Books and reports

Improving understanding of bottlenose dolphin movements along the east coast of Scotland. Final report. Report number SMRUC-VAT-2020-10 provided to European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), March 2021 (unpublished).
Arso Civil, M., Quick, N. J., Mews, S., Hague, E., Cheney, B., Thompson, P. M. & Hammond, P. S., 2021, 54 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Habitat-based predictions of at-sea distribution for grey and harbour seals in the British Isles: Report to BEIS, OESEA-16-76, OESEA-17-78
Carter, M. I. D., Boehme, L., Duck, C. D., Grecian, J., Hastie, G. D., McConnell, B. J., Miller, D. L., Morris, C., Moss, S., Thompson, D., Thompson, P. & Russell, D. JF., 27 Nov 2020, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 74 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers: Report to Scottish Government HSD2.
Arso Civil, M., Langley, I., Law, A., Hague, E., Jacobson, E. K., Thomas, L., Smout, S. C., Hewitt, R., Duck, C. D., Morris, C., Brownlow, A., Davison, N., Doeschate, M., McConnell, B. J. & Hall, A. J., 2020, Sea Mammal Research Unit. 46 p.
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

Simulating cetacean responses to sonar exposure within a Bayesian hierarchical modelling framework: technical report
Bouchet, P., Harris, C. M. & Thomas, L., 21 Apr 2020, University of St Andrews. 39 p. (CREEM Technical Report; no. 2020-01)
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

EIRPHOT : A critical assessment of Wales’ grey seal ( Halichoerus grypus ) photo - identification database .
Langley, I. J., Rosas Da Costa Oliver, T. V., Stringell, T., Morris, C., Hiby, L. & Pomeroy, P., 21 Jan 2019, Bangor: Natural Resources Wales. 94 p. (evidence report series; no. 280)
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

From here and now to there and then: practical recommendations for extrapolating cetacean density surface models to novel conditions
Bouchet, P. J-F., Miller, D. L., Roberts, J., Mannocci, L., Harris, C. M. & Thomas, L., 4 Sept 2019, University of St Andrews. 59 p. (CREEM Technical Report; no. 2019-1)
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

Modelisation of potential habitats of the main mesopelagic fish according to environmental parameters
Proud, R. & Brierley, A. S., 3 Mar 2019, Zenodo. 26 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

SIFIDS Work Package 8b: Identifying fishing activities and their associated drivers
Mendo, T., Smout, S. C., Ransijn, J. M., Durbach, I. N., McCann, P., Crowe, S., Carulla Fàbrega, A., de Prado, I., Ladd-Jones, H. (ed.) & James, M. A., 2019, Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS). 68 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Annual report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 during 2017
Northridge, S. P., Kingston, A. R. & Thomas, L., Aug 2018, 34 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Evaluating the effect of measurement error in pairs of 3D bearings in point transect sampling estimates of density
Marques, T. A., Duarte, P., Peixe, T., Moretti, D. & Thomas, L., 27 Mar 2018, University of St Andrews. 72 p. (CREEM Technical Report; no. 2018-1)
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

Man-made structures and Apex Predators: Spatial interactions and overlap (MAPS)
Grecian, W. J., Masden, E. A., Hammond, P. S., Owen, E., Daunt, F., Wanless, S. & Russell, D. JF., Jan 2018, INSITE.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Use of micronekton data and models to improve ecology of top predators
Proud, R. & Brierley, A. S., 30 Nov 2018, Zenodo. 23 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

2017 Annual Review of priors for grey seal population model: Special Committee on Seals. Briefing Paper 17/02
Russell, D. JF., 2017, Sea Mammal Research Unit.
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

Annual report on the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004 during 2016
Northridge, S. P., Kingston, A. R. & Thomas, L. J., 5 May 2017, online: defra. 36 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Approaches to Understanding the Cumulative Effects of Stressors on Marine Mammals
Tyack, P. L., Bailey, H., Crocker, D., Estes, J. E., Francis, C. D., Harwood, J., Schwacke, L., Thomas, L. J. & Wartzok, D., 2017, Washington DC: National Academies Press. 146 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

FIS013 – Scoping the background information for an ecosystem approach to fisheries in Scottish waters: Review of predator-prey interactions with fisheries, and balanced harvesting
Heath, M. R., Richard, L., Kate, S., Cook, R., Speirs, D., Daunt, F., Wanless, S., Hyder, K., Pinnegar, J. K., Thorpe, R., Karen, D., Campbell, N., Wright, P., Thorburn, J., Arthur, R., Macdonald, P., Mouat, B., Fox, C., Heymans, S., Coull, K., & 6 othersEvans, P., Fernandes, P., Hammond, P., Smout, S., Kolding, J. & Reid, D., 2017, Fisheries Innovation Scotland.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Report to Scottish Government HSD2.
Arso Civil, M., Smout, S. C., Thompson, D., Brownlow, A., Davison, N., Doeschate, M., Duck, C. D., Morris, C., Cummings, C., McConnell, B. J. & Hall, A. J., 2017, Sea Mammal Research Unit. 35 p.
Research output: Book/ReportOther report

Modelling harbour seal movements
McConnell, B. J., Smout, S. C. & Wu, M., 11 Oct 2017, 20 ed. Scottish Government. 34 p. (Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Reports)
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Review of analytical approaches for identifying usage and foraging areas at sea for harbour seals
Jones, E. L., Smout, S. C., Russell, D. J., Pinn, E. & McConnell, B. J., 2 Feb 2017, Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 36 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Updated Seal Usage Maps: The Estimated at-sea Distribution of Grey and Harbour Seals
Russell, D. J. F., Jones, E. L. & Morris, C., 21 Dec 2017, Scottish Government. 25 p. (Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science; vol. 8, no. 25)
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Updated grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) usage maps in the North Sea
Jones, E. L. & Russell, D. J., 2017, Department of Energy and Climate Change. 15 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Whales: their past, present and future
Hammond, P. S., Heinrich, S., Hooker, S. K. & Tyack, P. L., 14 Jul 2017, London: Natural History Museum, London. 192 p.
Research output: Book/ReportBook

Activity Budgets:Analysis of seal behaviour at sea
Russell, D. J. F., Aug 2016, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Annual Report on the Implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 812/2004
Northridge, S. P., Kingston, A. R. & Thomas, L. J., 1 Jun 2016, defra. 44 p.
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

Comparing the Diet of Harbour and Grey Seals in Scotland and Eastern England
Wilson, L. J. & Hammond, P. S., 2016, Marine Scotland Science. 30 p. (Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science; vol. 7, no. 19)
Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned report

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