Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 7 No 24 In late 2014, observations of grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) predation on conspecifics which produced similar wounds provided a plausible alternative explanation of the likely cause of spiral...
Applicability of strategic digital aerial survey at sea of marine mammals and seabirds in Scotland Observation data was collected in spread sheets and geodatabases.
A 30-year (1971-2000) temperature and salinity climatology is presented for sur- face and near-bed regions of the NW European shelf seas, with a resolution of 1/6? longitude by 1/10? latitude. The data have been extracted from the International...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 5 No 3 The workshop on “The Science Of Deepwater Oil Spills – Modelling” held in Aberdeen in September 2013 included more than 50 experts drawn from academia, government, consultants and industry to...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 6 No 15 The objective of the project was to determine spatial turnover rates of scallops at two spatial scales: (i) at the scale of individual fishing patches (tens to hundreds of metres), determining...
A mulitbeam bathymetry survey was carried out off the north coast of Scotland between the Kyle of Tongue and west of Thurso in August 2014. The area is of interest for renewable development and the survey provides high resolution bathymetric data...
In 2014, the Scottish Government commissioned Land Use Consultants to undertake a study to fill data gaps on marine recreation and tourism activity in Scotland and to provide baseline information for marine planning. The project was designed and...
**Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 10 ** The EU Landings Obligation has focussed attention on the urgent need to develop effective strategies for reducing the catch of unwanted species or sizes of fish. Real-time reporting is the...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 8 No 20 Both the quantification and modelling of harbour seal movement are required to predict the consequence of environmental change on population distribution and connectivity. Two modelling...
This data set of CTD and/or STD profiles at stations on the Nolso-Flugga (NOL) hydrographic section has been collected on cruises under many different projects and programmes undertaken by Marine Scotland and the Faroe Marine Research Institute...