Non-tech. summaries 2014: projects on protection of environment
Projects granted during 2014 that have a primary purpose of: protection of the natural environment and preservation of species.
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This document outlines the projects granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 during 2014 with a primary purpose of translational and applied research into the following:
- protection of the natural environment in the interests of the health and welfare of humans and animals
- preservation of species
The following projects were granted:
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trapping strategy for effective grey squirrel control (grey squirrel, population control, trapping)
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positive exclusion screen trials for fish (salmon, eel, vertical bar screen)
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improving models of species interactions by including individual heterogeneity (rodents, mustelids, population dynamics)
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investigating virulence of, amphibian host range of and the effectiveness of the amphibian host response to ranaviruses (infectious disease, conservation, amphibian, ranaviruses)
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chemicals and fish regulation (toxicity testing, environmental pollutants)
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biological effects of hazards in the environment (behaviour, cancer, neurodegeneration)
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diadromous and freshwater fish: assessment and ecology (fish, stock assessment, ecology, environment, conservation)
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ecology of freshwater fish (fish, non-native fish, habitat loss, eutrophication)
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evaluation of rodenticides in the laboratory and field (rodenticides, rodents, resistance, anticoagulants)
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West Country salmon and sea trout migration project (salmon, sea trout, smolts)
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the population ecology of North Sea seabirds (seabirds, climate change, diet, physiology, demogaraphy)
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novel rodenticide project (rodents, rodenticides, control, toxicity)
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impacts and mitigation of river structures on fish (dams, hydropower, hydrodynamics, acoustics, telemetry)