UHI Shetland

Research output

Research output per year 1982 2014 2015 2016 2017 2022 2024

• 130 Article
• 67 Other report
• 25 Commissioned report
• 19 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
• 130 More
  • 19 Paper
  • 18 Exhibition
  • 17 Other contribution
  • 13 Conference contribution
  • 11 Chapter
  • 10 Poster
  • 8 Book
  • 6 Editorial
  • 5 Other chapter contribution
  • 4 Artefact
  • 4 Doctoral Thesis (not awarded by UHI)
  • 3 Abstract
  • 3 Working paper
  • 2 Conference article
  • 2 Letter
  • 2 Review article
  • 2 Special issue
  • 1 Web publication/site

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2015

  Northern Maps: re-negotiating space and place in the Northern Isles and Norway in the eighteenth century

  Reeploeg, S., May 2015, In: Northern Scotland. 6, 1, p. 24-48 24 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Norway 100%
  • Maps 100%
  • Cartography 50%
  • Narrative 50%
  • Practice 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  535 Downloads (Pure)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Islands 100%
  • Surveys 100%
  • Environment 33%
  • Literature 33%
  • Monitoring 33%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

  104 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Understanding 100%
  • Specific Industry 100%
  • Economic and Social Development 100%
  • Planning 100%
  • Identification 100%
  103 Citations (Scopus)

  227 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  A comparative study of Alexandrium tamarense cyst distribution in Belfast Lough

  Blanco, E. P. & Lewis, J., 28 May 2014, In: European Journal of Phycology. 49, 2, p. 255-263 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Toxicity 100%
  • Anthropogenic Activity 50%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Cable Crossings: The Aran Jumper as Myth and Merchandise

  Carden, S., 30 Jun 2014, In: Costume. 48, 2, p. 260-275 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Myth 100%
  • Merchandise 100%
  • Narrative 50%
  • Interpretation 33%
  • Migration 33%
  15 Citations (Scopus)

• 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 › peer-review

  • Utilization 100%
  • Datum 100%
  • Collection 100%
  • Cartography 100%
  • Marine Spatial Planning 100%
  48 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Tidal Power 100%
  • Wave Power 100%
  • Policy 75%
  • Model 50%
  13 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Knowledge 100%
  • Datum 100%
  • Species 100%
  • North Sea 100%
  • Abundance 100%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

  97 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Fishery 100%
  • Area 100%
  • Habitat 100%
  • Implication 100%
  • Habitats 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  109 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Impact 100%
  • Option 100%
  • Marine Spatial Planning 100%
  • Model 66%
  33 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Record 100%
  • Range Expansion 100%
  • Scotland 75%
  • Species 75%

• 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Datum 100%
  • Collection 100%
  • Marine Environment 100%
  • Cartography 100%
  49 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Evaluation 100%
  • Marine Spatial Planning 100%
  • Water 40%
  • Experience 40%
  36 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Investigation 100%
  • Complexity 100%
  • North Sea 100%
  • Case Studies 100%
  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis 100%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

  93 Downloads (Pure)

• Validation of the detection of Alexandrium species using specific RNA probes tested in a microarray format: Calibration of signal using variability of RNA content with environmental conditions

  Taylor, J. D., Kegel, J. U., Lewis, J. M. & Medlin, L. K., 1 Jul 2014, In: Harmful Algae. 37, p. 17-27 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Variability 100%
  • Probe 57%
  • Dinoflagellate 16%
  • Temperature 16%
  • Genus 16%
  12 Citations (Scopus)
• 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 › peer-review

  • Water 100%
  • Age 100%
  • Length 100%
  • Lophius piscatorius 100%
  • Anglerfish 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

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

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

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  File

  • Occurrence 100%
  • Length 100%
  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis 100%
  • Pleuronectiformes 100%
  • Scophthalmidae 100%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  89 Downloads (Pure)

• Evaluation of the MIDTAL microarray chip for monitoring toxic microalgae in the Orkney Islands, U.K.

