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Use of shallow water habitats by maternal female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the breeding grounds decreases as length of residency and calf size increase. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Waterman, J. O., Pack, A. A., Herman, L. M., Craig, A. S., Spitz, S. S., Herman, E. Y. K., Deakos, M. H., Hakala, S., & Lowe, C. (2015, December). Use of shallow water habitats by maternal female humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) in the breeding grounds decreases as length of residency and calf size increase. Poster presented at 21st Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals

New records of the striped cleaner shrimp Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic. (2015)
Journal Article
Kassuga, A. D., Diele, K., & Hostim-Silva, M. (2015). New records of the striped cleaner shrimp Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic. Brazilian Journal of Biology ==, 75(4), 936-939. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.03014

New records for Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) in Brazilian waters are presented. Four adult individuals from coastal waters off the city of Vitória, Espírito Santo coast and one adult from Trindade Island were collected during scuba diving in depth... Read More about New records of the striped cleaner shrimp Lysmata grabhami (Gordon, 1935) from Brazil, Southwestern Atlantic..

Soil contamination with silver nanoparticles reduces Bishop pine growth and ectomycorrhizal diversity on pine roots (2015)
Journal Article
Sweet, M. J., & Singleton, I. (2015). Soil contamination with silver nanoparticles reduces Bishop pine growth and ectomycorrhizal diversity on pine roots. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 17, 448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3246-4

Soil contamination by silver nanoparticles (AgNP) is of potential environmental concern but little work has been carried out on the effect of such contamination on ectomycorrhizal fungi (EMF). EMF are essential to forest ecosystem functions as they a... Read More about Soil contamination with silver nanoparticles reduces Bishop pine growth and ectomycorrhizal diversity on pine roots.

Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon (2015)
Journal Article
Harkes, I., Drengstig, A., Kumara, M., Jayasinghe, J., & Huxham, M. (2015). Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon. Marine Policy, 61, 273-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2015.08.003

At present, aquaculture of black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in the Puttalam district of Sri Lanka is unsustainable with more than 90% of the former shrimp ponds laying abandoned as a result of shrimp disease and improper management. Between 1992-... Read More about Shrimp aquaculture as a vehicle for Climate Compatible Development in Sri Lanka. The case of Puttalam Lagoon.

Investigation of potential reasons for bacterial survival on ‘ready-to-eat’ leafy produce during exposure to gaseous ozone (2015)
Journal Article
Wani, S., Barnes, J., & Singleton, I. (2016). Investigation of potential reasons for bacterial survival on ‘ready-to-eat’ leafy produce during exposure to gaseous ozone. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 111, 185-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postharvbio.2015.08.007

Fresh leafy produce, such as lettuce and coriander, are subject to post-harvest microbial contamination and decay. Because of increasing pesticide resistance and consumer pressures, alternative residue-free treatments, such as ozone, are being active... Read More about Investigation of potential reasons for bacterial survival on ‘ready-to-eat’ leafy produce during exposure to gaseous ozone.

Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study (2015)
Journal Article
Pülmanns, N., Nordhaus, I., Diele, K., & Mehlig, U. (2015). Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study. Journal of marine science and engineering, 3(3), 539-559. https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse3030539

Water uptake by mangrove trees can result in salt accumulation in sediment
around roots, negatively influencing growth. Tidal pumping facilitates salt release and can
be enhanced by crab burrows. Similarly, flushing of burrows by incoming tidal wat... Read More about Artificial Crab Burrows Facilitate Desalting of Rooted Mangrove Sediment in a Microcosm Study.

Epinephelus fuscoguttatus mariculture in Indonesia: Implications from fish parasite infections (2015)
Journal Article
Palm, H. W., Yulianto, I., Theisen, S., Rueckert, S., & Kleinertz, S. (2015). Epinephelus fuscoguttatus mariculture in Indonesia: Implications from fish parasite infections. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2, 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2015.07.003

Indonesia plays a major role in grouper supply for the Hong Kong based Live Reef Food Fish Trade. Hong Kong is the biggest consumer of Live Reef Food Fish in the world and around 50% of the grouper originate from Indonesia. In order to match Hong Kon... Read More about Epinephelus fuscoguttatus mariculture in Indonesia: Implications from fish parasite infections.

Life-history, movement, and habitat use of Scylla serrata (Decapoda, Portunidae): current knowledge and future challenges. (2015)
Journal Article
Alberts-Hubatsch, H., Lee, S. Y., Meynecke, J.-O., Diele, K., Nordhaus, I., & Wolff, M. (2016). Life-history, movement, and habitat use of Scylla serrata (Decapoda, Portunidae): current knowledge and future challenges. Hydrobiologia, 763(1), 5-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2393-z

The mud crab Scylla serrata is a highly exploited species, associated to mangrove ecosystems in the Indo-West-Pacific. It has a complex life cycle with a dispersing larvae phase, and benthic juveniles and adults. The former are stenohaline depending... Read More about Life-history, movement, and habitat use of Scylla serrata (Decapoda, Portunidae): current knowledge and future challenges..

Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales (2015)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., Mearns, R., Willoughby, K., Wright, E., Turnbull, D., & Longbottom, D. (2015). Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales. Veterinary Record, 176, 465. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103075

Despite the economical importance and welfare issues associated with bovine abortion, as well as the potential zoonotic implications, the rate of diagnosis remains low with a cause of abortion only identified in around 22.5 per cent of submissions re... Read More about Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales.

The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters (2015)
Journal Article
Mcwhinnie, L., Briers, R. A., & Fernandes, T. F. (2015). The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters. Ocean and Coastal Management, 103, 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2014.11.004

Marine Spatial Planning attempts to develop integrated planning frameworks for the management of activities within marine ecosystems and support sustainable development. This study demonstrates the application and testing of an existing multiple-use... Read More about The development and testing of a multiple-use zoning scheme for Scottish waters.

Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission (2015)
Journal Article
Wheelhouse, N., & Longbottom, D. (2015). Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40588-014-0011-x

The chlamydiae are a diverse group of obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that are known to infect a wide variety of host species and are responsible for a wide range of diseases in animals and man. Studies of human disease first provided e... Read More about Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission.

Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy (2015)
Journal Article
White, P. J. C., Warren, P., & Baines, D. (2015). Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy. Bird Study, 62(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2014.1000261

Capsule Long-term conservation of Black Grouse in Scotland may rely upon the retention of sufficiently large and well-connected patches of moorland and a diversity of adjacent forest types.

Aims To study Black Grouse habitat use within a moorland-... Read More about Habitat use by Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix in a mixed moorland-forest landscape in Scotland and implications for a national afforestation strategy.