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• 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 › peer-review

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  • Phoca vitulina
  • population decline
  • harbor
  • sexual maturity
  • Scotland
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future.

  Bailey, H., Brookes, K. L. & Thompson, P. M., 14 Sep 2014, In: Aquatic Biosystems. 10, 8, p. 1-13 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • wind farms
  • wind power
  • wind farm
  • environmental impact
  • recommendation
  100 Citations (Scopus)

• Assessing the risks to marine mammal populations from renewable energy devices: an interim approach

  Lusseau, D., Christiansen, F., Harwood, J., Mendes, S., Thompson, P. M., Smith, K. & Hastie, G., 2012, Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 29 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other Report

  • marine mammal
  • alternative energy
  • nature conservation
  • advice
  • mortality

• Central place foragers and moving stimuli: a hidden-state model to discriminate the processes affecting movement

  Pirotta, E., Edwards, E. W. J., New, L. & Thompson, P., Jul 2018, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 87, 4, p. 1116-1125 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • fishing boats
  • boats
  • foraging
  • fishing
  • bird
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• 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 › peer-review

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  • Tursiops truncatus
  • dolphin
  • Scotland
  • estuaries
  • coasts
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• Dead useful; methods for quantifying baseline variability in stranding rates to improve the ecological value of the strandings record as a monitoring tool

  ten Doeschate, M. T. I., Brownlow, A. C., Davison, N. J. & Thompson, P. M., 30 Aug 2018, In: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98, 5, p. 1205-1209 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • stranding
  • ecological value
  • records (publications)
  • monitoring
  • seasonal variation
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters

  Robinson, K. P., O'Brien, J. M., Berrow, S., Cheney, B. J., Costa, M., Eisfeld, S. M., Haberlin, D., Mandleberg, L., O'Donovan, M., Oudejans, M. G., Ryan, C., Stevick, P. T., Thompson, P. M. & Whooley, P., 2012, In: Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12, 3, p. 365-371 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Muraenidae
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • dolphin
  • conservation areas
  • dolphins
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Distribution, abundance and population structure of bottlenose dolphins in Scottish waters: Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage funded report.

  Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B. J., Ingram, S., Stevick, P., Wilson, B. & Hammond, P. S., 2011, Scottish Natural Heritage.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

• 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 › peer-review

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  • impulsive noise
  • marine mammal
  • sound
  • impact assessment
  • pile driving
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites

  Fernandez-Betelu, O., Graham, I. M., Cornulier, T. & Thompson, P. M., 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 2548.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Bottle-Nosed Dolphin
  • Dolphins
  • Echolocation
  • Scotland
  • Acoustics
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time

  Graham, I. M., Merchant, N. D., Farcas, A., Candido Barton, T. R., Cheney, B., Bono, S. & Thompson, P. M., Jun 2019, In: Royal Society Open Science. 6, 6, 13 p., 190335.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Phocoena
  • Noise
  • Acoustics
  • North Sea
  • Echolocation
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Importance of accounting for phylogenetic dependence in multi-species mark-recapture studies

  Abadi, F., Barbraud, C., Besson, D., Bried, J., Crochet, P-A., Delord, K., Forcada, J., Grosbois, V., Phillips, R. A., Sagar, P., Thompson, P., Waugh, S., Weimerskirch, H., Wood, A. G. & Gimenez, O., 10 Feb 2014, In: Ecological Modelling. 273, p. 236-241 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  6 Citations (Scopus)

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

  Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M. & Cordes, L. S., 11 Feb 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 9 p., 1767.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • dolphin
  • fecundity
  • protected area
  • trend
  • cetacean
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  6 Downloads (Pure)

• Inflation factors influence the estimation of trends in cetacean abundance

  Cheney, B. J., Lusseau, D., Hammond, P. S. & Thompson, P. M., 2011, (Unpublished).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

• Laser photogrammetry reveals variation in growth and early survival in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins

  Cheney, B., Wells, R. S., Barton, T. R. & Thompson, P. M., Jun 2018, In: Animal Conservation. 21, 3, p. 252-261 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • dolphin
  • photogrammetry
  • laser
  • growth curve
  • cetacean
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

• Long-term patterns in harbour seal site-use and the consequences for managing protected areas

  Cordes, L., Duck, C., MacKey, B. L., Hall, A. & Thompson, P. M., Aug 2011, In: Animal Conservation. 14, 4, p. 430-438 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • protected area
  • harbor
  • conservation status
  • habitat quality
  • telemetry
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• Long-term trends in the use of a protected area by small cetaceans in relation to changes in population status.

