Browsing Externally hosted open access publications with University of Galway authors (2) by Subject "abundance"
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Age verification of boarfish (capros aper) in the northeast atlantic
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011-11-01)The boarfish (Capros aper) is a pelagic species of recent interest to the fishing industry, with landings increasing by >500% over the past 3 years. The objective of the study was to provide a method for age ... -
Distribution patterns of ichthyoplankton communities in different ecosystems of the northeast atlantic
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009-11-01)Results are presented of an extensive ichthyoplankton survey that covered the continental slope, the offshore banks and oceanic regions west of Ireland. Oceanographic measurements revealed domes of cold, less saline water ... -
Diversity and occurrence of siphonophores in irish coastal waters
(Royal Irish Academy, 2016-01-01)Siphonophores are at times amongst the most abundant invertebrate zooplankton predators in the oceans. Historically, siphonophores have been under-sampled and of the studies conducted there has been a bias towards oceanic ... -
Fresh insights into long-term changes in flora, vegetation, land use and soil erosion in the karstic environment of the burren, western ireland
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2009-09-01)P> The study focuses on species-rich, upland, heathy vegetation with arctic-alpine floristic affinities and Sesleria grasslands in the karstic Burren region, western Ireland. The investigations aimed at reconstructing ... -
Gill damage to atlantic salmon (salmo salar) caused by the common jellyfish (aurelia aurita) under experimental challenge
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-04-07)Background: Over recent decades jellyfish have caused fish kill events and recurrent gill problems in marine-farmed salmonids. Common jellyfish (Aurelia spp.) are among the most cosmopolitan jellyfish species in the oceans, ... -
How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of martinique island (french antilles, eastern caribbean sea) marine biodiversity
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017-03-22)Although sponges are important components of benthic ecosystems of the Caribbean Sea, their diversity remained poorly investigated in the Lesser Antilles. By organizing a training course in Martinique, we wanted both to ... -
Ignoring discards biases the assessment of fisheries' ecological fingerprint
(The Royal Society, 2013-12-04)Understanding the pressures of fisheries on the ecosystem is crucial for effective management. Fishery removals, or catch, are composed of both landings and discards. However, the use of discards data in studies investigating ... -
Impact of biodiversity loss on production in complex marine food webs mitigated by prey-release
(Springer Nature, 2015-03-23)Public concern over biodiversity loss is often rationalized as a threat to ecosystem functioning, but biodiversity-ecosystem functioning (BEF) relations are hard to empirically quantify at large scales. We use a realistic ... -
Size-selective fishing drives species composition in the celtic sea
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2012-01-19)yFishing alters community size structure by selectively removing larger individual fish and by changing the relative abundance of different-sized species. To assess the relative importance of individual-and species-level ... -
Spatial transferability of habitat suitability models of nephrops norvegicus among fished areas in the northeast atlantic: sufficiently stable for marine resource conservation?
(Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015-02-13)Knowledge of the spatial distribution and habitat associations of species in relation to the environment is essential for their management and conservation. Habitat suitability models are useful in quantifying species- ...