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Scoping an integrated ecosystem assessment for South Africa

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The need to move toward marine ecosystem-based management is globally recognized. Few countries effectively account for multiple interacting pressures in their marine assessments, planning and management.
Lisa Skein, Lisa Skein, Kerry J. Sink, Kerry J. Sink, Prideel A. Majiedt, Megan G. van der Bank, Kaylee P. Smit, Kaylee P. Smit, Lynne J. Shannon   +8 more
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Toward Exploring Possible Future States of the Southern Benguela

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
There is rising concern over the future states of marine ecosystems, with multiple drivers interacting and putting pressure on resources. Understanding the future of these systems is becoming increasingly important in the drive to safeguard marine ...
Emma M. Lockerbie, Lynne Shannon
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Risk assessment for marine ecosystem‐based management (EBM)

Conservation Science and Practice, 2022
Ecosystem‐based management (EBM) is a holistic way to manage the marine environment, involving partnerships between people and the recognition of ecological complexity.
Dana E. Clark, Rebecca V. Gladstone‐Gallagher, Judi E. Hewitt, Fabrice Stephenson, Joanne I. Ellis   +4 more
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Modelo conceitual de avaliação de ameaças sobre serviços ecossistêmicos de sistemas de dunas. Estudo de caso: os campos de dunas da Ilha de Santa Catarina/SC, Brasil

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2016
This article aims to develop a conceptual framework for the identification of dunes ecosystem services (ES), it´s main pressure sources, the beneficiaries of those services and management responses based on the use of a framework developed by the ...
Francisco Arenhart da Veiga Lima, Fabricio Basílio de Almeida, Ricardo Perez Torres, Marinez Eymael Garcia Scherer   +3 more
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Southern Ocean Food Web Modelling: Progress, Prognoses, and Future Priorities for Research and Policy Makers

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Globally important services are supported by Southern Ocean ecosystems, underpinned by the structure, function, and dynamics of complex interconnected and regionally distinctive food webs. These food webs vary in response to a combination of physical and
Stacey A. McCormack, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Jessica Melbourne-Thomas, Rowan Trebilco, Rowan Trebilco, Gary Griffith, Gary Griffith, Simeon L. Hill, Carie Hoover, Nadine M. Johnston, Tomás I. Marina, Eugene J. Murphy, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Evgeny A. Pakhomov, Matt Pinkerton, Éva Plagányi, Éva Plagányi, Leonardo A. Saravia, Roshni C. Subramaniam, Roshni C. Subramaniam, Anton P. Van de Putte, Anton P. Van de Putte, Anton P. Van de Putte, Andrew J. Constable, Andrew J. Constable, Andrew J. Constable   +25 more
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Shotgun metagenomics reveals the interplay between microbiome diversity and environmental gradients in the first marine protected area in the northern Arabian Gulf

Frontiers in Microbiology
IntroductionThe northwest Arabian Gulf encounters significant anthropogenic pressures, including nutrient enrichment from coastal development and effluent discharge.MethodsThis study presents the first shotgun metagenomics-based characterization of ...
Saja A. Fakhraldeen, Rakhesh Madhusoodhanan, Nazima Habibi, Sakinah Al-Haddad, Surendraraj Alagarsamy, Sabeena F. K. Habeebullah, Walid M. Al-Zakri, Fathima Thuslim, Loreta Fernandes, Faiza Al-Yamani, Turki Al-Said   +10 more
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Defining ecosystem thresholds for human activities and environmental pressures in the California Current

Ecosphere, 2017
The oceans are changing more rapidly than ever before. Unprecedented climatic variability is interacting with unmistakable long‐term trends, all against a backdrop of intensifying human activities.
Jameal F. Samhouri, Kelly S. Andrews, Gavin Fay, Chris J. Harvey, Elliott L. Hazen, Shannon M. Hennessey, Kirstin Holsman, Mary E. Hunsicker, Scott I. Large, Kristin N. Marshall, Adrian C. Stier, Jamie C. Tam, Stephani G. Zador   +12 more
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Jellyfish, Forage Fish, and the World's Major Fisheries [PDF]

Oceanography, 2014
A majority of the world's largest net-based fisheries target planktivorous forage fish that serve as a critical trophic link between the plankton and upper-level consumers such as large predatory fishes, seabirds, and marine mammals. Because the plankton
Kelly Robinson, James J. Ruzicka, Mary Beth Decker, Richard D. Brodeur, Franklin J. Hernandez, Javier Quinones, E. Marcelo Acha, Shin-ici Uye, Hermes Mianzan, William M. Graham   +9 more
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Progress on Implementing Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management in the United States Through the Use of Ecosystem Models and Analysis

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
Worldwide fisheries management has been undergoing a paradigm shift from a single-species approach to ecosystem approaches. In the United States, NOAA has adopted a policy statement and Road Map to guide the development and implementation of ecosystem ...
Howard Townsend, Chris J. Harvey, Yvonne deReynier, Dawn Davis, Stephani G. Zador, Sarah Gaichas, Mariska Weijerman, Elliott L. Hazen, Isaac C. Kaplan   +8 more
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Establishing an Apheresis Medicine Program in a Resource‐Constrained Setting: A 5‐Year Experience From Lagos, Nigeria

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola, Shakirat Gold‐Olufadi, Olufunto Olufela Kalejaiye, Abdullateef Ogala, Rasheed A. Balogun   +4 more
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