NAFC Marine Centre

Research Output

Research Output per year

1984 2020

• 47 Article
• 13 Other report
• 12 Commissioned report
• 6 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 15 More
  • 4 Paper
  • 4 Poster
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Doctoral Thesis (not awarded by UHI)
  • 1 Book
  • 1 Abstract
  • 1 Special issue

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

Search results

• 2019

  Predictable changes in fish school characteristics due to a tidal turbine support structure

  Williamson, B., Fraser, S., Williamson, L., Nikora, V. & Scott, B., 1 Oct 2019, In : Renewable Energy. 141, p. 1092-1102 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Fish
  • Turbines
  • Animals
  • Turbomachine blades
  • Agglomeration
  6 Citations (Scopus)

  70 Downloads (Pure)

• Trial of a new escape panel concept to reduce cod catches in a mixed demersal fishery

  Fraser, S. & Angus, C., May 2019, In : Fisheries Research. 213, p. 212-218 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • demersal fishery
  • cod (fish)
  • fisheries
  • vessel
  • trial
  8 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Coupling Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and hydraulic surveys to study the geometry and spatial distribution of aquatic macrophytes

  Biggs, H. J., Nikora, V. I., Gibbins, C. N., Fraser, S., Green, D. R., Papadopoulos, K. & Hicks, D. M., 17 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Ecohydraulics. 3, 1, p. 45-58 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • macrophyte
  • vehicle
  • spatial distribution
  • hydraulics
  • geometry
  8 Downloads (Pure)

• Fish distributions in a tidal channel indicate the behavioural impact of a marine renewable energy installation: Tidal stream energy Environmental impact Fish behaviour Tidal flow

  Fraser, S., Williamson, B. J., Nikora, V. & Scott, B. E., 1 Nov 2018, In : Energy Reports. 4, p. 65-69 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Fish
  • Environmental impact
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Flow velocity
  • Agglomeration
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  86 Downloads (Pure)
• 2017

  Automatic active acoustic target detection in turbulent aquatic environments

  Fraser, S., Nikora, V., Williamson, B. J. & Scott, B. E., 24 Feb 2017, In : Limnology and Oceanography - Methods. 15, 2, p. 184-199 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  36 Downloads (Pure)

• Hydrodynamic Impacts of a Marine Renewable Energy Installation on the Benthic Boundary Layer in a Tidal Channel

  Fraser, S., Nikora, V., Williamson, B. J. & Scott, B. E., 14 Sep 2017, In : GHGT-11. 125, p. 250-259 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Boundary layers
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Environmental impact assessments
  • Turbulence
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  47 Downloads (Pure)

• Identifying culturally significant areas for marine spatial planning

  Gee, K., Kannen, A., Adlam, R., Brooks, C., Chapman, M., Cormier, R., Fischer, C., Fletcher, S., Gubbins, M., Shucksmith, R. & Shellock, R., Feb 2017, In : Ocean & Coastal Management. 136, p. 139-147 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  File
  32 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Multisensor Acoustic Tracking of Fish and Seabird Behavior Around Tidal Turbine Structures in Scotland

  Williamson, B. J., Fraser, S., Blondel, P., Bell, P. S., Waggitt, J. & Scott, B. E., Oct 2017, In : IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. 42, 4, p. 948-965 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Fish
  • Animals
  • Acoustics
  • Turbines
  • Target tracking
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  54 Downloads (Pure)

• Stress response according to transport protocol in Norway lobster, Nephrops norvegicus

  Cowing, D., Powell, A. & Johnson, M., 18 Jan 2017, In : Crustacean Research. 46, p. 17-24 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Nephrops norvegicus
  • roads
  • stress response
  • lobsters
  • protocols
  63 Downloads (Pure)

• The most northerly record of feral Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1793) in the British Isles.

