Dr Andy Richardson's Outputs (2)

Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas (2018)
Journal Article
Barnes, D. K., Morley, S. A., Bell, J., Brewin, P., Brigden, K., Collins, M., Glass, T., Goodall-Copestake, W. P., Henry, L., Laptikhovsky, V., Piechaud, N., Richardson, A., Rose, P., Sands, C. J., Schofield, A., Shreeve, R., Small, A., Stamford, T., & Taylor, B. (2018). Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas. Current biology : CB, 28(19), R1137-R1138. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.064

There has been a recent shift in global perception of plastics in the environment, resulting in a call for greater action. Science and the popular media have highlighted plastic as an increasing stressor [1,2]. Efforts have been made to confer protec... Read More about Marine plastics threaten giant Atlantic Marine Protected Areas.

Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area (2018)
Journal Article
Richardson, A. J., Downes, K. J., Nolan, E. T., Brickle, P., Brown, J., Weber, N., & Weber, S. B. (2018). Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area. Aquatic conservation : marine and freshwater ecosystems, 28(6), 1308-1316. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2936

Since the year 2000, the designation of remote, large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs) has closed over 15 × 106 km2 of ocean to commercial fishing. Yet, while these mega-reserves have collectively made a major contribution toward meeting global... Read More about Residency and reproductive status of yellowfin tuna in a proposed large-scale pelagic marine protected area.