Dr David Thompson

Principal Research Fellow (Re-engaged)

Researcher profile

Email

dt2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Selected publications

• Open access

  At-sea distribution of seals on the Northwest European Shelf: towards transboundary conservation and management

  Carter, M. I. D., Aarts, G., van Beest, F. M., Bivins, M., Brasseur, S. M. J. M., Dietz, R., Duck, C. D., Galatius, A., Gilles, A., Haelters, J., Hastie, G. D., Jessop, M., Morris, C. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Nachtsheim, D. A., Schaffeld, T., Schop, J., Siebert, U. & Teilmann, J. & 4 others, Thompson, D., Thompson, P. M., Vincent, C. & Russell, D. J. F., Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 63, 1, p. 1-16 16 p., e70236.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Scale-dependent foraging behaviour and habitat associations of two sympatric marine top predators

  Carter, M. I. D., Aarts, G., Brasseur, S. M. J. M., Hastie, G. D., Moss, S. E. W., Nabe-Nielsen, J., Teilmann, J., Thompson, D., Thompson, P. M., Vincent, C. & Russell, D. J. F., Feb 2026, In: Landscape Ecology. 41, 2, p. 1-22 22 p., 21.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Preliminary report on the distribution and abundance of harbour seals 231 (Phoca vitulina) during the 2024 breeding season in The Wash

  Thompson, D., Waitland, S. & Russell, D. J., 2025, Online: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 13 p. (SCOS briefing paper; no. 25/05)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Provisional regional Potential Biological Removal (PBR) values for UK seals in 2025

  Russell, D. J., Morris, C., Thompson, D. & Duck, C., 2025, Online: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 8 p. (SCOS briefing paper; no. 25/04)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Recent counts and distribution of UK seals during August surveys

  Morris, C., Riddoch , N., Thompson, D., Waitland, S. & Russell, D. J., 2025, Online: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 13 p. (SCOS briefing paper; no. 25/01)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Trends in seal abundance and grey seal pup production

  Russell, D. J., Duck, C., Morris, C., Thompson, D. & Waitland, S., 2025, Online: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 26 p. (SCOS briefing paper; no. 25/03)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Open access

  Updated habitat-based at-sea distribution maps for harbour and grey seals in Scotland: Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews

  Carter, M. I. D., Bivins, M., Duck, C., Hastie, G., Morris, C., Moss, S., Thompson, D., Thompson, P., Vincent, C. & Russell, D. J., 2025, Scottish Government.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Observations at north-west Scottish Gannet colonies in 2023 in the context of an outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in 2022

  Wilson, L., Harris, M., Morley, N., Fox, D., Russell, D. J., Thompson, D. & Wanless, S., 2024, In: Scottish Birds. 44, 1, p. 33 42 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Quantifying and reducing the cost of tagging: combining computational fluid dynamics and diving experiments to reduce impact from animal-borne tags

  McKnight, C., Pass, C., Thompson, D., Balfour, S. T., Brasseur, S., Embling, C., Hastie, G. D., Milne, R., Kyte, A., Moss, S., Pemberton, R. & Russell, D. J., 6 Nov 2024, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 291, 2034, 12 p., 20241441.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Recent counts and distribution of UK seals during August surveys

  Morris, C., Riddoch , N., Duck, C., Thompson, D., Waitland, S. & Russell, D. J., 2024, Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. 13 p. (SCOS briefing paper; no. 24/01)

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

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