Claire Waluda
Data Analysis CCAMLR
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Claire Waluda
Data Analysis CCAMLR
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My current research interests include: understanding predator-prey interactions in the Southern Ocean, focussing on penguins, seals, krill and fish; and marine debris and conservation including an assessment of marine mammal entanglements and the response of penguins to helicopter disturbance. I am interested in developing new methodologies for monitoring predator populations for example using remote sensing to assess penguin distribution and abundance, and using prey DNA to assess predator diets.
Much of my work involves the analysis of data collected as part of the biological sciences Long Term Monitoring and Survey programme (LTMS), which, since the early 1980s, has recorded annual data on breeding, foraging and diet parameters for bird and seal populations in the Scotia Sea, along with ship-based surveys of krill abundance. Using these data we can examine patterns and changes in the Southern Ocean ecosystem over the last three decades, and analyse spatial and temporal variability in food web dynamics.
My research contributes to the development of ecosystem based approaches to fisheries management in the Antarctic through the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
My previous projects include quantifying Squid from Space (using remotely sensed data on fishing lights to examine the distribution of fished populations in the South Atlantic and South Pacific oceans), and an investigation of the influence of local and large scale oceanography, including the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), on squid populations in the southern hemisphere.
Research interests
Predator-prey interactions in the Southern Ocean marine food web
Spatial and temporal variability in marine populations and their environment
The use of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in marine ecology
Marine debris, microplastics and conservation
Squid fisheries biology, oceanography and remote sensing
Waluda C M, Pierce G J (1998) Temporal and spatial patterns in the distribution of squid Loligo spp. in United Kingdom waters. South African Journal of Marine Science, 20. 323-336.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2020
Jones-Williams, Kirstie, Galloway, Tamara, Cole, Matthew, Stowasser, Gabriele, Waluda, Claire, Manno, Clara ORCID record for Clara Manno. (2020) Close encounters – microplastic availability to pelagic amphipods in sub-Antarctic and Antarctic surface waters. Environment International, 140. 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105792
Phillips, Richard A., Waluda, Claire M.. (2020) Albatrosses and petrels at South Georgia as sentinels of marine debris input from vessels in the southwest Atlantic Ocean. Environment International, 136. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105443
Waluda, Claire M., Staniland, Iain J. ORCID record for Iain J. Staniland, Dunn, Michael J., Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Grilly, Emily, Whitelaw, Mari, Hughes, Kevin A.. (2020) Thirty years of marine debris in the Southern Ocean: annual surveys of two island shores in the Scotia Sea. Environment International, 136. 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105460
Mills, William ORCID record for William Mills, Xavier, Jose ORCID record for Jose Xavier, Bearhop, Stuart, Cherel, Yves, Votier, Stephen, Waluda, Claire, Phillips, Richard. (2020) Long-term trends in albatross diets in relation to prey availability and breeding success. Marine Biology, 167. 12 pp. 10.1007/s00227-019-3630-1
2019
Bessa, Filipa, Ratcliffe, Norman, Otero, Vanessa, Sobral, Paula, Marques, João C., Waluda, Claire M., Trathan, Phil N., Xavier, José C. ORCID record for José C. Xavier. (2019) Microplastics in gentoo penguins from the Antarctic region. Scientific Reports, 9. 10.1038/s41598-019-50621-2
Dunn, Michael J., Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Waluda, Claire M., Nichol, Camilla, Trathan, Philip N.. (2019) A long-term study of gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) population trends at a major Antarctic tourist site, Goudier Island, Port Lockroy. Biodiversity and Conservation, 28. 37-53. 10.1007/s10531-018-1635-6
2018
Waluda, Claire, Cavanagh, Rachel ORCID record for Rachel Cavanagh, Manno, Clara ORCID record for Clara Manno. (2018) A Cross-Sectoral Approach to Tackle Ocean Plastic Pollution (Meeting report). Eos, 99. 10.1029/2018EO107159
Waller, Catherine L., Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID record for Huw J. Griffiths, Waluda, Claire M., Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Loaiza, Iván, Moreno, Bernabé, Pacherres, Cesar O., Ryan, Peter, Suaria, Giuseppe, Isobe, Atsuhiko, Hughes, Kevin A.. (2018) Microplastics in the Southern Ocean. Antarctic Environments Portal. 10.18124/D4JK8V
Cavanagh, Rachel ORCID record for Rachel Cavanagh, Waluda, Claire (eds.). (2018) Plastics in the ocean: challenges and solutions. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 17 pp.
