Marine ecosystems are being increasingly degraded due to increasing anthropogenic pressures. To mitigate these issues, Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a popular spatial management tool; however, protection levels vary. No-Take Zones (NTZs) enforce the strictest...
Macroalgae and Blue Carbon: Understanding the Impact of Environmental Variables on the Rate of Growth and Carbon Content in Kelp (Laminaria digitata and Laminaria hyperborea)
The growing threat of climate change has resulted in the need for new and innovative strategies to limit global emissions. One approach involves the conservation and restoration of coastal vegetated ecosystems that naturally sequester and store atmospheric carbon,...
The influence of forest composition on bat species diversity and abundance
On Jersey, bat populations are becoming well documented throughout the Island with the efforts of the Jersey Bat Group, students and the public. However, whereas bats that utilise or inhabit woodlands on Jersey have been studied in the past by the Jersey Bat Group,...
Colour polymorphism and substrate preferences of the blue-winged grasshopper oedipoda caerulescens on Jersey, Channel Islands
Many grasshopper species are known to demonstrate colour polymorphism although only a select few have been studied in any detail. Controlled laboratory experiments and those involving nymphs have been favoured over extensive work in the field with adult insects,...
A consideration of small marine gulfs as biogeographic habitat islands using a case study of the Normano-Breton Gulf
The study of marine habitat islands is mostly limited to distinct, offshore spaces that fit the geographic assumptions of the terrestrial island model. This study considered the validity of coastal gulfs as marine habitat islands within the context of the biogeography...
Ecology and Management of the Top 3 Economically Important Plant Parasitic Nematodes: Root-knot (Meloidogyne spp.) Cyst (Heterodera spp. and Globodera spp.) and Root Lesion (Pratylenchus spp.) Nematodes.
Nematodes are the most numerous multicellular animals on earth, comprising an extremely species-rich phylum with estimations spanning 25,000 to 1 million species worldwide (Zhang, 2013; Singh and Phulera 2015). Despite representing only 15% of described nematode...