Journal Articles

Journal Articles

2025 & In Press

Patton, P.T., Pacifici, K., Baird, R.W., Oleson, E.M., Allen, J.B., Ashe, E., Athayde, A., Basran, C.J., Cabrera, E., Calambokidis, J., Cardoso, J., Carroll, E.L., Cesario, A., Cheney, B.J., et al. (2025) Optimizing automated photo identification for population assessments. Conservation Biology. doi.org/10.1111/cobi.14436 [Open Access]

2024

Fernandez Betelu, O., Graham, I.M., Malcher, F., Webster, E., Cheong, S., Wang, L., Iorio-Merlo, V., Robinson, S. & Thompson, P.M. (2024) Characterising underwater noise and changes in harbour porpoise behaviour during the decommissioning of an oil and gas platform. Marine Pollution Bulletin 200 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116083

2023

Fisher, D.N. & Cheney, B.J. (2023) Dolphin social phenotypes vary in response to food availability but not the North Atlantic Oscillation index. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1187

Benhemma-Le Gall, A., Thompson, P., Merchant, H., Graham, I. (2023) Vessel noise prior to pile driving at offshore windfarm sites deters harbour porpoises from potential injury zones. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 103. doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107271

Darby, J.H., Clairbaux, M., Quinn, J.L., Thompson, P., Quinn, L., Cabot, D., Strøm, H., Thorarinsson, T.L., Kempf, J & Jessopp, M.J. (2023) Decadal increase in vessel interactions by a scavenging pelagic seabird across the North Atlantic. Current Biology doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.033

Halupka, L., Arlt, D., Tolvanen, J., Millon, A., Bize, P., Adamík, P., . . . Halupka, K. (2023). The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(19), e2208389120. doi:doi:10.1073/pnas.2208389120

Clark, B. L., Carneiro, A. P. B., Pearmain, E. J., Rouyer, M.-M., Clay, T. A., Cowger, W., . . . Dias, M. P. (2023). Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds. Nature Communications, 14, 3665. doi:10.1038/s41467-023-38900-z

Patton, P.T., Cheeseman, T., Abe, K., Yamaguchi, T., Reade, W., Southerland, K., Howard, A., Oleson, E.M., Allen, J.B., Ashe, E., Athayde, A., Baird, R.W., Basran, C., Cabrera, E., Calambokidis, J., Cardoso, J., Carroll, E.L., Cesario, A., Cheney, B.J., et al. (2023) A deep learning approach to photo-identification demonstrates high performance on two dozen cetacean species. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14167 [Open Access ].

Fernandez Betelu, O., Iorio-Merlo, V., Graham, I.M., Cheney, B.J., Prentice, S., Cheng, X. & Thompson, P.M. (2023) Variation in foraging activity influences area-restricted search behaviour by bottlenose dolphins. Royal Society Open Science 10. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221613 [Open Access ].

Graham, I.M., Gillespie, D., Gkikopoulou, K.C., Hastie, G.D. and Thompson, P.M. (2023) Directional hydrophone clusters reveal evasive responses of small cetaceans to disturbance during construction at offshore windfarms. Biology Letters 19. doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0101

2022

Herbert-Read, J. E., Thornton, A., Amon, D. J., Birchenough, S. N. R., Côté, I. M., Dias, M. P., . . . Sutherland, W. J. (2022). A global horizon scan of issues impacting marine and coastal biodiversity conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6, 1262-1270. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01812-0

Carter, M.I.D., Boehme, L., Cronin, M.A., Duck, C.D., Grecian, W.J., Hastie, G.D., Jessop, M. Matthiopoulos, J., McConnell, B.J., Miller, D.L., Morris, C.D., Moss, S.E.W., Thompson, D., Thompson, P.M. & Russell, D.J.F. (2022) Sympatric Seals, Satellite Tracking and Protected Areas: Habitat-Based Distribution Estimates for Conservation and Management. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.875869

Trotter, C., Wright, N., McGough, A.S., Sharpe, M., Cheney, B.J., Arso Civil, M., Moore, R.T., Allen, J. & Berggren, P. (2022) Towards automatic cetacean photo-identification: A framework for fine-grain, few-shot learning in marine ecology. doi.org.10 48550/arXiv.2212.03646

Robinson, S.P., Wang, L., Cheong, S., Lepper, P., Hartley, J., Thompson, P.M., Edwards, E., Bellmann, M. (2022) Acoustic characterisation of unexploded ordnance disposal in the North Sea using high order detonations. Marine Pollution Bulletin doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114178

Fernandez-Betelu, O., Graham, I.M. & Thompson, P.M. (2022) Reef effect of offshore structures on the occurrence and foraging activity of harbour porpoise. Frontiers in Marine Science 9. [Open Access ].

