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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.

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

  5 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)

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• Variation in breeding phenology provides insights into drivers of long-term population change in harbour seals

  Cordes, L. S. & Thompson, P. M., 7 Aug 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences. 280, 1764, 7 p., 20130847.

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

  • Phoca
  • Population dynamics
  • lactation
  • Fisheries
  • Phoca vitulina
  16 Citations (Scopus)

• Using Tooth Rakes to Monitor Population and Sex Differences in Aggressive Behaviour in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

  Marley, S. A., Cheney, B. & Thompson, P. M., 28 May 2013, In: Aquatic Mammals. 39, 2, p. 107-115 9 p.

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  • rakes
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • dolphin
  • gender differences
  • aggression
  26 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Tracking a northern fulmar from a Scottish nesting site to the Charlie-Gibbs Fracture Zone: Evidence of linkage between coastal breeding seabirds and Mid-Atlantic Ridge feeding sites

  Edwards, E. W. J., Quinn, L. R., Wakefield, E. D., Miller, P. I. & Thompson, P. M., 15 Dec 2013, In: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 98, Part B, p. 438-444 7 p.

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  • seabird
  • fracture zone
  • breeding
  • incubation
  • oligotrophic environment
  22 Citations (Scopus)

  8 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)

• 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)

• 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.

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  17 Citations (Scopus)

• Spectral probability density as a tool for ambient noise analysis

  Merchant, N. D., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M., Pirotta, E., Dakin, D. T. & Dorocicz, J., Apr 2013, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 133, 4, p. EL262-EL267 6 p.

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  44 Citations (Scopus)

• Short-term disturbance by a commercial two-dimensional seismic survey does not lead to long-term displacement of harbour porpoises

  Thompson, P. M., Brookes, K. L., Graham, I. M., Barton, T. R., Needham, K., Bradbury, G. & Merchant, N. D., 22 Nov 2013, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences. 280, 1771, 8 p., 20132001.

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  • Phocoena
  • Phocoena phocoena
  • porpoise
  • Ports and harbors
  • seismic survey
  61 Citations (Scopus)

  11 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.

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  42 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• Predictions from harbor porpoise habitat association models are confirmed by long-term passive acoustic monitoring

  Brookes, K. L., Bailey, H. & Thompson, P. M., Sep 2013, In: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 134, 3, p. 2523-2533 11 p.

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  16 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)

• 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
  86 Citations (Scopus)

  7 Downloads (Pure)

• Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance

  New, L. F., Harwood, J., Thomas, L., Donovan, C., Clark, J. S., Hastie, G., Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B., Scott-Hayward, L. & Lusseau, D., Apr 2013, In: Functional Ecology. 27, 2, p. 314-322 9 p.

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  66 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.

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  17 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.

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  12 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.

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

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• Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters

  Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M., Ingram, S. N., Hammond, P. S., Stevick, P. T., Durban, J. W., Culloch, R. M., Elwen, S. H., Mandleberg, L., Janik, V. M., Quick, N. J., Islas-Villanueva, V., Robinson, K. P., Costa, M., Eisfeld, S. M., Walters, A., Phillips, C., Weir, C. R., Evans, P. G. H., Anderwald, P. & 3 others, Reid, R. J., Reid, J. B. & Wilson, B., Jan 2013, In: Mammal Review. 43, 1, p. 71-88 18 p.

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  • Bottle-Nosed Dolphin
  • Tursiops truncatus
  • dolphin
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • coasts
  62 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.

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

  6 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.

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  6 Citations (Scopus)

• 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.

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

  9 Downloads (Pure)

• Framework for assessing impacts of pile-driving noise from offshore wind farm construction on a harbour seal population

  Thompson, P. M., Hastie, G. D., Nedwell, J., Barham, R., Brookes, K. L., Cordes, L. S., Bailey, H. & McLean, N., Nov 2013, In: Environmental impact assessment review. 43, p. 73-85 13 p.

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  • pile driving
  • wind farm
  • harbor
  • marine mammal
  • farm
  50 Citations (Scopus)

  7 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.

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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.

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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)

  9 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)

• 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 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.

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

• Assessing behavioural responses of small cetaceans to seismic surveys

  Thompson, P., 1 Dec 2013.

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  • behavioral response
  • cetacean
  • seismic survey
  • habitats
  • air gun

• 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)

• Analyzing temporally correlated dolphin sightings data using generalized estimating equations

  Bailey, H. R., Corkrey, R., Cheney, B. J. & Thompson, P. M., Jan 2013, In: Marine Mammal Science. 29, 1, p. 123-141 19 p.

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  • dolphins
  • dolphin
  • marine mammals
  • marine mammal
  • Tursiops truncatus
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Analysis of fatty acids and fatty alcohols reveals seasonal and sex-specific changes in the diets of seabirds

  Owen, E., Daunt, F., Moffat, C., Elston, D. A., Wanless, S. & Thompson, P., Apr 2013, In: Marine Biology. 160, 4, p. 987-999 13 p.

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  14 Citations (Scopus)

• 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)