  Shelmerdine, R. L., Mouat, B. & Shucksmith, R., Mar 2017, In : BioInvasions Records. 6, 1, p. 57-60 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • British Isles
  • Crassostrea gigas
  • North Sea
  • aquaculture industry
  • range expansion
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  92 Downloads (Pure)
• 2015

  A risk based approach to non-native species management and biosecurity planning.

  Shucksmith, R. & Shelmerdine, R. L., 1 Sep 2015, In : Marine Policy. 59, p. 32-43 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Biosecurity
  • management planning
  • biosecurity
  • Pathway
  • planning
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Mass occurrence of Salpa fusiformis and records of the rare salps Cyclosalpa bakerii and Thetys vagina from northern Scotland

  Shucksmith, R., 2 Sep 2015, In : Marine Biodiversity Records. 8, 6 p., e133.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Sula
  • vagina
  • Scotland
  • zooplankton
  • algal bloom
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Rapid assessment of marine non-native species in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

  Collin, S., Tweddle, J. & Shucksmith, R., Sep 2015, In : BioInvasions Records. 4, 3, p. 147-155 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Scotland
  • ballast water
  • local economy
  • fouling
  • hull
  9 Citations (Scopus)

  41 Downloads (Pure)

• Teasing out the detail: How our understanding of marine AIS data can better inform industries, developments, and planning

  Shelmerdine, R. L., Apr 2015, In : Marine Policy. 54, p. 17-25 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Identification systems
  • System Identification
  • marine environment
  • fisheries
  • planning
  51 Citations (Scopus)

  133 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  Data collection and mapping - Principles, processes and application in marine spatial planning

  Shucksmith, R. J. & Kelly, C., Dec 2014, In : Marine Policy. 50, Part A, p. 27-33 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  200 Downloads (Pure)

• Developing regional locational guidance for wave and tidal energy in the Shetland Islands

  Tweddle, J. F., Marengo, IL., Gray, L., Kelly, C. & Shucksmith, R., Dec 2014, In : Marine Policy. 50, Part A, p. 53-66 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  11 Citations (Scopus)

  397 Downloads (Pure)

• Fishers’ knowledge as an indicator of spatial and temporal trends in abundance of commercial fish species: Megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) in the northern North Sea

  Macdonald, P., Angus, C., Cleasby, I. & Marshall, T., 1 Mar 2014, In : Marine Policy. 45, p. 228-239 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
  • North Sea
  • Fish
  • Data Sources
  • indicator
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  42 Downloads (Pure)

• Implications of defining fisheries closed areas based on predicted habitats in Shetland: a proactive and precautionary approach.

  Shelmerdine, R. L., Stone, D., Leslie, B. & Robinson, M., 1 Jan 2014, In : Marine Policy. 43, p. 184-199

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Precautionary Approach
  • Habitat
  • habitat
  • fishery
  • Fisheries
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  48 Downloads (Pure)

• Investigating options on how to address cumulative impacts in marine spatial planning

  Kelly, C., Gray, L., Shucksmith, R. J. & Tweddle, J. F., Dec 2014, In : Ocean & Coastal Management. 102, Part A, p. 139-148 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • spatial planning
  • planning
  • plan
  • spatial data
  • water management
  25 Citations (Scopus)

• Records of the feather star shrimp Hippolyte prideauxiana in the Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands, northern Scotland—a geographical range expansion

  Shucksmith, R., 4 Feb 2014, In : Marine Biodiversity Records. 7, 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Crinoidea
  • range expansion
  • feather
  • Scotland
  • shrimp

• Regional marine spatial planning - The data collection and mapping process

  Shucksmith, R., Gray, L., Kelly, C. & Tweddle, J. F., Dec 2014, In : Marine Policy. 50, Part A, p. 1-9 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• Review and evaluation of marine spatial planning in the Shetland Islands

  Kelly, C., Gray, L., Shucksmith, R. & Tweddle, J. F., May 2014, In : Marine Policy. 46, p. 152-160 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  25 Citations (Scopus)

  253 Downloads (Pure)

• The contribution of quota to the discards problem: a case study on the complexity of common megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis discarding in the northern North Sea

