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Dr Bernie McConnell

Dr Bernie McConnell
Senior Research Fellow


 

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Research Overview:

I am Deputy Director of the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) within the School of Biology, University of St Andrews.  I have work in SMRU for over 25 years, during which time I have published on the movement and behaviour of marine mammals – from the Antarctic to the Arctic. I also lead the SMRU-Instrumentation Group. SMRU-IG is a research group, comprising ten engineers and biologists, that develops a novel set of telemetry systems to study the biology of marine mammals at sea and their oceanic environment.

I have been the recipient of numerous awards from public agencies, the telecommunications industry and Research Councils.  My other academic interests include:

  • Individual Based Models in marine management
  • Fine scale prey-fish distribution
  • Social networks
  • Effectors of human behavioural change in relation to climate change
  • The Internet of Living Things

Early influencers: Jacques Cousteau and Jethro Tull.

source: research@st-andrews

 

 

50 (of 100 /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/status/published available) for bm8 (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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AgentSeal Magda Ewa Chudzinska, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Sophie Caroline Smout, Sophie Brasseur, Isla Graham, Paul Thompson, Bernie J McConnell
Ecological Modelling 2021 vol. 440
Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers Monica Arso Civil, Izzy Langley, Andy Law, Emily Hague, Eiren Kate Jacobson, Len Thomas, Sophie Caroline Smout, Rebecca Hewitt, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Andrew Brownlow, Nicolas Davison, Mariel Doeschate, Bernie J McConnell, Ailsa Jane Hall
2020
Classifying grey seal behaviour in relation to environmental variability and commercial fishing activity - a multivariate hidden Markov model Floris M. van Beest, Sina Mews, Svenja Elkenkamp, Patrick Schuhmann, Dorian Tsolak, Till Wobbe, Valerio Bartolino, Francois Bastardie, Rune Dietz, Christian von Dorrien, Anders Galatius, Olle Karlsson, Bernie J McConnell, Jacob Nabe-Nielsen, Morten Tange Olsen, Jonas Teilmann, Roland Langrock
Scientific Reports 2019 vol. 9
Post-disturbance haulout behaviour of harbour seals William David Paterson, Debbie JF Russell, Mick Wu, Bernie J McConnell, John I. Currie, Dominic J. McCafferty, David Thompson
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2019 vol. 29 pp. 144-156
Response to L. Witting Jean Pierre Desforges, Ailsa Jane Hall, Bernie J McConnell, A. Rosing-Asvid, Jonathan L. Barber, A. Brownlow, S. de Guise, Igor Eulaers, P.D. Jepson, Robert J. Letcher, Milton Levin, Peter S. Ross, Christian Sonne, Rune Dietz
Marine Mammal Science 2019 vol. 35 pp. 1201-1206
Empirical measures of harbor seal behavior and avoidance of an operational tidal turbine Ruth Joy, Jason D. Wood, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Dom J. Tollit, Andrea E. Copping, Bernie J McConnell
Marine Pollution Bulletin 2018 vol. 136 pp. 92-106
Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) around an operational tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Mike Lonergan, Bernie J McConnell
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 2018 vol. 28 pp. 194-204
Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution Jean-Pierre Desforges, Ailsa Jane Hall, Bernie J McConnell, Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid, Jonathan L. Barber, Andrew Brownlow, Sylvain De Guise, Igor Eulaers, Paul D. Jepson, Robert J. Letcher, Milton Levin, Peter S. Ross, Filipa Isabel Pereira Samarra, Gisli Vikingson, Christian Sonne, Rune Dietz
Science 2018 vol. 361 pp. 1373-1376
Predicting the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on cetacean populations through impacts on immunity and calf survival Ailsa Jane Hall, Bernie J McConnell, Lori H Schwacke, Gina M Ylitalo, Teri K Rowles
Environmental Pollution 2018 vol. 233 pp. 407-418
Fine-scale harbour seal usage for informed marine spatial planning Esther Lane Jones, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Bernie J McConnell, Chris Morris, Sophie Caroline Smout
Scientific Reports 2017 vol. 7
Grey and harbour seals in France Cécile Vincent, Mathilde Huon, Florence Caurant, Willy Dabin, Armel Deniau, Stéphane Dixneuf, Laetitia Dupuis, Jean-François Elder, Marie-Hélène Fremau, Sami Hassani, Audrey Hemon, Jacky Karpouzopoulos, Cécile Lefeuvre, Bernie J McConnell, Simon E W Moss, Pascal Provost, Jérôme Spitz, Yannis Turpin, Vincent Ridoux
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 2017 vol. 141 pp. 294-305
Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Monica Arso Civil, Sophie Caroline Smout, David Thompson, Andrew Brownlow, Nicolas Davison, Mariel Doeschate, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Caroline Cummings, Bernie J McConnell, Ailsa Jane Hall
2017
Modelling harbour seal movements Bernie J McConnell, Sophie Caroline Smout, Mick Wu
2017 vol. 8
Review of analytical approaches for identifying usage and foraging areas at sea for harbour seals Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Debbie JF Russell, Eunice Pinn, Bernie J McConnell
2017 vol. 602
Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses Klaus Lucke, Gordon Drummond Hastie, Kerstin Ternes, Bernie J McConnell, Simon Moss, Debbie JF Russell, Heike Weber, Vincent Janik
Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 2016 vol. 202 pp. 859-868
Avoidance of wind farms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities Debbie JF Russell, Gordon Drummond Hastie, David Thompson, Vincent Janik, Philip Steven Hammond, Lindesay Alexandra Sarah Scott-Hayward, Jason Matthiopoulos, Esther Lane Jones, Bernie J McConnell
Journal of Applied Ecology 2016 vol. 53 pp. 1642-1652
Fine-scale harbour seal at-sea usage around Orkney and the North coast of Scotland Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Clint Blight, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Bernie J McConnell
2016
Foraging behaviour and prey consumption by grey seals (Halichoerus grypus)-spatial and trophic overlaps with fisheries in a marine protected area Cecile Vincent, Vincent Ridoux, Mike Fedak, Bernie J McConnell, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Jean Pierre Leaute, Joffrey Jouma'a, Jerome Spitz
ICES Journal of Marine Science 2016 vol. 73 pp. 2653-2665
Harbour Seal Decline - vital rates and drivers Monica Arso Civil, Sophie Caroline Smout, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Joseph Alistair Ross Onoufriou, David Thompson, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas Davison, Caroline Cummings, Patrick Pomeroy, Bernie J McConnell, Ailsa Jane Hall
2016
Marine Renewable Energy MRE1 Annual Report Bernie J McConnell, Sophie Caroline Smout, Mick Wu, David Thompson, Phil Irving, Gordon Drummond Hastie
2016
Multiple-pulse sounds and seals: results of a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) telemetry study during windfarm construction Gordon Drummond Hastie, Debbie JF Russell, Bernie J McConnell, David Thompson, Vincent Janik
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2016 vol. 875 pp. 425-430
Population scaling in 5 km x 5 km grey and harbour seal usage maps. Note to Scottish Government MMSS/002/15 Esther Lane Jones, Chris Morris, Sophie Caroline Smout, Bernie J McConnell
2016
Scottish Government Demonstration Strategy Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Douglas Michael Gillespie, Gordon Drummond Hastie, Jonathan Charles David Gordon, Jamie Donald John MacAulay, Chloe Elizabeth Malinka, Mick Wu, Bernie J McConnell
2016 vol. 7
Determine data sparse regions. Report to Marine Scotland MMSS/001/11 MR 5.1 Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Chris Morris, Bernie J McConnell
2015
Determine environmental covariates for usage preference around the UK. Report to Marine Scotland MMSS/001/11 MR 5.1.6 Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Bernie J McConnell
2015
Habitat selection of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) in a marine protected area in France Mathilde Huon, Esther Lane Jones, Jason Matthiopoulos, Bernie J McConnell, Florence Caurant, Cécile Vincent
Journal of Wildlife Management 2015 vol. 79 pp. 1091-1100
Harbour seal haul-out monitoring, Sound of Islay. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report No. 894. William Paterson, Debbie JF Russell, Mick Wu, Bernie J McConnell, David Thompson
2015
Harbour seal haulout transition rates in and around the Sound of Islay Mick Wu, Bernie J McConnell
2015
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals Debbie JF Russell, Brett Thomas McClintock, Jason Matthiopoulos, Paul Thompson, David Thompson, Philip Steven Hammond, Esther Lane Jones, Monique MacKenzie, Simon Moss, Bernie J McConnell
Oikos 2015 vol. 124 pp. 1462-1472
Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning Esther Lane Jones, Bernie J McConnell, Sophie Caroline Smout, Philip Steven Hammond, Callan David Duck, Christopher Morris, David Thompson, Debbie JF Russell, cecile vincent, michelle cronin, Ruth Jemma Sharples, jason matthiopoulos
Marine Ecology Progress Series 2015 vol. 534 pp. 235-249
Produce, publish and maintain seal usage maps with confidence intervals. Report to Marine Scotland MMSS/001/11 MR 5.1 Esther Lane Jones, Bernie J McConnell, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Jason Matthiopoulos
2015
Review the extent of how new survey data affect usage estimates. Report to Marine Scotland MMSS/001/11 MR 5.1 Esther Lane Jones, Sophie Caroline Smout, Bernie J McConnell
