DOCSLIB.ORG

SAMS News Feb 05

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

The Scottish Association for Marine Science | NEWSLETTER 29 SAMS ISBN 1475-7214 NEW SAMS LABORATORY OPENED! INSHORE CORAL REEF DISCOVERED IN SCOTLAND SEE PAGE 8 March | 05 CoastNET Conference Scottish Marine Group Aquaculture Today 2005 Palaeoclimate Change: High Coastal Spatial Strategies Postgraduate Marine Science 13-14 April 2005 Lattitudes and Ocean Circulation 15 March 2005 Research Topics Edinburgh Mariott Hotel 2-3 June 2005 University of Gent, Belgium 6 April 2005, 10 am – 4 pm www.aquaculturetoday.co.uk Geological Society of London Email: [email protected] The Bute Medical Building www.nerc.ac.uk/funding/earthsci/ www.coastnet.org.uk St Andrews University 2nd European Forum of Young iodpconference.shtml Contact: [email protected] Oceanographers SAMS Open Evening 11-13 May 2005 GLOBEC, IMBER, SCOR, 4 April 2005, 5.30 – 8.00 pm Biological Recording In Scotland Wimereux, France GEOHAB, NERC & CASIX SAMS, Oban Recording & Monitoring the Email: [email protected] Advances in Marine Ecosystem www.sams.ac.uk Marine and Coastal Habitat Modelling Research 9 April 2005 GLOBEC Symposium 27-29 June 2005 Official Opening The Bute Medical Building Climate Variability and Sub- Plymouth Marine Laboratory European Centre for Marine St Andrews University Arctic Marine Ecosystems www.amemr.info/ www.brisc.org.uk Biotechnology 16-20 May 2005 Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE Victoria, Canada 6th International Crustacean 5 April 2005 Launch www.pml.ac.uk/globec Congress 2005 SAMS, Oban Sealice report Email: [email protected] 18-22 July 2005 Invitation only 11 April 2005 University of Glasgow SAMS, Oban www.gla.ac.uk/icc6 diaryEmail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Front cover: The new SAMS laboratory was opened on 6 April 2004 by HRH The Princess Royal. contents © Colin Griffiths, SAMS 03 SAMS news 07 Of otters and fish farms 11 Is marine management a myth? Opening of the new Coral reef found in Scottish waters 05 SAMS laboratory 08 12 Scientific diving The life and work of Studying sea urchins 06 William Speirs Bruce 10 Views expressed in this Newsletter are the views of the individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the views of SAMS. About SAMS SAMS Membership SAMS Board Ordinary: anyone interested in President The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) marine science. Professor Sir John P Arbuthnott is a Scottish charity (est. 1884), learned society, Subscription - £12 Vice Presidents and company limited by guarantee committed to Student: any person under 18, or Dr Ian J Graham-Bryce improve understanding and stewardship of the Professor Sir Frederick Holliday marine environment, through research, education, registered students at Higher Education Institutes. Professor Alasdair D McIntyre maintenance of facilities and technology transfer. Sir David Smith SAMS is a Collaborative Centre of the Natural Subscription - £5 Dr John H Steele Environment Research Council, and hosts the Corporate: organisations interested in Professor Sir William Stewart National Facility for Scientific Diving, and the Culture supporting marine science. Collection of Algae and Protozoa. It is an academic Professor S A Thorpe Subscription - £60 partner in UHI Millennium Institute under whose Council (Board of Directors) auspices SAMS delivers the BSc (Hons) Marine Unwaged: anyone without a regular Mr W H S Balfour Science, and trains ca 25 PhD students. wage. Subscription - £5 Professor I L Boyd Professor M J Cowling As the owner and operator of the Dunstaffnage For further information and application materials Mrs M M Crawford please contact the company secretary Mrs Elaine Marine Laboratory - three miles north of Oban - Dr A C Goodlad Walton ([email protected]). SAMS is an internationally renowned marine research Dr A MacKenzie establishment currently employing over 120 staff. Our Dr R Scrutton research activities encompass the entire breadth of Professor J Sprent marine science. SAMS focuses much of its scientific Editor activities on multidisciplinary research questions from Dr P Thompson Scottish coastal waters to the Arctic Ocean. Dr Anuschka Miller Mr R A Thwaites Mr I Townend SAMS, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, (Observers: Dr P Newton SAMS is funded by an agreement with the Natural Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK Environment Research Council for its Northern Seas Dr J Howarth) Tel 01631 559300 Programme, by commissioned research for other Board Members Fax 01631 559001 public and private organisations, and by donations Professor R. Cormack and subscriptions from its ca 600 members. SAMS Email [email protected] Professor R. Crofts operates SAMS Research Services Ltd, which delivers To keep up-to-date on events at SAMS, Lord Strathcona SAMS’ commercial activities including the European Centre for Marine Biotechnology and Seas@SAMS, please visit our website: Director and SAMS Ardtoe, an aquaculture research unit. www.sams.ac.uk Professor Graham B. Shimmield Designed by Design Links Edinburgh / Glasgow 02 The Scottish Association for Marine Science NEWSLETTER 29 Dear SAMS member Dr Anuschka Miller, EDITOR