Publications

Recent publications

A pan-cetacean MHC amplicon sequencing panel developed and evaluated in combination with genome assemblies
Heimeier, D., Garland, E. C., Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Vella, A., Baker, C. S. & Carroll, E. L., 23 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View, 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A workflow for standardizing the analysis of highly resolved vessel tracking data
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Stounberg, J., Glemarec, G., Egekvist, J., Mugerza, E., Rufino, M., Swift, R. & James, M., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. Advance Article, 12 p., fsad209.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Animal displacement from marine energy development: Mechanisms and consequences
Hemery, L. G., Garavelli, L., Copping, A. E., Farr, H., Jones, K., Baker-Horne, N., Kregting, L., McGarry, L. P., Sparling, C. & Verling, E., 20 Mar 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 917, 170390.
Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Association of microbial community structure with gill disease in marine-stage farmed Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ); a yearlong study
Clinton, M., Wyness, A. J., Martin, S. A. M., Brierley, A. S. & Ferrier, D. E. K., 1 Aug 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BMC Veterinary Research. 20, 21 p., 340.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

B(OH)4- and CO32- do not compete for incorporation into aragonite in synthetic precipitations at pHtotal 8.20 and 8.41 but do compete at pHtotal 8.59
Castillo Alvarez, M. C., Penkman, K., Kroger, R., Finch, A. A., Clog, M., Hathorne, E. & Allison, N., 15 Aug 2024, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 379, p. 39-52
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Biogeography of vine thickets and open woodland in subtropical eastern Australia: a case study of three camaenid land snail genera
Stanisic, L., McDougall, C. & Oliver, P., 13 Feb 2024, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 71, 3, 15 p., ZO23032.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Biomineralization of heavy metals based on urea transport and hydrolysis within a new bacterial isolate, B. intermedia TSBOI
Hu, X., Yu, C., Li, X., Zou, J., Du, Y. & Paterson, D. M., 5 May 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials . 469, 11 p., 134049.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Cerebral hemodynamic and systemic physiological changes in trained freedivers completing sled-assisted dives to two different depths
Bønnelycke, E.-M. S., Giacon, T. A., Bosco, G., Kainerstorfer, J. M., Paganini, M., Ruesch, A., Wu, J. & McKnight, J. C., 1 Dec 2024, In: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. 327, 6, p. R553-R567 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Changes in blue whale survival and abundance in the Gulf of California
Whittome, G., Calambokidis, J., Douglas, A. B., Fishbach, M., Sears, R. & Hammond, P. S., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Mammal Science. Early View, 17 p., e13132.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Collecting baleen whale blow samples by drone: a minimally intrusive tool for conservation genetics
O'Mahony, É., Sremba, A., Keen, E., Robinson, N., Dundas, A., Steele, D., Wray, J., Baker, C. S. & Gaggiotti, O. E., 4 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Molecular Ecology Resources. Early View
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Common dolphin whistle response to experimental mid-frequency sonar
Casey, C., Fregosi, S., Oswald, J. N., Janik, V. M., Visser, F. & Southall, B., 26 Apr 2024, In: PLoS One. 19, 4, 21 p., e0302035.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Comparing migratory connectivity across species: the importance of considering the pattern of sampling and the processes that lead to connectivity
Cresswell, W. & Patchett, R. B., Apr 2024, In: Ibis. 166, 2, p. 666-681 16 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Competing adaptations maintain nonadaptive variation in a wild cricket population
Rayner, J. G., Eichenberger, F., Bainbridge, J. V. A., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Yusuf, L. H., Balenger, S., Gaggiotti, O. E. & Bailey, N. W., 6 Aug 2024, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 121, 32, 9 p., e2317879121.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Contrasting the effects of aspartic acid and glycine in free amino acid and peptide form on the growth rate, morphology, composition and structure of synthetic aragonites
Gardella, G., Castillo Alvarez, M. C., Presslee, S., Finch, A. A., Penkman, K., Kroger, R., Clog, M. & Allison, N., 3 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Crystal Growth & Design. ASAP, 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Culture in cetaceans
Garland, E. C. & Rendell, L. E., 22 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) The Oxford handbook of cultural evolution. Tehrani, J. J., Kendal, J. & Kendal, R. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 20 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Decreasing body size is associated with reduced calving probability in critically endangered North Atlantic right whales
Pirotta, E., Tyack, P. L., Durban, J. W., Fearnbach, H., Hamilton, P., Harris, C. M., Knowlton, A., Kraus, S. D., Miller, C., Moore, M., Pettis, H., Photopoulou, T., Rolland, R., Schick, R. & Thomas, L., 28 Feb 2024, In: Royal Society Open Science. 11, 2, 8 p., 240050.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Demographic and physiological signals of reproductive events in humpback whales on a southwest pacific breeding ground
Pallin, L., Garrigue, C., Kellar, N., Baker, C., Bonneville, C., Derville, S., Garland, E. C., Steel, D. & Friedlaender, A., 18 Jun 2024, In: Conservation Physiology. 12, 1, coae038.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Developing expert scientific consensus on the environmental and societal effects of marine artificial structures prior to decommissioning
