Formal report series, containing results of research and monitoring carried out by Marine Scotland Science
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 6 This report describes the method validation for GC-MS quantification of n-alkanes using deuterated internal standards to determine the presence of hydrocarbons in the environment following an oil...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 5 The Loch Creran SAC was established to protect the Priority Marine Features (PMFs) such as marine biogenic reef consisting of the calcareous tube-worm Serpula vermicularis, and the horse mussel...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 16 The selection of appropriate avoidance rates for use in collision risk models at offshore windfarms is often a key part of the Environmental Impact Assessment process. Ideally, these avoidance...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 17 Marine Scotland requires a detailed understanding of fishing activity in Scottish Territorial Waters to inform marine spatial planning at both the national and regional level, and in relation to...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 4 Climatological (“average year”) flow fields from the Scottish Shelf Model (SSM) have been used to estimate the degree of connectivity between Scottish finfish aquaculture Farm Management Areas (...
This study provides an audit of the potential blue carbon resources present in the coastal waters around Orkney, bounded by the 12 nautical mile limit and including the Loch of Stenness brackish water lagoon. This report builds on previous work...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 1 This report assembles quantitative estimates of marine carbon stores, sequestration rates and emission rates relevant to Scotland. Where specific Scottish data is not available (e.g. fishing...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 2 his report sets out to provide an improved estimate of the carbon (C) held within Scotland’s marine sedimentary environments across Scotland’s mapped extended Exclusive Economic Zone (i.e. 554,755...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 13 The main aim of this work was to trial the use of Succorfish’s SC2 VMS tracking technology on vessels from the inshore scallop dredge fleet around Shetland and to evaluate its effectiveness as a...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Volume 1 No 15 Many planktonic algae produce biotoxins that can affect grazer feeding, mortality and recruitment rates, or alter swimming behaviour and therefore predation risk. This report reviews the...