I suppose all of us involved with marine sustainably. In the annual Newth lecture science ponder from time to time whether ‘Is marine management a myth’?, what we do is of any value beyond that summarised on page 11, Dr Phil Williamson most noble human pursuit of gaining argues for an ecosystem-based approach knowledge and understanding of our as our best option for improved natural world. The importance of an management of our much pressured improved understanding of the sea has fisheries resources. recently become clear when tsunami disaster struck the coasts surrounding It has been over a year since the last the Indian Ocean without warning. The SAMS Newsletter was published, and relevance of marine science research is I should like to thank all members for also reflected in the many advances in their patience. The delay was due to exploiting natural marine resources – such positive developments as moving and the dilemma of not being equally into a grand new building and my joy of But we shall make it up to you this year – adequate at managing this exploitation becoming a mother for the first time… the next issue is already in production! SAMSnews Professor Graham B. Shimmield, DIRECTOR What a year it’s been! Since I last wrote < Pictured left: SAMS Director, Professor Graham this column, SAMS has expanded Shimmield, and Seafish Chief Executive, significantly, both our infrastructure, John Rutherford, agree the transfer of and our activities. ownership of the Ardtoe Sustainable Mariculture Research Unit to SAMS thanks to a package of support from Lochaber NEW DUNSTAFFNAGE MARINE Enterprise, the Highland Council, Highlands LABORATORY BUILDING & Islands Enterprise, and Seafish. At the beginning of 2004 all staff moved species culture with first class facilities, their offices and laboratories from the old Ardtoe complements much of the work 1960s facility into the new, purpose-built done at SAMS, and the two organisations laboratory building at Dunstaffnage. We had been collaborating over many years. celebrated this new phase in the long At a time when wild fish stocks are under history of SAMS on 6th April 2004 with a the dedication. Bruce’s biography is intense pressure, research into rearing grand opening event attended by HRH summarised on page 6. finfish in cultivation is of importance both The Princess Royal alongside around 80 to the environment and to the people of dignitaries from academia, politics, SAMS ARDTOE LTD Scotland. At SAMS we are happy that we business and the local community. We were in a position to contribute to the share some of the highlights of the day SAMS has further expanded by taking on continued survival of the excellent facility with you in the picture diary on page 5 a second site. Thanks to support from and research at Ardtoe. of this Newsletter. Lochaber Enterprise, the Highland Council, Highlands & Islands Enterprise, and the Dr Kenny Black from SAMS is acting On the day, we dedicated the new SAMS Sea Fish Industry Authority, SAMS could director of SAMS Ardtoe, and together conference room to William Speirs Bruce, acquire the Ardtoe Marine Farming Unit with the staff at Ardtoe is developing a Scotland’s great pioneering marine polar from Seafish in late October 2003. Ardtoe world-class facility for fundamental and scientist and leader of the Scottish National is now managed as a SAMS subsidiary applied research in fish biology and Antarctic Expedition. The increasing focus under the name of SAMS Ardtoe Ltd. environmental interactions. Research on at SAMS on polar research, especially the cultivation of marine finfish species Northern Seas, made this dedication to For many years Ardtoe researchers continues. The three most recent Bruce, whose achievements have only including Drs Jim Treasurer and Chris researchers to join Ardtoe, Drs Ben recently started to receive the recognition Cutts have been at the forefront of the Wilson, Dave Schoeman and Tim Atack, they deserve, very appropriate. We were development of halibut and later cod significantly widen the research portfolio. fortunate that in Sir Wally Herbert we had rearing in the UK. The first farmed haddock I would like to use this opportunity to another polar explorer among our guests, in Europe was grown at Ardtoe, and warmly welcome all Ardtoe staff – new and who – on the 25th anniversary of his own Ardtoe staff pursue projects on fish feed old – to SAMS, and to thank them for their reaching the North Pole on foot – made and nutrition. As a world leader in marine great enthusiasm. The Scottish Association for Marine Science NEWSLETTER 29 03 SAMSnews CONT. in benthic taxonomy, continues to conduct benthic surveys and coastal environmental impact assessments – from project management, field surveys and advisory roles through to taxonomic analysis, training and reporting. The customer base had previously been restricted to the aquaculture industry and the regulatory sector, but with the added resource and skills base available within SAMS, Seas@SAMS may now additional be in a position to offer its services to the oil and gas industry, the offshore wind energy sector, and port authorities.
Recommended publications
  • Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006

