Professor Paul Thompson | The University of Aberdeen

Professor Paul Thompson

Chair in Zoology

About

Email Address: paul.thompson@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address: Lighthouse Field Station
Cromarty Campus
George Street
Cromarty
Ross-shire
IV11 8YJ
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School/Department: School of Biological Sciences

Biography

I'm a Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, based at the University's Lighthouse Field Station where my group conducts long-term ecological studies of marine top predators and their responses to environment change.

Our work aims to improve the evidence-base required to sustainably manage protected seabird and marine mammal populations, with a particular focus on interactions with fisheries and offshore energy developments.

Qualifications

PhD Zoology
1987 - University of Aberdeen
Distribution and abundance of common seals
BSc Biology
1982 - University of York

External Memberships

Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Latest Publications

At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management
2025 - E-pub ahead of print
Carter, M. I., Aarts, G., van Beest, F. M., Bivins, M., Brasseur, S., Dietz, R., Duck, C., Galatius, A., Gilles, A., Haelters, J., Hastie, G. D., Jessopp, M. J., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Schop, J., Siebert, U., Teilmann, J., Thompson, D., Thompson, P., Vincent, C., Russell, D. J. F.
Journal of Applied Ecology, e70236
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70236
Clinical Chemistry Reference Intervals for Health Assessment in Wild Adult Harbour Seals
2025 - Published
Hall, A. J., Russell, D. J. F., Thompson, P., Milne, R., Moss, S. E. W., Armstrong, H. C., Kershaw, J.
Animals, vol. 15, no. 23, 3429
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15233429
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8559aca9-2f89-48b2-9688-13d2638d9462/download
Reduced adult survival estimated in areas of decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland
2025 - Published
Arso Civil, M., Tapp, S., Dickens, J., Langley, I., Hiley, H., Terrapon, M., Hague, E., Hewitt, R., Cordes, L. S., Graham, I., Cheney, B., Thompson, P., Hall, A. J., Sparling, C. E.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 10, e72349
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72349
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6159f45a-1e4e-4413-a699-ed441c89346a/download
Advancing seabird diet studies through buccal swabbing for DNA metabarcoding
2025 - Published
Evans, L. G., Harris, S. M., Thompson, P., Ellison, A., Cordes, L. S.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 7, e71606
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71606
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4e596f93-e49a-4e26-ac35-a0a5af7b9c7d/download
Global Tracking of Marine Megafauna Space Use Reveals How to Achieve Conservation Targets
2025 - Published
Sequeira, A. M. M., Rodríguez, J. P., Marley, S. A., Calich, H. J., van der Mheen, M., VanCompernolle, M., Arrowsmith, L. M., Peel, L. R., Queiroz, N., Vedor, M., da Costa, I., Mucientes, G., Couto, A., Humphries, N. E., Abalo-Morla, S., Abascal, F. J., Abercrombie, D. L., Abrantes, K., Abreu-Grobois, F. A., Afonso, A. S., Afonso, P., Ahonen, H., Åkesson, S., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Andrews, R. D., Angelier, F., Antonopoulou, M., Arata, J. A., Araujo, G., Arauz, R., Arcos, J. M., Arregui, I., Arrizabalaga, H., Auger-Méthé, M., Bach, S., Bailleul, F., Baird, R. W., Balazs, G. H., Barco, S. G., Barnett, A., Baverstock, W., Baylis, A. M. M., Beard, A., Bécares, J., Belda, E. J., Bell, I., Bennison, A., Benson, S. R., Bernal, D., Berumen, M. L., Bessudo, S., Bezerra, N. P. A., Blaison, A. V., Blanco, G. S., Block, B. A., Bolton, M., Bond, M. E., Bonfil, R., Braun, C. D., Broderick, A. C., Brooke, M. d. L., Brooks, A. M. L., Brooks, E. J., Bruno, I. M., Burns, J. M., Byrne, M. E., Campana, S. E., Campbell, H. A., Campbell, R. A., Carlisle, A., Carmichael, R. H., Carroll, G., Casale, P., Ceia, F. R., Chapman, D. D., Chapple, T. K., Charrassin, J., Chiaradia, A., Chisholm, J., Clarke, C. R., Clay, T. A., Cleguer, C., Clingham, E., Clua, E. E. G., Cochran, J. E. M., Constantine, R., Cooper, R. W., Crochelet, E., Cronin, M., Cuevas, E., DaCosta, K. P., Dagorn, L., Daly, R., Davis, R. W., de Bruyn, P. J. N., Delgado-Trejo, C., Dellinger, T., Derville, S., Diamant, S., DiMatteo, A., Dodge, K. L., Doherty, P. D., Double, M. C., Dove, A. D. M., Doyle, T. K., Drew, M. J., Dubbs, L. L., Duffy, C. A. J., Dutton, P. H., Edwards, E. W. J., Einoder, L. D., Erdmann, M. V., Espinoza, E., Esteban, N., Fagundes, A. I., Feare, C., Ferguson, S. H., Ferreira, L. C., Ferretti, F., Filmalter, J., Finucci, B., Fischer, G. C., Fitzpatrick, R. J., Fontes, J., Formia, A., Fossette, S., Francis, M. P., Friedlaender, A. S., Furtado, M., Gallagher, A. J., Garrigue, C., Gennari, E., Gilchrist, H. G., Godley, B. J., Goldsworthy, S. D., Gollock, M., Carman, V. G., Grecian, W. J., Green, J. R., Guinet, C., Gustafson, J., Guttridge, T. L., Guzman, H. M., Hamer, D., Hamer, K. C., Hammerschlag, N., Hammill, M. O., Harman, L., Harrison, E., Hart, C. E., Harris, A. E., Hastie, G., Hazin, F. H. V., Heard, M., Hearn, A. R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Henry, L., Henry, R. W., Hernandez, V. G., Herrera, A. E., Hindell, M. A., Holdsworth, J. C., Holmes, B. J., Howey, L. A., Hoyos Padilla, E. M., Huckstadt, L. A., Hueter, R. E., Lara, P. H., Hussey, N. E., Huveneers, C., Hyland, K., Irion, D. T., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jaeger, A., Jaidah, M. Y., Jessopp, M., Jewell, O. J. D., Johnson, R., Jones, C. G., Jonsen, I. D., Jordan, L. K. B., Jorgensen, S. J., Kato, A., Ketchum, J. T., Kitaysky, A. S., Klimley, A. P., Kock, A. A., Koen, P., Archila, F. L., Lana, F. O., Lane, J. V., Le Corre, M., Lea, M., Lea, J., Leat, E. H. K., Lee, O. A., Levenson, J. J., Ley-Quiñonez, C. P., Llewellyn, F., Lockhart, G., Lopez, G. G., Mendilaharsu, M. L., Lowther, A. D., Luschi, P., Lutcavage, M. E., Lyon, W. S., Macena, B. C. L., Mackay, A. I., Madden, C. A., Mallory, M. L., Mangel, J. C., Manning, M., Mansfield, K. L., March, D., Marco, A., Marcoux, M., Acuña-Marrero, D., Marsh, H., Marshall, H., Mate, B., McAllister, J. D., McGuire, R. L., McKenzie, J., McLeay, L., McMahon, C. R., Modest, M., Morris, J., Muelbert, M. M. C., Namboothri, N., Nichols, W. J., Nicoll, M. A. C., Norman, B. M., Norris, K., Olsen, E., Oppel, S., Orlowski, S., Pagano, A. M., Page, B., Paiva, V. H., Palacios, D. M., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Parker, D. M., Pattiaratchi, C., Peckham, H., Peñaherrera-Palma, C. R., Pepperell, J. G., Phillips, R. A., Pierce, S. J., Pikesley, S. K., Pilcher, N. J., Pinet, P., Pinkerton, M., Pirotta, E., Plot, V., Powell, A. N., Powers, K. D., Prebble, C. E. M., Preston, T. J., Prieto, R., Prosdocimi, L., Quinn, J. L., Quintero, L. M., Raclot, T., Ramirez, I., Ramírez-Macías, D., Ramos, J. A., Read, A. J., Ream, R., Rees, A. F., Reina, R. D., Reisinger, R. R., Revuelta, O., Reynolds, S. D., Richardson, A. J., Riekkola, L., Riet-Sapriza, F. G., Robinson, D. P., Robinson, P. W., Rocha, C. F. D., Rogers, T. L., Rohner, C. A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Ross, M., Rowat, D. R. L., Ruhomaun, K., Sagar, P. M., Samoilys, M. A., Sanchez, S., Sandoval-Lugo, A. G., dos Santos, E. A. P., Santos, A. M., Scales, K. L., Schofield, G., Semmens, J. M., Setyawan, E., Shaffer, S. A., Shanker, K., Sheaves, M., Shillinger, G. L., Shivji, M. S., Sianipar, A., Silk, J. R. D., Silva, M. A., Sim, J., Simpson, S. J., Skomal, G., Slip, D. J., Smale, M. J., Soler, G. A., Soria, M., Sousa, L. L., Southall, E. J., Stahl, J., Stehfest, K. M., Sterling, J. T., Stevens, J. D., Stevens, G. M. W., Stewart, J. D., Swaminathan, A., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V., Thiebot, J., Thompson, P. M., Thorrold, S. R., Thums, M., Tomás, J., Torres, L. G., Towner, A., Trathan, P. N., Tyminski, J. P., Sagarminaga van Buiten, R., Van Dam, R. P., Vandeperre, F., Varo-Cruz, N., Vaudo, J. J., Vely, M., Villegas-Amtmann, S., Vincent, C., Waayers, D., Wanless, S., Watanabe, Y. Y., Watt, C. A., Weber, S. B., Weber, N., Weise, M. J., Welch, L., Wells, R. S., Werry, J. M., Wetherbee, B. M., White, T. D., Whiting, S. D., Whiting, A. U., Wiebkin, A., Wienecke, B., Wildermann, N. E., Wiley, D. N., Will, A., Williams, S., Windstein, M., Wischnewski, S., Witt, M. J., Womersley, F. C., Wood, A. G., Wright, L. J., Xavier, J. C., Yamamoto, T., Yurkowski, D. J., Zarate, P. M., Zavala-Norzagaray, A., Zerbini, A. N., Costa, D. P., Harcourt, R., Meekan, M. G., Hays, G. C., Sims, D. W., Duarte, C. M., Eguíluz, V. M.
Science, vol. 388, no. 6751, pp. 1086-1097
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adl0239
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Prizes and Awards

