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Dr Simon NORTHRIDGE

Senior Lecturer

Sea Mammal Research Unit, School of Biology

University of St Andrews, Scottish Oceans Institute

Work Location

St Andrews
KY16 9TS
United Kingdom

Email(s)

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Telephone

44 1334 462654

Fax

44 1334 462632

Profile URL

https://oceanexpert.org/expert/spn1

Highest Degree

PhD MSc BSc

Job Type

Teaching/Education
Research
Data Management
Natural Resource Management
Technical Advice & Consulting

Subject Area

Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Fisheries
Aquaculture

Activities

Research into interactions between marine mammals and fisheries; pinniped and cetacean bycatch in fishing operations; mitigation of bycatch; distributional ecology; feeding habits of marine mammals. Main species include harbour porpoises Phocoena phocoena, common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, grey seals Halichoerus grypus and common seals Phoca vitulina

Sea regions of study

North Atlantic Ocean

Working language(s)

English

Website(s)

http://biology.st-andrews.ac.uk/contact/staffprofile.aspx?sunID=spn1

Created: 2002-09-24 | Last Updated: 2013-07-18