  Macdonald, P., Cleasby, I., Angus, C. & Marshall, T., 9 Feb 2014, In : ICES Journal of Marine Science. 71, 5, p. 1256-1265 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
  • North Sea
  • demersal fishery
  • fisheries
  • case studies
  5 Citations (Scopus)

  49 Downloads (Pure)
• 2013

  Age and growth of anglerfish (Lophius piscatorius) in Faroese waters

  Ofstad, L. H., Angus, C., Pedersen, T. & Steingrund, P., Mar 2013, In : Fisheries Research. 139, p. 51-60 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• A rare occurrence of reversal in the common megrim Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis (Pleuronectiformes: Scophthalmidae) in the northern North Sea

  Macdonald, P., 1 Sep 2013, In : Journal of Fish Biology. 83, 3, p. 691-694 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Scophthalmidae
  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
  • Pleuronectiformes
  • North Sea
  • meristics
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  25 Downloads (Pure)

• Latter Day Vikings: Gaels in the Northern Isles in the 16th century

  Jennings, A., 2013, In : Journal of the North Atlantic. Special Volume 4, p. 35-42 13 p., 4.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Viking
  • Scotland
  • Hebrides
  • Orkney
  • Shetland
• 2012

  Spatial variation in life history characteristics of common megrim (Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis) on the Northern Shelf

  Macdonald, P., Angus, C. & Marshall, T., 1 Jul 2012, In : Journal of Sea Research. 75, p. 62-68 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis
  • North Sea
  • spatial variation
  • life history
  • sex ratio
  7 Citations (Scopus)

  22 Downloads (Pure)
• 2011

  Hjaltland Revisited: The Place-name Shetland and its Celtic Origin

  Jennings, A., 2011, In : NORNA Rapporter. 87, p. 132-141 212 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2010

  Most northerly record of Europe’s smallest marine fish Guillet’s goby Lebetus guilleti in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

  Shucksmith, R. & Shucksmith, R., 12 Oct 2010, In : Marine Biodiversity Records. 3, e98, p. 1-4 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Lebetus
  • marine fish
  • Scotland
  • Isle of Man
  • English Channel

• The Giantess as a Metaphor for Shetland's Cultural History

  Jennings, A., 2010, In : Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures. 4, 2, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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  • cultural history
  • Shetland
  • cultural heritage
  • Cultural History
  • metaphor
  105 Downloads (Pure)
• 2009

  A comparison of catch rates of artificial lures from an automated handline fishery at Shetland, UK

  Macdonald, P., Laurenson, C. H., Johnson, A. & Tait, L., 14 Jan 2009, In : Fisheries Research. 95, 2-3, p. 379-385 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  File
  34 Downloads (Pure)

• Restocking of the native oyster in Shetland: habitat identification study.

  Shelmerdine, R. L. & Leslie, B., 2009, Shellfish News, 27, p. 10-12.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
• 2008

  Biological features of the Lophus piscatorius catch in Scottish waters.

  Laurenson, C., Dobby, H., McLay, A. & Leslie, B., 2 Jul 2008, In : ICES Journal of Marine Science. 65, 7, p. 1281 - 1290

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Scotland
  • deep water
  • Lophius piscatorius
  • fishing boats
  • fishing vessel
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Hydrostatic pressure receptors and depth usage in crustacea and fish.

  Fraser, P. J., Cruickshank, S. F., Shelmerdine, R. L. & Smith, L. E., Jul 2008, In : Navigation: Journal of the Institute of Navigation. 55, 2, p. 159-165 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Hydrostatic pressure
  • Fish
  • Pressure regulators
  • Tides
  • Canals
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Improving the quality of information on Scottish anglerfish fisheries: making use of fishers' data

  Dobby, H., Allan, L., Harding, M., Laurenson, C. H. & McLay, H. A., Oct 2008, In : ICES Journal of Marine Science. 65, 7, p. 1334-1345 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  15 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  A year-long trial of a square mesh panel in a commercial demersal trawl