Marsh Award for Marine and Freshwater Conservation, 2015

Research

Research Overview

Current research aims to assess how natural and anthropogenic environmental variations influence the behaviour, physiology and dynamics of marine mammal and seabird populations. These questions have been approached by conducting long-term and comparative studies of key populations; primarily in Scottish waters but including some work overseas. These studies have been used to address a range of applied and theoretical questions, often requiring an inter-disciplinary approach and regularly involving collaboration with other research groups both in the UK and abroad. Topics of particular interest have included interactions between wildlife populations and fisheries, the impact of anthropogenic noise on marine mammal biology, seal foraging and breeding strategies, and effects of changing prey stocks and climate change on the population dynamics of marine top predators.

Research Areas

Biological and Environmental Sciences

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Research Specialisms

Ecology
Environmental Sciences
Marine Sciences
Acoustics
Environmental Impact Assessment

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

Population ecology of marine mammals and seabirds; individual-based studies of focal populations of northern fulmars, harbour seals and bottlenose dolphins.

Moray Firth Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme [MMMP]; co-produced strategic research and monitoring programme to meet consent conditions for regional offshore wind developments.

PrePARED; consortium project on predator and prey responses to offshore structures, aimed at understanding cumulative environmental impacts and benefits of offshore windfarms.

SEATRACK; international collaboration to understand the at-sea distribution of seabirds in the NE Atlantic.

Knowledge Exchange

Knowledge exchange activities have involved regular consultancy work for industry and contributions to UK and International advisory groups. Current activities include membership of the DEFRA Strategic Underwater Noise Group and a Marine Scotland Strategic Marine Mammal Research Programme Steering Group.

Public engagement activities have built upon work at the Lighthouse Field Station, which has featured in a broad range of TV and Radio programmes and been the focus of Arts-Science collaborations such as SUBLIME.

Collaborations

Population ecology of marine mammals and seabirds; involves collaboration with the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit and the University of Bangor.

Moray Firth Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme [MMMP]; involves collaboration with the University of St Andrews Sea Mammal Research Unit and CEFAS.

PrePARED; consortium led by Marine Scotland Science, including University of Exeter, SMRU Consulting, BIOSS, CEH, Nature Scot, Natural England & University of Aarhus.

SEATRACK; collaboration led by the Norwegian Polar Institute, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research and Norwegian Environment Agency. SEATRACK involves multiple partners working at over 50 seabird colonies encircling the Labrador, Greenland, Barents, Norwegian, North and Irish Seas.

Supervision

I've supervised around 25 PhD students who have gone on to work in a wide range of research, conservation and management roles.

You can find out more about their research projects and subsequent careers on the Lighthouse Field Station webpages.

I'm no longer taking on PhD students as a primary supervisor but remain open to involvement in supervisory teams for interesting project that relate to my current interests.

Funding and Grants

2022-2025, The Crown Estate Offshore Wind Evidence and Change Programme, PrePARED

2021-2022, BEIS, Cetacean responses to decommissioning noise.

2014-2022, Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd, Marine Scotland, The Crown Estate, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, Marine Mammal Monitoring Programme for Moray Firth windfarm developments

2012-2024, Scottish Natural Heritage, Site condition monitoring for the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation

2015-2016, DECC, Assessing cetacean responses to pile driving noise

2011-2012, Marine Scotland, Assessment of methods for monitoring marine mammals at marine renewable energy developments

2010-2012, Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd & Beatrice Offshore Wind Ltd, Development of a framework for assessing the impact of windfarm construction marine mammal populations.

2009-2013, DECC, Assessing the impact of seismic survey noise on cetaceans

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

The Lighthouse Field Station research programme has provided unique opportunities for >30 cohorts of UG and PGT students to experience research-led teaching within marine mammal ecology and conservation.

In particular, Cromarty-based Honours and Masters projects have provided unique field-based training opportunities; resulting in a strong record for graduate recruitment and many alumni obtaining important leadership roles in the UK and overseas. Undergraduates can also visit the Field Station for the Biodiversity Field Course (BI25F7).

Several Aberdeen-based courses at levels 1-5 draw upon Lighthouse research, with contributions to Frontiers in Biology (BI1009), Fundamentals in Marine Biology (BI25Z2), Animal Population Ecology (ZO4920), Marine Biodiversity (ZO4820), Marine Conservation Management (ZO5809) and Marine EIA (ZO5510).

Since 2017, I have been developing more online material for blended delivery, and exploring digital approaches to enable virtual access to remote fieldwork. From April 2022, I may continue to appear in some of these digital resources, but my previous teaching commitments will be undertaken by Dr Jo Kershaw.

