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PESI - a taxonomic backbone for Europe
(2015-09)
Reliable taxonomy underpins communication in all of biology, not least nature conservation
and sustainable use of ecosystem resources. The flexibility of taxonomic interpretations,however, presents a serious challenge for ...
Fine-scale spatial association between baleen whales and forage fish in the Celtic Sea
(2015-09)
Baleen whales can be regularly observed in the Celtic Sea; however, little is known about their local foraging behaviour. This study's objective was to determine whether or not baleen whales selectively prey upon particular ...
Modelling abundance hotspots for data-poor Irish sea rays
(Elsevier, 2015)
Skates and rays represent one of the most vulnerable components of fish communities in temperate demersal fisheries such as the Irish Sea. They also tend to be data poor in comparison to commercially exploited teleost fish. ...
Short note: the first confirmed successful refloat of a stranded bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) in Ireland and subsequent resighting with a neonate
(2014-05)
The article presents a study which discusses the refloating of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and the subsequent resighting with a neonate in Ireland. Topics include the live-stranding events of a bottlenose ...
Including unsexed individuals in sex-specific growth models
(Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 2017-04-19)
Sexually dimorphic growth models are typically estimated by fitting growth curves to individuals of known sex. Yet, macrospically ascribing sex can be difficult, particularly for immature animals. As a result, sex-specific ...
Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters
(2012)
The potential for long distance movements in common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from six UK and Irish study sites was examined using photographs of natural markings. Here we provide the first evidence for ...
PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters
(Macmillan Publishers, 2016-01)
Organochlorine (OC) pesticides and the more persistent polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) have well-established dose-dependent toxicities to birds, fish and mammals in experimental studies, but the actual impact of OC ...
Temporal and spatial trends in stranding records of cetaceans on the Irish coast, 2002–2014
(Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 2016)
Using Irish strandings data collected between 2002 and 2014, seasonal and annual trends in the number of strandings for all strandings identified to species level (N ¼ 1480), and for the five most frequently reported ...
Social structure within the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) population in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(2010)
The Shannon Estuary is home to Ireland’s only known resident population of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and is designated as a candidate Special Area of Conservation (cSAC) for this species. Proper conservation ...
A flexible decision support tool for MSY-based MPA design
(2016)
ICES WGEF recommends that demersal elasmobranchs be managed using spatial proxies 11 for Maximum Sustainable Yield. Here we combine escapement biomass – the percentage of the stock which must be retained each year to ...