by Andy | Oct 1, 2008 | Marine ecology
2nd September 2008 – 1st October 2008 I’m currently visiting the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. I’ve only been to America once before, for a conference in Miami in 2005. I found the adjustment for that quite difficult. Yet, at...
by Andy | Aug 31, 2008 | General ecology, Marine ecology
During June/July 2008, I was once again privilaged to join my Dutch colleagues on the RV Pelagia, a magnificent research ship from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research. The cruise yielded a huge area of multibeam bathymetry, physical oceanography and...
by Andy | Jul 18, 2008 | Marine ecology, Publications
Andrew J. Davies, Max Wisshak, James C. Orr and J. Murray Roberts Published in Deep-sea Research Vol. 1 (2008) Ecological-niche factor analysis (ENFA) was applied to the reef framework-forming cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa. The environmental tolerances of this...
by Andy | Jun 4, 2008 | Marine ecology, Publications
Richard Shucksmith, Nia H. Jones, George W. Stoyle, Andrew Davies and Emily F. Dicks. Published in JMBA UK 2009. A three year study was undertaken during 2002 to 2004 from May to September to estimate abundance and density of harbour porpoises on the north coast of...
by Andy | Apr 9, 2008 | Conferences, Marine ecology, Publications
Pushkar M. Wadke, Michael T. Burrows, David Meldrum and Andrew J. Davies Published in the conference proceedings of Oceans 2007, Vancouver (2007) Magnetic sensors have existed for many years and are widely used in different applications such as navigation systems,...
by Andy | Apr 6, 2008 | Marine ecology, Publications
Andrew J. Davies, J. Murray Roberts, Jason Hall-Spencer Published in Biological Conservation (2007) Human activity in the deep sea is extending ever deeper, with recent research showing that this environment is more sensitive to human and natural impacts than...