Publications

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At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management
2025 - E-pub ahead of print
Carter, M. I., Aarts, G., van Beest, F. M., Bivins, M., Brasseur, S., Dietz, R., Duck, C., Galatius, A., Gilles, A., Haelters, J., Hastie, G. D., Jessopp, M. J., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Schop, J., Siebert, U., Teilmann, J., Thompson, D., Thompson, P., Vincent, C., Russell, D. J. F.
Journal of Applied Ecology, e70236
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.70236
Clinical Chemistry Reference Intervals for Health Assessment in Wild Adult Harbour Seals
2025 - Published
Hall, A. J., Russell, D. J. F., Thompson, P., Milne, R., Moss, S. E. W., Armstrong, H. C., Kershaw, J.
Animals, vol. 15, no. 23, 3429
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15233429
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8559aca9-2f89-48b2-9688-13d2638d9462/download
Reduced adult survival estimated in areas of decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland
2025 - Published
Arso Civil, M., Tapp, S., Dickens, J., Langley, I., Hiley, H., Terrapon, M., Hague, E., Hewitt, R., Cordes, L. S., Graham, I., Cheney, B., Thompson, P., Hall, A. J., Sparling, C. E.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 10, e72349
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72349
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6159f45a-1e4e-4413-a699-ed441c89346a/download
Advancing seabird diet studies through buccal swabbing for DNA metabarcoding
2025 - Published
Evans, L. G., Harris, S. M., Thompson, P., Ellison, A., Cordes, L. S.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 15, no. 7, e71606
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71606
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4e596f93-e49a-4e26-ac35-a0a5af7b9c7d/download
Global Tracking of Marine Megafauna Space Use Reveals How to Achieve Conservation Targets
2025 - Published
Sequeira, A. M. M., Rodríguez, J. P., Marley, S. A., Calich, H. J., van der Mheen, M., VanCompernolle, M., Arrowsmith, L. M., Peel, L. R., Queiroz, N., Vedor, M., da Costa, I., Mucientes, G., Couto, A., Humphries, N. E., Abalo-Morla, S., Abascal, F. J., Abercrombie, D. L., Abrantes, K., Abreu-Grobois, F. A., Afonso, A. S., Afonso, P., Ahonen, H., Åkesson, S., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Andrews, R. D., Angelier, F., Antonopoulou, M., Arata, J. A., Araujo, G., Arauz, R., Arcos, J. M., Arregui, I., Arrizabalaga, H., Auger-Méthé, M., Bach, S., Bailleul, F., Baird, R. W., Balazs, G. H., Barco, S. G., Barnett, A., Baverstock, W., Baylis, A. M. M., Beard, A., Bécares, J., Belda, E. J., Bell, I., Bennison, A., Benson, S. R., Bernal, D., Berumen, M. L., Bessudo, S., Bezerra, N. P. A., Blaison, A. V., Blanco, G. S., Block, B. A., Bolton, M., Bond, M. E., Bonfil, R., Braun, C. D., Broderick, A. C., Brooke, M. d. L., Brooks, A. M. L., Brooks, E. J., Bruno, I. M., Burns, J. M., Byrne, M. E., Campana, S. E., Campbell, H. A., Campbell, R. A., Carlisle, A., Carmichael, R. H., Carroll, G., Casale, P., Ceia, F. R., Chapman, D. D., Chapple, T. K., Charrassin, J., Chiaradia, A., Chisholm, J., Clarke, C. R., Clay, T. A., Cleguer, C., Clingham, E., Clua, E. E. G., Cochran, J. E. M., Constantine, R., Cooper, R. W., Crochelet, E., Cronin, M., Cuevas, E., DaCosta, K. P., Dagorn, L., Daly, R., Davis, R. W., de Bruyn, P. J. N., Delgado-Trejo, C., Dellinger, T., Derville, S., Diamant, S., DiMatteo, A., Dodge, K. L., Doherty, P. D., Double, M. C., Dove, A. D. M., Doyle, T. K., Drew, M. J., Dubbs, L. L., Duffy, C. A. J., Dutton, P. H., Edwards, E. W. J., Einoder, L. D., Erdmann, M. V., Espinoza, E., Esteban, N., Fagundes, A. I., Feare, C., Ferguson, S. H., Ferreira, L. C., Ferretti, F., Filmalter, J., Finucci, B., Fischer, G. C., Fitzpatrick, R. J., Fontes, J., Formia, A., Fossette, S., Francis, M. P., Friedlaender, A. S., Furtado, M., Gallagher, A. J., Garrigue, C., Gennari, E., Gilchrist, H. G., Godley, B. J., Goldsworthy, S. D., Gollock, M., Carman, V. G., Grecian, W. J., Green, J. R., Guinet, C., Gustafson, J., Guttridge, T. L., Guzman, H. M., Hamer, D., Hamer, K. C., Hammerschlag, N., Hammill, M. O., Harman, L., Harrison, E., Hart, C. E., Harris, A. E., Hastie, G., Hazin, F. H. V., Heard, M., Hearn, A. R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Henry, L., Henry, R. W., Hernandez, V. G., Herrera, A. E., Hindell, M. A., Holdsworth, J. C., Holmes, B. J., Howey, L. A., Hoyos Padilla, E. M., Huckstadt, L. A., Hueter, R. E., Lara, P. H., Hussey, N. E., Huveneers, C., Hyland, K., Irion, D. T., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jaeger, A., Jaidah, M. Y., Jessopp, M., Jewell, O. J. D., Johnson, R., Jones, C. G., Jonsen, I. D., Jordan, L. K. B., Jorgensen, S. J., Kato, A., Ketchum, J. T., Kitaysky, A. S., Klimley, A. P., Kock, A. A., Koen, P., Archila, F. L., Lana, F. O., Lane, J. V., Le Corre, M., Lea, M., Lea, J., Leat, E. H. K., Lee, O. A., Levenson, J. J., Ley-Quiñonez, C. P., Llewellyn, F., Lockhart, G., Lopez, G. G., Mendilaharsu, M. L., Lowther, A. D., Luschi, P., Lutcavage, M. E., Lyon, W. S., Macena, B. C. L., Mackay, A. I., Madden, C. A., Mallory, M. L., Mangel, J. C., Manning, M., Mansfield, K. L., March, D., Marco, A., Marcoux, M., Acuña-Marrero, D., Marsh, H., Marshall, H., Mate, B., McAllister, J. D., McGuire, R. L., McKenzie, J., McLeay, L., McMahon, C. R., Modest, M., Morris, J., Muelbert, M. M. C., Namboothri, N., Nichols, W. J., Nicoll, M. A. C., Norman, B. M., Norris, K., Olsen, E., Oppel, S., Orlowski, S., Pagano, A. M., Page, B., Paiva, V. H., Palacios, D. M., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Parker, D. M., Pattiaratchi, C., Peckham, H., Peñaherrera-Palma, C. R., Pepperell, J. G., Phillips, R. A., Pierce, S. J., Pikesley, S. K., Pilcher, N. J., Pinet, P., Pinkerton, M., Pirotta, E., Plot, V., Powell, A. N., Powers, K. D., Prebble, C. E. M., Preston, T. J., Prieto, R., Prosdocimi, L., Quinn, J. L., Quintero, L. M., Raclot, T., Ramirez, I., Ramírez-Macías, D., Ramos, J. A., Read, A. J., Ream, R., Rees, A. F., Reina, R. D., Reisinger, R. R., Revuelta, O., Reynolds, S. D., Richardson, A. J., Riekkola, L., Riet-Sapriza, F. G., Robinson, D. P., Robinson, P. W., Rocha, C. F. D., Rogers, T. L., Rohner, C. A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Ross, M., Rowat, D. R. L., Ruhomaun, K., Sagar, P. M., Samoilys, M. A., Sanchez, S., Sandoval-Lugo, A. G., dos Santos, E. A. P., Santos, A. M., Scales, K. L., Schofield, G., Semmens, J. M., Setyawan, E., Shaffer, S. A., Shanker, K., Sheaves, M., Shillinger, G. L., Shivji, M. S., Sianipar, A., Silk, J. R. D., Silva, M. A., Sim, J., Simpson, S. J., Skomal, G., Slip, D. J., Smale, M. J., Soler, G. A., Soria, M., Sousa, L. L., Southall, E. J., Stahl, J., Stehfest, K. M., Sterling, J. T., Stevens, J. D., Stevens, G. M. W., Stewart, J. D., Swaminathan, A., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V., Thiebot, J., Thompson, P. M., Thorrold, S. R., Thums, M., Tomás, J., Torres, L. G., Towner, A., Trathan, P. N., Tyminski, J. P., Sagarminaga van Buiten, R., Van Dam, R. P., Vandeperre, F., Varo-Cruz, N., Vaudo, J. J., Vely, M., Villegas-Amtmann, S., Vincent, C., Waayers, D., Wanless, S., Watanabe, Y. Y., Watt, C. A., Weber, S. B., Weber, N., Weise, M. J., Welch, L., Wells, R. S., Werry, J. M., Wetherbee, B. M., White, T. D., Whiting, S. D., Whiting, A. U., Wiebkin, A., Wienecke, B., Wildermann, N. E., Wiley, D. N., Will, A., Williams, S., Windstein, M., Wischnewski, S., Witt, M. J., Womersley, F. C., Wood, A. G., Wright, L. J., Xavier, J. C., Yamamoto, T., Yurkowski, D. J., Zarate, P. M., Zavala-Norzagaray, A., Zerbini, A. N., Costa, D. P., Harcourt, R., Meekan, M. G., Hays, G. C., Sims, D. W., Duarte, C. M., Eguíluz, V. M.
Science, vol. 388, no. 6751, pp. 1086-1097
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The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation
2025 - Published
Bicknell, A. W. J., Gierhart, S., Newton, M., Main, R. A., Thompson, P., Witt, M. J.
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, vol. 212, 115306
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.115306
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Harbour and grey seals: distribution maps for Scotland
2025 - Published
Carter, M. I. D., Bivins, M., Duck, C. D., Hastie, G. D., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Thompson, D., Thompson, P., Vincent, C., Russell, D. J. F.
Scottish Government. 34 pages
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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Bycatch of northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Norwegian longline fisheries: assessing spatiotemporal variations in scale and risk to improve management
2024 - Published
Clegg, T. L., Christensen Dalsgaard, S., Bråthen, V. S., Tarroux, A., Danielsen, J., Descamps, S., Follestad, A., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Helberg, M., Helgason, H. H., Jónsson, J. E., Kolbeinsson, Y., Strøm, H., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Williams, T. A., Bærum, K. M.
Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 56, e03350
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Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation 2017-2022: NatureScot Research Report 1360
2024 - Published
Cheney, B., Arso Civil, M., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P.
NatureScot: Scotland's Nature Agency. 39 pages
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
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Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform
2024 - Published
Fernandez Betelu, O., Graham, I., Malcher, F., Webster, E., Cheong, S., Wang, L. P., Iorio-Merlo, V., Robinson, S., Thompson, P.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 200, 116083
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Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones
2023 - Published
Benhemma-Le Gall, A., Thompson, P., Merchant, N., Graham, I.
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 103, 107271
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107271
