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The : an Introduction

James G. Wilson Trinity College Dublin – Department of Zoology

Overviews:

Boelens, R.G.V. (1995). An integrated science programme for the Irish Sea: Synthesis and recommendations. Department of the Environment, Dublin, 36pp.

DETR (2000) Quality Status Report of the Marine and Coastal Areas of the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel 2000. Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions, London.

Dickson, R.R. and Boelens, R. G. V. (1988). The status of current knowledge on anthropogenic influences in the Irish Sea. ICES Cooperative Research report No. 155, Copenhagen.

ISSG (1990). The Irish Sea.4 volumes. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.

Lee, A.J. and Ramster, J.W. (1981). Atlas of the seas around the British Isles. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Lowestoft

Marine Institute (1999).’s Marine and Coastal Areas and Adjacent Seas: An Environmental Assessment. Marine Institute, Dublin, 388pp.

DETR (2000) Quality status report of the Marine and coastal areas of the Irish sea and the Bristol Channel. Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, London.

Fishing and Fisheries:

ICES STATLANT database at http://www.ices.dk/fish/statlant.htm

ISSG (1990). The Irish Sea.Volume 3: Exploitable living resources. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.

Moriarty, C. 1997. Fish and fisheries. In Nature in Ireland: a scientific and cultural history (eds J. W. Foster and H. C. G. Chesney). Lilliput Press, Dublin: 283-298.

Nash, R. D. M. 1998. Exploring the population dynamics of Irish Sea plaice, Pleuronectes platessa L., through the use of Paulik diagrams. Journal of Sea Research 40(1-2): 1-18. Tully, O. and Hillis, J. P. 1995. Causes and spatial scales of variability in population structure of Nephrops norvegicus (L.) in the Irish Sea. Fisheries Research 21(3-4): 329-347.

Oceanography, hydrography and sediments.

Cooper, L.H.N. (1967). The physical oceanography of the . Oceanography and Marine Biology. An Annual Review, 5, 99-110.

Davies, A. M. and Lawrence, J. (1996) Modelling the effect of wave-current interaction on the 3-D wind driven circulation of the eastern Irish Sea. Journal of Physical Oceanography 25, 29-45.

Devoy, R.J.N., (1989). The geological and changing physical environment of the Irish sea basin. In J.C. Sweeney (ed), The Irish Sea: A Resource at Risk. Geographical Society of Ireland, Special publications, 3, pp 5-17.

Dobson, M.R., Evans, W.E. and James, K.H. (1971). The sediment on the floor of the southern Irish Sea. Marine Geology, 11, 27-69.

Gibson, C, E., Stewart, B. M. and Gowen, R. J. (1997) A synoptic study of nutrients in the north-west Irish Sea. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 45, 27-38.

Hill, A. E., Durazo, R. and Smeed, D. A. (1994) Observations of a cyclonic gyre in the western Irish Sea. Continental Shelf Research 14, 479-490.

James, I.D. (1977). A model of the annual cycle of temperature in a frontal region of the Celtic Sea. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 5, 339-353.

Orford, J.D. (1989). A review of tides, currents and waves in the Irish Sea. In J.C. Sweeney (ed), The Irish Sea: A Resource at Risk. Geographical Society of Ireland, Special publications, 3, 18-46.

Robinson, I.S. (1979). The tidal dynamics of the Irish and Celtic Seas. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 56, 159-197..

Savidge, G. (1976). A preliminary study of the distribution of chlorophyll a in the vicinity of fronts in the Celtic and Western Irish Seas. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 4, 617-625.

Simpson, J.H. and Hunter, J.R. (1974). Fronts in the Irish Sea. Nature, 250, 404-406.

Simpson, J.H. and Rippeth, T.P. (1998) Non-conservative nutrient fluxes from budgets for the Irish Sea. Estuarine and Coastal Marine Science, 47, 707-714.

