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Managing biotic interactions during early seagrass life stages to improve seed-based restoration.

Published online: 27 Dec 2021

Authors: Balestri, E. & Menicagli, V. & Lardicci, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Seagrasses are declining globally, and effective restoration actions to promote the recovery of degraded meadows are urgently needed. Harnessing posit...

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Shark movement strategies influence poaching risk and can guide enforcement decisions in a large, remote marine protected area.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Jacoby, D. M. P. & Ferretti, F. & Freeman, R. & Carlisle, A. B. & Chapple, T. K. & Curnick, D. J. & Dale, J. J. & Schallert, R. J. & Tickler, D. & Block, B. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large, remote marine protected areas (MPAs) containing both reef and pelagic habitats, have been shown to offer considerable refuge to populations of ...

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Pilot study to validate an environmental DNA sampler for monitoring inshore fish communities.

Published online: 24 Mar 2021

Published by: Natural England

Authors: Mynott, S.

Content type: Reports

The utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques for monitoring species diversity are gaining acceptance amongst industry and government decision-ma...

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Protecting juveniles, spawners or both: a practical statistical modelling approach for the design of marine protected areas.

Published online: 20 Jul 2020

Authors: Grüss, A. & Biggs, C. R. & Heyman, W. D. & Erisman, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fish populations undertaking ontogenetic or spawning migrations pose challenges to marine protected area (MPA) planning because of the large extent of...

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Ocean health in the northeast United States from 2005 to 2017.

Published online: 25 Oct 2021

Authors: Montgomery, J. & Scarborough, C. & Shumchenia, E. & Verstaen, J. & Napoli, N. & Halpern, B.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

People in the Northeast United States have a long history of benefitting from the ocean in many ways, exemplified by the region's important cod and lo...

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Estimating marine protected area network benefits for reef sharks.

Published online: 24 Nov 2020

Authors: Martín, G. & Espinoza, M. & Heupel, M. & Simpfendorfer, C. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Animal movement has direct applications in spatial management and conservation planning, yet it is rarely taken into account for the design of natural...

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Vertical migrations of fish schools determine overlap with a mobile tidal stream marine renewable energy device.

Published online: 27 Nov 2020

Authors: Whitton, T. A. & Jackson, S. E. & Hiddink, J. G. & Scoulding, B. & Bowers, D. & Powell, B. & Jackson, T. D. & Gimenez, L. & Davies, A. G.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large increases in the generation of electricity using marine renewable energy (MRE) are planned, and assessment of the environmental impacts of novel...

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Passive eDNA capture by SCUBA divers and snorkellers for monitoring inshore fish biodiversity.

Published online: 19 Jan 2024

Published by: Natural England

Content type: Reports

This article discusses the use of a novel DNA-based method to monitor inshore marine fish communities, addressing the issue of data deficiency in coas...

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Coupling state-of-the-art modelling tools for better informed red list assessments of marine fishes.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Grüss, A. & Winker, H. & Thorson, J. T. & Walker, N. D. & Maureaud, A. & Pacoureau, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

In the face of biodiversity loss worldwide, it is paramount to quantify species' extinction risk to guide conservation efforts. The International Unio...

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Chemical contaminant effects on marine ecosystem functioning.

Published online: 25 Feb 2015

Authors: Johnston, E. L. & Mayer-Pinto, M. & Crowe, T. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Ecosystem functioning underpins the ecosystem services upon which humans rely. Critical functions, such as primary and secondary productivity, are, ho...

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