    Coastal Monitoring Project 2004-2006

    COASTAL MONITORING PROJECT 2004-2006 By Tim Ryle, Anne Murray, Kieran Connolly & Melinda Swann A Report to the National Parks and Wildlife Service, Dublin. 2009 Coastal Monitoring Project Coastal Monitoring Project EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Irish coastline, including the islands, extends to 6,000 kilometres, of which approximately 750 kilometres is sandy. The sand dune resource is under threat from a number of impacts – primarily natural erosion, changes in agricultural practices and development of land for housing, tourism and recreational purposes. This project, carried out on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), is designed to meet Ireland’s obligation under Article 17 of the EU Habitats Directive, in relation to reporting on the conservation status of Annex I sand dune habitats in Ireland. The following habitats were assessed: 1210 – Annual vegetation of driftlines 1220 – Perennial vegetation of stony banks 2110 – Embryonic shifting dunes 2120 – Shifting dunes along the shoreline with Ammophila arenaria 2130 – Fixed coastal dunes with herbaceous vegetation (grey dunes) 2140 – Decalcified fixed dunes with Empetrum nigrum 2150 – Atlantic decalcified fixed dunes (Calluno-Ulicetea) 2170 – Dunes with Salix repens ssp. argentea (Salicion arenariea) 2190 – Humid dune slacks 21A0 – Machairs The project is notable in that it represents the first comprehensive assessments of sand dune systems and their habitats in Ireland. Over the course of the three field seasons (2004-2006), all known sites for sand dunes in Ireland were assessed (only 4 sites were not visited owing to access problems). The original inventory of sand dune systems by Curtis (1991a) listed 168 sites for the Republic of Ireland.
  • Ramsar Sites in Order of Addition to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance

    Ramsar Sites in Order of Addition to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance

    Ramsar sites in order of addition to the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance RS# Country Site Name Desig’n Date 1 Australia Cobourg Peninsula 8-May-74 2 Finland Aspskär 28-May-74 3 Finland Söderskär and Långören 28-May-74 4 Finland Björkör and Lågskär 28-May-74 5 Finland Signilskär 28-May-74 6 Finland Valassaaret and Björkögrunden 28-May-74 7 Finland Krunnit 28-May-74 8 Finland Ruskis 28-May-74 9 Finland Viikki 28-May-74 10 Finland Suomujärvi - Patvinsuo 28-May-74 11 Finland Martimoaapa - Lumiaapa 28-May-74 12 Finland Koitilaiskaira 28-May-74 13 Norway Åkersvika 9-Jul-74 14 Sweden Falsterbo - Foteviken 5-Dec-74 15 Sweden Klingavälsån - Krankesjön 5-Dec-74 16 Sweden Helgeån 5-Dec-74 17 Sweden Ottenby 5-Dec-74 18 Sweden Öland, eastern coastal areas 5-Dec-74 19 Sweden Getterön 5-Dec-74 20 Sweden Store Mosse and Kävsjön 5-Dec-74 21 Sweden Gotland, east coast 5-Dec-74 22 Sweden Hornborgasjön 5-Dec-74 23 Sweden Tåkern 5-Dec-74 24 Sweden Kvismaren 5-Dec-74 25 Sweden Hjälstaviken 5-Dec-74 26 Sweden Ånnsjön 5-Dec-74 27 Sweden Gammelstadsviken 5-Dec-74 28 Sweden Persöfjärden 5-Dec-74 29 Sweden Tärnasjön 5-Dec-74 30 Sweden Tjålmejaure - Laisdalen 5-Dec-74 31 Sweden Laidaure 5-Dec-74 32 Sweden Sjaunja 5-Dec-74 33 Sweden Tavvavuoma 5-Dec-74 34 South Africa De Hoop Vlei 12-Mar-75 35 South Africa Barberspan 12-Mar-75 36 Iran, I. R.
  • Price Guide of £100,000 Plot & Croftland, Ardtoe

    Price Guide of £100,000 Plot & Croftland, Ardtoe

    PLOT & CROFTLAND, ARDTOE, ACHARACLE, ARDNUMURACHAN PENINSULA. PRICE GUIDE OF £100,000 LOCATION: McIntyre & Company, Tranquil location on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula Ardtoe is located close to the glorious Kentra Bay, and the main 38 High Street, Fort William, Set amongst stunning mountain scenery village of Acharacle. There are lots of historic sites, beaches and PH33 6AT Enjoying views over Kentra Bay castles nearby as well as it being accessible to the Isles Mull. Tel: 01397 703231 Plot extending to approx 0.261 hectare Ardtoe is primarily serviced by Acharacle a semi-rural village Croftland included extends to approx 0.6707 hectare Fax: 01397 705070 which is very well equipped with amenities to include a large, Planning in Principal for 1½ story dwelling E-mail: [email protected] well-stocked and licensed grocery shop, bakery with café Website: www.solicitors-scotland.com attached, garage, internet coffee shop, a hotel and restaurants. Acharacle has an established and vibrant community, many of These particulars are not guaranteed and are not to be incorporated into any formal missives of sale/ SERVICES: purchase to follow hereon. The measurements and conversions are approximations only and are not be founded upon. Offers should be submitted to the Selling Agents in Scottish Legal Terms. The Seller will whom support and engage in various activities at the local not be bound to accept the highest, or indeed any offer. Interested parties should register their interest The plot is situated off the B8044 and enjoys an idyllic and with the Selling Agents lest a closing date for offers is set, but the Seller will not be obliged to proceed to Community Hall to include regular church luncheons, coffee a closing date.
  • Bunduff Lough and Machair Trawalua Mullaghmore

