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Ecosphere, 2023 Small mammals are key scatter hoarders in forest ecosystems, acting as both seed predators and dispersers. The outcome of their interactions (i.e., predation vs.
Margaret R. Merz +2 more
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Net negative nutrient yields in a bait-consuming fishery
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 Efforts to achieve sustainable food systems are impeded by inefficiencies associated with the use of agricultural land and resources to grow feed for animals, rather than food for direct consumption by people.
John Driscoll, Kai M A Chan
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Ecosphere, 2022 Human land use is a driving force of habitat loss and modification globally, with consequences for wildlife species. The American marten (Martes americana) and fisher (Pekania pennanti) are forest‐dependent carnivores native to North America.
Bryn E. Evans, Alessio Mortelliti
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Umbrella effect of monitoring protocols for mammals in the Northeast US
Scientific Reports, 2022 Developing cost-effective monitoring protocols is a priority for wildlife conservation agencies worldwide. In particular, developing protocols that cover a wide range of species is highly desirable.
Alessio Mortelliti +2 more
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Omni-Akuatika, 2020 Mackerel scad (Decapterus macarellus) is one of the important economical caught in the Indian Ocean West Sumatra waters captured using purse seine. Increased production of mackerel scad will lead to increased exploitation, causing population changes ...
Heri Widiyastuti +3 more
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Seven dam challenges for migratory fish: insights from the Penobscot River
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 More than a century of impoundments in the Penobscot River, Maine, USA, has contributed to population declines in migratory fish in the system. A decade of change, research, and monitoring has revealed direct and indirect ways that dams have influenced ...
Joseph Zydlewski +11 more
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Maine's Baitworm Fisheries: Resources at Risk? [PDF]
American Zoologist, 1993 Two species of polychaetous annelids are dug for sale as bait from intertidal mudflats of Maine. This effort generatesnearly $3.5 million in annual revenue and comprises over 90% of the baitworm fisheries in the U.S. The two species are (1) sandworms or clamworms, Nereis virens (family Nereididae) and (2) bloodworms or beakworms, Glycera dibranchiata ...
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Reducing bycatch impacts in recreational fisheries: Case study examining terminal tackle in the multispecies Gulf of Maine groundfish fishery [PDF]
Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2021 AbstractTerminal tackle regulations can be a valuable tool for fisheries management, especially in multispecies fisheries where bycatch and discards are common issues. In the Gulf of Maine, recreational anglers frequently discard critically depleted Atlantic codGadus morhuaL.
Connor W. Capizzano +7 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua, Linnaeus 1758) in the western Gulf of Maine are managed as a single stock despite several lines of evidence supporting two spawning groups (spring and winter) that overlap spatially, while exhibiting seasonal spawning ...
Timothy P. O’Donnell +1 more
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People and Nature, 2023 Perceptions of past ecological change affect views of current ecosystem state, but how do baselines help to shape stakeholders' visions of an idealized future?
Loren McClenachan, Benjamin Neal
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