Profile

Mr Callan Duck
Senior Research Scientist
My main function at SMRU is to monitor the size and status of the UK seal populations. Almost all of the surveying I undertake is in Scotland, with Chris Morris. Dave Thompson usually looks after harbour seals in east England. We survey harbour seals during their June and July breeding season in limited local areas. Our main surveys are during their annual moult, in August, when we obtain an index of the size of populations in different parts of Scotland. We survey grey seals during their breeding season, between mid September and the end of November/early December. We use light aircraft and small helicopters for our aerial surveys.
Recent publications
5 (of 5 published available) for cdd1 with keyword PHOCA-VITULINA clear keyword filter. (source: University of St Andrews PURE)
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(Other report)
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
Keywords: Scottish Government
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
vol.27 pp.268-281
(Article)
Nora Nell Hanson, David Thompson, Callan David Duck, John Baxter, Mike Lonergan
Keywords: Coastal, Littoral, Monitoring, Special Area of Conservation, Conservation evaluation, Mammals
(Commissioned report)
Monica Arso Civil, Sophie Caroline Smout, Callan David Duck, Chris Morris, Joseph Onoufriou, David Thompson, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas Davison, Caroline Cummings, Patrick Pomeroy, Bernie J McConnell, Ailsa Jane Hall
Keywords: Harbour seal, Population Dynamics, Population decline, Bayesian approach, Photo-identification, TelemetryScottish Government, NERC
Marine Ecology Progress Series
vol.534 pp.235-249
(Article)
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
Keywords: Halichoerus grypus, Phoca vitulina, Density estimation, Propagating uncertainty, Species distribution, Telemetry, Area-based conservation
PLoS One
vol.8
(Article)
Nora Nell Hanson, David Thompson, Callan David Duck, Simon Moss, Mike Lonergan
Keywords: Confidence intervals, Death rates, Fecundity, Population dynamics, Probability distribution, Scotland, Seals, Wildlife
Contact Details:
Mr Callan DuckScottish Oceans Institute
East Sands
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 8LB
Fife
UK
tel: 01334 462636
fax: 01334 463443
room: SMRU 1.11
email: cdd1@st-andrews.ac.uk
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School of Biology
Centre for Biological Diversity
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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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