Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Morley, Simon A. ORCID record for Morley, Simon A.. Campanella, Fabio. Young, Emma F. ORCID record for Young, Emma F.. Baylis, Alastair M. M. Barnes, David K. A. ORCID record for Barnes, David K. A.. Bell, James B. Bennison, Ashley ORCID record for Bennison, Ashley. Collins, Martin A. ORCID record for Collins, Martin A.. Glass, Trevor. Martin, Stephanie M. Whomersley, Paul. Schofield, Andy. (2025) Dramatic ENSO related Southwestern Atlantic ecosystem shifts.

• Morley, S., Campanella, F., Baylis, A., Barnes, D., Bell, J., Bennison, A., Collins, M., Glass, T., Martin, S., Whomersley, P., Young, E., & Schofield, A. (2024). Fisheries acoustic data, whale and bird data from two transits from the Falkland Islands to Tristan da Cunha during March 2018 (RRS James Clark Ross) and March 2019 (RRS Discovery) (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/db06c590-4f6d-4a8a-9b8c-ce45204103c1

1. Whales of South Georgia Be Part of the Story

   The Wild Water Whales project studies the recovery of baleen whale populations. Every shared photo or sighting becomes part of the recovery story.

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3. Sustained Monitoring of Whales at South Georgia

   This project is creating a long-term framework for monitoring whale numbers and behaviour.

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4. South Georgia’s Lost Giants

   South Georgia’s Lost Giants is part of the British Antarctic Survey’s “Wild Water Whales” project studying the recovery of whales from historical exploitation in South Georgia.

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5. Hungry Humpbacks

   Hungry Humpbacks studied how humpback whales, the largest predators of krill in the region, fed at South Georgia.

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1. Project Update: Bird Island- a year round cetacean observatory 

   George Day has been compiling and analysing all the Bird Island whale observations since 1979. During that time, eight species of whales were seen with southern right whales having the most sightings followed by humpback whales and then minke whales.

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2. Field Update from Cumberland Bay Acoustic Moorings Deployment

   In January, we finally deployed two of the acoustic moorings in Cumberland Bay. This was after almost a year and a half in delays mainly due to large icebergs in the area.

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1. Scientists study whales and fish to protect South Georgia’s marine ecosystem

   scientists are focusing on two major projects: one on whales and their consumption of krill (a shrimp-like creature that’s abundant in the Southern Ocean), and another on populations of bottom-dwelling fish.

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