track2KBA: An R package for identifying important sites for biodiversity from tracking data

M Beal, S Oppel, J Handley… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying important sites for biodiversity is vital for conservation and management.
However, there is a lack of accessible, easily applied tools that enable practitioners to …

Using seabird and whale distribution models to estimate spatial consumption of krill to inform fishery management

V Warwick‐Evans, N Kelly, L Dalla Rosa… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystem dynamics at the northwest Antarctic Peninsula are driven by interactions
between physical and biological processes. For example, baleen whale populations are …

Evaluating the effectiveness of a large multi‐use MPA in protecting Key Biodiversity Areas for marine predators

JM Handley, EJ Pearmain, S Oppel… - Diversity and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Marine protected areas can serve to regulate harvesting and conserve biodiversity.
Within large multi‐use MPAs, it is often unclear to what degree critical sites of biodiversity …

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action

J Handley, MM Rouyer, EJ Pearmain… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-
based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas. In the Southern Ocean …

Male Antarctic fur seals: neglected food competitors of bioindicator species in the context of an increasing Antarctic krill fishery

AD Lowther, I Staniland, C Lydersen, KM Kovacs - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The fishery for Antarctic krill is currently managed using a precautionary, ecosystem-based
approach to limiting catch, with performance indices from a long-term monitoring program …

Maritime traffic trends around the southern tip of Africa–Did marine noise pollution contribute to the local penguins' collapse?

L Pichegru, L Vibert, A Thiebault, I Charrier… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
The rapid increase in seaborn trade since the 1990s has resulted in an increase in vessel-
derived noise pollution, yet there is little evidence linking these activities to a decline in …

Commercial fishery no-take zones for African penguins minimize fisheries losses at the expense of conservation gains

AM McInnes, EA Weideman… - ICES Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The African penguin population has declined precipitously in recent decades, and if current
rates of decline persist, this species could become extinct in the wild by 2035. Resource …

From spatial prioritization to conservation management in the Southern Ocean using the marine IBAs approach

A Soutullo, M Raslan, AL Machado-Gaye - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Implementing effective conservation action requires spatial prioritization exercises to be
functionally integrated with a process for develo** an implementation strategy. There is …

Tracking seabirds for conservation and marine spatial planning

JM Pereira, VH Paiva, L Krüger… - Volume 1: Seabird …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
In the past three decades scientists have been equip** free-living seabirds with bio-
logging devices to provide information about their behaviour in unprecedented detail …

The foraging behavior of nonbreeding Adélie penguins in the western Antarctic Peninsula during the breeding season

WC Oosthuizen, PA Pistorius, M Korczak‐Abshire… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information on marine predator at‐sea distributions is key to understanding
ecosystem and community dynamics and an important component of spatial management …