Iorio-Merlo, V., Graham, I.M., Hewitt, R.C., Aarts, G., Pirotta, E., Hastie, G.D. & Thompson, P.M. (2022) Prey encounters and spatial memory influence use of foraging patches in a marine central place forager. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2261

Cheney, B.J., Dale, J., Thompson, P.M. & Quick, N.J. (2022) Spy in the sky: a method to identify pregnant small cetaceans. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation [Open Access ].

Williamson, L.D., Scott, B.E., Laxton, M.R., Bachl, F.E., Illian, J.B., Brookes, K.L. & Thompson, P.M. (2022) Spatiotemporal variation in harbor porpoise distribution and foraging across a landscape of fear. Marine Mammal Science 38, 42-57. 10.1111/mms.12839. [Open Access ]

2021

Fernandez-Betelu, O., Graham, I.M., Brookes, K.L., Cheney, B.J., Barton, T.R., Thompson, P.M. (2021) Far-field effects of impulsive noise on coastal bottlenose dolphins. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. [Open Access ].

Benhemma-Le Gall, A., Graham, I.M., Merchant, N.D. & Thompson, P.M. (2021) Broad-Scale Responses of Harbor Porpoises to Pile-Driving and Vessel Activities During Offshore Windfarm Construction. Frontiers in Marine Science 8. [Open Access ].

Hoekendijk, J.P.A., Leopold. M.F. & Cheney, B.J. (2021) Bottlenose dolphins in the Netherlands come from two sides: across the North Sea and through the English Channel. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 101(5) doi:10.1017/S0025315421000679 [Open Access ].

Darby, J.H., de Grissac, S., Arneill, G.E., Pirotta, E., Waggitt, J.J., Börger, L., Shepard, E., Cabot, D., Owen, E., Bolton, M., Edwards, E.W.J., Thompson, P.M., Quinn, J.L., Jessopp, M. (2021) Foraging distribution of breeding northern fulmars is predicted by commercial fisheries Marine Ecology Progress Series 679, 181-194 10.3354/meps13887. [Open Access ]

Albert, C., Bråthen, V.S., Descamps, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Cherenkov, A., Christensen-Dalsgaard, S., et al. (2021) Inter-annual variation in winter distribution affects individual seabird contamination with mercury. Marine Ecology Progress Series 676, 243-54. 10.3354/meps13793

Amélineau, F., Merkel, B., Tarroux, A., Descamps, S., Anker-Nilssen, T., Bjørnstad, O., et al. (2021) Six pelagic seabird species of the North Atlantic engage in a fly-and-forage strategy during their migratory movements. Marine Ecology Progress Series 676, 127-44. 10.3354/meps13872. [Open Access ]

Davies, T.E., Carneiro, A.P.B., Tarzia, M., Wakefield, E., Hennicke, J.C., Frederiksen M, et al. (2021) Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic. Conservation Letters 14. 10.1111/conl.12824. [Open Access ]

Dupuis, B., Amélineau, F., Tarroux, A., Bjørnstad, O., Bråthen, V.S., Danielsen, J., et al. (2021) Light-level geolocators reveal spatial variations in interactions between northern fulmars and fisheries. Marine Ecology Progress Series 676, 159-72. 10.3354/meps13673. [Open Access ]

Fauchald. P., Tarroux, A., Amélineau, F., Bråthen, V.S., Descamps, S., Ekker, M., et al. (2021) Year-round distribution of Northeast Atlantic seabird populations: applications for population management and marine spatial planning. Marine Ecology Progress Series 676, 255-76. 10.3354/meps13854. [Open Access ]

Wakefield, E.D., Miller, D.L., Bond, S.L., le Bouard, F., Carvalho, P.C., Catry, P., et al. (2021) The summer distribution, habitat associations and abundance of seabirds in the sub-polar frontal zone of the Northwest Atlantic. Progress in Oceanography 198. 10.1016/j.pocean.2021.102657. [Open Access ]

Newton, M., Barry, J., Lothian, A., Main, R., Honkanen, H., Mckelvey, S., Thompson, P., Davies, I., Brockie, N., Stephen, A., O'Hara Murray, R., Gardiner, R., Campbell, L., Stainer, P., & Adams, C. (2021) Counterintuitive active directional swimming behaviour by Atlantic salmon during seaward migration in the coastal zone. ICES Journal of Marine Science. fsab024. [Open Access ]

Chudzinska, M., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Smout, S., Aarts, G., Brasseur, S., Graham, I., Thompson, P. & McConnell, B. (2021) AgentSeal: Agent-based model describing movement of marine central-place foragers. Ecological Modelling 440. [Open Access ]