The Channel Islands are a small archipelago of British dependencies just off the coast of Normandy at the western end of the English Channel. There were only three records for stygobitic Crustacea [Niphargus fontanus Bate, 1859 and N. kochianus Bate, 1859 from Jersey...
A brief overview and comparison of the benefits of MPAs and NTZs
Marine Protected Area (MPA) is a significant instrument for fisheries management and conservation. MPAs can safeguard habitat, and ecological processes as well as species diversity, their abundance, size, and densities. In a No-Take Zone (NTZ), these environmental and...
A sound observation? The highs and lows of acoustic monitoring of bats at a landscape- scale.
This project aimed to collect recordings of two species of bat within Jersey, Nathusius’ pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) and Kuhl’s pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii), aiding identification of these species which overlap in call frequency. Recordings were uploaded...
Identifying and predicting significant Eunicella verrucosa communities in Jersey through Citizen Science data gathering methodology.
Jersey passed its much anticipated, revised Wildlife Law in 2021. This law replaced the Conservation of Wildlife (Jersey) Law 2000 and is the Islands primary legislation to enact the requirements of the international biodiversity agreements and treaties to which...
Understanding Decapod Crustacean Responses to Sea Temperature Change
Rapid global temperature increase has been mitigated by the ocean absorbing more than 93% of excess heat from anthropogenic emissions. However, global sea surface temperature has risen approximately 0.13°C per decade over the course of the 20th century. Rising ocean...
Call me maybe? Kuhl’s and Nathusius’ pipistrelles’ calls and the future challenges for classifiers
This project aimed to collect recordings of two species of bat within Jersey, Nathusius’ pipistrelle (Pipistrellus nathusii) and Kuhl’s pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii), aiding identification of these species which overlap in call frequency. Recordings were uploaded...