The Channel Islands are a small archipelago of British dependencies just off the coast of Normandy at the western end of the English Channel. There were only three records for stygobitic Crustacea [Niphargus fontanus Bate, 1859 and N. kochianus Bate, 1859 from Jersey...
Stepping Stones to the Neolithic? Radiocarbon Dating the Early Neolithic on Islands Within the ‘Western Seaways’ of Britain
The western seaways – an arc of sea stretching from the Channel Islands in the south, up through the Isles of Scilly, the Isle of Man, and the Outer Hebrides to Orkney in the north – have long been seen as crucial to our understanding of the processes which led to the...
FIRST RECORD OF CHAETOPHILOSCIA CELLARIA (DOLLFUS, 1884) FROM THE CHANNEL ISLANDS (ISOPODA: ONISCIDEA: PHILOSCIIDAE)
The woodlouse Chaetophiloscia cellaria (Dollfus) is reported for the first time from Guernsey, Channel Islands. A brief description with illustrations is provided to enable identification and information is given about habitats and microsites inhabited and associated...
LATE CADOMIAN INTERMEDIATE MINOR INTRUSIONS OF GUERNSEY, CHANNEL ISLANDS: THE MICRODIORITE GROUP
One of the distinctive features of the geology of Guernsey is the presence of numerous dykes, with a wide range of compositions, which were emplaced at various times during the evolution of the island (Roach et al., 1991). Various groups of what are here referred to...
A high-resolution radar experiment on the island of Jersey
A very high-resolution X-band vertically pointing weather radar was deployed in the island of Jersey, UK, from February to May 2004, to study the variation of the vertical reflectivity of precipitation (VPR) in this region. Intercomparison studies were carried out...
A brief overview and comparison of the benefits of MPAs and NTZs
Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a significant instrument for fisheries management and conservation. MPAs can safeguard habitat, and ecological processes as well as species diversity, their abundance, size, and densities. In a No-Take Zone (NTZ), these environmental and...