Knights, A. M., Lemasson, A. J., Firth, L. B., Bond, T., Claisse, J., Coolen, J. W. P., Copping, A., Dannheim, J., De Dominicis, M., Degraer, S., Elliott, M., Fernandes, P. G., Fowler, A. M., Frost, M., Henry, L.-A., Hicks, N., Hyder, K., Jagerroos, S., Jones, D. O. B. & Love, M. & 19 others, Lynam, C. P., Macreadie, P. I., Marlow, J., Mavraki, N., McLean, D., Montagna, P. A., Paterson, D. M., Perrow, M., Porter, J., Russell, D. J. F., Bull, A. S., Schratzberger, M., Shipley, B., van Elden, S., Vanaverbeke, J., Want, A., Watson, S. C. L., Wilding, T. A. & Somerfield, P., Feb 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 352, 16 p., 119897.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Eliciting the magnitude of auditory threshold shift considered injury in Antarctic marine mammals
Verfuss, U. K., Darias-O’Hara, A. K., Erbe, C., Houser, D., Janik, V. M., Ketten, D., Lucke, K., Morell, M., Pacini, A., Reichmuth, C. & Booth, C. G., 1 Dec 2024, In: Marine Policy. 170, 11 p., 105919.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Estimating the risks of exposure to harmful algal toxins among Scottish harbour seals
Hall, A. J., Kershaw, J. L., Fraser, S., Davidson, K., Rowland-Pilgrim, S., Turner, A. D. & McConnell, B., Jun 2024, In: Harmful Algae. 136, 102653.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Fjords as globally significant hotspots for carbon burial and storage
Austin, W. & Smeaton, C., 7 Jul 2024, Online: Marine Scotland. 19 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Hector’s dolphin distribution at Kaikōura before and after a major earthquake
Ellis, G., Weir, J., Bräger, S. & Heinrich, S., 27 Aug 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. Prepress
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Insights into the response of coral biomineralisation to environmental change from aragonite precipitations in vitro
Castillo Alvarez, M. C., Penkman, K., Kröger, R., Finch, A. A., Clog, M., Brasier, A., Still, J. & Allison, N., 1 Jan 2024, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 364, p. 184-194 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Investigating the effects of mobile bottom fishing on benthic carbon processing and storage: a systematic review protocol
Felgate, S., Aldridge , J., Bolam, S., Breimann, S., Claes, J., Depestele, J., Epstein, G., Garcia, C., Hicks, N., Kaiser, M., Laverick, J., Lessin, G., O'Neill, F., Pardis, S., Parker, R., Pereira, R., Poulton, A., Powell, C., Smeaton, C. & Snelgrove, P. & 4 others, Tiano, J., van der Molan, J., van de Velde, S. & Sciberras, M., 15 Oct 2024, In: Environmental Evidence.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Killer whale predation on a giant manta ray (Mobula birostris), a sicklefin devil ray (M. Tarapacana) and a tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) in the southwest Indian Ocean
Terrapon, M., Venables, S. K., Lokker, A., Bertrand, N., Hooker, S. K. & Marshall, A. D., 1 Dec 2024, In: African Journal of Ecology. 62, 4, 5 p., e13342.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Molecular identification of intertidal rock oyster species in North-Eastern Australia reveals new candidates for aquaculture
McDougall, C., Nenadic, N., Richardson, M. & Healy, J. M., 30 Jun 2024, In: Aquaculture. 587, 10 p., 740838.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Multidecadal changes in coastal benthic species composition and ecosystem functioning occur independently of temperature-driven community shifts
Armitage, P., Burrows, M. T., Rimmer, J. E. V., Blight, A. J. & Paterson, D. M., 27 Aug 2024, In: Global Change Biology. 30, 8, 19 p., e17482.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Non-lunge feeding behaviour of humpback whales associated with fishing boats in Norway
Iwata, T., Aoki, K., Miller, P. J., Biuw, M., Williamson, M. & Sato, K., Feb 2024, In: Ethology. 130, 2, 6 p., 13419.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Novel CTD tag establishes shark fins as ocean observing platforms
Pagniello, C. M. L. S., Castleton, M. R., Carlisle, A. B., Chapple, T. K., Schallert, R. J., Fedak, M. & Block, B. A., 15 Jun 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 13 p., 13837.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Organic carbon accumulation in British saltmarshes
Smeaton, C., Garrett, E., Koot, M., Ladd, C., Miller, L., McMahon, L., Foster, B., Barlow, N., Blake, W., Gehrels, R., Skov, M. & Austin, W., 3 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science of the Total Environment. 926, 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Overwintering humpback whales adapt foraging strategies to shallow water environments at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, USA
Shearer, J. M., Foley, H. J., Swaim, Z. T., Janik, V. M. & Reid, A. J., 18 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine Mammal Science. Early View, 17 p., e13184.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

PAMGuard Version 2.02.13: PAMGuard software update with bug fixes and new features
Gillespie, D. M. & Macaulay, J. D. J., 27 Aug 2024, GitHub
Research output: Other contribution

Polyester microfiber impacts on coastal sediment organic matter consumption
Ladewig, S. M., Bianchi, T. S., Coco, G., Ferretti, E., Gladstone-Gallagher, R. V., Hillman, J., Hope, J. A., Savage, C., Schenone, S. & Thrush, S. F., 1 May 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 202, 9 p., 116298.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Proteome profiling reveals opportunities to investigate biomarkers of oxidative stress and immune responses in blubber biopsies from free-ranging baleen whales
Kershaw, J., Ramp, C., Sears, R., Hall, A. & Derous, D., 2024, In: Conservation Physiology. 12, 1, 10 p., coae059.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Quantifying and reducing the cost of tagging: combining computational fluid dynamics and diving experiments to reduce impact from animal-borne tags
McKnight, C., Pass, C., Thompson, D., Balfour, S. T., Brasseur, S., Embling, C., Hastie, G. D., Milne, R., Kyte, A., Moss, S., Pemberton, R. & Russell, D. J., 6 Nov 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2034, 12 p., 20241441.
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