  Taylor, J. D., Berzano, M., Percy, L. & Lewis, J., 6 Jan 2013, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 20, 10, p. 6765-6777 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Contaminated Shellfish 100%
  • Ribosome RNA 100%
  • Harmful Alga 100%
  • Large Subunit Ribosomal RNA 100%
  18 Citations (Scopus)

• 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 › peer-review

  • Scotland 100%
  • Joint (Junction) 100%
  • Event 50%
  • Norway 50%
  • Marriage 50%

• MIDTAL (Microarrays for the Detection of toxic Algae)

  Medlin, L. K., Montresor, M., Graneli, E., Reugera, B., Raine, R., Edvardsen, B., Lewis, J., Elliott, C., Pazos, Y. & Maranda, L., 29 Aug 2013, In: Phytotaxa. 127, 1, p. 201-210 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Toxin 100%
  • Ribosome RNA 50%
  • Probe 40%
  • Monospecific Antibody 20%
  • Light Microscopy 20%
  12 Citations (Scopus)

• Reading Material Culture in the North Atlantic: traditional wooden boxes as intercultural objects

  Reeploeg, S., Dec 2013, In: Journal of the North Atlantic. 4, p. 52-60 8 p., 6.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Tradition 100%
  • Intercultural 100%
  • Material Culture 100%
  • Object 100%
  • North Atlantic 100%
  475 Downloads (Pure)
• 2012

  Infra red spectroscopy, flash pyrolysis, thermally assisted hydrolysis and methylation (THM) in the presence of tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) of cultured and sediment-derived Lingulodinium polyedrum (Dinoflagellata) cyst walls

  Blokker, P., Bogus, K. A., Harding, I. C., Lewis, J., Oltmanns, S., Rochon, A. & Zonneveld, K. A. F., 28 Feb 2012, In: Organic Geochemistry. 43, p. 92-102 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Thermally Assisted Pyrolysis 100%
  • Tetramethylammonium Hydroxide 100%
  • Flash Pyrolysis 100%
  • Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography Mass Spectroscopy 33%
  • Vitamin E 33%
  49 Citations (Scopus)

• Making space for tourists with minority languages: the case of Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter

  Carden, S., 24 Feb 2012, In: Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 10, 1, p. 51-64 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Belfast 100%
  • Tourist 100%
  • Minority Language 100%
  • Awards 25%
  • Identity 25%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Investigation 100%
  • North Sea 100%
  • Life History 100%
  • Spatial Variation 100%
  • Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

  70 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 › peer-review

• Journal of Design Practice and Research Volume 1. 2011

  Lambert, I., MacLeod, M., Firth, R., Winton, E., Dean, M., Innes, M., Jamieson, K., Macdonald, I. & Titley, W., 31 Oct 2011, In: Journal of Design Practice and Research. 1, p. 1-40 40 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Research 100%
  • Design 100%
  • Practice 100%
  • Design Research 100%
  • Design Practice 100%
• 2010

  A quantitative real-time PCR assay for the identification and enumeration of Alexandrium cysts in marine sediments

  Erdner, D. L., Percy, L., Keafer, B., Lewis, J. & Anderson, D. M., 1 Feb 2010, In: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 57, 3-4, p. 279-287 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 20%
  • Reagent 6%
  • Breakage 6%
  • Molecular Biology 6%
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Intercultural Opportunities and Regional Identity: Nordic Voices in Scottish Literature

  Reeploeg, S., 2010, In: eSharp. 15, 1, p. 112-132 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Scottish literature 100%
  • Intercultural 100%
  • Literature 100%
  • Intercultural Communication 100%
  • Communities 50%
  136 Downloads (Pure)

• 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 › peer-review

  • Scotland 100%
  • Island 100%
  • Europe 100%
  • Species 100%
  • Record 100%

• Nordic Regions of Culture: Norway and Shetland - intercultural links, regionalisation and communities of narrative after 1770

  Reeploeg, S., 2010, In: Scandinavica An International Journal of Scandinavian Studies. 49, 2, p. 74-75 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Intercultural 100%
  • Shetland 100%
  • Culture 100%
  • Norway 100%
  • Narrative 100%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

  60 Downloads (Pure)

• Outbreeding lethality between toxic Group I and nontoxic Group III Alexandrium tamarense spp. isolates: Predominance of heterotypic encystment and implications for mating interactions and biogeography

  Brosnahan, M. L., Kulis, D. M., Solow, A. R., Erdner, D. L., Percy, L., Lewis, J. & Anderson, D. M., 1 Feb 2010, In: Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography. 57, 3-4, p. 175-189 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Implication 100%
  • Outbreeding 100%
  • Culture 50%
  • Selectivity 50%
  • Coculture 50%
  50 Citations (Scopus)

