A synthesis of three decades of socio-ecological change in False Bay, South Africa: setting the scene for multidisciplinary research and management

MC Pfaff, RC Logston, SJPN Raemaekers… - Elem Sci …, 2019 - online.ucpress.edu
Over the past three decades, marine resource management has shifted conceptually from
top-down sectoral approaches towards the more systems-oriented multi-stakeholder …

Ecosystem context and historical contingency in apex predator recoveries

AC Stier, JF Samhouri, M Novak, KN Marshall… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Habitat loss, overexploitation, and numerous other stressors have caused global declines in
apex predators. This “trophic downgrading” has generated widespread concern because of …

Fear at the top: killer whale predation drives white shark absence at South Africa's largest aggregation site

AV Towner, RGA Watson, AA Kock… - African Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Risk-induced fear effects exerted by top predators are pervasive in terrestrial and marine
systems, with lasting impacts on ecosystem structure and function. The loss of top predators …

Synthesis: climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the B enguela

A Jarre, L Hutchings, SP Kirkman… - Fisheries …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The N ans C lim project (2010–2013) represented a regional collaboration to assess the
effects of climate on B enguela dynamics. Based on in situ (since the 1960s in N amibia and …

Practical marine spatial management of ecologically or biologically significant marine areas: emerging lessons from evidence-based planning and implementation in …

LR Harris, SD Holness, G Finke, M Amunyela… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Identifying key sites of marine biodiversity value and implementing the required practical
spatial management measures is critical for safeguarding marine biodiversity and …

Disappearance of white sharks leads to the novel emergence of an allopatric apex predator, the sevengill shark

N Hammerschlag, L Williams, M Fallows, C Fallows - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Despite global declines of apex predatory sharks, evidence for ecosystem consequences
remains limited and debated. This is likely a result of both the logistical difficulties of …

Assessment of chimpanzee nest detectability in drone-acquired images

N Bonnin, AC Van Andel, JT Kerby, AK Piel, L Pintea… - Drones, 2018 - mdpi.com
As with other species of great apes, chimpanzee numbers have declined over the past
decades. Proper conservation of the remaining chimpanzees requires accurate and frequent …

Co-management approach to sustainable management of marine protected areas: The case of Malaysia

MM Masud, SM Shahabudin, A Baskaran, R Akhtar - Marine Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and sustainable use of natural
and marine resources require the collective participation of the government and host …

Rich diversity, strong endemism, but poor protection: addressing the neglect of sandy beach ecosystems in coastal conservation planning

L Harris, EE Campbell, R Nel… - Diversity and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Spatially‐explicit trends in species richness and endemism on sandy shores are
quantified to assess representation of beach ecosystems in existing reserve networks. Also …

A response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations

NJ Bax, P Miloslavich, FE Muller-Karger… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Development of global ocean observing capacity for the biological EOVs is on the cusp of a
step-change. Current capacity to automate data collection and processing and to integrate …