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  • A distinctive new species of Protozantaena Perkins, 1997 from lowland Namaqualand, South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) 

    BILTON, DT; MLAMBO, MC
    <jats:p>Protozantaena gigantea sp. nov. is described, based on specimens collected from residual pools in a drying seasonal river in Namaqualand, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. Morphologically, the new species ...
  • The global impact of offshore wind farms on ecosystem services 

    Watson, SCL; Somerfield, PJ; Lemasson, AJ; Knights, AM; Edwards-Jones, A; Nunes, J; Pascoe, C; McNeill, CL; Schratzberger, M; Thompson, MSA; Couce, E; Szostek, CL; Baxter, H; Beaumont, NJ (Elsevier BV, 2024-03)
    Understanding the global impact of offshore wind farms (OWF) on biodiversity and ecosystem services (ES) is crucial in developing sustainable energy transition pathways. This study takes a holistic approach, coupling a ...
  • The world must rethink plans for ageing oil and gas platforms 

    Knights, A; Lemasson, A; Frost, M; Somerfield, P (Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2024-03-07)
  • To what extent can decommissioning options for marine artificial structures move us toward environmental targets? 

    Knights, AM; Lemasson, AJ; Firth, LB; Beaumont, N; Birchenough, S; Claisse, J; Coolen, JWP; Copping, A; De Dominicis, M; Degraer, S; Elliott, M; Fernandes, PG; Fowler, AM; Frost, M; Henry, L-A; Hicks, N; Hyder, K; Jagerroos, S; Love, M; Lynam, C; Macreadie, PI; McLean, D; Marlow, J; Mavraki, N; Montagna, PA; Paterson, DM; Perrow, MR; Porter, J; Bull, AS; Schratzberger, M; Shipley, B; van Elden, S; Vanaverbeke, J; Want, A; Watson, SCL; Wilding, TA; Somerfield, PJ (Elsevier BVEngland, 2024-01)
    Switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy is key to international energy transition efforts and the move toward net zero. For many nations, this requires decommissioning of hundreds of oil and gas infrastructure in ...
  • Coastal greening of grey infrastructure: an update on the state-of-the-art 

    Firth, LB; Bone, J; Bartholomew, A; Bishop, MJ; Bugnot, A; Bulleri, F; Chee, S-Y; Claassens, L; Dafforn, KA; Fairchild, TP; Hall, AE; Hanley, ME; Komyakova, V; Lemasson, AJ; Loke, LHL; Mayer-Pinto, M; Morris, R; Naylor, L; Perkins, MJ; Pioch, S; Porri, F; O'Shaughnessy, KA; Schaefer, N; Strain, EA; Toft, JD; Waltham, N; Aguilera, M; Airoldi, L; Bauer, F; Brooks, P; Burt, J; Clubley, C; Cordell, JR; Espinosa, F; Evans, AJ; Farrugia-Drakard, V; Froneman, W; Griffin, J; Hawkins, SJ; Heery, E; Herbert, RJH; Jones, E; Leung, KMY; Moore, P; Sempere-Valverde, J; Sengupta, D; Sheaves, M; Swearer, S; Thompson, RC; Todd, P; Knights, AM (Emerald, 2024-01-01)
    In the marine environment, greening of grey infrastructure (GGI) is a rapidly growing field that attempts to encourage native marine life to colonize marine artificial structures to enhance biodiversity, thereby promoting ...
  • mNCEA policy brief - Mind the Gap – The need to continue long-term plankton monitoring 

    Holland, M; McQuatters-Gollop, A (University of PlymouthPlymouth, UK, 2024-03-07)
    This policy brief argues that while it is beneficial to explore novel plankton survey technology, it is essential that we also continue to maintain traditional long-term monitoring programmes to generate the necessary ...
  • mNCEA policy brief - Plenty more fish in the sea? Counting the cost of climate change on marine Natural Capital 

    Atkinson, A (Plymouth Marine LaboratoryPlymouth, UK, 2024-03-07)
    This policy brief describes how predicted changes in productivity across the Atlantic will impact the amount of fish that the marine environment can support. This is bound to have important implications for marine food ...
  • mNCEA policy brief - The power of plankton: Advancing our understanding of the role and value of plankton as marine natural capital 

    Holland, M; Graves, C.; Devlin, M.; McQuatters-Gollop, A.; Best, M. (University of PlymouthPlymouth, UK, 2024-01-24)
    This article for the GOV.UK Marine Science Blog (Published 24/01/2024) describes the work currently being done to improve the way we monitor and assess the biodiversity status and environmental heath of pelagic habitats ...
  • mNCEA policy brief - PELCAP: Natural Capital in Plankton & Pelagic Habitats 

    Tett, P (2024-03-07)
    This policy brief fact sheet descries ecosystem services provided by pelagic habitats and a natural capital accounting of the the economic contribution pelagic habitats provide to the UK, as estimated by the Office of ...
  • mNCEA policy brief - The many scales of pelagic habitats 

    Holland, M; McQuatters-Gollop, A (University of PlymouthPlymouth, UK, 2024-03-07)
    This fact sheet is intended to help explain the extreme variation in both abundance and body size exhibited by marine plankton and why those characteristics make them challenging to understand. Plankton in pelagic (open ...

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