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Weak feedbacks, governance mismatches, and the robustness of social-ecological systems: an analysis of the Southwest Nova Scotia lobster fishery with comparison to Maine

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
The insights in Governing the Commons have provided foundational ideas for commons research in the past 23 years. However, the cases that Elinor Ostrom analyzed have been exposed to new social, economic, and ecological disturbances.
Allain J. . Barnett, John M. Anderies
doaj   +1 more source

Indicators of wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) condition in a suburbanizing landscape

open access: yesEcosphere, 2019
Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are threatened by habitat degradation associated with suburbanization. Suburban development near pools may affect larvae with ramifications for population persistence and vitality.
Carly Eakin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Including the Human Dimension into Resilience Planning for Maine’s Lobster Fishery

open access: yesMaine Policy Review, 2023
The American lobster fishery is one of the most valuable in the US but is being affected by climate-driven shifts in lobster availability, impacting people’s ability to harvest the resource and sparking broader adaptation challenges. Since the late 1990s, lobster landings in the Gulf of Maine (GOM) have climbed to record levels while those in ...
Maltby, Katherine, Mills, Katherine E
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Hog Daddy and the Walls of Steel: Catch Shares and Ecosystem Change in the New England Groundfishery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration implemented marketbased fishery management in the New England groundfishery as catch shares, controlling aggregate harvests through tradable annual catch quotas allocated to fishing groups called ...
Brewer, Jennifer F
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Implementing the Western Gulf of Maine Area Closure: The Role and Perception of Fishers' Ecological Knowledge

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
The debate about the quality of fishers' ecological knowledge (FEK) and its value to fisheries management has long been present in the literature. This study sought to understand the role of FEK in a particular fisheries management decision in the U.S ...
Mateja Nenadovic   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluating Golden‐winged Warbler use of alder and aspen communities managed with shearing in the western Great Lakes

open access: yesEcosphere, 2023
Best management practices are often written by researchers to guide land managers and landowners in the creation of habitat for wildlife species of interest.
Anna Buckardt Thomas   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Detecting capture-related mortality in radio-marked birds following release

open access: yesAvian Conservation and Ecology, 2018
A fundamental assumption of avian survival analysis is that the act of capture, handling, and marking birds does not affect subsequent survival. This assumption is violated when animals experience injury, physiological stress, or disorientation during ...
Erik J. Blomberg   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Forest and snow rather than food or foe limit the distribution of a generalist mesocarnivore in winter

open access: yesEcosphere, 2023
Investigating species responses to trophic interactions and abiotic factors is crucial to better understanding their ecology and creating effective management strategies.
Andrew R. Butler   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A comparison of two fishery-independent survey programs used to define the population structure of American lobster (Homarus americanus) in the Gulf of Maine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The population structure and abundance of the American lobster (Homarus americanus) stock in the Gulf of Maine are defined by data derived from a fishery-independent trawl survey program conducted by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS).
Chen, Yong   +4 more
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New England Cod Collapse and the Climate. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
To improve fishery management, there is an increasing need to understand the long-term consequences of natural and anthropogenic climate variability for ecological systems. New England's iconic cod populations have been in decline for several decades and
Gaines, Steven D   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

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