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Decadal increase in vessel interactions by a scavenging pelagic seabird across the North Atlantic
2023 - Published
Darby, J. H., Clairbaux, M., Quinn, J. L., Thompson, P., Quinn, L., Cabot, D., Strøm, H., Thórarinsson, T. L., Kempf, J., Jessopp, M. J.
Current Biology, vol. 33, no. 19, pp. 4225-4231.e3
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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds
2023 - Published
Clark, B. L., Carneiro, A. P., Pearmain, E., Rouyer, M., Clay, T., Cowger, W., Phillips, R. A., Manica, A., Hazin, C., Eriksen, M., Gonzalez-Solis, J., Adams, J., Albores-Barajas, Y., Alfaro-Shiqueto, J., Alho, M., Araujo, D., Arcos, J. M., Arnould, J., Barbosa, N., Barbraud, C., Beard, A., Beck, J., Bell, E., Bennet, D., Berlincourt, M., Conceicao Biscoito, M. J., Bjørnstad, O., Bolton, M., Jones, K. B., Borg, J., Bourgeois, K., Bretagnolle, V., Bried, J., Briskie, J., Brooke, M., Brownlie, K. C., Bugoni, L., Calabrese, L., Campioni, L., Carey, M., Carle, R. D., Carlile, N., Carreiro, A. R., Catry, P., Catry, T., Cecere, J., Ceia, F. R., Cherel, Y., Choi, C., Cianchetti-Benedetti, M., Clarke, R., Cleeland, J., Colodro, V., Congdon, B., Danielsen, J., De Pascalis, F., Deakin, Z., Dehnhard, N., Dell'Omo, G., Delord, K., Descamps, S., Dilley, B. J., Dinis, H., Dubos, J., Dunphy, B., Emmerson, L., Fagundes, A. I., Fayet, A. L., Felis, J., Fischer, J., Freeman, A., Fromant, A., Gaibani, G., García,, D., Gjerdrum, C., Soeli Gomes, I., Forero, M., Granadeiro, J. P., Grecian, W. J., Grémillet, D., Guilford, T., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Halpin, L., Hansen, E., Hedd, A., Helberg, M., Helgason, H. H., Henry, L., Hereward, H., Hernández-Montero, M., Hindell, M., Hodum, P., Imperio, S., Jaeger, A., Jessopp, M. J., Jodice, P., Jones, C. G., Jones, C., Jónsson, J. E., Kane, A., Kapelj, S., Kim, Y., Kirk, H., Kolbeinsson, Y., Kraemer, P., Krüger, L., Lago, P., Landers, T., Lavers, J., Le Corre, M., Leal, A., Maite, L., Madeiros, J., Magalhães, M., Mallory, M. L., Masello, J., Massa, B., Matsumoto, S., McDuie, F., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Medrano, F., Metzger, B., Militão, T., Montevecchi, W. A., Montone, R., Navarro-Herrero, L., Neves, V., Nicholls, D., Nicoll, M. A. C., Norris, K., Oppel, S., Oro, D., Owen, E., Padget, O., Paiva, V. H., Pala, D., Pereira, J. M., Péron, C., Petry, M., Pina, A., Pina, A. T., Pinet, P., Pistorius, P., Pollet, I., Porter, B., Poupart, T., Christopher D, P., Proaño, C., Pujol-Casado, J., Quillfeldt, P., Quinn, J. L., Raine, A., Raine, H., Ramírez, I., Ramos, J. A., Ramos, R., Ravache, A., Rayner, M., Reid, T., Robertson, G. T., Rocamora, G., Rollinson, D., Ronconi, R. A., Rotger, A., Rubolini, D., Ruhomaun, K., Ruiz, A., Russell, J. M., Ryan, P. G., Saldanha, S., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Sardà Serra, M., Satgé, Y., Sato, K., Schäfer, W., Schoombie, S., Shaffer, S., Shah, N., Shoji, A., Shutler, D., Sigurðsson, I. A., Silva, M. A., Small, A., Soldatini, C., Strøm, H., Surman, C., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, R. V., Taylor, G., Thomas, R., Thompson, D. R., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Vicente-Sastre, D., Vidal, E., Wakefield, E. D., Waugh, S., Weimerskirch, H., Wittmer, H., Yamamoto, T., Yoda, K., Zavalaga, C., Zino, F., Dias, M. P.
Nature Communications, vol. 14, 3665
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Variation in foraging activity influences area-restricted search behaviour by bottlenose dolphins
2023 - Published
Fernandez Betelu, O., Iorio-Merlo, V., Graham, I., Cheney, B., Prentice, S., Cheng, X., Thompson, P.
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 10, no. 6, 221613
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The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis
2023 - Published
Hałupka, L., Arlt, D., Tolvanen, J., Millon, A., Bize, P., Adamik, P., Albert, P., Arendt, W. J., Artemyev, A., Baglione, V., Banbura, J., Bańbura, M., Barba, E., Barrett, R. T., Becker, P. H., Belskii, E., Bolton, M., Bowers, E. K., Bried, J., Brouwer, L., Bukacińska, M., Bukaciński, D., Bulluck, L. P., Carstens, K. F., Catry, I., Charter, M., Chernomorets, A., Covas, R., Czuchra, M., Dearborn, D. C., de Lope, F., Di Giacomo, A. S., Dombrovski, V. C., Drummond, H., Dunn, M. J., Eeva, T., Emmerson, L., Espmark, Y. O., Fargallo, J. A., Gashkov, S., Golubova, E. Y., Griesser, M., Harris, M., Hoover, J. P., Jagiello, Z., Karell, P., Kloskowski, J., Koenig, W. D., Kolunen, H., Korczak-Abshire, M., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Krist, M., Krüger, S. C., Kuranov, B. D., Lambin, X., Lombardo, M. P., Lyakhov, A., Marzal, A., Pape Møller, A., Neves, V., Nielsen, J. T., Numerov, A., Orłowska, B., Oro, D., Öst, M., Phillips, R. A., Pietiäinen, H., Polo, V., Porkert, J., Potti, J., Pöysä¤, H., Printemps, T., Prop, J., Quillfeldt, P., Ramos, J. A., Ravussin, P., Rosenfield, R. N., Roulin, A., Rubenstein, D. R., Samusenko, I. E., Saunders, D. A., Schaub, M. P., Senar, J. C., Sergio, F., Solonen, T., Solovyeva, D., Stępniewski, J., Thompson, P., Tobółka, M., Török, J., Vernooij, L., Visser, M. E., Westneat, D. F., Wheelwright, N. T., Wiącek, J., Wiebe, K. L., Wood, A. G., Wuczyński, A., Wysock, D., Zárybnická, M., Margalida, A., Halupka, K.
PNAS, vol. 120, no. 19, e2208389120
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Directional hydrophone clusters reveal evasive responses of small cetaceans to disturbance during construction at offshore windfarms
2023 - Published
Graham, I., Gillespie, D., Gkikopoulou, K. C., Hastie, G. D., Thompson, P.
Biology Letters, vol. 19, no. 1, 20220101
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- [ONLINE] https://doi.org/10.5061/ dryad.7h44j0zvq[36]
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0101
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Acoustic characterisation of unexploded ordnance disposal in the North Sea using high order detonations
2022 - Published
Robinson, S. P., Wang, L., Cheong, S., Lepper, P., Hartley, J., Thompson, P., Edwards, E. W., Bellmann, M.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 184, 114178
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Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoises
2022 - Published
Fernandez Betelu, O., Graham, I., Thompson, P.
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9, 980388
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.980388
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Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans
2022 - Published
Cheney, B. J., Dale, J., Thompson, P. M., Quick, N.
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 492-505
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.258
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A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation
2022 - Published
Herbert-Read, J. E., Thornton, A., Amon, D. J., Birchenough, S. N., Côté, I. M., Dias, M. P., Godley, B. J., Keith, S. A., McKinley, E., Peck, L. S., Calado, R., Defeo, O., Degraer, S., Johnston, E. L., Kaartokallio, H., Macreadie, P. I., Metaxas, A., Muthumbi, A. W., Obura, D. O., Paterson, D. M., Piola, A. R., J., R. A., Schloss, I. R., Snelgrove, P. V., Stewart, B. D., Thompson, P., Watson, G. J., Worthington, T. A., Yasuhara, M., Sutherland, W. J.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, vol. 6, pp. 1262-1270
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-022-01812-0
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Sympatric seals, satellite tracking and protected areas: habitat-based distribution estimates for conservation and management
2022 - Published
Carter, M. I., Boehme, L., Cronin, M. A., Duck, C., James Grecian, W., Hastie, G. D., Jessopp, M. J., Matthiopoulos, J., McConnell, B. J., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Thompson, D., Thompson, P., Russell, D. J. F.
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 9, 875869
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Prey encounters and spatial memory influence use of foraging patches in a marine central place forager
2022 - Published
Iorio, V., Graham, I., Hewitt, R., Aarts, G., Pirotta, E., Hastie, G. D., Thompson, P.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 289, no. 1970, 20212261
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2261
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Spatiotemporal variation in harbor porpoise distribution and foraging across a landscape of fear
2022 - Published
Williamson, L. D., Scott, B., Laxton, M. R., Bachl, F. E., Illian, J., Kate L., B., Thompson, P.
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 42-57
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12839
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The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic
2021 - Published
Wakefield, E. D., Miller, D. L., Bond, S. L., le Bouard, F., Carvalho, P. C., Catry, P., Dilley, B. J., Fifield, D. A., Gjerdrum, C., Gonzalez-Solis, J., Hogan, H., Laptikhovsky, V. V., Merkel, B., Miller, J. A. O., Miller, P. I., Pinder, S. J., Pipa, T., Peterson, R. M., Thompson, L. A., Thompson, P., Matthiopoulos, J.
Progress in Oceanography, vol. 198, 102657
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Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries
2021 - Published
Darby, J. H., de Grissac, S., Arneill, G. E., Pirotta, E., Waggitt, J. J., Börger, L., Shepard, E., Cabot, D., Owen, E., Bolton, M., Edwards, E. W. J., Thompson, P., Quinn, J. L., Jessopp, M.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 679, pp. 181-194
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13887
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Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury
2021 - Published
Albert, C., Bråthen, V. S., Descamps, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Cherenkov, A., Christensen Dalsgaard, S., Danielsen, J., Erikstad, K. E., Gavrilo, M., Hanssen, S. A., Helgason, H. H., Jónsson, J. E., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krasnov, Y., Langset, M., Lorentzen, E., Olsen, B., Kristin Reiertsen, T., Strøm, H., Systad, G. H., Tertitsk, G., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Bustamante, P., Moe, B., Fort, J.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 243-254
