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An evidence-based approach for setting desired state in a complex Great Barrier Reef seagrass ecosystem: A case study from Cleveland Bay

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2020
Implementing management actions to achieve environmental outcomes requires defining and quantifying ecological targets, but this is a complex challenge, and there are few examples of how to quantitatively set them in complex dynamic marine ecosystems ...
C.J. Collier, A.B. Carter, M. Rasheed, L. McKenzie, J. Udy, R. Coles, J. Brodie, M. Waycott, K.R. O’Brien, M. Saunders, M. Adams, K. Martin, C. Honchin, C. Petus, E. Lawrence   +14 more
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Recruitment Variability of Coral Reef Sessile Communities of the Far North Great Barrier Reef. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
One of the key components in assessing marine sessile organism demography is determining recruitment patterns to benthic habitats. An analysis of serially deployed recruitment tiles across depth (6 and 12 m), seasons (summer and winter) and space (meters
Heidi M Luter, Alan R Duckworth, Carsten W Wolff, Elizabeth Evans-Illidge, Steve Whalan   +4 more
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What is ‘relational thinking’, and how does it manifest in research?

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract People and Nature is a ‘journal of relational thinking’. This editorial explores what relational thinking can mean and how it might be operationalized in the context of humans and the environment. Relational thinking may seem intuitive because it recognizes the world's inherent interconnectedness. However, the question of how to operationalize
Rachelle K. Gould, Stefan Partelow, Kevin J. Gaston, Tobias Plieninger, Helen E. Roy, Robert Fish, Andrea Rawluk   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benthic and coral reef community field data for Heron Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia, 2002–2018

Scientific Data, 2021
Measurement(s) marine benthic feature Technology Type(s) photoquadrat transect surveys Factor Type(s) benthic composition Sample Characteristic - Organism benthic communities Sample Characteristic - Environment coral reef • marine coral reef flat zone ...
Chris Roelfsema, Eva M. Kovacs, Kathryn Markey, Julie Vercelloni, Alberto Rodriguez-Ramirez, Sebastian Lopez-Marcano, Manuel Gonzalez-Rivero, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Stuart R. Phinn   +8 more
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Examining the Role of Economic Complexity and Climate Readiness in the Climate‐Fishing Nexus

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the climate‐fisheries association in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations from 1999 to 2022. A key objective is to explore the role of both the economic complexity index (ECI) and the climate readiness factor (READ) in the climate‐fishing nexus.
Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Alanoud Al‐Maadid, Hicham Ayad   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusive Growth in Africa: Exploring Contingencies and Thresholds of Financial Development and the Digital Economy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the persistent inequalities and economic disparities, the quest for inclusive growth has become more critical. Nevertheless, a substantial knowledge gap exists regarding the role of the digital economy and financial development in inclusive growth.
Sylvester Senyo Horvey, Jones Odei‐Mensah   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Fish predators control outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish

Nature Communications, 2021
Outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorn Starfish (CoTS) have caused coral cover declines across the Indo-Pacific. Here the authors analyse long-term CoTS, coral reef fish monitoring, and fisheries catch data from the Great Barrier Reef to demonstrate removal of ...
Frederieke J. Kroon, Diego R. Barneche, Michael J. Emslie   +2 more
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Stakeholder Governance of the Energy‐Biodiversity Nexus in the Renewable Energy Sector: Pathways to Achieve SDGs in the MENA Region

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This systematic review examines stakeholder roles in managing biodiversity within renewable‐energy projects across the MENA region, a highly climate‐vulnerable region yet pursuing rapid energy transition toward achieving SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy). The focus is on regulatory bodies and sector companies as primary actors.
Ghada Amin, Nora Adam, Remmer Sassen
wiley   +1 more source

Combined amplicon pyrosequencing assays reveal presence of the apicomplexan "type-N" (cf. Gemmocystis cylindrus) and Chromera velia on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The coral is predominantly composed of the metabolically dependent coral host and the photosynthetic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. The system as a whole interacts with symbiotic eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses.
Jan Slapeta, Marjorie C Linares
doaj   +1 more source