Publications
Freshwater Health/Water Quality
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Angling Trust Water Quality Monitoring Network first annual report
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Kean EF, et al. 2023. Systems thinking for the Usk: Actors and activities driving the health of Usk catchment freshwaters. A Cardiff University Water Research Institute report for the Catchment Systems Thinking Cooperative.
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Kean, EF, et al. 2021. Supporting capacity and capability in the freshwater sector. A Cardiff University Water Research Institute report for Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
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Otter diet
Kean, et al. 2025. NRW Evidence Report No. 943. Changes in otter diet in South Wales.
Moorhouse-Gann RJ, Kean EF, et al. 2020. Dietary complexity and hidden costs of prey switching in a generalist top predator. Ecol Evol; 10: 6395–6408. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6375
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Odour dialects
- Kean EF, et al. 2017. Odour dialects among wild mammals. Scientific Reports 7, article: 13593.
- Kean EF, et al. 2015. Scent signals individual identity and country of origin in otters. Mammalian Biology 80(2), pp. 99-105.
- Kean EF, et al. 2011. Otter scent signals age, sex and reproductive status. Chemical Senses 36(6):555-564.
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Persistent Pollutants
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Kean, E.F. et al. 2021. Persistent pollutants exceed toxic thresholds in a freshwater top predator decades after legislative control. Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116415
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O'Rourke et al., 2022. Anthropogenic Drivers of Variation in Concentrations of Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Otters (Lutra lutra) from England and Wales. Environ. Sci. Technol. 56, 3, 1675–1687
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Kean E.F., et al. 2013. Persistent organic pollutants and indicators of otter health. CHEM Trust
National Otter Survey
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Seventh Otter Survey of Wales with Cardiff University coming soon....
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Kean and Chadwick 2021. Otter Survey of Wales 2015-18. Natural Resources Wales Evidence report 519
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Kean EF & Wentworth J. 2011. Landscapes of the Future: POSTnote 380. Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.