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Sparling, CE, Lonergan, M & McConnell, BJ 2018, 'Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) around an operational tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows: no barrier effect but small changes in transit behaviour' Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol 28, no. 1, pp. 194-204. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.2790

Hall, AJ, McConnell, BJ, Schwacke, LH, Ylitalo, GM, Williams, R & Rowles, TK 2018, 'Predicting the effects of polychlorinated biphenyls on cetacean populations through impacts on immunity and calf survival' Environmental Pollution, vol 233, pp. 407-418. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.074

Jones, EL, Sparling, CE, McConnell, BJ, Morris, C & Smout, SC 2017, 'Fine-scale harbour seal usage for informed marine spatial planning' Scientific Reports, vol 7, 11581. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11174-4

Vincent, C, Huon, M, Caurant, F, Dabin, W, Deniau, A, Dixneuf, S, Dupuis, L, Elder, J-F, Fremau, M-H, Hassani, S, Hemon, A, Karpouzopoulos, J, Lefeuvre, C, McConnell, BJ, Moss, SEW, Provost, P, Spitz, J, Turpin, Y & Ridoux, V 2017, 'Grey and harbour seals in France: distribution at sea, connectivity and trends in abundance at haulout sites' Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol 141, pp. 294-305. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2017.04.004

Russell, DJF, Hastie, GD, Thompson, D, Janik, VM, Hammond, PS, Scott-Hayward, LAS, Matthiopoulos, J, Jones, EL & McConnell, BJ 2016, 'Avoidance of wind farms by harbour seals is limited to pile driving activities' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol 53, no. 6, pp. 1642-1652. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12678

Lucke, K, Hastie, GD, Ternes, K, McConnell, BJ, Moss, S, Russell, DJ, Weber, H & Janik, VM 2016, 'Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses' Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, vol 202, no. 12, pp. 859-868. DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1126-8

Hastie, GD, Russell, DJF, McConnell, BJ, Thompson, D & Janik, VM 2016, 'Multiple-pulse sounds and seals: results of a harbour seal (Phoca vitulina) telemetry study during windfarm construction' Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 875, pp. 425-430. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_50

Russell, DJF, McClintock, BT, Matthiopoulos, J, Thompson, P, Thompson, D, Hammond, PS, Jones, EL, MacKenzie, M, Moss, S & McConnell, BJ 2015, 'Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals' Oikos, vol 124, no. 11, pp. 1462-1472. DOI: 10.1111/oik.01810

Huon, M, Jones, EL, Matthiopoulos, J, McConnell, BJ, Caurant, F & Vincent, C 2015, 'Habitat selection of gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) in a marine protected area in France' Journal of Wildlife Management, vol 79, no. 7, pp. 1091-1100. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.929

Jones, EL, McConnell, BJ, Smout, SC, Hammond, PS, Duck, CD, Morris, C, Thompson, D, Russell, DJF, Vincent, C, Cronin, M, Sharples, RJ & Matthiopoulos, J 2015, 'Patterns of space use in sympatric marine colonial predators reveals scales of spatial partitioning' Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol 534, pp. 235-249. DOI: 10.3354/meps11370

Photopoulou, T, Fedak, M, Matthiopoulos, J, McConnell, BJ & Lovell, P 2015, 'The generalized data management and collection protocol for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth Satellite Relay Data Loggers' Animal Biotelemetry, vol 3, 21. DOI: 10.1186/s40317-015-0053-8

Hastie, GD, Russell, DJF, McConnell, BJ, Moss, S, Thompson, D & Janik, VM 2015, 'Sound exposure in harbour seals during the installation of an offshore wind farm: predictions of auditory damage' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol 52, no. 3, pp. 631-640. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12403

Russell, DJF, Brasseur, S, Thompson, D, Hastie, GD, Janik, VM, Aarts, G, McClintock, BT, Matthiopoulos, J, Moss, S & McConnell, BJ 2014, 'Marine mammals trace anthropogenic structures at sea' Current Biology, vol 24, no. 14, pp. R638-R639. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.06.033

Lidgard, DC, Bowen, WD, Jonsen, ID, Mcconnell, BJ, Lovell, P, Webber, DM, Stone, T & Iverson, SJ 2014, 'Transmitting species-interaction data from animal-borne transceivers through Service Argos using Bluetooth communication' Methods in Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12235

Chevaillier, D, Karpytchev, M, Mcconnell, BJ, Moss, S & Vincent, C 2014, 'Can gray seals maintain heading within areas of high tidal current? Preliminary results from numerical modeling and GPS observations' Marine Mammal Science, vol 30, no. 1, pp. 374-380. DOI: 10.1111/mms.12024

Russell, DJ, McConnell, BJ, Thompson, D, Duck, CD, Morris, C, Harwood, J & Matthiopoulos, J 2013, 'Uncovering the links between foraging and breeding regions in a highly mobile mammal' Journal of Applied Ecology, vol 50, no. 2, pp. 499-509. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12048

McClintock, BT, King, R, Thomas, L, Matthiopoulos, J, McConnell, BJ & Morales, J 2012, 'A general discrete-time modeling framework for animal movement using multistate random walks' Ecological Monographs, vol 82, no. 3, pp. 335-349. DOI: 10.1890/11-0326.1

Morrison, C, Sparling, C, Sadler, L, Charles, A, Sharples, R & McConnell, B 2012, 'Postrelease dive ability in rehabilitated harbor seals' Marine Mammal Science, vol 28, no. 2, pp. E110-E123. DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00510.x

Lonergan, M, Duck, CD, Thompson, D, Moss, S & McConnell, BJ 2011, 'British grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) abundance in 2008: an assessment based on aerial counts and satellite telemetry' ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol 68, no. 10, pp. 2201-2209. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsr161

Bennett, KA, McConnell, BJ, Moss, SEW, Speakman, JR, Pomeroy, P & Fedak, MA 2010, 'Effects of Age and Body Mass on Development of Diving Capabilities of Gray Seal Pups: Costs and Benefits of the Postweaning Fast' Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, vol 83, no. 6, pp. 911-923. DOI: 10.1086/656925

Patterson, TA, McConnell, BJ, Fedak, MA, Bravington, MV & Hindell, MA 2010, 'Using GPS data to evaluate the accuracy of state-space methods for correction of Argos satellite telemetry error' Ecology, vol 91, no. 1, pp. 273-285. DOI: 10.1890/08-1480.1

Hall, AJ, Thomas, G & McConnell, BJ 2009, 'Exposure to persistent organic pollutants and first-year survival probability in gray seal pups' Environmental Science and Technology, vol 43, no. 16, pp. 6364-6369. DOI: 10.1021/es9004398

Cunningham, L, Baxter, JM, Boyd, IL, Duck, CD, Lonergan, M, Moss, SE & McConnell, B 2009, 'Harbour seal movements and haul-out patterns: implications for monitoring and management' Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol 19, no. 4, pp. 398-407. DOI: 10.1002/aqc.983