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Scottish Association for Marine Science
Facility•Oban, United Kingdom•
About: Scottish Association for Marine Science is a facility organization based out in Oban, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Sea ice & Benthic zone. The organization has 524 authors who have published 1765 publications receiving 70783 citations. The organization is also known as: SAMS & Scottish Marine Station for Scientific Research.
Topics: Sea ice, Benthic zone, Population, Climate change, Arctic
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TL;DR: A novel waypoint-based robot navigation method that combines reactive and deliberative actions, which uses reactive exploration to generate waypoints that can be used by a deliberative system to plan future movements through the same environment.
Abstract: In this paper we propose a novel waypoint-based robot navigation method that combines reactive and deliberative actions. The approach uses reactive exploration to generate waypoints that can then be used by a deliberative system to plan future movements through the same environment. The waypoints are used largely to provide the interface between reactive and deliberative navigation and a range of methods could be used for either type of navigation. In the current work, an incremental decision tree method is used to navigate the robot reactively from the specified initial position to its destination avoiding obstacles in its path and a genetic algorithm method is used to perform the deliberative navigation. The new method is shown to have a number of practical advantages. Firstly, in contrast with many deliberative approaches, complete knowledge of the environment is not required, nor is it necessary to make assumptions regarding the geometry of obstacles. Secondly, the presence of a reactive navigator means it is always possible to continue directed movements in unknown or changing environments or when time constraints become particularly demanding. Thirdly, the use of waypoints allows escape from certain obstacle configurations that would normally trap robots navigated under the control of purely reactive methods. In addition, the results presented in this paper from a number of realistic simulated environments show that the adoption of waypoints significantly reduces the time to calculate a deliberative path.
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TL;DR: The work in this article was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (Consortium Grant no. NE/C512961/1) and the Census of Marine Life.
Abstract: The work was supported by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (Consortium Grant no. NE/C512961/1) and the Census of Marine Life.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors presented recently collected swath bathymetry from the Firth of Lorn, Ireland, which consists of bedrock-dominated seabed, divided into narrow, stratigraphically-constrained and glacially-over-deepened basins.
Abstract: This paper presents recently collected swath bathymetry from the Firth of Lorn.
553 km2 of data were collected during 2012–2013 as part of the INIS Hydro (Ireland, Northern
Ireland and Scotland Hydrographic Survey) programme.
The area proves to consist of bedrock-dominated seabed, divided into narrow, stratigraphicallyconstrained
and glacially-over-deepened basins. The bedrock is composed of late Proterozoic
Dalradian metasediments overlain unconformably by Old Red Sandstone (ORS) sediments and
lavas of ?Silurian-age. The central region of the Firth of Lorn is dominated by a vertical cliff, up
to 150 m high and extending for approximately 24 km. This feature, here termed the Insh Fault,
may have originated as a Dalradian extensional fault, been reactivated as an ORS feature and now
forms a fault-line scarp with resistant ORS rocks on the downthrown side, flanking the more deeply
eroded metasediments exposed in the basin. Tertiary intrusives are common, in particular, swarms
of Paleocene dolerite dykes exposed on the sediment-free bedrock surfaces, and can be traced for
many kilometres.
Evidence for past glaciation is widespread, manifest in the extensive erosion of the bedrock
platforms and the abundance of well-preserved moraines and over-deepened basins. The survey
region includes the Corryvreckan Whirlpool and Great Race, beneath the tidal flows of which occur
submarine dunes.
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University of British Columbia1, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration2, Institut de recherche pour le développement3, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science4, Bedford Institute of Oceanography5, University of Cape Town6, Fisheries and Oceans Canada7, Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera8, Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland9, European University of Brittany10, Scottish Association for Marine Science11, Simon Fraser University12, University of Washington13, University of Tartu14, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences15, IFREMER16
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the nonparametric statistic, Kendall's tau, to assess trends in biomass of exploited marine species across a range of ecosystems and compared the proportion of non-declining exploited species (NDES) among ecosystems and to three community-level indicators that provide a gauge of the ability of a marine ecosystem to function both in provisioning and as a regulating service.
Abstract: Fisheries provide critical provisioning services, especially given increasing human population. Understanding where marine communities are declining provides an indication of ecosystems of concern and highlights potential conflicts between seafood provisioning from wild fisheries and other ecosystem services. Here we use the nonparametric statistic, Kendall׳s tau, to assess trends in biomass of exploited marine species across a range of ecosystems. The proportion of ‘Non-Declining Exploited Species’ (NDES) is compared among ecosystems and to three community-level indicators that provide a gauge of the ability of a marine ecosystem to function both in provisioning and as a regulating service: survey-based mean trophic level, proportion of predatory fish, and mean life span. In some ecosystems, NDES corresponds to states and temporal trajectories of the community indicators, indicating deteriorating conditions in both the exploited community and in the overall community. However differences illustrate the necessity of using multiple ecological indicators to reflect the state of the ecosystem. For each ecosystem, we discuss patterns in NDES with respect to the community-level indicators and present results in the context of ecosystem-specific drivers. We conclude that using NDES requires context-specific supporting information in order to provide guidance within a management framework.
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08 Jan 2020TL;DR: Differences in the elemental compositions, fatty acid profiles, and lipidomes of S. latissima originate from three distinct locations make it possible to pinpoint specific lipid species that are likely to represent origin biomarkers, relevant for future applications in the field of geographic origin traceability and food control.
Abstract: The aquaculture of macroalgae for human consumption and other high-end applications is experiencing unprecedented development in European countries, with the brown algae Saccharina latissima being the flag species. However, environmental conditions in open sea culture sites are often unique, which may impact the biochemical composition of cultured macroalgae. The present study compared the elemental compositions (CHNS), fatty acid profiles, and lipidomes of S. latissima originating from three distinct locations (France, Norway, and the United Kingdom). Significant differences were found in the elemental composition, with Norwegian samples displaying twice the lipid content of the others, and significantly less protein (2.6%, while French and UK samples contained 6.3% and 9.1%, respectively). The fatty acid profiles also differed considerably, with UK samples displaying a lower content of n-3 fatty acids (21.6%), resulting in a higher n-6/n-3 ratio. Regarding the lipidomic profile, samples from France were enriched in lyso lipids, while those from Norway displayed a particular signature of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, and phosphatidylcholine. Samples from the UK featured higher levels of phosphatidylethanolamine and, in general, a lower content of galactolipids. These differences highlight the influence of site-specific environmental conditions in the shaping of macroalgae biochemical phenotypes and nutritional value. It is also important to highlight that differences recorded in the lipidome of S. latissima make it possible to pinpoint specific lipid species that are likely to represent origin biomarkers. This finding is relevant for future applications in the field of geographic origin traceability and food control.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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David H. Green | 92 | 288 | 30311 |
Ronnie N. Glud | 69 | 228 | 13615 |
Harald Schwalbe | 66 | 484 | 16243 |
Michael P. Meredith | 58 | 234 | 13381 |
Michael T. Burrows | 55 | 205 | 12902 |
Gabriele M. König | 55 | 307 | 10374 |
Peter Wadhams | 53 | 219 | 8095 |
Mikhail V. Zubkov | 50 | 130 | 7781 |
Wolfram Meyer-Klaucke | 47 | 142 | 7560 |
Gurvan Michel | 46 | 110 | 8416 |
Paul Tett | 46 | 150 | 6585 |
Carl J. Carrano | 46 | 204 | 7501 |
Frithjof C. Küpper | 45 | 143 | 7528 |
Geraint A. Tarling | 44 | 171 | 6047 |
Christopher J. S. Bolch | 41 | 105 | 5599 |