  Bullough, L. W., Napier, I. R., Laurenson, C. H., Riley, D., Fryer, R. J., Ferro, R. S. T. & Kynoch, R. J., Jan 2007, In : Fisheries Research. 83, 1, p. 105-112 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Size variation of the common whelk, Buccinum undatum, over large and small spatial scales: Potential implications for micro-management within the fishery

  Shelmerdine, R. L., Adamson, J., Laurenson, C. H. & Leslie, B., 2007, In : Fisheries Research. 86, 2-3, p. 201-206

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Buccinum
  • England
  • fisheries
  • fishery
  • imposex
  29 Citations (Scopus)
• 2006

  A note on the development of the embryos of anglerfish Lophius piscatorius

  Laurenson, CH., 10 Apr 2006, In : Journal of Fish Biology. 68, 4, p. 1287-1290 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  4 Citations (Scopus)

• Sharks caught in the protective gill nets off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 12. The African angel shark Squatina africana (Regan)

  Shelmerdine, R. L. & Cliff, G., 2006, In : African Journal of Marine Science. 28, 3-4, p. 581-588 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Squatinidae
  • Squatina
  • gillnets
  • sharks
  • shark
  5 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Movements and growth of monkfish Lophius piscatorius tagged at the Shetland Islands, northeastern Atlantic

  Laurenson, CH., Johnson, A. & Priede, IG., Feb 2005, In : Fisheries Research. 71, 2, p. 185-195 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• The diet and trophic ecology of anglerfish Lophius piscatorius at the Shetland Islands, UK

  Laurenson, CH. & Priede, IG., 30 Mar 2005, In : Journal Of The Marine Biological Association Of The United Kingdom. 85, 2, p. 419-424 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  25 Citations (Scopus)
• 2004

  Deep water observations of Lophius piscatorius in the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean by means of a remotely operated vehicle

  Laurenson, CH., Hudson, IR., Jones, DOB. & Priede, IG., 20 Sep 2004, In : Journal of Fish Biology. 65, 4, p. 947-960 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
  21 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Hydrostatic pressure effects on vestibular hair cell afferents in fish and crustacea

  Fraser, P. J., Cruikshank, S. F. & Shelmerdine, R. L., 2003, In : Journal of Vestibular Research-Equilibrium & Orientation. 13, 4-6, p. 235-242 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

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  • Crustacea
  • Vestibular Hair Cells
  • Hydrostatic Pressure
  • Fishes
  • Elasmobranchii
  16 Citations (Scopus)

  120 Downloads (Pure)
• 2002

  Dogfish hair cells sense hydrostatic pressure.

  Fraser, P. J. & Shelmerdine, R., 31 Jan 2002, In : Nature. 415, 6867, p. 495-496

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • fishes
  • hair
  • hydrostatic pressure
  • invertebrates
  • angular acceleration
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Effects of gravity and hydrostatic pressure on angular acceleration coding sensory neurons in the crag and dogfish

  Fraser, P. J., Shelmerdine, R., Findlay, R. F., Cruickshank, S. F., Macdonald, A. G., Tawse, L. & Taylor, G. G., 2002, In : Proceedings of the European Symposium on Life in Space for Life on Earth. 501, p. 269-270

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
• 2001

  Patterns in the diet of Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) from the Falkland Islands jigging fishery

  Mouat, B., Collins, M. A. & Pompert, J., 1 Jun 2001, In : Fisheries Research. 52, 1-2, p. 41-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Illex argentinus
  • Ommastrephidae
  • Falkland Islands
  • Cephalopoda
  • eating habits
  28 Citations (Scopus)
• 1984

  Ovulatory rhythms and over-ripening of eggs in cultivated turbot, Scophthalmus maximus L.

  McEvoy, L., 1984, In : Journal of Fish Biology. 24, 4, p. 437-448 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Scophthalmus maximus
  • turbot
  • ripening
  • egg
  • ovulation
  115 Citations (Scopus)