    Bunduff Lough and Machair Trawalua Mullaghmore

    NPWS Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC (site code: 625) Conservation objectives supporting document - Marine Habitats Version 1 February 2015 Introduction Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC is designated for the marine Annex I qualifying interests of Mudflats and sandflats not covered by seawater at low tide, Large shallow inlets and bays and Reefs (Figures 1, 2 and 3). The Annex I habitat Large shallow inlets and bays is a large physiographic feature that may wholly or partly incorporate other Annex I habitats including mudflats and sandflats and reefs within its area. A BioMar survey of this site was carried out in 1994 (Picton and Costello, 1997) and subtidal and intertidal surveys were undertaken in 2011 and 2012 (MERC, 2012a and b); InfoMar (Ireland’s national marine mapping programme) data from the site was also reviewed. These data were used to determine the physical and biological nature of this SAC. Aspects of the biology and ecology of the Annex I habitat are provided in Section 1. The corresponding site-specific conservation objectives will facilitate Ireland delivering on its surveillance and reporting obligations under the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EC). Ireland also has an obligation to ensure that consent decisions concerning operations/activities planned for Natura 2000 sites are informed by an appropriate assessment where the likelihood of such operations or activities having a significant effect on the site cannot be excluded. Further ancillary information concerning the practical application of the site-specific objectives and targets in the completion of such assessments is provided in Section 2. 2 Section 1 Principal Benthic Communities Within Bunduff Lough and Machair/Trawalua/Mullaghmore SAC, three community types are recorded.
  • Representations of Antarctic Exploration by Lesser Known Heroic Era Photographers

    Representations of Antarctic Exploration by Lesser Known Heroic Era Photographers

    Filtering ‘ways of seeing’ through their lenses: representations of Antarctic exploration by lesser known Heroic Era photographers. Patricia Margaret Millar B.A. (1972), B.Ed. (Hons) (1999), Ph.D. (Ed.) (2005), B.Ant.Stud. (Hons) (2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science – Social Sciences. University of Tasmania 2013 This thesis contains no material which has been accepted for a degree or diploma by the University or any other institution, except by way of background information and duly acknowledged in the thesis, and to the best of my knowledge and belief no material previously published or written by another person except where due acknowledgement is made in the text of the thesis. ………………………………….. ………………….. Patricia Margaret Millar Date This thesis may be made available for loan and limited copying in accordance with the Copyright Act 1968. ………………………………….. ………………….. Patricia Margaret Millar Date ii Abstract Photographers made a major contribution to the recording of the Heroic Era of Antarctic exploration. By far the best known photographers were the professionals, Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley, hired to photograph British and Australasian expeditions. But a great number of photographs were also taken on Belgian, German, Swedish, French, Norwegian and Japanese expeditions. These were taken by amateurs, sometimes designated official photographers, often scientists recording their research. Apart from a few Pole-reaching images from the Norwegian expedition, these lesser known expedition photographers and their work seldom feature in the scholarly literature on the Heroic Era, but they, too, have their importance. They played a vital role in the growing understanding and advancement of Antarctic science; they provided visual evidence of their nation’s determination to penetrate the polar unknown; and they played a formative role in public perceptions of Antarctic geopolitics.
  • Antarctica: Music, Sounds and Cultural Connections

    Antarctica: Music, Sounds and Cultural Connections

    Antarctica Music, sounds and cultural connections Antarctica Music, sounds and cultural connections Edited by Bernadette Hince, Rupert Summerson and Arnan Wiesel Published by ANU Press The Australian National University Acton ACT 2601, Australia Email: [email protected] This title is also available online at http://press.anu.edu.au National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Title: Antarctica - music, sounds and cultural connections / edited by Bernadette Hince, Rupert Summerson, Arnan Wiesel. ISBN: 9781925022285 (paperback) 9781925022292 (ebook) Subjects: Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914)--Centennial celebrations, etc. Music festivals--Australian Capital Territory--Canberra. Antarctica--Discovery and exploration--Australian--Congresses. Antarctica--Songs and music--Congresses. Other Creators/Contributors: Hince, B. (Bernadette), editor. Summerson, Rupert, editor. Wiesel, Arnan, editor. Australian National University School of Music. Antarctica - music, sounds and cultural connections (2011 : Australian National University). Dewey Number: 780.789471 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Cover design and layout by ANU Press Cover photo: Moonrise over Fram Bank, Antarctica. Photographer: Steve Nicol © Printed by Griffin Press This edition © 2015 ANU Press Contents Preface: Music and Antarctica . ix Arnan Wiesel Introduction: Listening to Antarctica . 1 Tom Griffiths Mawson’s musings and Morse code: Antarctic silence at the end of the ‘Heroic Era’, and how it was lost . 15 Mark Pharaoh Thulia: a Tale of the Antarctic (1843): The earliest Antarctic poem and its musical setting . 23 Elizabeth Truswell Nankyoku no kyoku: The cultural life of the Shirase Antarctic Expedition 1910–12 .
  • Rosslare Wexford County (Ireland)

