Publications

Recent publications

Patterns of paternity: insights into mating competition and gene flow in a recovering population of humpback whales
Eichenberger, F., Garrigue, C., Steele, D., Bonneville, C. D., Rendell, L. E. & Garland, E. C., 8 Jan 2025, In: Royal Society Open Science. 12, 1, 20 p., 241424.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Seals exhibit localised avoidance of operational tidal turbines
Montabaranom, J., Gillespie, D. M., Longden, E., Rapson, K., Holoborodko, A., Sparling, C. E. & Hastie, G. D., 7 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Applied Ecology. Early View, 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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

African penguin Spheniscus demersus foraging on juvenile fish in jellyfish tentacles
Glencross, J., Jewell, A., Grigg, J., McInnes, A., Brierley, A. S. & Sherley, R., 1 Nov 2024, In: Seabird. 36, 19 p.
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

Commercial fishery no-take zones for African penguins minimize fisheries losses at the expense of conservation gains
McInnes, A., Weideman, E., Carpenter-Kling, T., Barham, P., Christian, M., Day, K., Glencross, J., Hagen, C., Kock, A., Lawrence, C., Ludynia, K., Makhado, A., Pichegru, L., Shannon, L., Sherley, R., Smith, C., Steinfurth, A., Stander, N., Upfold, L. & Waller, L., 1 Oct 2024, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 81, 8, p. 1632-1646 15 p.
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

Comparing neural networks against click train detectors to reveal temporal trends in passive acoustic sperm whale detections
Garrobe Fonollosa, L., Webber, T., Brotons, J. M., Cerdà, M., Gillespie, D. M., Pirotta, E. & Rendell, L. E., 18 Dec 2024, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 156, p. 4073-4084
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

Differential mediation of biogeochemical processes through bioturbation by fiddler and sesarmid mangrove crabs
Yang, Y., Liang, Q., Peng, Y. & Paterson, D. M., Feb 2025, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 211, 117431.
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

Evaluating the risk landscape of Hawaiian monk seal exposure to Toxoplasma gondii
Robinson, S., Falinski, K., Johnson, D., VanWormer, E., Shapiro, K., Amlin, A. & Barbieri, M., 8 Jun 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: EcoHealth. 14 p.
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

Haven or hell? A perspective on the ecology of offshore oil and gas platforms
Fortune, I. S., Madgett, A. S., Bull, A. S., Hicks, N., Love, M. S. & Paterson, D., 18 Apr 2024, In: PLOS Sustainability and Transformation. 3, 4, 32 p., e0000104.
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Hector’s dolphin distribution at Kaikōura before and after a major earthquake
Ellis, G., Weir, J., Bräger, S. & Heinrich, S., 7 Nov 2024, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 748, p. 175-190
Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

ICES Working Group on Bycatch of Protected Species (WGBYC)
Kingston, A., 2024, 103 ed. Copenhagen. 249 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

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., de Borger, E., 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. & 5 others, Snelgrove, P., Tiano, J., van der Molan, J., van de Velde, S. & Sciberras, M., 15 Oct 2024, In: Environmental Evidence. 13, 10 p., 24.
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

 

 

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