On Jersey, bat populations are becoming well documented throughout the Island with the efforts of the Jersey Bat Group, students and the public. However, whereas bats that utilise or inhabit woodlands on Jersey have been studied in the past by the Jersey Bat Group,...
Colour polymorphism and substrate preferences of the blue-winged grasshopper oedipoda caerulescens on Jersey, Channel Islands
Many grasshopper species are known to demonstrate colour polymorphism although only a select few have been studied in any detail. Controlled laboratory experiments and those involving nymphs have been favoured over extensive work in the field with adult insects,...
A consideration of small marine gulfs as biogeographic habitat islands using a case study of the Normano-Breton Gulf
The study of marine habitat islands is mostly limited to distinct, offshore spaces that fit the geographic assumptions of the terrestrial island model. This study considered the validity of coastal gulfs as marine habitat islands within the context of the biogeography...
Ecology and Management of the Top 3 Economically Important Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.) Cyst (Heterodera spp. and Globodera spp.) and Root Lesion (Pratylenchus spp.) Nematodes.
Nematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth, comprising an extremely species-rich phylum with estimations spanning 25,000 to 1 million species worldwide (Zhang, 2013; Singh and Phulera 2015). Despite representing only 15% of described nematode...
Future-proofing fisheries: is increasing sea temperature altering commercial decapod crustacean catch in the bailiwick of jersey?
Global sea surface temperature (SST) has risen ~0.13°C per decade over the 20th century. Ocean warming is strongest in the north-east Atlantic around the UK where SST is increasing approximately six times faster than the global average. Particularly prone to this...
Investigating the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass (Zostera spp.) in St. Catherine’s Bay, Jersey
Countries have more and more policies related to zero carbon emissions because 2050 year is getting closer and closer. Carbon emission reduction and carbon removal are the two main ways for countries to achieve zero emissions. In addition to domestic policies, there...