Monitoring marine mammal populations is a key component for assessing population status
according to both national and international legislations. Traditional monitoring methods …

Oceans beyond the continental shelf represent the largest yet least protected environments.
The new agreement to increase protection targets to 30% by 2030 and the recent United …

Animal conservation relies on assessing the distribution and habitat use of species, but for
endangered/elusive animals this can prove difficult. The Monk Seal, Monachus monachus …

The monk seal is the most endangered pinniped worldwide and the only one found in the
Mediterranean, where its distribution and abundance have suffered a drastic decline in the …

Pollinators are declining globally, and this loss can reduce plant reproduction, erode critical
ecosystem services and resilience, and drive economic losses. Monitoring pollinator …

Fisheries management involves a broad and complex set of tasks that are necessary to
prevent overfishing and to help the recovery of overfished stock. Monitoring fishing activities …

Determining how cetaceans and other threatened marine animals use coastal habitats is
critical to the effective conservation of these species. Environmental DNA (eDNA) is an …

The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) to assess the presence of biological communities
has emerged as a promising monitoring tool in the marine conservation landscape …

Marine mammal foraging grounds are popular focal points for marine protected area (MPA)
implementation, despite being temporally dynamic, requiring continuous monitoring to infer …

Abstract Background Citizen Science (CS) offers a promising approach to enhance data
collection and engage communities in conservation efforts. This study evaluates the use of …