2017
Waller, Catherine L., Griffiths, Huw J. ORCID record for Huw J. Griffiths, Waluda, Claire M., Thorpe, Sally E. ORCID record for Sally E. Thorpe, Alamo, Ivan, Moreno, Bernabé, Pacherres, Cesar, Hughes, Kevin. (2017) Microplastics in the Antarctic marine system: an emerging area of research. Science of the Total Environment, 598. 220-227. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.283
Cavanagh, Rachel D. ORCID record for Rachel D. Cavanagh, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy, Bracegirdle, Thomas J. ORCID record for Thomas J. Bracegirdle, Turner, John ORCID record for John Turner, Knowland, Cheryl A., Corney, Stuart P., Smith, Walker O., Waluda, Claire M., Johnston, Nadine M., Bellerby, Richard G.J., Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel p., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Staniland, Iain J. ORCID record for Iain J. Staniland, Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter, Xavier, Jose C. ORCID record for Jose C. Xavier. (2017) A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00308
Waluda, Claire M., Hill, Simeon L., Peat, Helen J. ORCID record for Helen J. Peat, Trathan, Philip N.. (2017) Long term variability in the diet and reproductive performance of penguins at Bird Island, South Georgia. Marine Biology, 164. 10.1007/s00227-016-3067-8
2016
Dunn, Michael J., Jackson, Jennifer A. ORCID record for Jennifer A. Jackson, Adlard, Stacey, Lynnes, Amanda S., Briggs, Dirk R., Fox, Derren, Waluda, Claire M.. (2016) Population size and decadal trends of three penguin species nesting at Signy Island, South Orkney Islands. PLOS One, 11. 15 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0164025
Schmidt, Katrin, Schlosser, Christian, Atkinson, Angus, Fielding, Sophie ORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Venables, Hugh J., Waluda, Claire M., Achterberg, Eric P.. (2016) Zooplankton gut passage mobilizes lithogenic iron for ocean productivity. Current Biology, 26. 2667-2673. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2016.07.058
2014
Waluda, Claire M., Dunn, Michael J., Curtis, Michael L., Fretwell, Peter T. ORCID record for Peter T. Fretwell. (2014) Assessing penguin colony size and distribution using digital mapping and satellite remote sensing. Polar Biology, 37. 7 pp. doi:10.1007/s00300-014-1566-y
Fielding, Sophie ORCID record for Sophie Fielding, Watkins, Jonathan L., Trathan, Philip N., Enderlein, Peter, Waluda, Claire M., Stowasser, Gabriele, Tarling, Geraint A. ORCID record for Geraint A. Tarling, Murphy, Eugene J. ORCID record for Eugene J. Murphy. (2014) Inter-annual variability in Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) density at South Georgia, Southern Ocean: 1997 – 2013. ICES Journal of Marine Sciences, 71. 2578-2588. 10.1093/icesjms/fsu104
2013
Rosa, Rui, Yamashiro, Carmen, Markaida, Unai, Rodhouse, Paul, Waluda, Claire M., Salinas-Zavala, Cesar A., Keyl, Friedemann, O'Dor, Ron, Stewart, Julia S., Gilly, William F.. (2013) Dosidicus gigas, Humboldt squid. In: Advances in squid biology, ecology and fisheries. Part II - Oegopsid squids, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 169-206.
Rodhouse, Paul G.K., Arkhipkin, Alexander I., Laptikhovsky, Vladimir, Nigmatullin, Chingis, Waluda, Claire M.. (2013) Illex argentinus, Argentine shortfin squid. In: Advances in Squid Biology, Ecology and Fisheries. Part II - Oegopsid squids, New York, Nova Science Publishers, 109-148.
Waluda, Claire M., Staniland, Iain J. ORCID record for Iain J. Staniland. (2013) Entanglement of Antarctic fur seals at Bird Island, South Georgia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 74. 244-252. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.06.050
2012
Waluda, Claire M., Hill, Simeon L., Peat, Helen J. ORCID record for Helen J. Peat, Trathan, Philip N.. (2012) Diet variability and reproductive performance of macaroni penguins Eudyptes chrysolophus at Bird Island, South Georgia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 466. 261-274. 10.3354/meps09930
2010
Waluda, Claire M., Gregory, Susan, Dunn, Michael J.. (2010) Long-term variability in the abundance of Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella at Signy Island, South Orkneys. Polar Biology, 33. 305-312. 10.1007/s00300-009-0706-2
Hill, Simeon L., Forcada, Jaume ORCID record for Jaume Forcada, Trathan, Phil N., Waluda, Claire M.. (2010) Using ecosystem monitoring data to detect impacts. CCAMLR Science, 17. 197-212.