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13793
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Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries
2021 - Published
Dupuis, B., Amélineau, F., Tarroux, A., Bjørnstad, O., Bråthen, V. S., Danielsen, J., Descamps, S., Fauchald, P., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Hansen, E. S., Helberg, M., Helgason, H. H., Jónsson, J. E., Kolbeinsson, Y., Lorentzen, E., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Strøm, H.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 159-172
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13673
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Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements
2021 - Published
Amélineau, F., Merkel, B., Tarroux, A., Descamps, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Bjørnstad, O., Bråthen, V. S., Chastel, O., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., Danielsen, J., Daunt, F., Dehnhard, N., Ekker, M., Erikstad, K. E., Ezhov, A., Fauchald, P., Gavrilo, M., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Hansen, E. S., Harris, M. P., Helberg, M., Helgason, H. H., Johansen, M. K., Jónsson, J. E., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krasnov, Y., Langset, M., Lorentsen, S. H., Lorentzen, E., Melnikov, M. V., Moe, B., Newell, M. A., Olsen, B., Reiertsen, T., Systad, G. H., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Tolmacheva, E., Wanless, S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Åström, J., Strøm, H.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 127-144
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Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic
2021 - Published
Davies, T. E., Carneiro, A. P., Tarzia, M., Wakefield, E. D., Hennicke, J., Frederiksen, M., Hansen, E. S., Campos, B., Hazin, C., Lascelles, B., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arnardóttir, H., Barrett, R. T., Biscoito, M. J., Bollache, L., Boulinier, T., Catry, P., Ceia, F. R., Chastel, O., Christensen Dalsgaard, S., Cruz-Flores, M., Danielsen, J., Daunt, F., Dunn, E., Egevang, C., Fagundes, A. I., Fayet, A. L., Fort, J., Furness, R. W., Gilg, O., Gonzalez-Solis, J., Granadeiro, J. P., Grémillet, D., Guilford, T., Hanssen, S. A., Harris, M. P., Hedd, A., Per Huffeldt, N., Jessopp, M. J., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krietsch, J., Lang, J., Linnebjerg, J. F., Lorentsen, S., Madeiros, J., Magnusdottir, E., Mallory, M. L., McFarlane Tranquilla, L., Merkel, F. R., Militão, T., Moe, B., Montevecchi, W. A., Morera-Pujo, V., Mosbech, A., Neves, V., Newell, M. A., Olsen, B., Paiva, V. H., Peter, H., Petersen, A., Phillips, R. A., Ramírez, I., Ramos, J. A., Ramos, R., Ronconi, R. A., Ryan, P. G., Schmidt, N. M., Sigurðsson, I. A., Sittler, B., Steen, H., Stenhouse, I. J., Strøm, H., Systad, G. H. R., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., van Bemmelen, R. S., Wanless, S., Zino, F., Dias, M. P.
Conservation Letters, vol. 14, no. 5, 12824
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Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone
2021 - Published
Newton, M., Barry, J., Lothian, A., Main, R. A., Honkanen, H., McKelvey, S. A., Thompson, P., Davies, I., Brockie, N., Stephen, A., O'Hara Murray, R., Gardiner, R., Campbell, L., Stainer, P., Adams, C.
ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 78, no. 5, pp. 1730–1743
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsab024
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Far-field effects of impulsive noise on coastal bottlenose dolphins
2021 - Published
Fernandez Betelu, O., Graham, I., Brookes, K., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P.
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 664230
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.664230
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Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction
2021 - Published
Benhemma-Le Gall, A., Graham, I. M., Merchant, N. D., Thompson, P. M.
Frontiers in Marine Science, vol. 8, 664724
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.664724
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AgentSeal: agent-based model describing movement of marine central-place foragers
2021 - Published
Chudzińska, M. E., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Smout, S., Aarts, G., Brasseur, S., Graham, I., Thompson, P., McConnell, B. J.
Ecological Modelling, vol. 440, 109397
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2020.109397
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The year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: Applications for population management and marine spatial planning
2021 - Published
Fauchald, P., Tarroux, A., Amélineau, F., Bråthen, V. S., Descamps, S., Ekker, M., Helgason, H. H., Johansen, M. K., Merkel, B., Moe, B., Åström, J., Anker-Nilssen, T., Bjørnstad, O., Chastel, O., Christensen Dalsgaard, S., Danielsen, J., Daunt, F., Dehnhard, N., Erikstad, K. E., Ezhov, A., Gavrilo, M., Hallgrimsson, G. T., Hansen, E. S., Harris, M., Helberg, M., Jónsson, J. E., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krasnov, Y., Langset, M., Lorentsen, S., Lorentzen, E., Newell, M., Olsen, B., Kristin Reiertsen, T., Systad, G. H., Thompson, P., Thórarinsson, T. L., Wanless, S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Strøm, H.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 676, pp. 255-276
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13854
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Balancing risks of injury and disturbance to marine mammals when pile driving at offshore wind farms
2020 - Published
Thompson, P., Graham, I. M., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Farcas, A., Merchant, N. D.
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 1, no. 2, e12034
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- [ONLINE] https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.34tmpg4hs
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12034
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Evolutionary history of a Scottish harbour seal population
2020 - Published
Nikolic, N., Thompson, P., de Bruyn, M., Macé, M., Chevalet, C.
PeerJ, vol. 8, e9167
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/ peerj.9167#supplemental-information
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9167
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Breeding status influences timing but not duration of moult in the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
2020 - Published
Grissot, A., Graham, I. M., Quinn, L., Brathen, V. S., Thompson, P. M.
Ibis, vol. 162, no. 2, pp. 446-459
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12714
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Distribution maps of cetacean and seabird populations in the North-East Atlantic
2020 - Published
Waggitt, J., Evans, P., Andrade, J., Banks, A., Boisseau, O., Bolton, M., Bradbury, G., Brereton, T., Camphuysen, C., Durinck, J., Felce, T., Fijn, R., Garcia-Baron, I., Garthe, S., Geelhoed, S., Gilles, A., Goodhall, M., Haelters, J., Hamilton, S., Hartny-Mills, L., Hodgins, N., James, K., Jessopp, M., Kavanagh, A., Leopold, M., Lohrengel, K., Louzao, M., Markones, N., Martinez-Cediera, J., O'Cadhla, O., Perry, S., Pierce, G. J., Ridoux, V., Robinson, K. P., Santos, M., Saavedra, C., Skov, H., Stienen, E., Sveegaard, S., Thompson, P., Vanermen, N., Wall, D., Webb, A., Wilson, J., Wanless, S., Hiddink, J.
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 253-269
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13525
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Age-length relationships in UK harbour seals during a period of population decline
2019 - Published
Hall, A. J., MacKey, B., Kershaw, J., Thompson, P.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 61-70
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3104
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Changing distribution of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population and the challenges of area‐based management
2019 - Published
Arso Civil, M., Quick, N. J., Cheney, B., Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M., Hammond, P. S.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 178-196
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3102
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Use of state-space modelling to identify ecological covariates associated with trends in pinniped demography
2019 - Published
Caillat, M., Cordes, L., Thompson, P., Matthiopoulos, J., Smout, S.
Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, vol. 29, no. S1, pp. 101-118
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3130
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Effects of impulsive noise on marine mammals: investigating range-dependent risk
2019 - Published
Hastie, G., Merchant, N. D., Götz, T., Russell, D. J. F., Thompson, P., Janik, V. M.
Ecological Applications, vol. 29, no. 5, e01906
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.1906
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Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time
2019 - Published
Graham, I. M., Merchant, N. D., Farcas, A., Candido Barton, T. R., Cheney, B., Bono, S., Thompson, P. M.
Royal Society Open Science, vol. 6, no. 6, 190335
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5qg30sd
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Increasing trends in fecundity and calf survival of bottlenose dolphins in a marine protected area
2019 - Published
Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M., Cordes, L. S.
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 1767
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-38278-9
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Variations in age- and sex-specific survival rates help explain population trend in a discrete marine mammal population
