Scottish Marine Protected Areas (MPA) monitoring strategy: supporting annexes 1 to 6

These annexes provide additional context to the MPA monitoring strategy, which outlines our approach to MPA-related survey and monitoring.


Footnotes

1 http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/files/2015/10/CSD1-2_and_CSD2_Workshop_report_on_decline_in_abundance_of_harbour_seals.pdf

2 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5214

3 See - https://mnr.jncc.gov.uk/

4 e.g. 2015 overview - http://www.seasearch.org.uk/downloads/ScotlandSummary2015.pdf

5 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/site-condition-monitoring/

6 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/?q=commissioned%20report

7 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7049

8 e.g. http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/929.pdf

9 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/protected-areas/site-condition-monitoring/

10 See - http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/naturesites

11 See - http://gateway.snh.gov.uk/sitelink/index.jsp

12 See - http://www.environment.scotland.gov.uk/

13 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7049

14 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6895

15 See - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00491512.pdf

16 See - http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/797.pdf

17 See - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0050/00507404.pdf

18 See - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0045/00458980.pdf

19 The Joint Cetacean Protocol is a collaborative project managed by the JNCC that collates voluntarily submitted, effort-related cetacean survey data gathered by various governmental organisations, educational organisations, private sector companies and NGOs to inform consideration of historical trends in species distributions.

20 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-5657

21 See - http://synergy.st-andrews.ac.uk/scans3/background/

22 See - http://seawatchfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Marubini-et-al_2009.pdf

23 See - http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/esr/v22/n2/p125-143/

24 Brown, A. (2014). The Significance of the east coast of the Isle of Lewis for the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). MSc Research dissertation, Edinburgh Napier University.

25 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1548

26 Sites are often monitored on/sampled on an ad hoc basis, but their data remain in the database.

27 A formal group comprising the statutory nature conservation agencies, JNCC and other conservation organisations (refer to http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1550#partner for details).

28 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-3201

29 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/B424907.pdf

30 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-1547

31 SCARABBS see - http://www.rbbp.org.uk/downloads/SUKB_scarce_section.pdf)

32 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs/taking-part/non-estuarine-waterbird-survey-iii

33 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs

34 See - http://www.gov.scot/About/Performance/scotPerforms/indicator/naturesites

35 See back of - http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/publications/commissioned_reports/883.pdf

36 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/docs/121219_Appendix_7_SNCB_Report_Catalogue_v4.xlsx

37 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/?q=commissioned%20report

38 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-7049

39 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6895

40 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6538

41 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6531

42 http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-6535

43 See - http://www.smru.st-andrews.ac.uk/research-policy/scos/

44 http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/?q=seals&cat=

45 As part of the UK-wide marine biodiversity monitoring options identification process, there are proposals to refine the JCP and associated analytical methods as a means of determining trends in population abundance.

46 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/pub95_SeabirdHandbook.pdf

47 See - http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/page-4568

48 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs/taking-part/core-counts-methods

49 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs/taking-part/low-tide-counts-methods

50 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs

51 See - https://www.bto.org/volunteer-surveys/webs/taking-part/non-estuarine-waterbird-survey-iii

52 See - http://www.ruwpa.st-and.ac.uk/Research/DistanceSampling/

53 See - http://www.jncc.gov.uk/page-2346

54 See - https://www.sahfos.ac.uk

55 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/publications/search-the-catalogue/

56 See - MPA Selection Guidelines - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/295194/0114024.pdf

57 See - http://www.snh.gov.uk/docs/A1312703.pdf

58 See - http://www.strandings.org/smass/publications/

59 See - http://ukstrandings.org/csip-reports/

60 See - http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Module=More&Location=None&ProjectID=18535

61 See http://www.gov.scot/Topics/marine/science/MSInteractive/Themes/ScotMap

62 See - http://www.ssacn.org/

63 See - http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0049/00491429.png

64 See - http://www.snhpresscentre.com/news/worlds-largest-skate-and-small-shark-followed-in-new-west-coast-tagging-study

65 See - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309292023_Canna_seabird_studies_2015

66 http://www.gov.scot/Resource/Doc/923/0062022.pdf

67 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Economy/digital/digitalservices/datamanagement/dmbvfs/dmbvfspdf

68 http://www.ioc-unesco.org/index.php?option=com_oe&task=viewDocumentRecord&docID=16859

69 http://www.bequalm.org/about.htm

70 http://www.nmbaqcs.org/

71 http://www.oceannet.org/marine_data_standards/medin_disc_stnd.html

72 http://www.ukdmos.org/

73 http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/02/6614

74 See relevant links from - https://data.gov.uk/inspire

75 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/440/contents/made

76 http://marine.gov.scot/

77 http://www.snh.gov.uk/publications-data-and-research/snhi-information-service/

78 http://www.emodnet-seabedhabitats.eu/

79 http://www.als.scot/

80 http://www.oceannet.org/data_submission/

81 http://www.bgs.ac.ul/services/NGDC/management/marine/MEDINDataArchiveCentre.html

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