  Cheney, B., Corkrey, R., Durban, J. W., Grellier, K., Hammond, P. S., Islas-Villanueva, V., Janik, V. M., Lusseau, S. M., Parsons, K. M., Quick, N. J., Wilson, B. & Thompson, P. M., Dec 2014, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 2, p. 118-128 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • cetacean
  • long-term trend
  • conservation areas
  • protected area
  • dolphin
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Mark-recapture modeling accounting for state uncertainty provides concurrent estimates of survival and fecundity in a protected harbor seal population

  Cordes, L. S. & Thompson, P. M., Apr 2014, In: Marine Mammal Science. 30, 2, p. 691-705 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Modelling harbour seal habitat by combining data from multiple tracking systems

  Bailey, H., Hammond, P. S. & Thompson, P. M., Jan 2014, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 450, p. 30-39 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals

  Merchant, N. D., Pirotta, E., Barton, T. R. & Thompson, P. M., 15 Jan 2014, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 78, 1-2, p. 85-95 11 p.

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  • Mammals
  • coastal development
  • marine mammals
  • marine mammal
  • ships
  84 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Predicting the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on marine populations

  Nabe-Nielsen, J., van Beest, F. M., Grimm, V., Sibly, R. M., Teilmann, J. & Thompson, P. M., 2018, In: Conservation Letters. 11, 5, 12563.

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  • anthropogenic activities
  • disturbance
  • animal
  • construction noise
  • porpoise
  34 Citations (Scopus)

  10 Downloads (Pure)

• Scale-dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data

  Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M., Miller, P. I., Brookes, K. L., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Graham, I. M. & Lusseau, D., Feb 2014, In: Functional Ecology. 28, 1, p. 206-217 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  42 Citations (Scopus)

• Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2008-2010

  Cheney, B. J., Corkrey, R., Quick, N. J., Janik, V. M., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hammond, P. S. & Thompson, P. M., 2012, Scottish Natural Heritage. 34 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report

• State-space modelling reveals proximate causes of harbour seal population declines

  Matthiopoulos, J., Cordes, L., Mackey, B., Thompson, D., Duck, C., Smout, S., Caillat, M. & Thompson, P., Jan 2014, In: Oecologia. 174, 1, p. 151-162 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Static and dynamic expression of life history traits in the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

  Orzack, S. H., Steiner, U. K., Tuljapurkar, S. & Thompson, P., Mar 2011, In: Oikos. 120, 3, p. 369-380 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Fulmarus glacialis
  • Fulmarus
  • life history trait
  • life history
  • survival rate
  23 Citations (Scopus)

• The importance of developing modeling frameworks to inform conservation decisions: a response to Lonergan

  Matthiopoulos, J., Smout, S., Caillat, M., Cordes, L., Mackey, B. & Thompson, P., Aug 2014, In: Oecologia. 175, 4, p. 1069-1071 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

  Tricola, G. M., Simons, M. J. P., Atema, E., Boughton, R. K., Brown, J. L., Dearborn, D. C., Divoky, G., Eimes, J. A., Huntington, C. E., Kitaysky, A. S., Juola, F. A., Lank, D. B., Litwa, H. P., Mulder, E. G. A., Nisbet, I. C. T., Okanoya, K., Safran, R. J., Schoech, S. J., Schreiber, E. A., Thompson, P. M. & 6 others, Verhulst, S., Wheelwright, N. T., Winkler, D. W., Young, R., Vleck, C. M. & Haussmann, M. F., 5 Mar 2018, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 373, 1741, 20160445.

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  • Birds
  • telomeres
  • Telomere
  • Longevity
  • bird
  36 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Use of state-space modelling to identify ecological covariates associated with trends in pinniped demography

  Caillat, M., Cordes, L., Thompson, P., Matthiopoulos, J. & Smout, S., Sep 2019, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 29, S1, p. 101-118 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Pinnipedia
  • pinniped
  • demography
  • Muraenidae
  • seals
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise

  Pirotta, E., Brookes, K. L., Graham, I. M. & Thompson, P. M., 21 May 2014, In: Biology Letters. 10, 5, 4 p., 20131090.

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  54 Citations (Scopus)

  14 Downloads (Pure)

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

  Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Quick, N. J., Islas-Villanueva, V., Graves, J. A., Janik, V. M., Thompson, P. M. & Hammond, P. S., Jan 2019, In: Ecology and Evolution. 9, 1, p. 533-544 11 p.

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  • marine mammals
  • population trend
  • marine mammal
  • survival rate
  • calves
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  5 Downloads (Pure)