Our books Analysing Ecological Data. (2007). Zuur, Ieno, and Smith. Springer. 680p. Series: Statistics for Biology and Health. Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R (2009). Zuur, Ieno, Walker, Saveliev, and Smith. Springer. 650p. Series: Statistics for Biology and Health.    A Beginner's Guide to R. (2009). Zuur, Ieno, and Meesters. Springer. Series: User! Analysing Ecological Data: Practical Solutions When Things Get Complicate (In preparation). Zuur.    Click on a book cover to access R code and data files     Book chapters Zuur, AF, Ieno, EN, Mazziotti, C, Montanari, G,  Attilio, R, and Ferrari CR. Common trends in trophic index time series from the coastal waters in Emilia-Romagna (Adriatic Sea-Italy). In: Chandler, R.E. and Scott,M. (eds). Statistical methods for trend detection and analysis in the Environmental Sciences. (In prep). John-Wiley. Analysing forensic entomological data using mixed modelling and extensions.  Ieno EN, Amendt J, Fremdt H, Saveliev AA, Zuur AF. In: Forensic Entomology - Novel Arthropods, Environments and Approaches. Editors J. Amendt, M. Lee Goff, C.P. Campobasso, M. Grassberger.   Papers Distribution patterns of ichthyoplankton communities in different ecosystems of the Northeast Atlantic. (2009-In press). L Dransfeld, O Dwane, AF Zuur. Journal of fisheries and oceanography. Long-term field observations on phytoplankton seasonality in a shallow coastal marine ecosystem, the Wadden Sea. (Submitted). CJ Philippart, JM van Iperen, GC Cadee, AF Zuur. Estuaries and Coasts. Comparison of two histological techniques for age determination in small cetaceans. (2009). P Lastra-Luque, JA Learmonth, BA Santos, EN Ieno, GJ Pierce. Marine mammal science. Factors affecting the 'environmental footprints' of Scottish fish farms (Submitted). DJ Mayor, AF Zuur, M Solan, GI Paton, and K Killham. Deep pelagic bioluminescence: Benthic and pelagic drivers in the mediterranean sea. (Submitted). J Craig , R Hutson, AJ Jamieson, AF Zuur & IG Priede.  Long-term changes in deep-water fish populations in the North East Atlantic: a deeper-reaching effect of fisheries? (2009). DM Bailey, MA Collins, JDM. Gordon, AF Zuur, IG Priede. Journal Proceedings of the Royal Society: B A modeling framework to optimize timing of haul-out counts for estimating harbour seal abundance. (2009). MA Cronin, AF Zuur, S Ingram and E Rogan. NAMMCO Scientific Publications.  Using mobile phone telemetry to investigate the haul-out behaviour of harbour seals Phoca vitulina vitulina. (2009). MA Cronin, AF Zuur, E Rogan, BJ McConnell. Endangered species research.  Spatial and temporal distribution of Lepeophtheirus salmonis (Krøyer) larvae in a sea loch containing Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., farms on the north-west coast of Scotland. (2008). Penston MJ, Millar CP, Zuur AF, and Davies IM. Journal of Fish Diseases. 31: 361–371 Dentinal anomalies in teeth of harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from Scottish waters: are they linked to sexual maturation and environmental events? (2009). Luque PL, Pierce GJ, Learmonth JA, Santos MB, Ieno EN, López A, Reid RJ, Rogan E, González AF, Boon J, Law RJ, and Lockyer CH. Journal of the Marine Biological Association.  Bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants in female common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from western European seas: Geographical trends, causal factors and effects on reproduction and mortality. (2008). Pierce GJ, Santos MB, Murphy S, Learmonth JA, Zuur AF, Rogan E, Bustamante P, Caurant F, Lahaye V, Ridoux V, Zegers BN, Mets A, Addink M, Smeenk C, Jauniaux T, Law RJ, Dabin W, Lopez A, Farre JMA, Gonzalez AF, Guerra A, Garcia-Hartmann M, Reid RJ, Moffat CF, Lockyer C, Boon JP. Environmental pollution; 153: 401-415. Modelling of essential fish habitat based on remote sensing, spatial analysis and GIS (2008- In press). Valavanis VD, Pierce GJ, Zuur AF, Palialexis A, Saveliev A, Katara I, Wang J. Hydrobiologia. The potential influence of bioluminescence from marine animals on a deep sea underwater neutrino telescope array in the Mediterranean Sea Deep-Sea Research. (In review).  Priede IG, Jamieson A, Heger A, Craig J, Zuur AF. Deep-Sea Research Part I.  A review of cephalopod–environment interactions in European Seas. (2008). Pierce GJ, Valavanis VD, Guerra A,  Jereb P, Orsi-Relini L, Bellido JM, Katara I, Piatkowski U, Pereira J,  Balguerias E, Sobrino I, Lefkaditou E, Wang J, Santurtun M, Boyle PR, Hastie LC, MacLeod CD, Smith JM, Viana M, Gonzalez AF, Zuur AF. Hydrobiologia. Historical trends in the incidence of strandings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) on North Sea coasts: An association with positive temperature anomalies Pierce GJ, Santos MB, Smeenk C, Saveliev A, and Zuur AF. (2007). Fisheries Research. 87: 219-228. CO2-induced acidification affects hatching success in Calanus finmarchicus (2007). Mayor DJ, Matthews C, Cook K, Zuur AF, Hay S. Marine ecology progress series. 350: 91-97. Lahaye V, Bustamante P,  Law RJ,  Learmonth JA, Santos MB,  Boon JP, Rogan E, Dabin W,  Addink MJ,  López A,  Zuur AF,  Pierce GJ, Caurant F. (2007). Biological and ecological factors related to trace element levels in harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from European waters. Marine Environmental Research. 