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MPA policy: What lies behind the science? (2012)
Journal Article
Caveen, A. J., Gray, T. S., Stead, S. M., & Polunin, N. V. (2013). MPA policy: What lies behind the science?. Marine Policy, 37(1), 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.005

What the current policy debate on marine protected areas (MPAs) and marine reserves (MRs) has failed to address is the fact that protection of the marine environment has as much to do with scientists, and others values as it has to do with science. T... Read More about MPA policy: What lies behind the science?.

Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard? (2012)
Journal Article
Caveen, A. J., Sweeting, C. J., Willis, T. J., & Polunin, N. V. (2012). Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?. Environmental Conservation, 39(3), 199-203. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892912000033

The scientific literature (including some of the most high-profile papers) on the ecological and fisheries effects of permanent no-take marine reserves is dominated by examples from hard tropical and warm temperate ecosystems. It appears to have been... Read More about Are the scientific foundations of temperate marine reserves too warm and hard?.

Regional scale speciation reveals multiple invasions of freshwater in Palaemoninae (Decapoda) (2012)
Journal Article
Ashelby, C. W., Page, T. J., De Grave, S., Johnson, M. L., Hughes, J. M., & Johnson, M. (2012). Regional scale speciation reveals multiple invasions of freshwater in Palaemoninae (Decapoda). Zoologica Scripta, 41(3), 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2012.00535.x

The generic level, systematic relationship in Palaemoninae was inferred from analyses based on the mitochondrial 16S rDNA and nuclear Histone (H3) genes, primarily focussed on the genera Palaemon and Palaemonetes, as previous morphological and molecu... Read More about Regional scale speciation reveals multiple invasions of freshwater in Palaemoninae (Decapoda).

Bio-sedimentary indicators for estuaries: a critical review (2012)
Book
Ducrotoy, J.-P., Mazik, K., & Elliott, M. (2012). Bio-sedimentary indicators for estuaries: a critical review. Union Océanographes de France

The rational management of the marine environment relies on the measurement of selected attributes and the detection of changes in carefully chosen parameters as the result of human activities. Following that detection, integrated management relies o... Read More about Bio-sedimentary indicators for estuaries: a critical review.

Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries (2011)
Journal Article
Whitfield, A., Elliott, M., Basset, A., Blaber, S., & West, R. (2012). Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 97, 78-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.11.026

Most estuarine ecology textbooks have included the so-called Remane diagram which is derived from German studies in the Baltic Sea region during the early part of the 20th Century. The model shows how aquatic species diversity changes from freshwater... Read More about Paradigms in estuarine ecology - a review of the Remane diagram with a suggested revised model for estuaries.

External actors, high value resources and threatened species: shark fin commodity chains of Northern Madagascar, interception for conservation (2011)
Thesis
Hopkins, C. External actors, high value resources and threatened species: shark fin commodity chains of Northern Madagascar, interception for conservation. (Thesis). Imperial College London. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/2485043

Wildlife trade threatens many exploited populations with unsustainable levels of extraction. The shark fin trade is perceived as a primary driver in the decline of many shark populations. The targeting of sharks by local fisheries to feed the demand... Read More about External actors, high value resources and threatened species: shark fin commodity chains of Northern Madagascar, interception for conservation.

Early life stages of fishes as indicators of estuarine ecosystem health (2011)
Journal Article
Ramos, S., Amorim, E., Elliott, M., Cabral, H., & Bordalo, A. A. (2012). Early life stages of fishes as indicators of estuarine ecosystem health. Ecological Indicators, 19, 172-183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.08.024

A major goal of current environmental policies is to preserve or return areas to a good ecological status, which should be assessed at the ecosystem level, using several biological elements, together with physical, chemical and pollution elements. Th... Read More about Early life stages of fishes as indicators of estuarine ecosystem health.

Recommendations on methods for the detection and control of biological pollution in marine coastal waters (2011)
Journal Article
Olenin, S., Elliott, M., Bysveen, I., Culverhouse, P. F., Daunys, D., Dubelaar, G. B., Gollasch, S., Goulletquer, P., Jelmert, A., Kantor, Y., Mézeth, K. B., Minchin, D., Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., Olenina, I., & Vandekerkhove, J. (2011). Recommendations on methods for the detection and control of biological pollution in marine coastal waters. Marine pollution bulletin, 62(12), 2598-2604. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.08.011

Adverse effects of invasive alien species (IAS), or biological pollution, is an increasing problem in marine coastal waters, which remains high on the environmental management agenda. All maritime countries need to assess the size of this problem and... Read More about Recommendations on methods for the detection and control of biological pollution in marine coastal waters.

Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management (2011)
Journal Article
Elliott, M., & Whitfield, A. (2011). Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management. Estuarine, coastal and shelf science, 94(4), 306-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2011.06.016

For many years, estuarine science has been the 'poor relation' in aquatic research - freshwater scientists ignored estuaries as they tended to get confused by salt and tides, and marine scientists were more preoccupied by large open systems. Estuarie... Read More about Challenging paradigms in estuarine ecology and management.

Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities: a methodology for regeneration programs (2011)
Thesis
Cardoso Castro, P. P. Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities: a methodology for regeneration programs. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4211513

Research purpose: As a by-product in the development of the Quality Management Systems, self-organized working groups were introduced and became a common practice in management. In the last ten years some authors – influenced by the developments in t... Read More about Facilitating self-organization in non-hierarchical communities: a methodology for regeneration programs.

Sex, pheromone and aggression in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) : for a better future of scampi (2011)
Thesis
Katoh, E. Sex, pheromone and aggression in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) : for a better future of scampi. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213427

With a steadily increasing world population the demand for seafood has been growing rapidly over the past century. This has led to overfishing and decreasing catch rates in many seafood species. High fishing activity has endangered several aquatic sp... Read More about Sex, pheromone and aggression in Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus) : for a better future of scampi.

Rame Head Environmental Impact study: Review of Evidence (2011)
Report
Mazik, K., & Elliott, M. (in press). Rame Head Environmental Impact study: Review of Evidence. DEFRA

Dredging, and the disposal of dredged material, are activities essential to the maintenance of navigable waterways and to the construction and operating of ports and harbours. The activities must comply with the OSPAR Convention, relating to north-we... Read More about Rame Head Environmental Impact study: Review of Evidence.

New compounds, sexual differences, and age-related variations in the femoral gland secretions of the lacertid lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus (2011)
Journal Article
Khannoon, E. R., Flachsbarth, B., El-Gendy, A., Mazik, K., Hardege, J. D., & Schulz, S. (2011). New compounds, sexual differences, and age-related variations in the femoral gland secretions of the lacertid lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 39(2), 95-101. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2011.01.008

Integumental gland secretions in lizards have been postulated to play a role as semiochemicals, but few studies have analysed the chemical nature of the gland secretions used in communication. We analysed the femoral gland secretions of Acanthodactyl... Read More about New compounds, sexual differences, and age-related variations in the femoral gland secretions of the lacertid lizard Acanthodactylus boskianus.

Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships (2011)
Journal Article
García-Alonso, J., Greenway, G., Munshi, A., Gómez, J., Mazik, K., Knight, A. W., Hardege, J., & Elliott, M. (2011). Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships. Marine environmental research, 71(4), 295-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2011.02.004

Due to the ecological importance of estuaries, it is necessary to understand the biological effects that potentially toxic contaminants induce in bioindicator species. A key aspect is whether effects at lower levels of biological organisation transfe... Read More about Biological responses to contaminants in the Humber Estuary: disentangling complex relationships.

Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems (2011)
Journal Article
Borja, A., Barbone, E., Basset, A., Borgersen, G., Brkljacic, M., Elliott, M., Garmendia, J. M., Marques, J. C., Mazik, K., Muxika, I., Neto, J. M., Norling, K., Rodríguez, J. G., Rosati, I., Rygg, B., Teixeira, H., & Trayanova, A. (2011). Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems. Marine pollution bulletin, 62(3), 499-513. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.12.009

In recent times many benthic indices have been proposed to assess the ecological quality of marine waters worldwide. In this study we compared single metrics and multi-metric methods to assess coastal and transitional benthic status along human press... Read More about Response of single benthic metrics and multi-metric methods to anthropogenic pressure gradients, in five distinct European coastal and transitional ecosystems.

On the presence of Thorella cobourgi Bruce, 1982 (Decapoda, Hippolytidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea (2011)
Journal Article
De Grave, S., & Johnson, M. (2011). On the presence of Thorella cobourgi Bruce, 1982 (Decapoda, Hippolytidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Crustaceana, 84(9), 1149 - 1151. https://doi.org/10.1163/001121611X584280

The hippolytid genus Thorella Bruce, 1982 was described from specimens collected from Port Essington on the Cobourg Peninsula and a further location in Darwin, both in the Northern Territory (Australia), with Thorella cobourgi Bruce, 1982 as the only... Read More about On the presence of Thorella cobourgi Bruce, 1982 (Decapoda, Hippolytidae) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.

Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia (2010)
Journal Article
Convey, P., Key, R. S., Key, R. J. D., Belchier, M., & Waller, C. L. (2011). Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia. Polar Biology, 34(4), 597-602. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-010-0909-6

The human-assisted establishment of two non-native predatory carabid beetles (Merizodus soledadinus (Guerin-M,n,ville), Trechisibus antarcticus (Dejean)) on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia occurred 30-50 years ago, but the distribution of t... Read More about Recent range expansions in non-native predatory beetles on sub-Antarctic South Georgia.

Marine management - Towards an integrated implementation of the European marine strategy framework and the water framework directives (2010)
Journal Article
Borja, Á., Elliott, M., Carstensen, J., Heiskanen, A. S., & van de Bund, W. (2010). Marine management - Towards an integrated implementation of the European marine strategy framework and the water framework directives. Marine pollution bulletin, 60(12), 2175-2186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.026

Through implementing environmental Directives, Europe has moved towards coordinated and integrated catchment-to-coast management, following the most novel legislation on ecosystem-based approaches worldwide. The novel joint synthesis of this directio... Read More about Marine management - Towards an integrated implementation of the European marine strategy framework and the water framework directives.