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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 ...
The use of deep water berths and the effect of noise on bottlenose dolphins in the Shannon Estuary cSAC
(2016)
The Shannon Estuary on the west coast of Ireland is one of Europe’s premier deepwater berths catering for ships up to 200,000 deadweight tonnage. It is also Ireland’s only designated candidate special area of conservation ...
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 ...
Assessment of impulsive and continuous low- frequency noise in Irish waters
(Springer-Verlag, 2016)
As part of the European Union Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), member states are required to address noise pollution in the marine environment under Descriptor 11. This study aimed to provide a practical desk-based ...
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 ...
Temporal and spatial variation in group size of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in the Shannon Estuary, Ireland
(2016-09)
Bottlenose dolphin group size is known to be determined by food availability, social interactions and predator defence. This paper analyses data gathered over seven years from dolphin tour boats operating in the Shannon ...