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Researcher with the PREDICT project, focusing on novel sensors and technologies to improve understanding of environmental drivers of fish migration to predict times and places where fish-eating top predators will have increased likelihood of interacting with offshore windfarms.
- PhD researcher at ERI, UHI 2018-2022
- Project assistant/field ornithologist at BirdLife Sweden 2017-2018
- Project assistant at the Centre for Animal Movement Research (CAnMove) at Lund University, Sweden 2015-2018
- Field ornithologist at the Baltic Seabird Project, Sweden 2014-2017
Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Environmental Science, University of the Highlands and Islands, UK
- MSc in Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Lund University, Sweden
- BA in Biology, Boston College, USA
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations from the last five years
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Research output
- 11 Article
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Diet of the European Shag Gulosus aristotelis during the non-breeding season at a roost within a tidal channel
Isaksson, N., Fraser, S., Houghton, J. D. R., Williamson, B. J., Wilson, J. & Masden, E. A., 21 Feb 2024, In: Bird Study. 71, 1, p. 1-5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A paradigm for understanding whole ecosystem effects of offshore wind farms in shelf seas
Isaksson, N., Scott, B. E., Hunt, G., Benninghaus, E., Decclerk, M., Gormley, K., Harris, C., Sjöstrand, S., Trifonova, N., Waggitt, J., Wihsgott, J., Williams, C., Zampollo, A. & Williamson, B., 12 Dec 2023, In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. fsad194.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Successful trial of mist nets and whoosh nets to catch non-breeding European Shags Gulosus aristotelis at a daytime roost
Lopez, S. L., Isaksson, N., Fraser, S. & Masden, E. A., 10 May 2023, In: Ringing & Migration. p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bevarande av skräntärnan Hydroprogne caspia vid Sveriges största koloni
Lötberg, U., Isaksson, N., Söderlund, L. & Åkesson, S., 9 Jun 2022, In: Ornis Svecica. 32, p. 26-37 12 p.Translated title of the contribution :Conservation measures for the Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia at the largest colony in Sweden Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Paternal transmission of migration knowledge in a long-distance bird migrant
Byholm, P., Beal, M., Isaksson, N., Lötberg, U. & Åkesson, S., 23 Mar 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 1566.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Timing rather than movement decisions explains age-related differences in wind support for a migratory bird
Rueda-Uribe, C., Byholm, P., Lötberg, U., Isaksson, N., Beal, M., Raj Pant, S. & Åkesson, S., 24 Dec 2022, In: Animal Behaviour. 196, p. 23-42 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A mechanistic framework to inform the spatial management of conflicting fisheries and top predators
Hentati-Sundberg, J., Olin, A. B., Evans, T. J., Isaksson, N., Berglund, P. A. & Olsson, O., 6 Jan 2021, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 58, 1, p. 125-134 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access10 Citations (Scopus)
Press/Media
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What impact will the expansion of Offshore Wind Farms have on the marine ecosystem?
5/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
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Research from University of the Highlands and Islands in the Area of Wind Farms Published (A paradigm for understanding whole ecosystem effects of offshore wind farms in shelf seas)
Benjamin Williamson & Natalie Isaksson
1/01/24
1 item of Media coverage
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-University of Aberdeen : How innovation can help accelerate the shift to renewable energy and keep nature in mind
27/12/23
2 items of Media coverage
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Orsted: How innovation can help accelerate the shift to renewable energy and keep nature in mind
21/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
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News How innovation can help accelerate the shift to renewable energy and keep nature in mind
21/12/23
1 item of Media coverage
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Birds tagged with trackers as part of study into interaction with tidal turbines
28/09/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Thesis
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Seabird use of tidal stream environments and potential interactions with tidal energy devices
Author: Isaksson, N., 6 Apr 2023Supervisor: Masden, E. (Supervisor) & Benjamins, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by UHI)