Dr Charles G. M. Paxton

Research Fellow

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 1811

Email

cgp2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

101 OB

Location

Observatory

 

PhD supervision

• Joseph Ward

Selected publications

• Open access

  Hoops, loops and eyewitness reliability: a history of biologically impossible aquatic monsters

  Paxton, C. G. M. & Shine, A. J., 1 Sept 2025, In: Endeavour. 49, 3, 8 p., 101005.

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

• Open access

  Identifying biases and the relevant statistical population: the case of the Loch Ness Monster

  Paxton, C. G. M., Shine, A. J. & Popov, V. M., 8 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education. Latest Articles, 6 p.

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

• Open access

  Improving understanding of seabird bycatch in Scottish longline fisheries and exploring potential solutions

  Kingston, A., Northridge, S., Paxton, C. G. M. & Forti Buratti, J. P., 14 Aug 2023, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 91 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Methods comparison for analysing PAM data to detect a change in cue detection rate of cetaceans related to a potential disturbance

  Oedekoven, C. S., Thomas, L., Harris, C. M., Scott-Hayward, L. A. S., Harris, D., Chudzinska, M., Paxton, C. G. M., Solsona Berger, A. & Baumann-Pickering, S., 19 May 2023, University of St Andrews. 66 p. (CREEM Technical Report; no. 2023-02)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Channel crossings and lifesaving: the further (mis)adventures of George Drevar

  Paxton, C. G. M., 23 Jan 2022, In: Mariner's Mirror. 108, 1, p. 93-100 8 p.

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

• Creating a monster: the case of the Eachy

  Paxton, C. G. M., 1 Jan 2022, Skeptical Inquirer, 46, 1, p. 46-48 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Open access

  Production of seabird and marine mammal distribution models for the east of Scotland

  Paxton, C. G. M., Waggitt, J. J., Evans, P. G. H., Miller, D. L., Burt, L. & Chudzinska, M. E., 18 Nov 2022, Edinburgh: Scottish Government. 156 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

• Open access

  The Loch Ness monster: a modern history

  Paxton, C. G. M., 12 May 2022, The Conversation.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Open access

  Driven mad by the sea serpent: the strange case of Captain George Drevar

  Paxton, C. G. M., 2021, In: Mariner's Mirror. 107, 3, p. 308-323

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

• Changes in the spatial distribution of acoustically derived Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) tracks in response to navy training

  Harris, C. M., Martin, S., Martin, C., Helble, T., Henderson, E., Paxton, C. G. M. & Thomas, L., 11 Nov 2019, In: Aquatic Mammals. 45, 6, p. 661-674

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

 

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