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Review and suggestions for upgrading StrandNet as a key element of the Reef 2050 Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: final report of the StrandNet team in the megafauna expert group [PDF]
, 2020 The objective of this report is to provide an overview of the present StrandNet program and suggest how it might be improved to enable the StrandNet database to function as a central component of the megafauna component of the Reef 2050 Integrated ...
Sobtzick, S. +6 more
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Multi‐Platform Deployments of Low‐Cost Devices for Cetacean Passive Acoustic Monitoring
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Recent advances in affordable, user‐friendly devices offer new opportunities to overcome cost constraints of underwater passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and expand acoustic data collection. In this study, we deployed low‐cost acoustic recorders and underwater cameras across a range of platforms in the Western Mediterranean, including fishing gear ...
Greta Jankauskaite +8 more
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, 2019 The megafauna, or megabenthos, represents the largest body size class of organisms associated with the seafloor. It encompasses microbial mats, “giant” unicellular eukaryotes, the largest demersal fish, and a very broad range of metazoan invertebrate ...
Bett, Brian J., Brian J. Bett
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Improving bycatch mitigation measures for marine megafauna in Zanzibar, Tanzania [PDF]
, 2019 This study was conducted to explore the governance processes and socio-economic factors relevant to the potential implementation of bycatch mitigation for various vulnerable marine megafauna (rays, sharks, marine mammals and turtles) in Zanzibar ...
Jiddawi, Narriman S. +8 more
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Marine Megafauna and Charismatic Vertebrate Species
, 2021 Marine megafauna typically include large pelagic sharks, sea turtles, seabirds, and marine mammals. These megafauna are mainly associated with pelagic ecosystems through which they undertake long-distance migration.
Juan Jesús Bellido +21 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 People could have hunted Madagascar’s megafauna to extinction, particularly when introduced taxa and drought exacerbated the effects of predation. However, such explanations are difficult to test due to the scarcity of individual sites with unambiguous ...
Sean W. Hixon +8 more
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Monitoring programs of vulnerable megafauna increasingly rely on aerial surveys from drones or planes fitted with cameras. However, automated methods are still lacking to accurately count individuals across entire surveys. Here, we leverage a tracking‐by‐detection framework to not only detect individuals but also link the resulting detections across ...
Laura Mannocci +6 more
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Will woody plant encroachment impact the visitor experience and economy of conservation areas?
Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2013 Woody plant encroachment into savannas is a globally prevalent phenomenon and impacts ecosystem goods and services such as biodiversity, carbon storage, nutrient cycling, grazing and hydrology.
Emma F. Gray, William J. Bond
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.Discovery and fine‐scale mapping of a hadal xenophyophore field: submersible video transects and photogrammetry enable semi‐automated delineation of xenophyophores, revealing their abundance, spatial organisation, structural complexity and contribution to habitat heterogeneity at ~8000 m depth.
Denise J. B. Swanborn +5 more
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