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The persistent spatial patchiness of limpet grazing

Johnson, Mark P. (Elsevier, 2008)

The characteristic variability of grazing has potential consequences for intertidal productivity and community structure, particularly as many of the underlying functional relationships are thought to be non linear. As a ...
Picking a way forward: valuing and managing traditional shellfish gathering for Littorina littorea

Johnson, Mark P.; Mcdermott, Tommy (EDP Sciences, 2018-11-27)

Littorina littorea (periwinkles) have been harvested by hand picking from the shore since prehistoric times. Harvests are generally unregulated, catches are not linked to particular shores and fisheries statistics are ...
What is the future for marine protected areas in Irish waters?

Johnson, Mark P. (Royal Irish Academy, 2008)

The UK and Ireland, in common with most other European states, are in the middle of a period of rapid expansion in the number of marine protected areas (generally as Special Areas of Conservation, SACs, to meet the EU ...