Data related to marine planning activities or providing data and information to assist planning processes.
Mapped organic carbon (OC) density of surficial soils across Scottish saltmarsh. The OC density (kg m-2) for the surficial soils (top 10 cm) is mapped across Scottish saltmarshes identified in the Scottish Saltmarsh Survey (Haynes, 2016)....
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 9 No 8 The Scottish Government has the duty to ensure that the development of the offshore renewable sector is achieved in a sustainable manner. A key challenge in delivering sustainable development is...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 17 The Scottish Marine Energy Research Programme has commissioned research to confirm the existence of Sabellaria spinulosa (Sabellaria) in reef form off the Scottish east coast. Sabellaria has...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 19 In order to understand how marine planning impacts seabirds at sea, it is important to collect key pieces of information about their behaviour, such as where they are and how high they fly....
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 18 Underwater video is widely used to collect information on potential impacts of marine renewables on the environment being non-invasive, autonomous and cost-effective. However, the time intensive...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 11 Offshore renewables have the potential to make a significant contribution to the Scottish Government’s target to generate 50% of Scotland's overall energy consumption from renewable sources by...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 14 The interim Population Consequence of Disturbance (iPCoD) is a framework that allows individual-level effects from disturbance to be scaled to population-level impacts. This approach is...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 8 The Scottish Government has set a target of 100% of Scottish demand for electricity to be met by renewable sources by 2020. Offshore renewables have the potential to make a significant...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 10 The Scottish Government has set a target of 100% of Scottish demand for electricity to be met by renewable sources by 2020. Offshore renewables have the potential to make a significant...
Scottish Marine and Freshwater Science Vol 11 No 13 The Scottish Government has set a target of 100% of Scottish demand for electricity to be met by renewable sources by 2020. Offshore renewables have the potential to make a significant...