    Rosslare Wexford County (Ireland)

    EUROSION Case Study ROSSLARE WEXFORD COUNTY (IRELAND) Contact: Paul SISTERMANS Odelinde NIEUWENHUIS DHV group Laan 1914 nr.35, 3818 EX Amersfoort 21 PO Box 219 3800 AE Amersfoort The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)33 468 37 00 Fax: +31 (0)33 468 37 48 [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] 1 EUROSION Case Study 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE AREA 1.1 Physical process level 1.1.1 Classification Unlike the UK, Ireland has been rising out of the sea since the last ice age. Scientists think that the island has stopped rising and the sea level rise will become a bigger threat in the future. The biggest threat is climate change. The increase in sea level and high tides will produce a new threat to the coastline and with it fears for buildings and infrastructure along the shore. The case area is located at St. Georges Channel. The case area consists of soft glacial cliffs at the southern end and sandy beaches at the northern end. According to the typology in the scoping study the case area consists of: 1b. Tide-dominated sediment. Plains. Barrier dune coasts Fig. 1: Location of case area. 2a. Soft cliffs High and low glacial sea cliffs. 1.1.2 Geology Coast of Ireland Topography, together with linked geological controls, result in extensive rock dominated- and cliffed coastlines for the southwest, west and north of Ireland. In contrast, the east and southeastern coasts are comprised of unconsolidated Quaternary aged sediments and less rock exposures. Glacial and fluvial action however, has also created major sedimentary areas on western coasts.
  • Characterising Archaeology in Machair

    Characterising Archaeology in Machair

    Characterising archaeology in machair John Barber AOC Archaeology Group Scottish Archaeological Internet Report 48, 2011 www.sair.org.uk CONTENTS List of Illustrations. 40 1 Abstract . .41 2 Introduction. 42 3 Distinguishing ‘Archaeology’ from ‘Not Archaeology’. 44 4 Characterising Archaeological Deposits and Formations . .45 4.1 Dynamism and sensitivity: processes of whole-site formation. 4 4.1.1 Deflation . 47 4.1.2 Conflation. 47 4.1.3 Diachronic deposits. 47 5 Deposit Formation . .48 .1 Dump deposits. 48 .2 Midden . 48 .3 Anthropic deposits . 48 .4 Midden sites . 49 . Cultivated deposits . 49 6 Preservation in Machair Soils . 50 6.1 Chronology building on machair sites . 0 6.2 Loss of sediments . 0 6.3 Practical problems in the use of radiocarbon dating on machair sites . 0 7 Curatorial Response. 52 8 References . .53 39 LIST OF ILLUStrations 1 Models of machair evolution (after Ritchie 1979). 43 2 a, b, c Plates showing development of settlement-related deposits. 4 3 The domed structure of the site at Baleshare, with cross-section.. 46 40 1 ABSTRACT This paper deals with methodological issues building can lead to misleading results. Rather, the involved in excavating in the machair, shell-sand focus must be on understanding and dating the systems of the Outer Hebrides and the West Coast sedimentary sequence and then intercalating the of Scotland. The machair system is character- sequence of human activities into that depositional ised by high rates of change, driven by Aeolian chronology. The almost universal availability of forces, interspersed with which human settle- radiometrically datable organic materials is vitiated ment intermittently occupied sites and altered by the difficulties they pose for dating, and careful the depositional regime, only in turn to have its selection from taphonomically sound contexts is deposits altered by subsequent human and natural a sine qua non.
  • The Invertebrate Fauna of Dune and Machair Sites In