• 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Metaphor 100%
  • Shetland 100%
  • Cultural History 100%
  • Norse 100%
  • Tradition 75%
  345 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 › peer-review

  File

  • Pollachius virens 100%
  • Design 66%
  • Reels 66%
  • Information 33%
  • Water 33%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  103 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 or web blog › Article

• The germination characteristics of Alexandrium minutum (Dinophyceae), a toxic dinoflagellate from the Fal estuary (UK)

  Blanco, E. P., Lewis, J. & Aldridge, J., 1 Feb 2009, In: Harmful Algae. 8, 3, p. 518-522 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dinoflagellate 100%
  • Dinophyceae 100%
  • Alexandrium minutum 100%
  • Germination 100%
  • Sediments 36%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• The Gonyaulax spinifera (Dinophyceae) "complex": Perpetuating the paradox?

  Rochon, A., Lewis, J., Ellegaard, M. & Harding, I. C., 1 May 2009, In: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 155, 1-2, p. 52-60 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cyst 100%
  • Specimen 100%
  • Paradox 100%
  • Encystment 100%
  • Salinity 60%
  66 Citations (Scopus)

• Violent Memories

  Carden, S., 2009, In: Irish Journal of Anthropology . 11, 2, p. 25-30

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 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 › peer-review

  • Water 100%
  • Depth 100%
  • Females 100%
  • Males 75%
  • Area 50%
  6 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 › peer-review

  • Depth 100%
  • Hydrostatic Pressure 100%
  • Cycle 50%
  • Rate 33%
  • Angular Acceleration 33%
  9 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 › peer-review

  • Fishery 100%
  • Datum 100%
  • Information 100%
  • Quality 100%
  • Catch Rate 75%
  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., 31 Jan 2007, In: Fisheries Research. 83, 1, p. 105-112 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Panel 100%
  • Trial 100%
  • Mesh 100%
  • Square 100%
  • Whiting 22%
  20 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 › peer-review

  • Fishery 100%
  • Variation 100%
  • Management 100%
  • Implication 100%
  • Size 100%
  34 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 › peer-review

  • Lophius piscatorius 100%
  • Anglerfish 100%
  • Embryo 100%
  • Islands 50%
  • Island 50%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Comparison of performance of two size groups of farmed cod (Gadus morhua L.) juveniles following transfer to sea cages

  Watson, J. T., Sales, S., Cumming, G., Fitzsimmons, S. D., Walden, J., Arthur, G., Saravanan, S. & McEvoy, L. A., 1 Mar 2006, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. 63, 2, p. 340-345 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Juveniles 100%
  • Atlantic Cod Fish 100%
  • Cages 100%
  • Group Size 100%
  • Weight 50%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• In search of a northern Aesthetic

  Bloomer, P., 2006, In: New Shetlander . Simmer 2006, 236

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Esthetics 100%
  • Search 100%
  • Absence 66%
  • Vision 66%
  • Shapes 33%

• 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 › peer-review

  • Males 100%
  • Sharks 100%
  • Africans 100%
  • Angel Shark 100%
  • Females 100%
  10 Citations (Scopus)

• The cyst of the calcareous dinoflagellate Scrippsiella trifida: Resolving the fossil record of its organic wall with that of Alexandrium tamarense

  Head, M. J., Lewis, J. & De Vernal, A., 1 Jan 2006, In: Journal of Paleontology. 80, 1, p. 1-18 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Cyst 100%
  • Dinoflagellate 100%
  • Wall 100%
  • Fossil Record 100%
  • Area 22%
  48 Citations (Scopus)

• ‘“Who’s the Daddy?”: The 2005 Irish Arm Wrestling Championships’

  Carden, S., Jan 2006, In: Anthropology in Action . 13, 1-2, p. 93-98 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • History 100%
  • Irish Gaelic 100%
  • Belfast 100%
  • Identity 50%
  • Construction 50%
• 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 › peer-review

  • Island 100%
  • Growth 100%
  • Islands 100%
  • Lophius piscatorius 100%
  • Position (Location) 75%
  37 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 › peer-review

  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Island 100%
  • Diet 100%
  • Trophic Ecology 100%
  • Islands 100%
  30 Citations (Scopus)