallo, M., Elliott, M., Touza, J., & Quintino, V. (2016). The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic. Marine Policy, 68(June), 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.02.013

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. The transboundary nature of the marine environment requires concerted actions among neighbouring countries to improve its quality in an effective way. Coordination at international level is particularly important during the imple... Read More about The ability of regional coordination and policy integration to produce coherent marine management: Implementing the Marine Strategy Framework Directive in the North-East Atlantic.

Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice (2016)
Journal Article
Borja, A., Elliott, M., Andersen, J. H., Berg, T., Carstensen, J., Halpern, B. S., Heiskanen, A. S., Korpinen, S., Stewart Lowndes, J. S., Martin, G., & Rodriguez-Ezpeleta, N. (2016). Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, Article 20. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00020

© 2016 Borja, Elliott, Andersen, Berg, Carstensen, Halpern, Heiskanen, Korpinen, Lowndes, Martin and Rodriguez-Ezpeleta. Traditional and emerging human activities are increasingly putting pressures on marine ecosystems and impacting their ability to... Read More about Overview of integrative assessment of marine systems: The ecosystem approach in practice.

Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales? (2016)
Journal Article
Frid, C. L. J., & Caswell, B. A. (2016). Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales?. Marine Ecology, 37(2), 392-410. https://doi.org/10.1111/maec.12297

Predicting the ability of the biosphere to continue to deliver ecosystem services in the face of biodiversity loss and environmental change is a major challenge. The results of short‐term and small‐scale experimental studies are both equivocal and di... Read More about Does ecological redundancy maintain functioning of marine benthos on centennial to millennial time scales?.

The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities (2016)
Journal Article
Griffiths, H. J., & Waller, C. L. (2016). The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities. Journal of Biogeography, 43(6), 1143-1155. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12708

Aim To describe the distribution of biodiversity and biogeographical patterns of intertidal organisms in southern temperate and polar waters. We hypothesized that there would be differences in community structure between the Antarctic, which is most... Read More about The first comprehensive description of the biodiversity and biogeography of Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic intertidal communities.

The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy (2015)
Book
Caveen, A., Polunin, N., Gray, T., & Stead, S. M. (2015). The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy. Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10957-2

This book is a critical analysis of the concept of marine protected areas (MPAs) particularly as a tool for marine resource management. It explains the reasons for the extraordinary rise of MPAs to the top of the political agenda for marine policy, a... Read More about The Controversy over Marine Protected Areas : Science meets Policy.