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Paul Thompson

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    • 6264 Citations
    1988 …2020

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    Research Interests:

    My main research and teaching interests are in the ecology and conservation of marine systems, with a particular focus on marine top predators. For over twenty years, my group’s research has focused on understanding how natural and anthropogenic environmental change influences the behaviour and dynamics of marine mammals and seabirds. This work has been underpinned by the development and maintenance of long-term individual based studies of harbour seal, bottlenose dolphin and fulmar populations in the North of Scotland, with comparative studies conducted at a range of overseas sites across the North Atlantic, North Pacific and South America. A key aim of the work has been to directly support regional conservation and management programmes, and through this to develop generic understanding and best practice case studies that provide insights into marine resource management issues elsewhere in the world.

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    Research Output

    Breeding status influences timing but not duration of moult in the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

    Grissot, A., Graham, I. M., Quinn, L., Brathen, V. S. & Thompson, P. M., Apr 2020, In : Ibis. 162, 2, p. 446-459 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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    Distribution maps of cetacean and seabird populations in the North-East Atlantic

    Waggitt, J. J., Evans, P. G. H., Andrade, J., Banks, A. N., Boisseau, O., Bolton, M., Bradbury, G., Brereton, T., Camphuysen, C. J., Durinck, J., Felce, T., Fijn, R. C., Garcia-Baron, I., Garthe, S., Geelhoed, S. C. V., Gilles, A., Goodhall, M., Haelters, J., Hamilton, S., Hartny-Mills, L. & 26 others, Hodgins, N., James, K., Jessopp, M., Kavanagh, A. S., Leopold, M., Lohrengel, K., Louzao, M., Markones, N., Martinez-Cediera, J., O'Cadhla, O., Perry, S. L., Pierce, G. J., Ridoux, V., Robinson, K. P., Santos, M. B., Saavedra, C., Skov, H., Stienen, E. W. M., Sveegaard, S., Thompson, P., Vanermen, N., Wall, D., Webb, A., Wilson, J., Wanless, S. & Hiddink, J. G., Feb 2020, In : Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 2, p. 253-269 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Age-length relationships in UK harbour seals during a period of population decline

    Hall, A. J., Mackey, B., Kershaw, J. L. & Thompson, P., Sep 2019, In : Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, S1, p. 61-70 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    • 1 Citation (Scopus)

    Changing distribution of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population and the challenges of area‐based management

    Arso Civil, M., Quick, N. J., Cheney, B., Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M. & Hammond, P. S., Sep 2019, In : Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, S1, p. 178-196 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 3 Citations (Scopus)

    Effects of impulsive noise on marine mammals: investigating range-dependent risk

    Hastie, G., Merchant, N. D., Götz, T., Russell, D. J. F., Thompson, P. & Janik, V. M., 1 Jul 2019, In : Ecological Applications. 29, 5, 10 p., e01906.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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    • 3 Citations (Scopus)
    7 Downloads (Pure)

    Datasets

    Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time

    Graham, I. (Creator), Merchant, N. D. (Creator), Farcas, A. (Creator), Barton, T. R. (Creator), Cheney, B. (Creator), Awang Bono, S. B. (Creator) & Thompson, P. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 4 Jun 2019

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.5qg30sd

    Dataset

    Variations in age- and sex-specific survival rates help explain population trend in a discrete marine mammal population

    Arso Civil, M. (Creator), Cheney, B. (Creator), Quick, N. J. (Creator), Islas-Villanueva, V. (Creator), Graves, J. A. (Creator), Janik, V. M. (Creator), Thompson, P. (Creator) & Hammond, P. S. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 19 Dec 2018

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.8qm8r4m

    Dataset

    Integrating passive acoustic and visual data to model spatial patterns of occurrence in coastal dolphins

    Thompson, P. (Creator), Brookes, K. L. (Creator) & Cordes, L. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 11 Jul 2014

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.3dd4d

    Dataset

    Echolocation detections and digital video surveys provide reliable estimates of the relative density of harbour porpoises

    Williamson, L. D. (Creator), Kate L., B. (Creator), Scott, B. (Creator), Graham, I. (Creator), Bradbury, G. (Creator), Hammond, P. S. (Creator) & Thompson, P. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 26 Jan 2016

    DOI: 10.5061/dryad.cf04g

    Dataset

    Increasing trends in fecundity and calf survival of bottlenose dolphins in a marine protected area.

    Cheney, B. (Creator), Thompson, P. (Creator) & Cordes, L. S. (Creator), Nature Publishing Group, 11 Feb 2019

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38278-9#Sec7

    Dataset

    Prizes

    Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation

    Thompson, Paul (Recipient), 22 Jun 2016

    Prize: Awards, Medals, Prizes and Distinctions

    • Impacts

    Impacts of offshore energy developments

    Paul Thompson (Coordinator), Philip S. Hammond (Coordinator), David Lusseau (Coordinator), D L Borchers (Coordinator) & Gordon Hastie (Coordinator)

    Impact: Quality of life Impacts