Waluda, Claire M., Collins, Martin A. ORCID record for Martin A. Collins, Black, Andrew D., Staniland, Iain J. ORCID record for Iain J. Staniland, Trathan, Philip N.. (2010) Linking predator and prey behaviour: contrasts between Antarctic fur seals and macaroni penguins at South Georgia. Marine Biology, 157. 99-112. 10.1007/s00227-009-1299-6
Williams, J., Custer, T., Riede, H., Sander, R., Jöckel, P., Hoor, P., Pozzer, A., Wong-Zehnpfennig, S., Hosaynali Beygi, Z., Fischer, H., Gros, V., Colomb, A., Bonsang, B., Yassaa, N., Peeken, I., Atlas, E. L., Waluda, C. M., van Aardenne, J. A., Lelieveld, J.. (2010) Assessing the effect of marine isoprene and ship emissions on ozone, using modelling and measurements from the South Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Chemistry, 7. 171-182. doi:10.1071/EN09154
2008
Waluda, C M, Griffiths, H J ORCID record for H J Griffiths, Rodhouse, P G. (2008) Remotely-sensed spatial dynamics of the Illex argentinus fishery, Southwest Atlantic. Fisheries Research, 91. 196-202. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2007.11.027
Collins, M A ORCID record for M A Collins, Xavier, J C C, Johnston, N M, North, A W, Enderlein, P, Tarling, G A ORCID record for G A Tarling, Waluda, C M, Hawker, E J, Cunningham, N J. (2008) Patterns in the distribution of myctophid fish in the northern Scotia Sea ecosystem. Polar Biology, 31. 837-851.
Hughes, K A, Waluda, C M, Stone, R E, Ridout, M S, Shears, J R. (2008) Short-term responses of king penguins Aptenodytes patagonicus to helicopter disturbance at South Georgia. Polar Biology, 31. 1521-1530. 10.1007/s00300-008-0492-2
2007
Semmens, J M, Pecl, G T, Gillanders, B M, Waluda, C M, Shea, E K, Jouffre, D, Ichii, T, Zumholz, K, Katugin, O N, Leporati, S C, Shaw, P W. (2007) Approaches to resolving cephalopod movement and migration patterns. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 17. 401-423.
2006
Waluda, Claire, Yamashiro, Carmen, Rodhouse, Paul G.. (2006) Influence of the ENSO cycle on the light-fishery for Dosidicus gigas in the Peru Current: an analysis of remotely sensed data. Fisheries Research, 79. 56-63. doi:10.1016/j.fishres.2006.02.017
Waluda, Claire M., Rodhouse, Paul G.. (2006) Remotely sensed mesoscale oceanography of the central Eastern Pacific and recruitment variability in Dosidicus gigas. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 310. 25-32. doi:10.3354/meps310025
Rodhouse, P G, Waluda, C M, Morales-Bojorquez, E, Hernández-Herrera, A. (2006) Fishery biology of the Humboldt squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Fisheries Research, 79. 13-15.
2005
Waluda, Claire M., Rodhouse, Paul G.. (2005) Dosidicus gigas fishing grounds in the Eastern Pacific as revealed by satellite imagery of the light-fishing fleet. Phuket Marine Biological Center Research Bulletin. 321-328.
2004
Waluda, C M, Yamashiro, C, Elvidge, C D, Hobson, V R, Rodhouse, P G. (2004) Quantifying light-fishing for Dosidicus gigas in the Eastern Pacific using satellite remote sensing. Remote sensing of Environment, 91. 129-133.
Waluda, C M, Trathan, P N, Rodhouse, P G. (2004) Synchronicity in southern hemisphere squid stocks and the influence of the Southern Oscillation and Trans Polar Index. Fisheries Oceanography, 13. 129-133.
2002
Waluda, C M, Trathan, P N, Elvidge, C D, Hobson, V R, Rodhouse, P G. (2002) Throwing light on straddling stocks of Illex argentinus: assessing fishing intensity with satellite imagery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 59. 592-596.
2001
Waluda, C M, Rodhouse, P G, Podestá, G P, Trathan, P N, Pierce, G J. (2001) Surface oceanography of the inferred hatching grounds of Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) and influences on recruitment variability. Marine Biology, 139. 671-679.
Waluda, C M, Rodhouse, P G, Trathan, P N, Pierce, G J. (2001) Remotely sensed mesoscale oceanography and the distribution of Illex argentinus in the South Atlantic. Fisheries Oceanography, 10. 207-216.
1999
Waluda, C M, Trathan, P N, Rodhouse, P G. (1999) Influence of oceanographic variability on recruitment in the Illex argentinus (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) fishery in the South Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 183. 159-167.
2020
Plastic Pollution reaching Antarctica
News 28 April, 2020
2018
Cambridge Big Biology Day
Event 13 October, 2018
2017
Plastic pollution in the Antarctic worse than expected
News 19 June, 2017
Penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions
News 11 April, 2017
New study reveals what penguins eat
News 15 February, 2017
2016
Study shows mixed fortunes for Signy penguins
News 27 October, 2016
Nature’s ocean fertiliser
News 20 September, 2016
2007
Bird Island Diary — December 2007
Blog 31 December, 2007
2006
Signy Island Diary — November 2006
Blog 30 November, 2006
Bostanci A (2002) No more suprises from evanescent squid. Science 296:1000-1001