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Dr Tara Hooper

Environmental Economist

Contact Details

+44 (0)1752 633100 (switchboard)

tarh16/02/2019 10:21:36@pml.ac.uk

Tara has a BSc in Ocean Science with Underwater Studies from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in Marine Environmental Protection from the University of Wales, Bangor. Her career started with cetacean research projects in New Zealand, Canada and Mexico, and she spent six years on the Mauritian island of Rodrigues managing a broader marine research and education initiative, which focused on the development of marine protected areas.

Tara’s combined interests in tools to improve policy decisions and in renewable energy led her to her PhD work valuing estuarine mudflats in the context of a tidal barrage development. She is also working on projects to examine the potential for the co-location of offshore wind farms with crab and lobster fisheries, determine public perceptions of offshore wind farms; and obtain values for a range of marine ecosystem services, including recreation, carbon sequestration and the role of nursery habitats in supporting commercial fish stocks.

Projects

GCRF Blue Communities

Contact: Professor Melanie Austen

GCRF Blue Communities is a 4 year research capacity-building programme for marine planning in East and South-East (E/SE) Asia, funded by UK...

S-3 EUROHAB - Sentinel products for detecting EUtROphication and Harmful Algal Bloom events

Contact: Dr Gavin Tilstone

S-3 EUROHAB will use the latest satellite technology to improve the way water quality and harmful algal blooms (HABs) are monitored in the English...

Recent publications

Uncles, RJ; Hooper, TL; Stephens, JA; Harris, C. 2018 Seasonal variability of turbidity, salinity, temperature and suspended chlorophyll in a strongly tidal sub-estuary: The Lynher Marine Conservation Zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 212. 253-264. 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.07.017
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Hooper, TL; Austen, MC; Ashley, M. 2018 Capturing benefits: opportunities for the co-location of offshore energy and fisheries. In: Yates, KL; Bradshaw, CJA, (eds.) Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning. Routledge.
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Holland, RA; Beaumont, NJ; Hooper, TL; Austen, MC; Gross, RJK; Heptonstall, P; Ketsopoulou, I; Winksel, M; Watson, J; Taylor, G. 2018 Incorporating ecosystem services into the design of future energy systems. Applied Energy, 222. 812-822. doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.04.022
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Hooper, TL; Beaumont, NJ; Hattam, C . 2017 The implications of energy systems for ecosystem services: A detailed case study of offshore wind. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.11.248
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Hooper, TL; Ashley, M; Austen, MC. 2015 Perceptions of fishers and developers on the co-location of offshore wind farms and decapod fisheries in the UK. Marine Policy, 61. 16-22. 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.06.031
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Hooper, TL; Austen, MC; Beaumont, NJ; Heptonstall, P; Holland, RA; Ketsopoulou, I; Taylor, G; Watson, J; Winksel, M. 2018 Do energy scenarios pay sufficient attention to the environment? Lessons from the UK to support improved policy outcomes. Energy Policy, 115. 397-408. 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.01.028
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Selected key publications

Hooper, T.L., Ashley, M. and Austen, M.C. 2015. Perceptions of fishers and developers on the co-location of offshore wind farms and decapod fisheries in the UK. Marine Policy, 61. 16-22. doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2015.06.031

Hooper T. and Austen M. 2014. The co-location of offshore windfarms and decapod fisheries in the UK: Constraints and opportunities. Marine Policy doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2013.06.011i

Hooper T. and Austen M. 2013. Tidal barrages in the UK: Ecological and social impacts, potential mitigation, and tools to support barrage planning. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 23: 289-298. doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2013.03.001

Opportunities at PML