Scotland's seas: towards understanding their state

Contributors and acknowledgements

CASE STUDIES - CHAPTER 2

Case study 2.1 - Climatic variability in the seas to the west of Scotland
Mark Inall and Colin Griffiths, Scottish Association for Marine Science

Case study 2.2 - Seabed sediment
Alan Stevenson, Dave Long and Robert Gatliff, British Geological Survey

Case study 2.3 - Modelling bathymetric data
Alan Hills, SEPA

Case study 2.4 - New primary production in Scottish waters, 1960-2003
Mike Heath, FRS and Doug Beare, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen

CASE STUDIES - CHAPTER 3

Case study 3.1 - Loadings on Riverine Inputs and Direct Discharges ( RID)
Brian Miller, SEPA

Case study 3.2 - Coastal and estuarine water quality classification
Brian Cowan and Peter Holmes, SEPA

Case study 3.3 - Water Framework Directive classification of transitional and coastal waters
David Ross, SEPA

Case study 3.4 - Persistent organic pollutants in Scottish harbour (common) seals
Ailsa Hall, Sea Mammal Research Unit

Case study 3.5 - Geochemical analysis of sediment on the seabed
Alan Stevenson, Dave Long and Robert Gatliff, British Geological Survey

Case study 3.6 - The impact of the offshore oil and gas industry on the sediment of potentially accumulative areas of the North Sea
Lynda Webster, Pam Walsham, Marie Russell, Gill Packer, Abdulwaheed Ahmed and Colin Moffat, FRS

Case study 3.7 - Evaluating the effects of environmental stressors on marine wildlife. Emerging techniques and approaches: DNA microarrays and qPCR arrays
John Craft, Glasgow Caledonian University

Case study 3.8 - Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory
Brian Miller, SEPA

Case study 3.9 - Eutrophication in Scottish marine waters
Brian Miller and Judy Dobson, SEPA

Case study 3.10 - Radioactive substances
Mark Toner, SEPA

CASE STUDIES - CHAPTER 4

Case study 4.1 - Analysis of Continuous Plankton Recorder ( CPR) Data
Ian Napier, NAFC Marine Centre

Case study 4.2 - Stonehaven ecosystem monitoring site - Phytoplankton
Eileen Bresnan, FRS

Case study 4.3 - Stonehaven ecosystem monitoring site - Zooplankton
Jens Rasmussen and Steve Hay, FRS

Case study 4.4 - Deep sea biodiversity around Scotland
Bhavani E Narayanaswamy, Scottish Association for Marine Science

Case study 4.5 - Commercially exploited fish stocks
Bill Turrell and Nick Bailey, FRS

Case study 4.6 - Implications of climate change for Scottish seabirds
Sarah Wanless, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

CASE STUDIES - CHAPTER 5

Case study 5.1 - Safeguarding shellfish quality
Keith Davidson, Scottish Association for Marine Sciences; Jacqui McElhiney and Lorna Murray, Food Standards Agency Scotland and Myriam Algoet, Centre for Environment, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Science

Case study 5.2 - Shetland shellfish stock assessment programme
B. Leslie, C. Laurenson, R. Shelmerdine & D.Riley, NAFC Marine Centre

Case study 5.3 - Marine finfish aquaculture interactions with the environment
Matt Gubbins, FRS and Ewan Gillespie, SEPA

Case study 5.4 - Coastal and marine historic heritage
Philip Robertson, Historic Scotland

Case study 5.5 - Competing activities in the Loch Creran marine Special Area of Conservation
Hamish Mair, Heriot Watt University

Kevin O'Carroll	BERR
Alan Stevenson	BGS
Mark Charlesworth	British Oceanographic Data Centre
Nick Bailey	FRS
Barbara Berx	FRS
Ian Davies	FRS
Steve Hay	FRS
Sarah Hughes	FRS
Colin Megginson	FRS
Colin Moffat	FRS
Tracy McCollin	FRS
Keith Mutch	FRS
Bill Turrell	FRS
David Connor	JNCC
Matt Frost	Marine Biological Association
Ian Boyd	Marine Science Scotland
Mike Bell	Meteorological Office
Alan Hughes	National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton
Steve Gontarek	SAMS
Mike Burrows	SAMS
Rhona Fairgrieve	Scottish Coastal Forum
Alan Hills	SEPA
Peter Holmes	SEPA
Tom Leatherland	SEPA
Monica Straughan	SEPA
Jenny Brough	Scottish Government
Martyn Cox	Scottish Government
Stevan Croasdale	Scottish Government
Louise Cunningham	Scottish Government
David Dunkley	Scottish Government
Zoe McGuire	Scottish Government
Ian Mitchell	Scottish Government
Heather Holmes	Scottish Government
Alan McPherson	Scottish Government
Dominic Munro	Scottish Government
Angela Robinson	Scottish Government
Jane Rougvie	Scottish Government
James Thomson	Scottish Government
Marlene Walker	Scottish Government
Ailsa Hall	SMRU
John Baxter	SNH
Rhys Bullman	SNH
Dominic Counsell	SNH
David Donnan	SNH
Martin Gaywood	SNH
Ben James	SNH
George Lees	SNH
Shona MacLellan	SNH

Preparation of the report was overseen by a steering group of Peter Holmes ( SEPA), John Baxter ( SNH), Ian Boyd (Marine Science Scotland), Martyn Cox and Louise Cunningham (Scottish Government) and chaired by Colin Moffat ( FRS).