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A framework for monitoring ecosystem restoration at landscape scale

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
The Landscape Restoration Monitoring Framework supports large‐scale ecosystem restoration projects to effectively assess progress towards outcomes. It provides guidance for the selection of indicators to assess change at two different time scales and across a diversity of ecosystem, ecosystem service, and socioeconomic dimensions.
Nancy Ockendon, Philippa R. Gullett, Mark H. Hancock, David Noble, Taylor Shaw, David H. L. Thomas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization

Ecography, EarlyView.
In ecosystems, species interact in various ways with other species, and with their local environment. In addition, ecosystems are coupled in space by diverse types of flows. From these links connecting different ecological entities can emerge circular pathways of indirect effects: feedback loops.
Benoît Pichon, Sonia Kéfi, Nicolas Loeuille, Ismaël Lajaaiti, Isabelle Gounand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavioral Evidence of Predator–Predator Commensalism: Cobia Track and Feed on Prey Disturbed by Southern Stingrays

Ethology, EarlyView.
We documented a novel predator–predator commensal foraging interaction between cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and a southern stingray (Hypanus americanus) in a shallow coastal habitat of Biscayne Bay, Florida. Using drone‐based observations, we recorded a 7‐min sequence in which a cobia closely tracked the stingray's movements and fed on prey disturbed ...
Julia Saltzman, John Hlavin, Christine Martin, Emily A. Yeager, Catherine C. Macdonald   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of CO2 enrichment on photosynthesis, growth, and nitrogen metabolism of the seagrass Zostera noltii [PDF]

, 2012
Seagrass ecosystems are expected to benefit from the global increase in CO2 in the ocean because the photosynthetic rate of these plants may be C-i-limited at the current CO2 level.
Alexandre, Alexandre, Amthor, Andría, Beer, Beer, Cabaço, Caldeira, Corzo, Cousins, Duarte, Duarte, Feely, Fonseca, Furbank, Gao, Gao, García-Sánchez, Gattuso, Genty, Gordillo, Guinotte, Hall-Spencer, Hemminga, Invers, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), Jassby, Jiang, Liu, Magnusson, Marschner, Mercado, Mercado, Palacios, Parsons, Pelletier, Peralta, Porzio, Pörtner, Riebesell, Sagi, Santos, Semesi, Silva, Silva, Stitt, Taiz, Thom, Touchette, Ullrich, Vessey, Xu, Yelle, Zieman, Zimmerman, Zimmerman, Zou   +56 more
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A Conceptual Framework and Methods for Studying the Connectivity of Fishes

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Connectivity is a multifaceted concept that has important implications for the management and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. We developed a conceptual framework that encompasses multiple, interrelated categories of connectedness, including landscape (e.g., structural, functional) connectivity and ecological (e.g., trophic ...
Jordanna N. Bergman, Jessica A. Robichaud, Jasper McCutcheon, Michael T. Booth, Brendan Campbell, Grace A. Casselberry, Cienna R. Cooper, Bronwyn M. Gillanders, Lucas P. Griffin, Edward Hale, Luc LaRochelle, Karen J. Murchie, Mary Peacock, Reid G. Swanson, Simon D. Stewart, Ryan. J. Woodland, Daniel P. Zielinski, Steven J. Cooke, Morgan L. Piczak   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sexual reproduction vs. clonal propagation in the recovery of a seagrass meadow after an extreme weather event [PDF]

, 2019
Marine flowering plants can reproduce sexually and clonally, and the relative contribution of these two modes can be dependent on the environmental conditions.
Alberto, Filipe, Diekmann, Onno, Paulo, Diogo, Ramos, Ana, Serrao, Ester   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Long‐Term Trends in Juvenile Blue Crab Recruitment Patterns in a Wind‐Driven Estuary

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conserving exploited marine species requires understanding population dynamics across life stages and habitats. This study analyzes juvenile blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) recruitment trends in North Carolina's Albemarle‐Pamlico Estuarine System.
Erin Voigt, Lisa Etherington, David Eggleston   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rocking the Boat: Damage to Eelgrass by Swinging Boat Moorings

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017
Seagrass meadows commonly reside in shallow sheltered embayments typical of the locations that provide an attractive option for mooring boats. Given the potential for boat moorings to result in disturbance to the seabed due to repeated physical impact ...
Richard K. F. Unsworth, Richard K. F. Unsworth, Beth Williams, Benjamin L. Jones, Benjamin L. Jones, Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth, Leanne C. Cullen-Unsworth   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Sea Turtle Bycatch by Andalusia Pelagic Longline Fleet in the Northeast Atlantic

Fisheries Oceanography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Northeast Atlantic is one of the most crucial foraging grounds for juvenile loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea), while also serving as an important fishing area for the Andalusia surface longline fishery. The main aim of present study is to assess the sea turtle interaction with the Andalusia pelagic
Marina Tortosa, Jose Francisco Moreno, Ángel David Macías, Francisco Javier Abascal, Salvador García‐Barcelona, Juan Jesús Bellido, José Carlos Báez   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Seagrass Posidonia oceanica (L.) Delile as a marine biomarker: A metabolomic and toxicological analysis [PDF]

, 2018
A human-made environmental disaster due to the shipwrecked of Costa Concordia cruise vessel on the Tuscan Island of Giglio (Italy) coast and the possible pollutants release has been feared, so requiring the activation of removal operations and the ...
Agostini, Ardizzone, Beck, Bitam, Boudouresque, Cannac, Dalla Via, Del Moral, Del Serrone, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Di Sotto, Dumay, Díaz, Farah, Fitzpatrick, Fonseca, Francour, Gacia, Gacia, Grace, Greco, Heglmeier, Jones, Kuo, Lassauque, Maestrini, Maggi, Moglia, Mollica, Montefalcone, Nicoletti, Nicoletti, Pérez, Reich, Richir, Ruiz, Sager, Toniolo   +39 more
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