2015
Sound exposure in harbour seals during the installation of an offshore wind farm Gordon Drummond Hastie, Debbie JF Russell, Bernie J McConnell, Simon Moss, David Thompson, Vincent Janik
Journal of Applied Ecology 2015 vol. 52 pp. 631-640
The generalized data management and collection protocol for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers Theoni Photopoulou, Mike Fedak, Jason Matthiopoulos, Bernie J McConnell, Philip Lovell
Animal Biotelemetry 2015 vol. 3
The intensity of horizontal and vertical search in a diving forager Virginie Ramasco, Frédéric Barraquand, Martin Biuw, Bernie J McConnell, Kjell T. Nilssen
Movement Ecology 2015 vol. 3
Can gray seals maintain heading within areas of high tidal current? Preliminary results from numerical modeling and GPS observations Damien Chevaillier, Mikhail Karpytchev, Bernie J McConnell, Simon Moss, Cecile Vincent
Marine Mammal Science 2014 vol. 30 pp. 374-380
Marine mammals trace anthropogenic structures at sea Debbie JF Russell, Sophie Brasseur, David Thompson, Gordon Drummond Hastie, Vincent Janik, Geert Aarts, Brett Thomas McClintock, Jason Matthiopoulos, Simon Moss, Bernie J McConnell
Current Biology 2014 vol. 24 pp. R638-R639
Seal at-sea distribution, movements and behaviour Debbie JF Russell, Bernie J McConnell
2014
Tracking technologies for quantifying marine mammal interactions with tidal turbines: pitfalls and possibilities Gordon Drummond Hastie, Douglas Michael Gillespie, Jonathan Charles David Gordon, Jamie Donald John MacAulay, Bernie J McConnell, Carol Elizabeth Sparling
2014
Transmitting species-interaction data from animal-borne transceivers through Service Argos using Bluetooth communication D.C. Lidgard, W.D. Bowen, I.D. Jonsen, Bernie J McConnell, P. Lovell, D.M. Webber, T. Stone, S.J. Iverson
Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2014
Current state of knowledge of effects of offshore renewable energy generation devices on marine mammals & research requirements David Thompson, Ailsa Jane Hall, Mike Lonergan, Bernie J McConnell, Simon Northridge
2013
Methods for tracking fine scale underwater movements of marine mammals around marine tidal devices Bernie J McConnell, Douglas Michael Gillespie, Jonathan Charles David Gordon, Gordon Drummond Hastie, Mark Johnson, Jamie Donald John MacAulay
2013
Uncovering the links between foraging and breeding regions in a highly mobile mammal Debbie JF Russell, Bernie J McConnell, David Thompson, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, John Harwood, Jason Matthiopoulos
Journal of Applied Ecology 2013 vol. 50 pp. 499-509
Wave & Tidal Consenting Position Paper Series: Marine Mammal Impacts Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Alexander James Coram, Bernie J McConnell, David Thompson, K.R. Hawkins, Simon Northridge
2013
A general discrete-time modeling framework for animal movement using multistate random walks Brett Thomas McClintock, Ruth King, Len Thomas, Jason Matthiopoulos, Bernie J McConnell, Juan Morales
Ecological Monographs 2012 vol. 82 pp. 335-349
Baseline Seal Information for the FTWODG Area. SMRUL-FDG-2012-0 to FTOWDG Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Debbie JF Russell, Esther Lane Jones, Kate Grellier, Mike Lonergan, Bernie J McConnell, Jason Matthiopoulos, David Thompson
2012
Interactions between seals and offshore wind farms Bernie J McConnell, Mike Lonergan, R. Dietz
2012
Marine distribution of grey & harbour seals around the UK. Esther Lane Jones, Bernie J McConnell, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Philip Steven Hammond, Debbie JF Russell
2012
Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals Catriona Morrison, Carol Elizabeth Sparling, Laila Sadler, Alison Charles, Ruth Jemma Sharples, Bernie J McConnell
Marine Mammal Science 2012 vol. 28 pp. E110-E123
British grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) abundance in 2008 Mike Lonergan, Callan David Duck, David Thompson, Simon Moss, Bernie J McConnell
ICES Journal of Marine Science 2011 vol. 68 pp. 2201-2209

Contact Details:

Dr Bernie McConnell
Scottish Oceans Institute
East Sands
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Fife
UK

tel: 01334 463280
fax: 01334 462632
room: 2.10 SMRU
email: bm8@st-andrews.ac.uk

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research@st-andrews
Sea Mammal Research Unit
School of Biology
SMRU Instrumentation
Centre for Biological Diversity
Scottish Oceans Institute

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The Secretary
Scottish Oceans Institute
Institiud Chuantan na h-Alba
Gatty Marine Laboratory
East Sands St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Scotland
UK

tel: +44 (0) 1334 463472
fax: +44 (0) 1334 463443
email: soi@st-andrews.ac.uk

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