    The Invertebrate Fauna of Dune and Machair Sites In

    INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL) REPORT TO THE NATURE CONSERVANCY COUNCIL ON THE INVERTEBRATE FAUNA OF DUNE AND MACHAIR SITES IN SCOTLAND Vol I Introduction, Methods and Analysis of Data (63 maps, 21 figures, 15 tables, 10 appendices) NCC/NE RC Contract No. F3/03/62 ITE Project No. 469 Monks Wood Experimental Station Abbots Ripton Huntingdon Cambs September 1979 This report is an official document prepared under contract between the Nature Conservancy Council and the Natural Environment Research Council. It should not be quoted without permission from both the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology and the Nature Conservancy Council. (i) Contents CAPTIONS FOR MAPS, TABLES, FIGURES AND ArPENDICES 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 OBJECTIVES 2 3 METHODOLOGY 2 3.1 Invertebrate groups studied 3 3.2 Description of traps, siting and operating efficiency 4 3.3 Trapping period and number of collections 6 4 THE STATE OF KNOWL:DGE OF THE SCOTTISH SAND DUNE FAUNA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SURVEY 7 5 SYNOPSIS OF WEATHER CONDITIONS DURING THE SAMPLING PERIODS 9 5.1 Outer Hebrides (1976) 9 5.2 North Coast (1976) 9 5.3 Moray Firth (1977) 10 5.4 East Coast (1976) 10 6. THE FAUNA AND ITS RANGE OF VARIATION 11 6.1 Introduction and methods of analysis 11 6.2 Ordinations of species/abundance data 11 G. Lepidoptera 12 6.4 Coleoptera:Carabidae 13 6.5 Coleoptera:Hydrophilidae to Scolytidae 14 6.6 Araneae 15 7 THE INDICATOR SPECIES ANALYSIS 17 7.1 Introduction 17 7.2 Lepidoptera 18 7.3 Coleoptera:Carabidae 19 7.4 Coleoptera:Hydrophilidae to Scolytidae
  • The Implications of Climate Change for Coastal Habitats in the Uists, Outer Hebrides

    The Implications of Climate Change for Coastal Habitats in the Uists, Outer Hebrides

    Ocean & Coastal Management 94 (2014) 38e43 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Ocean & Coastal Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ocecoaman The implications of climate change for coastal habitats in the Uists, Outer Hebrides Stewart Angus* Scottish Natural Heritage, Great Glen House, Leachkin Road, Inverness, Scotland IV3 8NW, United Kingdom article info abstract Article history: The low-lying, relatively flat landscape of the western seaboard of the Uists has a particular vulnerability Available online 27 March 2014 to climate change, especially to rising sea levels. Winter water tables are high, and a high proportion of the area is permanent open water and marsh. Any changes in aquatic relationships could pose serious problems for the Uist environment, where the closely inter-connected habitats are internationally rec- ognised for their conservation value. The uncertainty of most aspects of climate change is imposed upon an existing level of high climatic variability in the Western Isles, greatly complicating local habitat and land use scenarios, but rising sea level, possibly the most threatening aspect of climate change, is a certainty. Rising sea level alone has the potential to raise water levels within the islands by progressively reducing the effectiveness of an ageing drainage network, not only raising water levels, but possibly also facilitating saline infiltration of the water table. This raises problems for habitats, species, and for land users, in islands where habitat processes and human interaction with the environment have always been particularly closely linked. Ó 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction generally alkaline because of its high shell content, while the landward blanket bogs are often highly acid.
  • International Passenger Survey, 2008