64: 247-266 Mendes, Sónia; Newton, Jason; Reid, Robert; Zuur, Alain; Pierce, Graham. (2007). Teeth reveal sperm whale ontogenetic movements and trophic ecology through the profiling of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Oecologia. 151: 605-615 E.J.V. Gillibrand, A.J. Jamieson, P.M. Bagley, A.F. Zuur & I.G. Priede. (2007). Seasonal development of a deep pelagic bioluminescent layer in the northeast Atlantic Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 341: 37-44. Laine, A.O, Andersin,A.B, Leiniö, S. & Zuur, A.F. (2007). Stratification induced hypoxia as a structuring factor of macrozoobenthos in the open Gulf of Finland (Baltic Sea). Journal of Sea Research. 57: 65-77. Borges, L., Zuur, A.F., Rogan, E. and Officer, R. (2006). Modelling discards from demersal fisheries. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 63: 1086-1095. Commercial conditions: Integration of physiological, behavioural and physical approaches. (2007). Brown A, Bournhill A, Watson J, Wall T, Ellis T, Zuur AF, Ieno EN. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY. 146: S80-S81 Ieno, E.N., Solan, M., Batty, P. & Pierce, G.J., 2006. Distinguishing between the effects of infaunal species richness, identity and density in the marine benthos. Marine Ecology Progress Series 311: 263-271. Neat, F.C., Wright, P.J., Zuur, A.F., Gibb, I.M., Gibb, F.M., Tulett,D., Righton, D.A. and Turner,R.J. (2006). Residency and depth movements of a coastal group of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L). Marine Biology 148: 643-654. MacLeod, C.D. and Zuur, A.F. (2005). Habitat utilization by Blainville's beaked whales off Great Abaco, northern Bahamas, in relation to seabed topography. Marine Biology 147: 1-11. Sacau, M., Pierce, G,J., Wang, J., Arkhipkin, A.I., Portela, J., Brickle, P., Santos, M.B., Zuur, A.F. and Cardoso, X. (2005). The spatio-temporal pattern of Argentine shortfin squid Illex argentinus abundance in the southwest Atlantic. Aquat. Living Resour. 18: 361-372. Weijerman M., Lindeboom H., Zuur A.F. (2005). Regime shifts in marine ecosystems in the North Sea and Wadden Sea. Marine Ecology Progress Series 298: 21-39. Chen, C.S., Pierce, G.J., Wang, J., Robin, J.-P., Poulard, J.C., Pereira, J., Zuur, A.F., Boyle, P.R., Bailey, N., Beare, D.J., Jereb, P., Ragonese, S., Mannini, A. & Orsi-Relini, L., (2006). The apparent disappearance of Loligo forbesi from the south of its range in the 1990s: trends in Loligo spp. abundance in the northeast Atlantic and possible environmental influences. Fisheries Research 78: 44-54. Pierce, G.J., Zuur, A.F., Smith, J.M., Santos, M.B., Bailey, N., Chen, C.-S. & Boyle, P.R., (2005). Interannual variation in life-cycle characteristics of the veined squid (Loligo forbesi) in Scottish (UK) waters. Aquatic Living Resources 18: 327-340. Smith, J.M., Pierce, G.J., Zuur, A.F. & Boyle, P.R. (2005). Seasonal patterns of investment in reproductive and somatic tissues in the squid Loligo forbesi. Aquatic Living Resources 18: 341-351. Borges, L., Zuur, A.F., Rogan, E. and Officer, R. (2005). Choosing the best sampling unit and auxiliary variable for discard estimations. Fish. Res. 75: Issue 1-3, 29-39. Zuur A.F. and Pierce G.J. (2004). Common trends in Northeast Atlantic Squid time series. Journal of Sea Research 52: 57-72. Borges, L., Zuur, A.F., Rogan, E. and Officer, R. (2004). Optimum sampling levels in discard sampling programs. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 61: 1918-1928. Ieno, E., D. Alemany, D. Blanco & R. Bastida (2004). Prey size selection by Red Knot feeding on mud snails at Punta Rasa (Argentina) during migration. Waterbirds 27: 493-498. Zuur, A.F., Fryer, R.J., Jolliffe, I.T., Dekker, R. and Beukema, J.J. (2003). Estimating common trends in multivariate time series using dynamic factor analysis. Environmetrics, 14(7): 665-685. Fryer, J., Zuur, A.F. and Graham, N. (2003). Using mixed models to combine smooth size-selection and catch-comparison curves over hauls. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 60: 448-459. Zuur, A.F., Tuck, I.D. and Bailey, N. (2003). Dynamic factor analysis to estimate common trends in fisheries time series. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 60: 542-552. Ieno, E.N., J.P. Martin & R. Bastida (2000). Estimation of size classes in Laeonereis acuta (Polychaeta Nereididae) based on jaw length and body width usable in trophic studies. Bulletin of Marine Science 67(1): 30-44. Brinkman, A.G., C.J.M. Philippart & A.F. Zuur (1995). Model methods of mesocosm experimental methods. Helgoländer Meeresunters 49: 771-784. Ieno, E.N. and R. Bastida. (1998). Spatial and temporal patterns in coastal macrobenthos of Samborombón Bay, Argentine: a case study of very low diversity. Estuaries 21: (4): 690-699. van Geer, F.C. and Zuur, A.F. (1997). An extension of Box-Jenkins transfer/noise models for spatial interpolation of groundwater head series. Journal of Hydrology 192: 65-80. Elias, R. & E.N. Ieno. (1993). The community of Laeonereis acuta Treadwell, 1923 (Polychaeta: Nereididae) in the estuary of Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Iheringia, Ser. Zool., Porto Alegre 75: 3-13.