Despite many high profile cetacean species receiving considerable scientific and media attention, isolated and residential populations can often be overlooked. This lack of understanding on a local level can hinder conservation measures that seek to improve the status...
Mapping temporal trends of intertidal Zostera noltei seagrass and its interactions with oyster aquaculture, sediment characteristics, and macroinfaunal assemblages in the Royal Bay of Grouville, Jersey
Seagrass meadows provide key ecosystem services but are in global decline. In the Royal Bay of Grouville, Zostera noltei forms an extensive intertidal bed overlapping with oyster aquaculture within the South East Coast of Jersey Ramsar site. This study examined...
The Minquiers and Écréhous in spatial context: Contemporary issues and cross perspectives on border islands, reefs and rocks
The Minquiers and Écréhous reefs are located in different parts of the Gulf ofSt Malo between the British island of Jersey and the French mainland. As a part of the Bailiwick of Jersey, they are geographically very close to the international sea border between Jersey...
HOLM OAK’S ROLE IN SHAPING COASTAL DUNE ECOSYSTEMS: A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF VEGETATION AND SPECIES COMPOSITION
This study investigates the ecological impact of Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) (HO) on dune ecosystems, focusing on its influence on vegetation cover, species richness, and species composition across different proximity levels (1m, 5m, and 20m from the tree) and dune types...
Seasonal trends in European lobster (Homarus gammarus), spider crab (Maja brachydactyla), and brown crab (Cancer pagurus) populations in the Bailiwick of Jersey (Channel Islands) and the relevance to environmental and biological parameters
The thesis examined the variation in Landings Per Unit Effort (LPUE) as an indicator of activity for three commercially significant species in Jersey, those being, European lobster (Homarus gammarus), spider crab (Maja brachydactyla), and brown crab (Cancer pagurus)....
A comparative analysis of bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise foraging patterns in Jersey, Channel Islands
This study investigated bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise spatial and temporal foraging patterns in the Channel Islands, with a particular focus on Jersey's waters. Through analysis of cetacean foraging behaviours using Chelonia’s Full-Waveform Capture Porpoise...