Publications

Annual Reports

A summary of the work conducted every year under the Harbour Seal Decline Project is compiled in the form of annual reports. Below are the links to the full report for Years 1 to 4 of the project.

  • Arso Civil, M., Smout, S., Onoufriou, J., … and Hall, A.J. 2016. Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Report to Scottish Government HSD2. Year 1
  • Arso Civil, M., Smout, S.C., Thompson, D., … and Hall, A.J. 2017. Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Report to Scottish Government HSD2. Year 2
  • Arso Civil, M., Smout, S.C., Duck, C., … and Hall, A.J. 2018. Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Report to Scottish Government HSD2. Year 3
  • Arso Civil, M., Langley, I., Law, A., … and Hall, A.J. 2019. Harbour Seal Decline – vital rates and drivers. Report to Scottish Government HSD2. Year 4

Published peer-reviewed papers

  • Langley, I., Hague, E. & Arso Civil, M. Assessing the performance of open-source, semi-automated pattern recognition software for harbour seal (P. v. vitulina) photo ID. Mamm Biol (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-021-00165-8 (Langley et al 2021)
  • Arso Civil, M., Hague, E., Langley, I. et al. Allo-suckling occurrence and its effect on lactation and nursing duration in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) in Orkney, Scotland. Behav Ecol Sociobiol 75, 121 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-021-03051-y
  • Hall, A., Hewitt, R. and Arso Civil, M. Determining pregnancy status in harbour seals using progesterone concentrations in blood and blubber. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 295, 7p., 113529 (2021). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016648020302823
  • Kershaw, J. L., Jensen, SK, McConnell, B, Fraser, S, Cummings,  C, Lacaze, JP, Hermann et al. Toxins from harmful algae in fish from Scottish coastal waters. Harmful Algae 105 (2021): 102068 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2021.102068
  • Hall, A. J., Mackey, B., Kershaw, J. L., & Thompson, P. (2019). Age–length relationships in UK harbour seals during a period of population decline. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 29(S1), 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.3104

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