| Annex IV 2016 state of the science report: Environmental effects of marine renewable energy development around the world A Copping, N Sather, L Hanna, J Whiting, G Zydlewski, G Staines, A Gill, ... Ocean Energy Systems 224, 2016 | 139 | 2016 |
| Bio-logging science: logging and relaying physical and biological data using animal-attached tags SK Hooker, M Biuw, BJ McConnell, PJO Miller, CE Sparling Deep-Sea Research Part II 3 (54), 177-182, 2007 | 99 | 2007 |
| Metabolic rates of captive grey seals during voluntary diving CE Sparling, MA Fedak Journal of Experimental Biology 207 (10), 1615-1624, 2004 | 99 | 2004 |
| How long does a dive last? Foraging decisions by breath-hold divers in a patchy environment: a test of a simple model CE Sparling, JY Georges, SL Gallon, M Fedak, D Thompson Animal Behaviour 74 (2), 207-218, 2007 | 82 | 2007 |
| Seals like it hot: Changes in surface temperature of harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from late pregnancy to moult W Paterson, CE Sparling, D Thompson, PP Pomeroy, JI Currie, ... Journal of Thermal Biology 37 (6), 454-461, 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
| Estimating field metabolic rates of pinnipeds: doubly labelled water gets the seal of approval CE Sparling, D Thompson, MA Fedak, SL Gallon, JR Speakman Functional Ecology 22 (2), 245-254, 2008 | 75 | 2008 |
| Seasonal variation in the metabolic rate and body composition of female grey seals: fat conservation prior to high-cost reproduction in a capital breeder? CE Sparling, JR Speakman, MA Fedak Journal of Comparative Physiology B 176, 505-512, 2006 | 75 | 2006 |
| Eat now, pay later? Evidence of deferred food-processing costs in diving seals CE Sparling, MA Fedak, D Thompson Biology Letters 3 (1), 95-99, 2007 | 69 | 2007 |
| A review of the UK and British Channel Islands practical tidal stream energy resource D Coles, A Angeloudis, D Greaves, G Hastie, M Lewis, L Mackie, ... Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477 (2255), 20210469, 2021 | 58 | 2021 |
| SeaGen environmental monitoring programme final report G Keenan, C Sparling, H Williams, F Fortune Royal Haskoning: Edinburgh, UK, January, 2011 | 57 | 2011 |
| Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations IMD Maclean, R Inger, D Benson, CG Booth, CB Embling, WJ Grecian, ... Frontiers in Marine Science 1, 75, 2014 | 47 | 2014 |
| How fast does a seal swim? Variations in swimming behaviour under differing foraging conditions SL Gallon, CE Sparling, JY Georges, MA Fedak, M Biuw, D Thompson Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (18), 3285-3294, 2007 | 47 | 2007 |
| Strangford Lough and the SeaGen tidal turbine G Savidge, D Ainsworth, S Bearhop, N Christen, B Elsaesser, F Fortune, ... Marine renewable energy technology and environmental interactions, 153-172, 2014 | 45 | 2014 |
| Empirical measures of harbor seal behavior and avoidance of an operational tidal turbine R Joy, JD Wood, CE Sparling, DJ Tollit, AE Copping, BJ McConnell Marine pollution bulletin 136, 92-106, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| The effect of instrument attachment on the surface temperature of juvenile grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) as measured by infrared thermography DJ McCafferty, J Currie, CE Sparling Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 54 (3-4), 424-436, 2007 | 39 | 2007 |
| Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) around an operational tidal turbine in Strangford Narrows: No barrier effect but small changes in transit behaviour C Sparling, M Lonergan, B McConnell Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 28 (1), 194-204, 2018 | 38 | 2018 |
| First in situ passive acoustic monitoring for marine mammals during operation of a tidal turbine in Ramsey Sound, Wales CE Malinka, DM Gillespie, JDJ Macaulay, R Joy, CE Sparling Marine Ecology Progress Series 590, 247-266, 2018 | 35 | 2018 |
| Passive acoustic methods for tracking the 3D movements of small cetaceans around marine structures D Gillespie, L Palmer, J Macaulay, C Sparling, G Hastie PLoS One 15 (5), e0229058, 2020 | 32 | 2020 |
| Review of offshore wind farm impact monitoring and mitigation with regard to marine mammals UK Verfuss, CE Sparling, C Arnot, A Judd, M Coyle The effects of noise on aquatic life II, 1175-1182, 2016 | 32 | 2016 |
| Tracking technologies for quantifying marine mammal interactions with tidal turbines: pitfalls and possibilities GD Hastie, DM Gillespie, JCD Gordon, JDJ Macaulay, BJ McConnell, ... Marine renewable energy technology and environmental interactions, 127-139, 2014 | 29 | 2014 |
Gordon HastieSea Mammal Research UnitVerified email at st-andrews.ac.uk
