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Developing a decision-support tool to inform blue nature-based solutions relying on kelp forest ecosystems

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have emerged as a cost-effective and sustainable approach to address diverse societal challenges, including biodiversity loss and the impacts of climate change to enhance ecosystem resilience and community wellbeing. However,
Gema Casal, Gema Casal, Géraldine Pérez, Bethan C. O’Leary, Bethan C. O’Leary, Daisy Taylor, Joseph Sargent, Ian Hendy, Rémy Simide, Cindy C. Cornet, Cindy C. Cornet   +10 more
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Living on the Edge: Variation in the Abundance and Demography of a Kelp Forest Epibiont

Diversity, 2019
The ecology of an epibiont may depend not only on the dynamics of its biogenic habitat but also on microclimate variation generated within aggregations of its host, a process called physical ecosystem engineering.
Katie K. Arkema, Jameal F. Samhouri
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Marine rewilding principles as a guiding framework for large‐scale ecosystem restoration

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
As marine ecosystems face accelerating degradation from human pressures, interest is growing in approaches that move beyond protection toward active recovery of ecological processes. This article introduces marine rewilding as a forward‐looking framework and synthesizes ecological and social science to develop eight transdisciplinary principles that ...
Gavin Stark, Guillermo Germán Joosten, Ariane Cornerier, Rachel Schwarz   +3 more
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The Optimism Ignited by Nature‐Based Solutions: Mobilizing Public Support and Policy Champions in a “First‐Ever” Oyster Reef Restoration Project

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In recent years, a major push to restore oyster reefs has helped to revive the marine environments that were depleted in South Australia. Categorized as “Nature‐based Solutions” (NbS) that foster the return of biodiversity, these efforts have led to pockets of environmental optimism while countering an otherwise gloomy marine health forecast ...
Georgina Drew, Alexandra S. Wawryk, Dominic McAfee, Ishtar Kenny, Sean D. Connell   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonhuman Pedagogical Relations: Towards Conceptual Limits

Educational Theory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article considers the pedagogical relation as a relation to a nonhuman educator, wherein the educatee is a member of the Homo sapiens species. My aim is to clarify the extent to which a nonhuman‐human relation can be understood as pedagogical.
Silas C. Krabbe
wiley   +1 more source

Using Catch Data to Estimate Changes in Global Commercial Abalone Abundance

Fisheries Management and Ecology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Changes in global wild capture production of abalone are explored to infer potential changes in biological stocks. The study found that 77% (or 10 out of the 13) of the countries that reportedly caught abalone in the wild have experienced declines in catches between 1980 and 2023, and on aggregate catch declined by almost 83% between 1980 and ...
Douglas Crookes
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Limitations of using the canopy to infer the structure and functioning of giant kelp forests

Frontiers in Marine Science
Data obtained from remote sensing of floating kelp canopies are routinely used to assess changes in the distribution, structure and functioning of kelp forests.
Daniel C. Reed, Andrew Rassweiler, James Clinton Nelson, Li Kui   +3 more
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‘It's not much, but it's honest work’: The status of environmental DNA analyses of fish biodiversity in southern Africa

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity surveys have the power to transform the detection of species in natural environments, which is crucial for the conservation and management of freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Globally, eDNA‐based analyses have increased significantly, with fishes being the most widely studied aquatic ...
Sophie von der Heyden
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Dive surveys and eDNA detect contrasting macroalgal community composition in Nova Scotia, Canada

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract Morphological identification of macroalgae can be time‐consuming and species may be difficult to observe, collect, or identify, preventing detailed study on the distribution and ecology of many species. The use of eDNA in species surveillance and biodiversity assessments has gained considerable traction in studying macroalgae, as it provides ...
Cody M. Brooks, Claudio DiBacco, Meghan C. McBride, Kira A. Krumhansl   +3 more
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Modeling of the geographical distribution of two forest‐forming fucoids in the Strait–Alboran demarcation (southern Iberian Peninsula): Implications for conservation and restoration

Journal of Phycology, EarlyView.
Abstract Marine forests formed by canopy‐forming brown algae of the former Cystoseira complex are key habitat‐forming components of Mediterranean coastal ecosystems, supporting biodiversity and multiple ecosystem functions. However, many populations have declined in recent decades due to increasing anthropogenic pressures and climate change, raising ...
Pablo Pérez‐Castro, Elena Bañares‐España, Antonio Flores‐Moya, Ignacio J. Melero‐Jiménez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source