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Levels of persistent organic pollutants in eastern north Atlantic humpback whales
(2013)
Blubber lipid concentrations of 14 organochlorine compounds and 10 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) were measured by gas chromatography with electron-capture detection in eastern North Atlantic humpback whales Megaptera ...
Low levels of microplastics recorded from the common periwinkle, Littorina littorea on the west coast of Ireland
(2019-12)
Microplastics (MPs) are an environmental pollutant of increasing concern. However, little research has assessed MP levels in intertidal gastropods. The authors explored MP abundance in the gastropod Littorina littorea from ...
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 ...
Conservation management of common dolphins: Lessons learned from the North‐East Atlantic
(Wiley, 2019-11-19)
(1) The short-beaked common dolphin is one of the most numerous cetacean species in the North-East Atlantic and plays a key functional role within the ecosystem as a top predator. However, in 2013, its conservation status ...
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) social structure in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, is distinguished by age- and area-related associations
(Society for Marine Mammalogy, 2018-04)
Social and network analyses that incorporate information on individuals within a
population enhance our knowledge of complex species. In this study, the social structure
of wild bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary, ...
Insights into the trophic ecology of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Irish waters
(2015)
The stomach contents of 12 bottlenose dolphins were examined. Ten of the 11 samples originated from dolphins that stranded on the west coast of Ireland between 1999 and 2011, while the remaining dolphin was bycaught. Ten ...
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 ...
Female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Springer Nature, 2017-11-20)
This study investigates the female reproductive parameters and population demographics of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland, using long-term relational sightings and photographic ...
An Ethogram for Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(Minuteman Press, 2017)
Ethograms, or categorized lists of behavioral descriptors, are fundamental research tools in the study of animal behavior and are essential to the overall understanding of the behavioral ecology of a species. With specific ...
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. ...