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Marine Scotland Science publications for July

August 10, 2020 by Marine Directorate Communications No Comments | Category Marine Directorate Science, Publications

Marine Scotland Science, as a core Scottish Government (SG) Division, is working to support SG’s overall COVID-19 response. It also continues to sustain critical marine science delivery and has over the last month produced the following notable publications:

• Begg, T., Graham, J. & Matejusova, I. (2020). The marine invasive non-native species Didemnum vexillum: Loch Creran Survey – September 2019. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11, No 5, 17pp.
  The marine invasive non-native species: Loch Creran survey link
• Daunt, F., Fang, Z., Howells, R., Harris, M., Wanless, S., Searle, K. & Elston, D. (2020). Improving estimates of seabird body mass survival relationships. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11 No 13, 54pp. DOI: 10.7489/12329-1.
  Improving estimates of seabird body mass survival relationships link
• ICES. (2020). Working Group on the Assessment of Demersal Stocks in the North Sea and Skagerrak (WGNSSK). ICES Scientific Reports, 2:61. 1102 pp.
  Working  Group on the Assessment of Demersal Stocks in the North Sea … link
• The latest paper from the Girnock “Quantifying the relative importance of stock level, river temperature and discharge on the abundance of juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)” has been published. This paper brings together >50 years of data on adult number, ova deposition and juvenile production, the latest developments in hydrological and river temperature modelling and methods developed at FFL for modelling salmon abundance on river networks to assess the relative effects of environment and natural population regulation on juvenile salmon production. The headline finding is that most of the year to year variability in observed juvenile numbers could be explained by stock level and that discharge temperature and artificial stocking effects were much smaller.
  Quantifying the relative importance of stock level, river temperature and … link

The following papers have been produced through the Scottish Government’s Scottish Marine Research Energy Programme (ScotMER):

• Butler, A., Carroll, M., Searle, K., Bolton, M., Waggitt, J., Evans, P., Rehfisch, M., Goddard, B., Brewer, M., Burthe, S. & Daunt, F. (2020). Attributing seabirds at sea to appropriate breeding colonies and populations (CR/2015/18). Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11, No 8, 140pp. DOI: 10.7489/2006-1.
  Attributing seabirds at sea to appropriate breeding colonies and populations link
• Hague, E.L., Sinclair, R.R. & Sparling, C.E. 2020. Regional baselines for marine mammal knowledge across the North Sea and Atlantic areas of Scottish waters. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11, No 12.
  Regional baselines for marine mammal knowledge across the … link
• Searle, K., Butler, A., Bogdanova, M. & Daunt, F. (2020). Scoping study – regional population viability analysis for key bird species CR/2016/16. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11, No 10, 118pp. DOI: 10.7489/12327-1.
  Scoping study – regional population viability analysis for key bird species link
• Sinclair, R.R., Sparling, C.E. & Harwood, J. (2020). Review of demographic parameters and sensitivity analysis to inform inputs and outputs of population consequences of disturbance assessments for marine mammals. Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science, Vol 11, No 14, 74pp. DOI: 10.7489/12331-1
  Review of demographic parameters and sensitivity analysis to inform … link

Additional Information:

• Marine Scotland Data – Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science
• International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
• Wiley Online Library

Tags: ICES, marine science, ScotMER

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