Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels

EL Hazen, B Abrahms, S Brodie… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The rapid pace of environmental change in the Anthropocene necessitates the development
of a new suite of tools for measuring ecosystem dynamics. Sentinel species can provide …

Translating marine animal tracking data into conservation policy and management

GC Hays, H Bailey, SJ Bograd, WD Bowen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019‏ - cell.com
There have been efforts around the globe to track individuals of many marine species and
assess their movements and distribution, with the putative goal of supporting their …

Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

MA Hindell, RR Reisinger, Y Ropert-Coudert… - Nature, 2020‏ - nature.com
Southern Ocean ecosystems are under pressure from resource exploitation and climate
change,. Mitigation requires the identification and protection of Areas of Ecological …

Impacts of marine heatwaves on top predator distributions are variable but predictable

H Welch, MS Savoca, S Brodie, MG Jacox… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Marine heatwaves cause widespread environmental, biological, and socio-economic
impacts, placing them at the forefront of 21st-century management challenges. However …

Global trends in aquatic animal tracking with acoustic telemetry

JK Matley, NV Klinard, APB Martins, K Aarestrup… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2022‏ - cell.com
Acoustic telemetry (AT) is a rapidly evolving technique used to track the movements of
aquatic animals. As the capacity of AT research expands it is important to optimize its …

Unseen overlap between fishing vessels and top predators in the northeast Pacific

H Welch, T Clavelle, TD White, MA Cimino… - Science …, 2024‏ - science.org
Accurate assessments of human-wildlife risk associated with industrial fishing are critical for
the conservation of marine top predators. Automatic Identification System (AIS) data provide …

Multispecies tracking reveals a major seabird hotspot in the North Atlantic

TE Davies, APB Carneiro, M Tarzia… - Conservation …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
The conservation of migratory marine species, including pelagic seabirds, is challenging
because their movements span vast distances frequently beyond national jurisdictions …

Future directions in conservation research on petrels and shearwaters

A Rodríguez, JM Arcos, V Bretagnolle… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
Shearwaters and petrels (hereafter petrels) are highly adapted seabirds that occur across all
the world's oceans. Petrels are a threatened seabird group comprising 124 species. They …

Considering indigenous peoples and local communities in governance of the global ocean commons

MK Vierros, AL Harrison, MR Sloat, GO Crespo… - Marine Policy, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The United Nations are currently negotiating a new international legally-binding
instrument to govern the global ocean commons, a vast area beyond national jurisdiction …

[HTML][HTML] Ecological connectivity between the areas beyond national jurisdiction and coastal waters: Safeguarding interests of coastal communities in develo** …

E Popova, D Vousden, WHH Sauer, EY Mohammed… - Marine Policy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract The UN General Assembly has made a unanimous decision to start negotiations to
establish an international, legally-binding instrument for the conservation and sustainable …