Research Archives

Social factors in a fully protected marine reserve: Awareness of and attitudes towards the Lamlash Bay No-Take Zone, Isle of Arran., Bower R.

Awareness and attitudes of the Lamlash Bay NTZ was surveyed among residents, visitors and businesses. Many were aware and positive about the NTZ, although some visitors were confused about what …

“Survival of the fittest: Explanations for gadoid imbalance in heavily fished seas”., Elliot S. et al.

Atlantic cod, haddock and whiting stocks are reacting differently to intense fishing. This study investigated the recruitment of these species within the South Arran MPA. Cod arrived later in the …

Landscape effects on demersal fish revealed by field observations and predictive seabed modelling., Elliot S. et al.

Fisheries managements focuses on individual seabed types, without considering the wider ecosystem and environment. Underwater camera surveys reveal that variables of the wider landscape are associated with fish abundances with …

The recovery of Lamlash MPA No Take Zone and South Arran MPA: Has protection led to improved biodiversity and habitats? . Notley, W.

This study investigated how biodiversity had changed within two separate zones in an MPA around the south of the Isle of Arran, Scotland – an NTZ, which is fully protected from fishing, and the remaining area which is open to a limited amount of fishing.

The recovery of the commercially valuable scallop species under different forms of protection around the Isle of Arran . James, L.

After ten years of the NTZ being in place (2008), and three years since the MPA was designated (2016), new data were collected in 2019 to compare the differences in densities and population structure of King scallop

The effects of Sargassum muticum on fish species composition and population densities within Zostera marina beds. Dry, K.

Thee invasive seaweed, Sargassum muticum was first identified in the UK in the 1973 and has recently been identified off the coast of the Isle of Arran, Scotland. The coasts of this island are host to several eelgrass beds which provide food, protection and nursery habitat for many commercially important fish species, some of which are vulnerable.