In an era of rapid global change, conservation managers urgently need improved tools to
track and counter declining ecosystem conditions. This need is particularly acute in the …

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) requires more extensive information than single-
species management. Active underwater acoustic methods provide a means of collecting a …

Tropical reefs shelter one quarter to one third of all marine species but one third of the coral
species that construct reefs are now at risk of extinction. Because traditional methods for …

Abstract Knowledge of the number and distribution of species is fundamental to biodiversity
conservation efforts, but this information is lacking for the majority of species on earth …

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the
atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and …

Governance of the ocean and its biodiversity is deeply entangled within social, political and
cultural histories. The evolution of marine science has been subject to similar influences …

Surrogate concepts are used in all sub-disciplines of environmental science. However,
controversy remains regarding the extent to which surrogates are useful for resolving …

The scarcity of knowledge about both biodiversity (Linnean shortfall) and the geographic
distributions of species (Wallacean shortfall) makes it hard to conduct biomonitoring …

The US is adopting a Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) approach to address conflicting
objectives of conservation and resource development and usage in marine spaces. At this …

The insects of the order Odonata have been widely used as bioindicators of environmental
quality in different types of ecological research. In general, the taxonomic level used is the …