2019 - Published
Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Quick, N. J., Islas-Villanueva, V., Graves, J. A., Janik, V. M., Thompson, P. M., Hammond, P. S.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 533-544
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- [ONLINE] https://datadryad.org/resource/doi:10.5061/dryad.8qm8r4m
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4772
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Fine scale spatial variability in the influence of environmental cycles on the occurrence of dolphins at coastal sites
2019 - Published
Fernandez Betelu, O., Graham, I. M., Cornulier, T., Thompson, P. M.
Scientific Reports, vol. 9, 2548
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-38900-4
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Dead useful; methods for quantifying baseline variability in stranding rates to improve the ecological value of the strandings record as a monitoring tool
2018 - Published
ten Doeschate, M. T., Brownlow, A. C., Davison, N. J., Thompson, P. M.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 98, no. 5, pp. 1205-1209
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315417000698
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Central place foragers and moving stimuli: a hidden-state model to discriminate the processes affecting movement
2018 - Published
Pirotta, E., Edwards, E. W. J., New, L., Thompson, P.
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 1116-1125
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12830
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Laser photogrammetry reveals variation in growth and early survival in free-ranging bottlenose dolphins
2018 - Published
Cheney, B., Wells, R. S., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M.
Animal Conservation, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 252-261
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12384
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The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds
2018 - Published
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., Verhulst, S., Wheelwright, N. T., Winkler, D. W., Young, R., Vleck, C. M., Haussmann, M. F.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 373, no. 1741, 20160445
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0445
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Predicting the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on marine populations
2018 - Published
Nabe-Nielsen, J., van Beest, F. M., Grimm, V., Sibly, R. M., Teilmann, J., Thompson, P. M.
Conservation Letters, vol. 11, no. 5, 12563
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12563
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Responses of bottlenose dolphins and harbour porpoises to impact and vibration piling noise during harbour construction
2017 - Published
Graham, I. M., Pirotta, E., Merchant, N. D., Farcas, A., Barton, T. R., Cheney, B., Hastie, G. D., Thompson, P. M.
Ecosphere, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 1-16
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1793
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Diurnal variation in harbour porpoise detection – potential implications for management
2017 - Published
Williamson, L. D., Brookes, K. L., Scott, B. E., Graham, I. M., Thompson, P. M.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 570, pp. 223-232
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12118
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A new approach to estimate fecundity rate from inter-birth intervals
2017 - Published
Arso Civil, M., Cheney, B., Quick, N. J., Thompson, P. M., Hammond, P. S.
Ecosphere, vol. 8, no. 4, e01796
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.1796
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Can the Camera Lie? A Nonpermanent Nick in a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus)
2017 - Published
Quick, N. J., Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M., Hammond, P. S.
Aquatic Mammals, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 156-161
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t2462
State-space modelling of geolocation data reveals sex differences in the use of management areas by breeding northern fulmars
2016 - Published
Edwards, E. W. J., Quinn, L. R., Thompson, P. M.
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 53, no. 6, pp. 1880–1889
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12751
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Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels
2016 - Published
Thackeray, S. J., Henrys, P. A., Hemming, D., Bell, J. R., Botham, M. S., Burthe, S., Helaouet, P., Johns, D. G., Jones, I. D., Leech, D. I., Mackay, E. B., Massimino, D., Atkinson, S., Bacon, P. J., Brereton, T. M., Carvalho, L., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Duck, C., Edwards, M., Elliott, J. M., Hall, S. J. G., Harrington, R., Pearce-Higgins, J. W., Hoye, T. T., Kruuk, L. E. B., Pemberton, J. M., Sparks, T. H., Thompson, P. M., White, I., Winfield, I. J., Wanless, S.
Nature, vol. 535, no. 7611, pp. 241-245
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18608
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Echolocation detections and digital video surveys provide reliable estimates of the relative density of harbour porpoises
2016 - Published
Williamson, L. D., Brookes, K. L., Scott, B. E., Graham, I. M., Bradbury, G., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.
Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 7, no. 7, pp. 762-769
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12538
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Validating the use of intrinsic markers in body feathers to identify inter-individual differences in non-breeding areas of northern fulmars
2016 - Published
Quinn, L. R., Meharg, A. A., van Franeker, J. A., Graham, I. M., Thompson, P. M.
Marine Biology, vol. 163, pp. 1-12
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- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-016-2822-1
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Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment
2016 - Published
Farcas, A., Thompson, P. M., Merchant, N. D.
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 57, pp. 114-122
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2015.11.012
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Soundscape and Noise Exposure Monitoring in a Marine Protected Area Using Shipping Data and Time-Lapse Footage
2016 - Published
Merchant, N. D., Pirotta, E., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_85
Investigating individual growth rates in wild bottlenose dolphins using remote laser photogrammetry
2015 - Published
Cheney, B., Wells, R. S., Thompson, P. M.
21st Biennial Society for Marine Mammalogy Conference
Contributions to Conferences: Posters
- [ONLINE] https://www.abdn.ac.uk/lighthouse/documents/Cheney_SMM2015.pdf
Predicting the effects of human developments on individual dolphins to understand potential long-term population consequences
2015 - Published
Pirotta, E., Harwood, J., Thompson, P. M., New, L., Cheney, B., Arso, M., Hammond, P. S., Donovan, C., Lusseau, D.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 282, no. 1818, 20152109
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2109
- [ONLINE] AAM in University of St Andrew's Repository
Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of activity budgets in sympatric grey and harbour seals
2015 - Published
Russell, D. J. F., McClintock, B. T., Matthiopoulos, J., Thompson, P. M., Thompson, D., Hammond, P. S., Jones, E. L., MacKenzie, M. L., Moss, S., McConnell, B. J.
Oikos, vol. 124, no. 11, pp. 1462-1472
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.01810
- [ONLINE] AAM in University of St Andrews Repository
Mark-resight estimates of seasonal variation in harbor seal abundance and site fidelity
2015 - Published
Cordes, L. S., Thompson, P. M.
Population Ecology, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 467-472
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-015-0496-z
Parallel declines in survival of adult Northern Fulmars Fulmarus glacialis at colonies in Scotland and Ireland
2015 - Published
Cordes, L. S., Hedworth, H. E., Cabot, D., Cassidy, M., Thompson, P. M.
Ibis, vol. 157, no. 3, pp. 631-636
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12255
Estimating spatial, temporal and individual variability in dolphin cumulative exposure to boat traffic using spatially explicit capture-recapture methods
2015 - Published
Pirotta, E. E., Thompson, P. M. P., Cheney, B. B., Donovan, C. R. C., Lusseau, D. M. D.
Animal Conservation, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 20-31
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12132
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Integrating passive acoustic and visual data to model spatial patterns of occurrence in coastal dolphins
2015 - Published
Thompson, P. M., Brookes, K. L., Cordes, L. S.
ICES Journal of Marine Science, vol. 72, no. 2, pp. 651-660
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsu110
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Quantifying the effect of boat disturbance on bottlenose dolphin foraging activity
2015 - Published
Pirotta, E., Merchant, N. D., Thompson, P. M., Barton, T. R., Lusseau, D.
Biological Conservation, vol. 181, pp. 82-89
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.003
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Long-term trends in the use of a protected area by small cetaceans in relation to changes in population status.
2014 - Published
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.
Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 2, pp. 118-128
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2014.08.010
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6bb1f7c6-98cf-4dba-b1a3-61253d57c77f/download
Assessing environmental impacts of offshore wind farms: lessons learned and recommendations for the future.
2014 - Published
Bailey, H., Brookes, K. L., Thompson, P. M.
