A5016252540- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine animal studies overview
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
University of British Columbia
2019-2025
North Pacific Marine Science Organization
2024-2025
Griffith University
2019-2025
Impact
2024-2025
Coastal Impact
2024
Migration Institute of Australia
2021-2022
STMicroelectronics (France)
2022
The University of Queensland
2012-2021
Hudson Institute
2021
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2021
Triple-bottom-line outcomes from resource management and conservation, where conservation goals equity in social are maximized while overall costs minimized, remain a highly sought-after ideal. However, despite widespread recognition of the importance that equitable distribution benefits or across society can play success, little formal theory exists for how to explicitly incorporate into planning prioritization. Here, we develop implement it three very different case studies California...
Significance Seagrasses are important for ecosystem services, including climate regulation and fisheries production. But they threatened by multiple pressures poor water quality coastal development. Seagrass extent is not monitored in many places, so areas at most risk of decline the management actions needed these places largely unknown. We examine associations between change seagrass meadow area key globally, helping predict trajectory meadows unmonitored regions. find rapidly shrinking...
Abstract As the urgency to evaluate impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems increases, there is a need develop robust projections and improve uptake ecosystem model outputs in policy planning. Standardizing input output data crucial step evaluating communicating results, but can be challenging when using models with diverse structures, assumptions, that address region‐specific issues. We developed an implementation framework workflow standardize fishing forcings used by regional...
Historical harvesting pushed many whale species to the brink of extinction. Although most Southern Hemisphere populations are slowly recovering, influence future climate change on their recovery remains unknown. We investigate impacts two anthropogenic pressures-historical commercial whaling and change-on baleen whales (blue, fin, humpback, Antarctic minke, southern right) prey (krill copepods) in Ocean. use a climate-biological coupled "Model Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem...
The manuscript assesses the current and expected future global drivers of Southern Ocean (SO) ecosystems. Atmospheric ozone depletion over Antarctic since 1970s, has been a key driver, resulting in springtime cooling stratosphere intensification polar vortex, increasing frequency positive phases Annular Mode (SAM). This increases warm air-flow East Pacific sector (Western Peninsula) cold air flow West sector. SAM as well El Niño Oscillation events also affect Amundsen Sea Low leading to...
Abstract Protected areas are a key instrument for conservation. Despite this, they vulnerable to risks associated with weak governance, land‐use intensification, and climate change. We used novel hierarchical optimization approach identify priority expanding the global protected area system that explicitly accounted such while maximizing protection of all known terrestrial vertebrate species. To incorporate risk categories, we built on minimum set problem, where objective is reach species...
Climate change could irreversibly modify Southern Ocean ecosystems. Marine ecosystem model (MEM) ensembles can assist policy making by projecting future changes and allowing the evaluation assessment of alternative management approaches. However, projected in total consumer biomass from Fisheries Ecosystem Model Intercomparison Project (FishMIP) global MEM ensemble highlight an uncertain for Ocean, indicating need a region-specific ensemble. A large source uncertainty originates Earth system...
Abstract We present a novel method for designing marine reserves that trades off three important attributes of conservation plan: habitat condition, representation, and socioeconomic costs. calculated condition in four ways, using different human impacts as proxy condition: all impacts; cannot be managed with reserve; land‐based climate change impacts. demonstrate our approach California, where tradeoffs emerged. First, reserve systems have high chance protecting good habitats cost fishers...
Abstract Aim Species' distributions are generally treated as static for the purposes of prioritization, but many species such migrants and nomads have that shift over time. Decisions about priority actions must account this temporal variation, making planning their conservation a complex problem. Here, we explore how dynamic can be incorporated into spatial suggest approaches prioritizing action when knowledge species' movements is uncertain. Location Australian rangelands, including arid...
Abstract Many baleen whales were commercially harvested during the 20th century almost to extinction. Reliable assessments of how this mass depletion impacted whale populations, and projections their recovery, are crucial but there uncertainties regarding status Southern Hemisphere populations. We developed a spatial “Model Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem Assessments” (MICE) phytoplankton, krill ( Euphausia superba) five species, estimate population trajectories from 1890 present. To...
Abstract Among the biggest global challenges for policymakers is development of land use policies robust to climate change impacts. While diverse fields can inform adaptation, integrated social‐ecological assessment multiple adaptation options are rare and cannot be easily applied. Here, we build on past studies by undertaking an fine scale strategic allocation sea level rise (SLR) that direct policy making. We models probabilistic SLR inundation, urban growth, sub‐ intertidal ecosystem...
Coastal ecosystems can be degraded by poor water quality. Tracing the causes of quality back to land-use change is necessary target catchment management for coastal zone management. However, existing models tracing sources pollution require extensive data-sets which are not available many world's coral reef regions that may have severe issues. Here we develop a hierarchical Bayesian model uses freely satellite data infer connection between land-uses in catchments and clarity oceans. We apply...
SUMMARY Despite a growing body of literature on integrated land–sea management (ILSM), very little critical assessment has been conducted in order to evaluate ILSM practice island systems. Here we develop indicators for assessing 10 principles and the performance planning implementation four projects from tropical Pacific across different governance structures. We find that where customary is still strongly respected enabled through national legislation, can be effective at restricting...
There is a growing recognition that conservation strategies should be designed accounting for cross-realm connections, such as freshwater connections to land and sea, ensure effectiveness of marine spatial protection minimize perverse outcomes changing land-use. Yet, examples integration across realms are relatively scarce, with most targeting priorities in single realm, or freshwater, while minimizing threats originating terrestrial ecosystems. To date, no study has optimized multiple...
Abstract The cumulative impacts of human activities and natural disturbance are leading to loss extinction species, ecological communities biocultural connections people have those ecosystems. Exclusive extractive western science methodologies often hinder the inclusion Indigenous knowledge holders in effects assessments (CEAs), which can lead regional conflict ineffective assessment management effects. We offer our reflections on development a collaborative CEA process with Kitasoo...
Abstract To achieve better biodiversity outcomes and match local governance capacity, cumulative effects assessment frameworks that combine Indigenous western knowledge to predict future development impacts on are needed. We developed a spatial future‐focused model informed by inclusive elicitation strategic foresight assess the regional of ecosystem health across land sea. collaborated with three First Nations Central Coast British Columbia, Canada, enabling priorities, values drive...
As the urgency to evaluate impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems increases, there is a need develop robust projections and improve uptake ecosystem model outputs in policy planning. Standardising input output data crucial step evaluating communicating results, but can be challenging when using models with diverse structures, assumptions, that address region-specific issues. We developed an implementation framework workflow standardise fishing forcings used by regional contributing...