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Marine mammal mass stranding events (MSEs) are complex phenomena that require detailed investigation into their causes and behavioural precursors. In July 2023, Scotland experienced a large MSE involving 55 long-finned pilot whales ( Globicephala melas ), offering a rare opportunity to examine their pre-stranding feeding ecology and, by extension, habitat use using stable isotopes. We analysed carbon ( δ 13 C) and nitrogen ( δ...
When disasters occur, rapid impact assessments are required to prioritise response actions, support in-country efforts and inform the mobilisation of aid. The 15 January 2022 eruption of Hunga volcano, Tonga, and the resulting atmospheric shockwave, ashfall, underwater mass disturbance and tsunami, caused substantial impacts across the Kingdom of Tonga. Volcanic impacts on the scale observed after the eruption are rare, necess...
Prolonging survival in good health is a fundamental societal goal. However, the leading determinants of disability-free survival in healthy older people have not been well established. Data from ASPREE, a bi-national placebo-controlled trial of aspirin with 4.7 years median follow-up, was analysed. At enrolment, participants were healthy and without prior cardiovascular events, dementia or persistent physical disability. Disab...
Simulation‐based investigations of fishery changes as affected by the scale and design of artificial habitatsNARA Subscribed
Preliminary field observations on a large‐scale multi‐reef artificial reef system in Scotland indicated that the provision of artificial habitat of varying design alters the numbers and types of fishes present in areas where they were previously largely absent. These modifications could, in time, be highly beneficial to any programme of fishery enhancement, protection or restoration but only where the scale of habitat manipula...
The effect of reduced temperature and salinity on the blood physiology of juvenile Atlantic codNARA Subscribed
The osmolality and ionic composition of the blood of juvenile Atlantic cod Gadus morhua and their response to conditions of reduced temperature and salinity in summer‐ and winter‐acclimated individuals was investigated. Haematocrit percentage was relatively stable throughout the experimental procedures. Summer‐acclimated juvenile Atlantic cod had higher plasma osmolality than winter‐acclimated fish in ambient conditions. Plasm...
Nitrogen oxide gas emissions from temperate forest soils receiving long‐term nitrogen inputsNARA Subscribed
From spring 2000 through fall 2001, we measured nitric oxide (NO) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) fluxes in two temperate forest sites in Massachusetts, USA that have been treated since 1988 with different levels of nitrogen (N) to simulate elevated rates of atmospheric N deposition. Plots within a pine stand that were treated with either 50 or 150 kg N ha −1 yr −1 above background displayed consistently elevated NO fluxes (100–200...
Seasonal and interannual variation in fish assemblages of northern temperate rocky subtidal habitatsNARA Subscribed
Fish assemblages on two inshore rocky subtidal sites on the west coast of Scotland, were studied using diver visual surveys on a monthly basis between September 1995 and December 1999. A total of 17 689 fishes and 26 species were recorded from the two sites, Saulmore Point (056°27′N; 005°24′W) near Oban and Davy's Rock (055°46′N; 004°53′W) on the Isle of Great Cumbrae. The gobiid Thorogobius eppiphiatus , dominated the Saulmor...
Controls on N Retention and Exports in a Forested WatershedNARA Subscribed
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