Aquatic Biosystems, vol. 10, no. 8, pp. 1-13
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/2046-9063-10-8
The importance of developing modeling frameworks to inform conservation decisions: a response to Lonergan
2014 - Published
Matthiopoulos, J., Smout, S., Caillat, M., Cordes, L., Mackey, B., Thompson, P.
Oecologia, vol. 175, no. 4, pp. 1069-1071
Contributions to Journals: Editorials
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2973-z
Variation in harbour porpoise activity in response to seismic survey noise
2014 - Published
Pirotta, E., Brookes, K. L., Graham, I. M., Thompson, P. M.
Biology Letters, vol. 10, no. 5, 20131090
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2013.1090
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/38bfaa5b-7356-4b1a-902e-8f26cb7dbdef/download
Mark-recapture modeling accounting for state uncertainty provides concurrent estimates of survival and fecundity in a protected harbor seal population
2014 - Published
Cordes, L. S., Thompson, P. M.
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 691-705
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12070
Importance of accounting for phylogenetic dependence in multi-species mark-recapture studies
2014 - Published
Abadi, F., Barbraud, C., Besson, D., Bried, J., Crochet, P., Delord, K., Forcada, J., Grosbois, V., Phillips, R. A., Sagar, P., Thompson, P., Waugh, S., Weimerskirch, H., Wood, A. G., Gimenez, O.
Ecological Modelling, vol. 273, pp. 236-241
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.11.017
Scale-dependent foraging ecology of a marine top predator modelled using passive acoustic data
2014 - Published
Pirotta, E., Thompson, P. M., Miller, P. I., Brookes, K. L., Cheney, B., Barton, T. R., Graham, I. M., Lusseau, D.
Functional Ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 206-217
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12146
Monitoring ship noise to assess the impact of coastal developments on marine mammals
2014 - Published
Merchant, N. D., Pirotta, E., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 78, no. 1-2, pp. 85-95
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.10.058
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/fbf78298-535d-4060-bda0-65e2b9bfe0dc/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Modelling harbour seal habitat by combining data from multiple tracking systems
2014 - Published
Bailey, H., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, vol. 450, pp. 30-39
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2013.10.011
- [ONLINE] AM at University of St Andrews
State-space modelling reveals proximate causes of harbour seal population declines
2014 - Published
Matthiopoulos, J., Cordes, L., Mackey, B., Thompson, D., Duck, C., Smout, S., Caillat, M., Thompson, P.
Oecologia, vol. 174, no. 1, pp. 151-162
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-013-2764-y
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
2013 - Published
Edwards, E. W. J., Quinn, L. R., Wakefield, E. D., Miller, P. I., Thompson, P. M.
Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, vol. 98, no. Part B, pp. 438-444
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.04.011
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4233b17c-ba65-4e56-938f-adaf3d448f10/download
Short-term disturbance by a commercial two-dimensional seismic survey does not lead to long-term displacement of harbour porpoises
2013 - Published
Thompson, P. M., Brookes, K. L., Graham, I. M., Barton, T. R., Needham, K., Bradbury, G., Merchant, N. D.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 280, no. 1771, 20132001
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2001
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/69ef7bb9-1b4e-4e5f-95b2-281767547e19/download
Framework for assessing impacts of pile-driving noise from offshore wind farm construction on a harbour seal population
2013 - Published
Thompson, P. M., Hastie, G. D., Nedwell, J., Barham, R., Brookes, K. L., Cordes, L. S., Bailey, H., McLean, N.
Environmental impact assessment review, vol. 43, pp. 73-85
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2013.06.005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/2e9e1375-a9ea-4420-8ac6-cd7dd1a5c229/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Predictions from harbor porpoise habitat association models are confirmed by long-term passive acoustic monitoring
2013 - Published
Brookes, K. L., Bailey, H., Thompson, P. M.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 2523-2533
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4816577
Variation in breeding phenology provides insights into drivers of long-term population change in harbour seals
2013 - Published
Cordes, L. S., Thompson, P. M.
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 280, no. 1764, 20130847
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0847
Assessing behavioural responses of small cetaceans to seismic surveys
2013 - Published
Thompson, P.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.20131190
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Using Tooth Rakes to Monitor Population and Sex Differences in Aggressive Behaviour in Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
2013 - Published
Marley, S. A., Cheney, B., Thompson, P. M.
Aquatic Mammals, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 107-115
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1578/AM.39.2.2013.107
Analysis of fatty acids and fatty alcohols reveals seasonal and sex-specific changes in the diets of seabirds
2013 - Published
Owen, E., Daunt, F., Moffat, C., Elston, D. A., Wanless, S., Thompson, P.
Marine Biology, vol. 160, no. 4, pp. 987-999
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-012-2152-x
Modelling the biological significance of behavioural change in coastal bottlenose dolphins in response to disturbance
2013 - Published
New, L. F., Harwood, J., Thomas, L., Donovan, C., Clark, J. S., Hastie, G., Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B., Scott-Hayward, L., Lusseau, D.
Functional Ecology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 314-322
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.12052
Spectral probability density as a tool for ambient noise analysis
2013 - Published
Merchant, N. D., Barton, T. R., Thompson, P. M., Pirotta, E., Dakin, D. T., Dorocicz, J.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. EL262-EL267
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4794934
Analyzing temporally correlated dolphin sightings data using generalized estimating equations
2013 - Published
Bailey, H. R., Corkrey, R., Cheney, B. J., Thompson, P. M.
Marine Mammal Science, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 123-141
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-7692.2011.00552.x
Integrating multiple data sources to assess the distribution and abundance of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus in Scottish waters
2013 - Published
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., Reid, R. J., Reid, J. B., Wilson, B.
Mammal Review, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 71-88
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00208.x
Assessing the risks to marine mammal populations from renewable energy devices: an interim approach
2012 - Published
Lusseau, D., Christiansen, F., Harwood, J., Mendes, S., Thompson, P. M., Smith, K., Hastie, G.
Peterborough: Joint Nature Conservation Committee. 29 pages
Books and Reports: Other Reports
- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30059133
Discrete or not so discrete: Long distance movements by coastal bottlenose dolphins in UK and Irish waters
2012 - Published
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.
Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 365-371
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] https://archive.iwc.int/pages/search.php?search=%21collection15&k=#
Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation: 2008-2010
2012 - Published
Cheney, B. J., Corkrey, R., Quick, N. J., Janik, V. M., Islas-Villanueva, V., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.
Scottish Natural Heritage. 34 pages
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
- [ONLINE] http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/publication-detail/?id=1893
Long-term patterns in harbour seal site-use and the consequences for managing protected areas
2011 - Published
Cordes, L., Duck, C., MacKey, B. L., Hall, A., Thompson, P. M.
Animal Conservation, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 430-438
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2011.00445.x
Static and dynamic expression of life history traits in the Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
2011 - Published
Orzack, S. H., Steiner, U. K., Tuljapurkar, S., Thompson, P.
Oikos, vol. 120, no. 3, pp. 369-380
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.17996.x
Distribution, abundance and population structure of bottlenose dolphins in Scottish waters: Scottish Government and Scottish Natural Heritage funded report.
2011 - Published
Thompson, P. M., Cheney, B. J., Ingram, S., Stevick, P., Wilson, B., Hammond, P.
Scottish Natural Heritage
Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
Inflation factors influence the estimation of trends in cetacean abundance
2011 - Unpublished
Cheney, B. J., Lusseau, D., Hammond, P. S., Thompson, P. M.
19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Contributions to Conferences: Posters
Effect of oceanographic features on fine-scale foraging movements of bottlenose dolphins
2010 - Published
Bailey, H., Thompson, P.
Marine Ecology Progress Series, vol. 418, pp. 223-233
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08789
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/e2f5e06d-d549-4430-89c5-0a4cccf9f5c8/download
Assessing the responses of coastal cetaceans to the construction of offshore wind turbines
2010 - Published
Thompson, P. M., Lusseau, D., Barton, T., Simmons, D., Rusin, J., Bailey, H.
Marine Pollution Bulletin, vol. 60, no. 8, pp. 1200-1208
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.03.030

