Browsing Articles - Marine & Freshwater Research Centre, ATU Galway City by Author "Marine and Freshwater Research Centre (MFRC), Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland"
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Long-term trends in herring growth primarily linked to temperature by gradient boosting regression trees
Lyashevska, Olga; Harma, Clementine; Minto, Cóilín; Clarke, Maurice; Brophy, Deirdre (Elsevier B.V., 2020-09-01)Environmental change and fishing activity can produce directional trends in exploited fish populations with consequences for stock productivity. For herring in the Celtic Sea, size at age has been in steady decline since ... -
Quantification of microplastic ingestion by the decapod crustacean Nephrops norvegicus from Irish waters
Hara, Jenevieve; Frias, João; Nash, Róisín (Elsevier B.V., 2020-01-15)Microplastics are widespread pollutants in the marine environment, yet few studies have assessed the abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercial species. This study evaluates the presence of ingested ... -
Trace elemental fingerprinting of shells and soft tissues can identify the time of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) harvesting
Bennion, Matthew; Morrison, Liam; Shelley, Rosemary; Graham, Conor (Elsevier B.V., 2020-08-15)Reliance on seafood for a source of animal protein is growing globally and this is likely to continue as Earth's population continues to rise. An active shift towards farmed produce over wild caught is occurring, attributed ...