• A framework for the development of a global standardised marine taxon reference image database (SMarTaR-ID) to support image-based analyses 

      Howell, Kerry L.; Davies, Jaime S.; Allcock, Louise; Braga-Henriques, Andreia; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Carreiro-Silva, Marina; Dominguez-Carrio, Carlos; Durden, Jennifer M.; Foster, Nicola L.; Game, Chloe A.; Hitchin, Becky; Horton, Tammy; Hosking, Brett; Jones, Daniel O.B.; Mah, Christopher L.; Laguionie Marchais, Claire; Menot, Lenaick; Morato, Telmo; Pearman, Tabitha R.R.; Ross, Rebecca; Ruhl, Henry A.; Saeedi, Hanieh; Stefanoudis, Paris V.; Taranto, Gerald H.; Thompson, Michael B.; Taylor, James R.; Tyler, Paul A.; Vad, Johanne; Victorero, Lissette; Vieira, Rui P.; Woodall, Lucy C.; Xavier, Joana R.; Wagner, Daniel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Video and image data are regularly used in the field of benthic ecology to document biodiversity. However, their use is subject to a number of challenges, principally the identification of taxa within the images without ...
    • Benthic assemblage composition of South Atlantic seamounts 

      Bridges, Amelia; Barnes, David K.; Bell, James B.; Ross, Rebecca; Howell, Kerry L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Seamounts and oceanic islands rise from the seafloor and provide suitable habitat for a diverse range of biological assemblages including Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VMEs). Whilst they have been the focus of some work ...
    • Classification and Mapping of Benthic Biotopes in Arctic and Sub-Arctic Norwegian Waters 

      Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Dolan, Margaret; Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Buhl-Mortensen, Lene; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún; Albretsen, Jon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      In this paper, we describe the species composition of biotopes occurring in a wide range of environments and present their geographic distribution based on results from quantitative analyses of video-records collected as ...
    • Combining Distribution and Dispersal Models to Identify a Particularly Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem 

      Ross, Rebecca; Wort, Edward JG; Howell, Kerry L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Habitat suitability models are being used worldwide to help map and manage marine areas of conservation importance and scientific interest. With groundtruthing, these models may be found to successfully predict patches of ...
    • Comparing Deep-Sea Larval Dispersal Models: A Cautionary Tale for Ecology and Conservation 

      Ross, Rebecca; Nimmo-Smith, W. Alex M.; Torres, Ricardo; Howell, Kerry L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Larval dispersal data are increasingly sought after in ecology and marine conservation, the latter often requiring information under time limited circumstances. Basic estimates of dispersal [based on average current speeds ...
    • Cruise report 2022106 - MAREANO methods cruise: AUV testing (Munin +) 

      Ross, Rebecca; Kartveit, Kyrre Heldal; Kvalsund, Karsten; Morvik, Arnfinn; Dolan, Margaret; Meek, Tor Jan; Wangen, Ivar (Toktrapport;2023 - 6, Research report, 2023)
      This cruise report relates to the Mareano methods testing cruise undertaken in June 2022 which was mainly focussed on the use of the AUV Munin+ in habitat mapping, and the testing of a new shipborne ADCP. This report both ...
    • Cruise report Hywind Tampen 13 to 28 March 2023 - Cruise no. 2023001004 G.O. Sars 

      Utne-Palm, Anne Christine; Søiland, Henrik; Sveistrup, Anne; Renner, Angelika; Ross, Rebecca; Moy, Frithjof Emil; Paskyabi, Mosttafa Bakhoday; Totland, Atle; Hannaas, Sigurd; de Jong, Karen; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Hovland, Terje; Pedersen, Geir; Wilhelmsen, Jan Frode; Majaneva, Markus; Heum, Sverre Waardal; Skjold, William; Vågenes, Stig; Skaret, Georg; Corus, Finn; Voronkov, Andrey; Kielland, Leonard (Toktrapport;2023 - 10, Research report, 2023)
      There is very little knowledge related to how floating windfarms effect the marine environment as this is such a new “product”. Thus, the data that we gathered on this cruise will be novel in that sense. The aim of the ...
    • A data-driven method for identifying conservation-relevant benthic habitats 

      Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Bakke, Gunnstein; Dolan, Margaret; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Due to various intergovernmental agreements, marine managers must establish marine conservation measures to prevent the destruction of conservation-relevant benthic habitats e.g. Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems (VME). To aid ...
    • Depth and latitudinal gradients of diversity in seamount benthic communities 

      Bridges, Amelia E.H.; Barnes, David K.A.; Bell, James B.; Ross, Rebecca; Howell, Kerry L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Latitudinal and bathymetric species diversity gradients in the deep sea have been identified, but studies have rarely considered these gradients across hard substratum habitats, such as seamount and oceanic island margins. ...
    • Discerning the Management-Relevant Ecology and Distribution of Sea Pens (Cnidaria: Pennatulacea) in Norway and Beyond 

      Ross, Rebecca; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Lozano, Pablo; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Sea pens are considered to be of conservation relevance according to multiple international legislations and agreements. Consequently, any information about their ecology and distribution should be of use to management ...
    • Filling the data gaps: Transferring models from data-rich to data-poor deep-sea areas to support spatial management 

      Bridges, Amelia E.H.; Barnes, David K.A.; Bell, James B.; Ross, Rebecca; Voges, Lizette; Howell, Kerry L. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Spatial management of the deep sea is challenging due to limited available data on the distribution of species and habitats to support decision making. In the well-studied North Atlantic, predictive models of species ...
    • Mareano Leg 1 2023 Easter Cruise Report — Cruise Report 2023001005 

      Ross, Rebecca; Thorsnes, Terje; Meek, Tor Jan; Johansson, Josefina; Johansen, Yngve Klungseth (Toktrapport;2023 - 9, Research report, 2023)
      This cruise (onboard the RV G.O. Sars, 30.03.2023 to 12.04.2023 - 13 Days long starting and ending in Bergen, Norway) was focussed on surveying the coastal belt east of “Utsira Nord” (Utsira KB) and the two multibeam mapped ...
    • Modeling the Distribution of Habitat-Forming, Deep-Sea Sponges in the Barents Sea: The Value of Data 

      Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Ross, Rebecca; Albretsen, Jon; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The use of species occurrence as a proxy for habitat type is widespread, probably because it allows the use of species distribution modeling (SDM) to cost-effectively map the distribution of e.g., vulnerable marine ecosystems. ...
    • Seascape genomics reveals population isolation in the reef-building honeycomb worm, Sabellaria alveolata (L.) 

      Muir, Anna P.; Dubois, Stanislas F.; Ross, Rebecca; Firth, Louise B.; Knights, Antony M.; Lima, Fernando P.; Seabra, Rui; Corre, Erwan; Le Corguillé, Gildas; Nunes, Flavia L.D. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Under the threat of climate change populations can disperse, acclimatise or evolve in order to avoid fitness loss. In light of this, it is important to understand neutral gene flow patterns as a measure of dispersal ...
    • South Devon Reef Video Baseline Surveys for the Prawle Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone cSAC and Surrounding Areas 

      Ross, Rebecca (Research report, 2011)
      This report presents the results of a video survey of the Annex 1 reefs of Prawle Point to Plymouth Sound and Eddystone candidate SAC, the Prawle Point to Start Point possible SAC, and of the Torbay portion of the Lyme Bay ...
    • Using Spatial Validity and Uncertainty Metrics to Determine the Relative Suitability of Alternative Suites of Oceanographic Data for Seabed Biotope Prediction. A Case Study from the Barents Sea, Norway 

      Dolan, Margaret; Ross, Rebecca; Albretsen, Jon; Skardhamar, Jofrid; Gonzalez-Mirelis, Genoveva; Bellec, Valerie Karin; Buhl-Mortensen, Pål; Bjarnadóttir, Lilja Rún (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The use of habitat distribution models (HDMs) has become common in benthic habitat mapping for combining limited seabed observations with full-coverage environmental data to produce classified maps showing predicted habitat ...