    International Passenger Survey, 2008

    UK Data Archive Study Number 5993 - International Passenger Survey, 2008 Airline code Airline name Code 2L 2L Helvetic Airways 26099 2M 2M Moldavian Airlines (Dump 31999 2R 2R Star Airlines (Dump) 07099 2T 2T Canada 3000 Airln (Dump) 80099 3D 3D Denim Air (Dump) 11099 3M 3M Gulf Stream Interntnal (Dump) 81099 3W 3W Euro Manx 01699 4L 4L Air Astana 31599 4P 4P Polonia 30699 4R 4R Hamburg International 08099 4U 4U German Wings 08011 5A 5A Air Atlanta 01099 5D 5D Vbird 11099 5E 5E Base Airlines (Dump) 11099 5G 5G Skyservice Airlines 80099 5P 5P SkyEurope Airlines Hungary 30599 5Q 5Q EuroCeltic Airways 01099 5R 5R Karthago Airlines 35499 5W 5W Astraeus 01062 6B 6B Britannia Airways 20099 6H 6H Israir (Airlines and Tourism ltd) 57099 6N 6N Trans Travel Airlines (Dump) 11099 6Q 6Q Slovak Airlines 30499 6U 6U Air Ukraine 32201 7B 7B Kras Air (Dump) 30999 7G 7G MK Airlines (Dump) 01099 7L 7L Sun d'Or International 57099 7W 7W Air Sask 80099 7Y 7Y EAE European Air Express 08099 8A 8A Atlas Blue 35299 8F 8F Fischer Air 30399 8L 8L Newair (Dump) 12099 8Q 8Q Onur Air (Dump) 16099 8U 8U Afriqiyah Airways 35199 9C 9C Gill Aviation (Dump) 01099 9G 9G Galaxy Airways (Dump) 22099 9L 9L Colgan Air (Dump) 81099 9P 9P Pelangi Air (Dump) 60599 9R 9R Phuket Airlines 66499 9S 9S Blue Panorama Airlines 10099 9U 9U Air Moldova (Dump) 31999 9W 9W Jet Airways (Dump) 61099 9Y 9Y Air Kazakstan (Dump) 31599 A3 A3 Aegean Airlines 22099 A7 A7 Air Plus Comet 25099 AA AA American Airlines 81028 AAA1 AAA Ansett Air Australia (Dump) 50099 AAA2 AAA Ansett New Zealand (Dump)
  • A NTARCTIC Southpole-Sium

    A NTARCTIC Southpole-Sium

    N ORWAY A N D THE A N TARCTIC SouthPole-sium v.3 Oslo, Norway • 12-14 May 2017 Compiled and produced by Robert B. Stephenson. E & TP-32 2 Norway and the Antarctic 3 This edition of 100 copies was issued by The Erebus & Terror Press, Jaffrey, New Hampshire, for those attending the SouthPole-sium v.3 Oslo, Norway 12-14 May 2017. Printed at Savron Graphics Jaffrey, New Hampshire May 2017 ❦ 4 Norway and the Antarctic A Timeline to 2006 • Late 18th Vessels from several nations explore around the unknown century continent in the south, and seal hunting began on the islands around the Antarctic. • 1820 Probably the first sighting of land in Antarctica. The British Williams exploration party led by Captain William Smith discovered the northwest coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. The Russian Vostok and Mirnyy expedition led by Thaddeus Thadevich Bellingshausen sighted parts of the continental coast (Dronning Maud Land) without recognizing what they had seen. They discovered Peter I Island in January of 1821. • 1841 James Clark Ross sailed with the Erebus and the Terror through the ice in the Ross Sea, and mapped 900 kilometres of the coast. He discovered Ross Island and Mount Erebus. • 1892-93 Financed by Chr. Christensen from Sandefjord, C. A. Larsen sailed the Jason in search of new whaling grounds. The first fossils in Antarctica were discovered on Seymour Island, and the eastern part of the Antarctic Peninsula was explored to 68° 10’ S. Large stocks of whale were reported in the Antarctic and near South Georgia, and this discovery paved the way for the large-scale whaling industry and activity in the south.