Completed Projects

Reference	Title
04/01	Eastern English Channel seabed habitat mapping
04/02a	Predictive Framework for Assessment of Recoverability of Marine Benthic Communities Following Cessation of Aggregate Dredging + Genus Traits Handbook
04/02b	The significance of benthic communities for higher levels in the marine food-web at aggregate dredge sites using the ecosystem approach
04/03	Development of a Risk Assessment Framework – Marine Aggregate Extraction Risk Assessment (MARA) Framework
04/04	Coupling physical and ecological models: A new approach to predicting the impacts of aggregate extraction on biological recoverability.
04/05	Marine ALSF Science Co-ordinator
04/07a	Marine Aggregate Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) Offshore Geographical Information System.
07/01	Thames REC project
07/02	South Coast REC project
07/04	Scale and impact of fishing activities in the Eastern English Channel: an initial assessment based on existing geophysical survey data
07/05	Marine Aggregates: Science, Industry, Stewardship and People Networks ("Explore the Sea Floor")
07/06	Feasibility study for an assessment of the relative impacts from exploitation of marine and land sand and gravel reserves
07/07	Mineral Wealth - Seabed Health phase ii - Eastern English Channel interactive
07/08	'Best Use' - Maximising the value of data collected under ALSF projects and the Aggregate Dredging Industry
MAL0020	Development of Hierarchical Classification Scheme to determine an optimal classification and validation process for the supervised classification of AGDS data
MAL0027	Dissemination & raised awareness of the recoverability of Sabellaria spinulosa aggregations following aggregate extraction
08/P14	Marine Aggregates Supply as part of a sustainable mix: evaluating the evidence from a sub-regional level
08/P18	Research, development, production and evaluation of innovative grab sampling devices with a view to improving the quality and efficiency of sea-bed sediment sampling
08/P21	A Generic Investigation into Noise Profiles of Marine Aggregate Dredging in Relation to the Acoustic Sensitivity of the Marine Fauna in UK Waters
08/P25	Taking ‘Aggregates to Outreach’ to the Marine Environment
08/P27	Derek the Dredger and the Marine Biologists
08/P33	Mitigation of Marine Aggregate Dredging Impacts – Benchmarking Equipment, Practices and Technologies against Global Best Practice
08/P64	Developing new ground truthing techniques for seabed mapping
08/P70	The development and application of an instrument array to measure the concentration of silt and sand in the overflow from aggregate dredgers
08/P77	Sustainability of the marine aggregate industry: a review of the economic and societal costs and benefits of marine aggregate extraction including impacts on ecosystem goods and services
REC 08/01	Analysis and Reporting of Outer Thames Regional Environmental Characterisation (REC) Survey Data
09/P133	Reduction of environmental impacts of dredger operations
MAL0008	Best methods for identifying and evaluating Sabellaria spinulosa and cobble reef