Global sea surface temperature (SST) has risen ~0.13°C per decade over the 20th century. Ocean warming is strongest in the north-east Atlantic around the UK where SST is increasing approximately six times faster than the global average. Particularly prone to this...
Investigating the carbon sequestration potential of seagrass (Zostera spp.) in St. Catherine’s Bay, Jersey
Countries have more and more policies related to zero carbon emissions because 2050 year is getting closer and closer. Carbon emission reduction and carbon removal are the two main ways for countries to achieve zero emissions. In addition to domestic policies, there...
Stakeholders’ Knowledge: Effects of Sea Level Rise on Biodiversity and Mainstreaming Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Southeast Coast Ramsar, Jersey
The rising sea levels exacerbated by anthropogenic climate change are putting islands, which hold approximately 20% of the Earth’s biodiversity, at risk (Kier et al., 2009). Island ecosystems are the most vulnerable to sea level rise which negatively impacts their...
Investigating Body Condition, Autotomy, and the Blue-spotted morph in Slow-worms (Anguis fragilis) in Jersey Populations: Habitat, Intersex and Ontogenetic Variation
The Slow worm is one of the most abundant species of reptile in Western Europe. However, due to its cryptic nature there are considerable gaps within the knowledge surrounding it. We investigated the ecological determinates of body condition, caudal autotomy, and blue...
First report of the proportionality of Potato Cyst Nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida in Jersey, Channel Islands.
The potato cyst nematodes Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida are harmful pests of the potato (Solanum tuberosum) causing major yield loss to the cash crop central to Jersey’s agricultural economy. In the summer of 2022 a survey was conducted in 44...
Population assemblages of seaweeds and gastropods in the East and West of Portelet Bay No-Take Zone
A total of fifty-two species were recorded from Portelet Bay in the study conducted from June to August 2022. The species richness of seaweeds is more in East Portelet. The species richness of gastropods is more in West Portelet. The Shannon diversity index,1-Simpson...