Effect of a new offshore gas platform on harbor porpoise in the Dogger Bank
Todd, V.L.G., Williamson, L.D., Couto, A., Todd, I.B., and Clapham, P.J. Marine Mammal Science, In press, (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12949 Offshore Oil and Gas (O&G) exploration and production has been cycling from cradle to grave for over 100 years, spanning many generations of marine fauna. Despite global occurrence of offshore infrastructure, implications of their presence for apex predators, including cetaceans, […]
Comparing distribution of harbour porpoise using generalized additive models and hierarchical Bayesian models with integrated nested Laplace approximation
Williamson, L,D,. Scott, B.E., Laxton, M., Illian, J.B., Todd, V.L.G., Miller, P.I., Brookes, K.L. Ecological Modelling, 470, 110011, (2022)DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2022.110011 Species Distribution Models (SDMs) are used regularly to develop management strategies, but many modelling methods ignore the spatial nature of data. To address this, we compared fine-scale spatial distribution predictions of harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) using empirical […]
Influence of offshore oil and gas structures on seascape ecological connectivity
McLean, D.L., Ferreira, L.C., Benthuysen, J.A., Miller, K.J., Schläppy, M.-L., Ajemian, M.J., Berry, O., Birchenough, S.N.R., Bond, T., Boschetti, F., Bull, A.S., Claisse, J.T., Condie, S.A., Consoli, P., Coolen, J.W.P., Elliott, M., Fortune, I.S., Fowler, A.M., Gillanders, B.M., Harrison, H.B., Hart, K.M.L., Henry, L.-A., Hewitt, C.L., Hicks, N., Hock, K., Hyder, K., Love, M.S., Macreadie, […]
Cetacean distribution in relation to oceanographic features at the Kerguelen Plateau
Todd, V.L.G., and Williamson, L.D. Polar Biology 45, 113-126 (2021)DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02977-3 The Kerguelen Plateau in the south-eastern Indian Ocean is one of the most isolated and understudied regions on earth. As part of the Kerguelen Plateau Drifts project, Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) data were collected during a seismic survey in the austral summer (January–February 2020). Relationships between observation […]
