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EIA Database

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

Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2011-2013.

2014
Open Access Report

Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report

Cheney, B., Graham, I.M., Barton, T.R., Hammond, P.S. and Thompson, P.M.

This report provides an update on the data that have been collected between 2011 and 2013 on the population of bottlenose dolphins that use the Moray...
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Keywords: Bottlenose dolphin, Moray Firth

Assessing the potential impact of oil and gas exploration operations on cetaceans in the Moray Firth.

2013
Open Access Report

Final Report for DECC, Scottish Government, COWRIE, and Oil & Gas UK.

Thompson, P., Brookes, K., Cordes, L., Barton, T., Cheney, B., and Graham, I.

Uncertainty over the distribution of cetaceans and their responses to underwater noise has led to concerns over the potential impact of oil and gas exploration in...
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Keywords: Cetaceans, Exploration, Moray Firth, Oil and gas