Current and Recent Activities

The following research, consultancy and administrative services have either been completed or are on-going.

Coastal Conservation and Management

• Management of coastal conservation sites

Marine and Coastal Resource Management

• Management of marine resources of Scotland with special reference to Aquaculture
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (including partnership in COREPOINT, EU funded)

Machair

• Machair Studies (including storm impact) - Machair Study Group

Coastal Geomorphology

• Sand dune hydrology

Tsunami Science

• Interpretation of recent and historical tsunami evidence

Oil and Gas

• Conceptual developments in oil spill contingency planning including Wildlife Response

Monitoring

• Conceptual developments in coastal monitoring (including partnership in CoPraNet (EU funded)
• Monitoring of coastal defence works along Aberdeen beach

EIA and SEA

• Pipeline landfall EIAs
• Conservation Chapters in Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) programme

Remote Sensing and GIS

• Airborne and Satellite-borne Remote Sensing and Mapping, including precise measurement of coastal change
• GIS for coastal planning and management, including data models and European Space Acency (Coastwatch) and on-line mapping services
• Compilation of Digital Photographic Archive for the coastline of Scotland

Field Data Collection

• Instrumentation of Ythan Estuary in association with OceanLab at Newburgh
• Mobile field mapping using PDAs, mobile communications, GPS and internet-based GIS
• Precise measurement of change in selected Scottish sand dune systems

Internet

• Web-GIS
• Coastal Atlases

Other

• Beach Litter Monitoring and Mapping
• Surf Science and Artificial Reefs
• Renewable Energy
• Coastal Adaptation, Vulnerability and Risk
• Fish Migration

Administrative

• Administration of SOTEAG*, St. Fergus Coastal Environment Committee and AFEF**

Conference, Workshop and Seminar Organisation

• CoastGIS'97
• CoastGIS 2005
• Littoral 2004
• Eco-Imagine

Completed Projects

• CoPraNET
• EUROSION
• ECO-IMAGINE
• COREPOINT
• NatureGIS
• NatureSDI Plus
• CoastAdapt
• IMCORE
• Living North Sea (LNS)

*SOTEAG - The Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group
**AFEF - The Atlantic Frontier Environmental Forum

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