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2017 papers
Nonlinear internal waves and plumes generated in response to sea-loch outflow, AUV, and time-lapse photography observations
Nitrogen dynamics and phytoplankton community structure: the role of organic nutrients
A comparison of methods for the non-destructive fresh weight determination of filamentous algae for growth rate analysis and dry weight estimation
UK macroalgae aquaculture: What are the key environmental and licensing considerations?
The Algal Revolution
Circadian clock involvement in zooplankton diel vertical migration.
Investigating the potential impacts of ocean warming on the Norwegian and Barents Seas ecosystem using a time-dynamic food-web model
Historic paths and future expectations: The macroeconomic impacts of the offshore wind technologies in the UK
Harbour seals avoid tidal turbine noise: implications for collision risk
Commercial fisheries interactions with oil and gas pipelines in the North Sea: considerations for decommissioning
Marine Microbial Gene Abundance and Community Composition in Response to Ocean Acidification and Elevated Temperature in Two Contrasting Coastal Marine Sediments
Using biological–physical modelling for informing sea lice dispersal in Loch Linnhe, Scotland
Winter-to-summer transition of Arctic sea ice breakup and floe size distribution in the Beaufort Sea
Short-term CO2 exposure and temperature rise effects on metazoan meiofauna and free-living nematodes in sandy and muddy sediments: Results from a flume experiment
Microplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean.
Robust wavebuoys for the marginal ice zone: Experiences from a large persistent array in the Beaufort Sea
Weathering fluxes and sediment provenance on the SW Scottish Shelf during the last deglaciation
A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management
Microzooplanktonic grazers – A potentially devastating threat to the commercial success of microalgal mass culture
Aquaculture and marine protected areas: Potential opportunities and synergies
Comparing benthic biogeochemistry at a sandy and a muddy site in the Celtic Sea using a model and observations.
Biotic interactions as drivers of algal origin and evolution.
Environmental control of harmful dinoflagellates and diatoms in a fjordic system
The influence of coring method on the preservation of sedimentary and biogeochemical features when sampling soft-bottom, shallow coastal environments.
Hindcasting the dynamics of an Eastern Mediterranean marine ecosystem under the impact of multiple stressors.
Ice and ocean velocity in the Arctic marginal ice zone: Ice roughness and momentum transfer.
A change in phytoplankton community index with water quality improvement in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong
Setting an agenda for biofouling research for the marine renewable energy industry
Harmful algal blooms in the Eastern North Atlantic ocean
Reconstructing past seasonal to multi-centennial scale variability in the NE Atlantic Ocean using the long-lived marine bivalve mollusc Glycymeris glycymeris.
The subpolar gyre regulates silicate concentrations in the North Atlantic.
Coral Bleaching and Mortality in the Chagos Archipelago
Impact of remotely generated eddies on plume dispersion at abyssal mining sites in the Pacific
Plankton community respiration and bacterial metabolism in a North Atlantic Shelf Sea during spring bloom development (April 2015)
Marine and coastal ecosystem services on the science-policy-practice nexus: challenges and opportunities from 11 European case studies
Nitrogen uptake by the macro-algae Cladophora coelothrix and Cladophora parriaudii: Influence on growth, nitrogen preference and biochemical composition.
Scotland's forgotten carbon: a national assessment of mid-latitude fjord sedimentary carbon stocks