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Impacts of anthropogenic noise on marine life: Publication patterns, new discoveries, and future directions in research and management

2015
Open Access Journal Article

Ocean & Coastal Management

Williams, R., Wright A.J., Ashe E., Blight L.K., Bruintjes R., Canessa R., Clark C.W., Cullis-Suzuki S., Dakin D.T., Erbe C., Hammond P.S., Merchant N.D., O'Hara P.D., Purser J., Radford A.N., Simpson S.D., Thomas L., and Wale M.A.

Anthropogenic underwater noise is now recognized as a world-wide problem, and recent studies have shown a broad range of negative effects in a variety of taxa....
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Keywords: Anthropogenic, Conservation, Ecology, Marine, Ocean noise, Policy, Shipping

The east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population: Improving understanding of ecology outside the Moray Firth SAC.

2014
Open Access Report

UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's offshore energy Strategic Environmental Assessment programme

Quick, N., Arso, M., Cheney, B., Islas, V., Janik, V., Thompson, P.M and Hammond, P.S.

The bottlenose dolphins found in the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation (Moray Firth SAC) are/ part of a Scottish east coast population of approximately 200...
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Keywords: Bottlenose dolphin, Ecology, Moray Firth, Scotland

An Overview of Plankton Ecology in the North Sea

2001
Open Access Report

Strategic Envioronmental Assessment

Johns, D. & Reid, P.,

The purpose of this report is to give an overview of plankton ecology in the North Sea, and the processes that affect it, as derived from...
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Keywords: Ecology, North Sea, Plankton

Ecological effects of dumping of dredged sediments; options for management.

1999
Pay-walled Peer Reviewed Publication

Journal of Coastal Conservation

Essink, K.

Dredging and dumping of dredged sediments in estuarine and coastal waters may lead to increased turbidity and enhanced sediment deposition at dump sites. This mainly affects...
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Keywords: Dredging, Ecology, Management