Contact

Name

Amy Jones

Position

PhD Researcher

E-Mail Address

amy.jones@uhi.ac.uk

Joined the ERI

January 15, 2024

Job Description

Using novel remote-sensing techniques to quantify fine-scale seabird and hydrodynamic habitat associations in tidally driven currents, with a focus on X-band marine radar for seabird tracking above water.

Career

2021-2022 | Priority Habitats Project Officer & Windermere Project Coordinator

2019-2022 | Project Manager of The Cambodian Marine Mammal Conservation Project

2016-2019 | BSc Hons (1st Class) Marine and Freshwater Conservation, University of Cumbria

2017 | Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, The Montenegro Dolphin Project

2015 | Research Assistant, Osa Conservation, Costa Rica

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Marine and Freshwater Conservation

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications:

 

Jones, A.L., Thap, R., Ry, S., Vong, V., Nget, V., Freneat, T. and Notman, G.M. (2024) Investigating sea turtle bycatch in Southern Cambodia. Chelonia Conservation and Biology, in-press.

 

Jones, A.L., Tubbs, S.E. and Thap, R. (2022) Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris strandings between 2017 and 2022 in Kep Province, Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History, 2022(1).

 

Strong, J.A., Wardell, C., Haissoune, A., Jones, A.L. and Coals, L. (2022) Marine habitat mapping to support the use of conservation and antitrawl structure in Kep Province, Cambodia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 80(8), pp.2197-2209.

 

Jones, A.L., Tubbs, S.E. and Croxford, E.M. (2021) Behavioral responses of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) to a dead conspecific. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 34(2021).

 

Tubbs, S.E., Keen, E., Jones, A.L. and Thap, R. (2020) On the distribution, behaviour and seasonal variation of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) in the Kep archipelago, Cambodia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 68, pp.137-149.

 

Tubbs, S.E., Akkaya, A., Cote, G., Jones, A.L. and Notman, G. (2019) Sighting and stranding reports of Irrawaddy dolphins (Orcaella brevirostris) and Dugongs (Dugong dugon) in Kep and Kampot, Cambodia. Aquatic Mammals, 45.5.

 

Other publications:

 

Jones, A.L. (2022) Priority Habitats: A report to Natural England. Technical report to Natural England.

 

Jones, A.L., Coals, L., Haissoune, A. and Reid, A. (2020) Marine biodiversity assessment Kampot, Cambodia: Baseline survey of seagrass beds, coral reefs and dolphins. Report to Cambodian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

 

Xaus, L., Gansen, C., Akkaya, A., Gaggioli, E., Tubbs, S.E. and Jones, A.L. (2017) Resultados preliminares de foto identificion del delfin nariz de botella (Tursiops truncatus) en Montenegro. Y Congreso Nacional de Conservation de la Biodiversidad.