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Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time by Graham, Isla M, Merchant, Nathan D, Farcas, Adrian, Barton, Tim R, Cheney, Barbara, Bono, Saliza, Thompson, Paul M

“…Estimating impacts of offshore windfarm construction on marine mammals requires data on displacement in relation to different noise levels and sources. Using…”
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Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction by Benhemma-Le Gall, Aude, Graham, Isla M., Merchant, Nathan D., Thompson, Paul M.

“…Offshore windfarm developments are expanding, requiring assessment and mitigation of impacts on protected species. Typically, assessments of impacts on marine…”
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Variation in foraging activity influences area-restricted search behaviour by bottlenose dolphins by Fernandez-Betelu, Oihane, Iorio-Merlo, Virginia, Graham, Isla M, Cheney, Barbara J, Prentice, Simone M, Cheng, Rachael Xi, Thompson, Paul M

“…Area-restricted search (ARS) behaviour is commonly used to characterize spatio-temporal variation in foraging activity of predators, but evidence of the…”
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Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore windfarms by Thompson, Paul M., Graham, Isla M., Cheney, Barbara, Barton, Tim R., Farcas, Adrian, Merchant, Nathan D.

“…1. Offshore windfarms require construction procedures that minimize impacts on protected marine mammals. Uncertainty over the efficacy of existing guidelines…”
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Far-Field Effects of Impulsive Noise on Coastal Bottlenose Dolphins by Fernandez-Betelu, Oihane, Graham, Isla M., Brookes, Kate L., Cheney, Barbara J., Barton, Tim R., Thompson, Paul M.

“…Increasing levels of anthropogenic underwater noise have caused concern over their potential impacts on marine life. Offshore renewable energy developments and…”
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Perceptions and costs of seal impacts on Atlantic salmon fisheries in the Moray Firth, Scotland: Implications for the adaptive co-management of seal-fishery conflict by Butler, James R.A., Middlemas, Stuart J., Graham, Isla M., Harris, Robert N.

“…The Moray Firth Seal Management Plan (MFSMP) was introduced in Scotland in 2005 as a pilot for resolving conflict between Atlantic salmon fisheries and…”
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Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise by Pirotta, Enrico, Brookes, Kate L., Graham, Isla M., Thompson, Paul M.

“…Animals exposed to anthropogenic disturbance make trade-offs between perceived risk and the cost of leaving disturbed areas. Impact assessments tend to focus…”
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Disease dynamics in cyclic populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis): cowpox virus and vole tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti) by Cavanagh, Rachel D., Lambin, Xavier, Ergon, Torbjørn, Bennett, Malcolm, Graham, Isla M., van Soolingen, Dick, Begon, Michael

“…The possible role of pathogens in rodent population cycles has been largely neglected since Elton's ‘epidemic hypothesis’ of 1931. To revisit this question, 12…”
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Prey encounters and spatial memory influence use of foraging patches in a marine central place forager by Iorio-Merlo, Virginia, Graham, Isla M, Hewitt, Rebecca C, Aarts, Geert, Pirotta, Enrico, Hastie, Gordon D, Thompson, Paul M

“…Given the patchiness and long-term predictability of marine resources, memory of high-quality foraging grounds is expected to provide fitness advantages for…”
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Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform by Fernandez-Betelu, Oihane, Graham, Isla M., Malcher, Freya, Webster, Emily, Cheong, Sei-Him, Wang, Lian, Iorio-Merlo, Virginia, Robinson, Stephen, Thompson, Paul M.

“…Many man-made marine structures (MMS) will have to be decommissioned in the coming decades. While studies on the impacts of construction of MMS on marine…”
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Short-term disturbance by a commercial two-dimensional seismic survey does not lead to long-term displacement of harbour porpoises by Thompson, Paul M., Brookes, Kate L., Graham, Isla M., Barton, Tim R., Needham, Keith, Bradbury, Gareth, Merchant, Nathan D.

“…Assessments of the impact of offshore energy developments are constrained because it is not known whether fine-scale behavioural responses to noise lead to…”
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Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites by Fernandez-Betelu, Oihane, Graham, Isla M., Cornulier, Thomas, Thompson, Paul M.

“…Environmental cycles often influence the presence of animals, creating patterns at different temporal scales, which may mean that their effects overlap and/or…”
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Breeding status influences timing but not duration of moult in the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis by Grissot, Antoine, Graham, Isla M., Quinn, Lucy, Bråthen, Vegard S., Thompson, Paul M.

“…Seabirds are key marine top predator species that are often used as indicators of the environmental quality of the oceans. Their breeding phenology has been…”
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Scale‐dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data by Pirotta, Enrico, Thompson, Paul M, Miller, Peter I, Brookes, Kate L, Cheney, Barbara, Barton, Tim R, Graham, Isla M, Lusseau, David, Costa, Daniel

“…Understanding which environmental factors drive foraging preferences is critical for the development of effective management measures, but resource use…”
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Mycobacterium microti Infection (Vole Tuberculosis) in Wild Rodent Populations by CAVANAGH, Rachel, BEGON, Michael, ROHOLL, Paul, VAN SOOLINGEN, Dick, BENNETT, Malcolm, ERGON, Torbjørn, GRAHAM, Isla M, DE HAAS, Petra E. W, HART, C. A, KOEDAM, Marianne, KREMER, Kristin, LAMBING, Xavier

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Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoises by Fernandez-Betelu, Oihane, Graham, Isla M., Thompson, Paul M.

“…With increasing numbers of offshore structures being installed and decommissioned, a better understanding of their effect on marine predators is timely. There…”
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Echolocation detections and digital video surveys provide reliable estimates of the relative density of harbour porpoises by Williamson, Laura D., Brookes, Kate L., Scott, Beth E., Graham, Isla M., Bradbury, Gareth, Hammond, Philip S., Thompson, Paul M., McPherson, Jana

“…Summary Robust estimates of the density or abundance of cetaceans are required to support a wide range of ecological studies and inform management decisions…”
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Validating the use of intrinsic markers in body feathers to identify inter-individual differences in non-breeding areas of northern fulmars by Quinn, Lucy R, Meharg, Andrew A, van Franeker, Jan A, Graham, Isla M, Thompson, Paul M

“…Many wildlife studies use chemical analyses to explore spatio-temporal variation in diet, migratory patterns and contaminant exposure. Intrinsic markers are…”
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Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbor porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbor construction by Graham, Isla M., Pirotta, Enrico, Merchant, Nathan D., Farcas, Adrian, Barton, Tim R., Cheney, Barbara, Hastie, Gordon D., Thompson, Paul M.

“…The development of risk assessments for the exposure of protected populations to noise from coastal construction is constrained by uncertainty over the nature…”
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Testing the effectiveness of an acoustic deterrent device for excluding seals from Atlantic salmon rivers in Scotland by Graham, Isla M., Harris, Robert N., Denny, Becks, Fowden, Dan, Pullan, Dave

“…Graham, I. M., Harris, R. N., Denny, B., Fowden, D., and Pullan, D. 2009. Testing the effectiveness of an acoustic deterrent device for excluding seals from…”
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