Wilson, T.S.R. (1974). Caesium - 137 as a water movement tracer in St. George’s Channel. Nature, 248, 125-127 Biology and Ecology

BIOMAR (1997) The BioMar (Life) project: developing a system for the collection, storage and dissemination of marine data for coastal management. CEC Report, Brussels.

Bruce, J. R., Colman, J. S. and Jones, N. S. 1963. Marine fauna of the Isle of Man. Liverpool University Press, Liverpool.

Jones, N. S. 1951. The bottom fauna off the south of the Isle of Man. Journal of Animal Ecology 20, 132-144.

Mackie, A. S. Y., Oliver, P. G. and Rees, E. I. S. 1995. Benthic biodiversity in the southern Irish Sea. —Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Rep. 1: i-viii + 263 pp.

Rees, E. I. S. 1975. Benthic and littoral fauna of Liverpool Bay. In Liverpool Bay: an assessment of present knowledge (compiled by Liverpool Bay Study Group) . Natural Environment Research Council, London. Publication series C/14: 50-54.

Rees, H. L., Pendle, M. A., Waldock, R., Limpenny, D. S. and Boyd, S. E. 1999. A comparison of benthic biodiversity in the , , and Celtic Seas. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56(2): 228-246.

Walker, A. J. M. and Rees, E. I. S. 1980. Benthic ecology of Dublin Bay in relation to sludge dumping: Fauna. Irish Fisheries Investigations Series B 22: 1-59.

Wilson, J. G., Mackie, A. Y. M., O’Connor, B. D. S., Rees, E. I. S. and Darbyshire, T. (2001) Benthic Biodiversity in the Irish sea 2: The South-West Irish Sea Survey. Studies in Marine Biodiversity and Systematics from the National Museum of Wales. BIOMÔR Reports 2 (1), 1-143.

Wilson, J.G. (1982). The littoral fauna of Dublin Bay. Irish Fisheries Investigations Series B. 26, 1- 22..

Wilson, J.G. and Parkes, A. (1998). Network analysis of the energy flow through the Dublin Day ecosystem. Biology and Envionment 98B, 179 – 190

Human Impacts

Ball, B. J., Fox, G. and Munday, B. W. 2000. Long- and short-term consequences of a Nephrops trawl fishery on the benthos and environment of the Irish Sea. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57, 1315-1320.

Condren, O. M., Mitchell, P. I., Léon Vintró, L. and Downes, A. B. 1996. Plutonium and radiocaesium in western Irish Sea sediments: origin, bioavailability and ultimate fate. In Irish Marine Science 1995 (eds B. F. Keegan and R. O'Connor). Galway University Press, Galway: 567-583. Cook, G. T., MacKenzie, A. B., McDonald, P. and Jones, S. R. 1997. Remobilization of Sellafield- derived radionuclides and transport from the north-east Irish Sea. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 35, 227-241.

Eno, N. C., Clark, R. A. and Sanderson, W. G. 1997. Non-native marine species in British waters: a review and directory. Joint Nature Conservation Committee, Peterborough: 152 pp.

Hill, A. S., Veale, L. O., Pennington, D., Whyte, S. G., Brand, A. R. and Hartnoll, R. G. 1999. Changes in Irish Sea benthos: possible effects of 40 years of dredging. — Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science,. 48, 739-750.

Leonard, K. S., McCubbin, D., Blowers, P. and Taylor, B. R. 1999. Dissolved plutonium and americium in surface waters of the Irish Sea, 1973-1996. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 44(2-3): 349-369.

Service, M., Mitchell, S. H. and Oliver, W. T. 1996. Heavy metals in the superficial sediments of the N-W Irish Sea. Marine Pollution Bulletin 32, 828-830.

Wilson, J. G. (ed.) (1998) Eutrophication in Irish waters. Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

Wilson, J.G. (2002) Evaluation of estuarine quality status at system level with the Biological Quality Index (BQI) and the Pollution