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• 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.

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

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

  5 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.

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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbour construction

  Graham, I. M., Pirotta, E., Merchant, N. D., Farcas, A., Barton, T. R., Cheney, B., Hastie, G. D. & Thompson, P. M., May 2017, In: Ecosphere. 8, 5, p. 1-16 16 p.

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  • Phocoena phocoena
  • porpoise
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • dolphin
  • vibration
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  18 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)

• 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)

• 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.

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

  14 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

• 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.

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

  6 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)

• 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)

• Evolutionary history of a Scottish harbour seal population

  Nikolic, N., Thompson, P., de Bruyn, M., Macé, M. & Chevalet, C., Jul 2020, In: PeerJ. 8, 29 p., e9167.

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  • Phoca
  • Phoca vitulina
  • Ports and harbors
  • Muraenidae
  • Mammals
  2 Downloads (Pure)

• 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)

• Diurnal variation in harbour porpoise detection – potential implications for management

  Williamson, L. D., Brookes, K. L., Scott, B. E., Graham, I. M. & Thompson, P. M., 27 Apr 2017, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 570, p. 223-232 10 p.

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  • Phocoena
  • Phocoena phocoena
  • porpoise
  • Ecosystem
  • diurnal variation
  13 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• 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., 1 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 2, p. 253-269 17 p.

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  • cetacean
  • seabird
  • distribution
  • conservation management
  • animal
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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.

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

  5 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

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

  13 Downloads (Pure)

• Can the Camera Lie? A Nonpermanent Nick in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)

  Quick, N. J., Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M. & Hammond, P. S., 12 Mar 2017, In: Aquatic Mammals. 43, 2, p. 156-161 6 p.

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• 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., 1 Apr 2020, In: Ibis. 162, 2, p. 446-459 14 p.

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  • Fulmarus glacialis
  • Fulmarus
  • molt
  • breeding
  • molting
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  2 Downloads (Pure)

• Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore wind farms

  Thompson, P., Graham, I. M., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Farcas, A. & Merchant, N. D., 1 Dec 2020, In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence. 1, 2, 12 p., e12034.

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  • pile driving
  • wind farm
  • deterrent
  • marine mammal
  • porpoise

• 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

• A new approach to estimate fecundity rate from inter-birth intervals

  Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Quick, N. J., Thompson, P. M. & Hammond, P. S., Apr 2017, In: Ecosphere. 8, 4, e01796.

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  • birth interval
  • fecundity
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • rate
  • longitudinal studies
  17 Citations (Scopus)

  11 Downloads (Pure)

• 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.

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