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Advancing seabird diet studies through buccal swabbing for DNA metabarcoding

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At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management

Clinical Chemistry Reference Intervals for Health Assessment in Wild Adult Harbour Seals

Reduced adult survival estimated in areas of decline of harbour seal populations in Scotland

Advancing seabird diet studies through buccal swabbing for DNA metabarcoding

Global Tracking of Marine Megafauna Space Use Reveals How to Achieve Conservation Targets

The role of acoustic telemetry to assess the effects of offshore wind infrastructure on fish behaviour, populations and predation

Harbour and grey seals: distribution maps for Scotland

Bycatch of northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) in Norwegian longline fisheries: assessing spatiotemporal variations in scale and risk to improve management

Site Condition Monitoring of bottlenose dolphins within the Moray Firth Special Area of Conservation 2017-2022: NatureScot Research Report 1360

Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform

Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones

Decadal increase in vessel interactions by a scavenging pelagic seabird across the North Atlantic

Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds

Variation in foraging activity influences area-restricted search behaviour by bottlenose dolphins

The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis

Directional hydrophone clusters reveal evasive responses of small cetaceans to disturbance during construction at offshore windfarms

Acoustic characterisation of unexploded ordnance disposal in the North Sea using high order detonations

Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoises

Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans

A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation

Sympatric seals, satellite tracking and protected areas: habitat-based distribution estimates for conservation and management

Prey encounters and spatial memory influence use of foraging patches in a marine central place forager

Spatiotemporal variation in harbor porpoise distribution and foraging across a landscape of fear

The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic

Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries

Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury

Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries

Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone

Far-field effects of impulsive noise on coastal bottlenose dolphins

Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction

AgentSeal: agent-based model describing movement of marine central-place foragers

The year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: Applications for population management and marine spatial planning

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

Evolutionary history of a Scottish harbour seal population

Breeding status influences timing but not duration of moult in the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis

Distribution maps of cetacean and seabird populations in the North-East Atlantic

Age-length relationships in UK harbour seals during a period of population decline

Changing distribution of the east coast of Scotland bottlenose dolphin population and the challenges of area‐based management

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

Effects of impulsive noise on marine mammals: investigating range-dependent risk

Harbour porpoise responses to pile-driving diminish over time

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Predicting the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances on marine populations

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

Diurnal variation in harbour porpoise detection – potential implications for management

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

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

State-space modelling of geolocation data reveals sex differences in the use of management areas by breeding northern fulmars

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

Echolocation detections and digital video surveys provide reliable estimates of the relative density of harbour porpoises

Validating the use of intrinsic markers in body feathers to identify inter-individual differences in non-breeding areas of northern fulmars

Underwater noise modelling for environmental impact assessment