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Overview

Paul Jepson is affiliated with the Zoological Society of London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls under the field of Environmental Science, with a specialization in Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Oceanography.

The research topics covered in their work include:

  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Aerospace Engineering and Energy Systems
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Cardiovascular and Diving-Related Complications
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Frequent publication venues for Paul Jepson are:

  • The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Biological Conservation
  • Environment International
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborative work includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Antonio Fernández
  • Nicholas J. Davison
  • Matthew W. Perkins
  • Andrew Brownlow
  • Robert Deaville

Significant recent papers published by Paul Jepson include:

  • Understanding the impacts of anthropogenic sound on beaked whales, 2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Elements of beaked whale anatomy and diving physiology and some hypothetical causes of sonar-related stranding, 2023, The journal of cetacean research and management. Special issue
  • Spatiotemporal mortality and demographic trends in a small cetacean: Strandings to inform conservation management, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Levels of Polychlorinated Biphenyls Are Still Associated with Toxic Effects in Harbor Porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) Despite Having Fallen below Proposed Toxicity Thresholds, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Polychlorinated biphenyls are associated with reduced testes weights in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), 2021, Environment International

Best Publications

  • Conservation biogeography: assessment and prospect

    Robert J. Whittaker;Miguel B. Araújo;Paul Jepson;Richard J. Ladle

  • Gas-bubble lesions in stranded cetaceans

    P. D. Jepson;M. Arbelo;R. Deaville;I. A. P. Patterson

  • PCB pollution continues to impact populations of orcas and other dolphins in European waters

    Paul D. Jepson;Rob Deaville;Jonathan L. Barber;Àlex Aguilar

  • Emerging infectious diseases in cetaceans worldwide and the possible role of environmental stressors.

    Marie-Francoise Van Bressem;Juan Antonio Raga;Giovanni Di Guardo;Paul D. Jepson

  • Rewilding: Science, Practice, and Politics

    Jamie Lorimer;Chris Sandom;Paul Jepson;Chris Doughty

  • Predicting global killer whale population collapse from PCB pollution

    Jean-Pierre Desforges;Ailsa Hall;Bernie McConnell;Aqqalu Rosing-Asvid

  • Relationships between polychlorinated biphenyls and health status in harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) stranded in the United Kingdom

    Paul D. Jepson;Peter M. Bennett;Robert Deaville;Colin R. Allchin

  • The 1988 and 2002 phocine distemper virus epidemics in European harbour seals.

    Tero Harkonen;Rune Dietz;Peter Reijnders;Jonas Teilmann

  • Governance and accountability of environmental NGOs

    Paul Jepson

  • Essays on science and society. The end for Indonesia's lowland forests?

    Paul Jepson;James K. Jarvie;Kathy MacKinnon;Kathryn A. Monk

  • Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture

    Michael R McGowen;Michael R McGowen;Georgia Tsagkogeorga;Sandra Álvarez-Carretero;Mario Dos Reis

  • Investigating potential associations between chronic exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls and infectious disease mortality in harbour porpoises from England and Wales.

    Paul D. Jepson;Peter M. Bennett;Colin R. Allchin;Robin J. Law

  • Exposure to heavy metals and infectious disease mortality in harbour porpoises from England and Wales.

    Peter M. Bennett;Paul D. Jepson;Robin J. Law;B.R. Jones

  • Persistent pollutants, persistent threats

    Paul D. Jepson;Robin J. Law;Robin J. Law

  • iEcology: Harnessing Large Online Resources to Generate Ecological Insights.

    Ivan Jarić;Ivan Jarić;Ricardo A. Correia;Barry W. Brook;Jessie C. Buettel

  • Bird-keeping in Indonesia: conservation impacts and the potential for substitution-based conservation responses

    Paul Jepson;Richard J. Ladle

  • The risk of infection from polychlorinated biphenyl exposure in the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena): a case-control approach.

    Ailsa J. Hall;Kelly Hugunin;Robert Deaville;Robin J. Law

  • Pathology and causes of death of stranded cetaceans in the canary Islands (1999-2005)

    Manuel Arbelo;Antonio Espinosa de los Monteros;Pedro Herráez;Marisa Andrada

  • Values-led conservation

    Paul Jepson;Susan Canney

  • Criteria and case definitions for serious injury and death of pinnipeds and cetaceans caused by anthropogenic trauma.

    Michael J. Moore;Julie van der Hoop;Susan G. Barco;Alexander M. Costidis

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Ladle
Richard J. Ladle Federal University of Alagoas
Robin J. Law
Robin J. Law Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Jonathan L. Barber
Jonathan L. Barber Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
Ursula Siebert
Ursula Siebert University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation
Antonio Fernández
Antonio Fernández University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Graham J. Pierce
Graham J. Pierce Spanish National Research Council
Robert J. Reid
Robert J. Reid University of Adelaide
Robert J. Whittaker
Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford
Thomas Barrett
Thomas Barrett The Pirbright Institute
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University

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