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 …

Key questions in marine megafauna movement ecology

GC Hays, LC Ferreira, AMM Sequeira… - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
It is a golden age for animal movement studies and so an opportune time to assess priorities
for future work. We assembled 40 experts to identify key questions in this field, focussing on …

Acoustic telemetry and fisheries management

GT Crossin, MR Heupel, CM Holbrook… - Ecological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews the use of acoustic telemetry as a tool for addressing issues in fisheries
management, and serves as the lead to the special Feature Issue of Ecological Applications …

Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the 'Protection Paradox'

AE Bates, RSC Cooke, MI Duncan, GJ Edgar… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

Tracking apex marine predator movements in a dynamic ocean

BA Block, ID Jonsen, SJ Jorgensen, AJ Winship… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Pelagic marine predators face unprecedented challenges and uncertain futures.
Overexploitation and climate variability impact the abundance and distribution of top …

There and back again: a review of residency and return migrations in sharks, with implications for population structure and management

DD Chapman, KA Feldheim… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The overexploitation of sharks has become a global environmental issue in need of a
comprehensive and multifaceted management response. Tracking studies are beginning to …

Shark nursery areas: concepts, definition, characterization and assumptions

MR Heupel, JK Carlson, CA Simpfendorfer - Marine ecology progress …, 2007 - int-res.com
The concept of elasmobranch species using nursery areas was introduced in the early
1900s and has been an accepted aspect of shark biology and behavior for several decades …

Automated acoustic tracking of aquatic animals: scales, design and deployment of listening station arrays

MR Heupel, JM Semmens… - Marine and Freshwater …, 2006 - CSIRO Publishing
The recent introduction of low-cost, moored data-logging acoustic receivers has provided
opportunities for tracking marine organisms over small (hundreds of metres) and large …

Conducting and interpreting fish telemetry studies: considerations for researchers and resource managers

JW Brownscombe, EJI Lédée, GD Raby… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2019 - Springer
Telemetry is an increasingly common tool for studying the ecology of wild fish, with great
potential to provide valuable information for management and conservation. For researchers …

Advances in understanding the roles and benefits of nursery areas for elasmobranch populations

MR Heupel, S Kanno, APB Martins… - Marine and …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Nursery areas are critical to the survival of many marine species, and it is widely accepted
that elasmobranch species use nursery areas where they improve species fitness. A 2007 …