A5069283167- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Caribbean history, culture, and politics
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Archaeology and Natural History
University of Exeter
2018-2024
The University of Queensland
2011-2020
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
2013-2020
Deakin University
2016-2018
Australian Research Council
2014-2017
Flinders University
2016
University of York
2010-2014
Human population density within 100 km of the sea is approximately three times higher than global average. People in this zone are concentrated coastal cities that hubs for transport and trade – which transform marine environment. Here, we review impacts interacting drivers urbanization (resource exploitation, pollution pathways ocean sprawl) discuss key characteristics symptomatic urban ecosystems. Current evidence suggests these systems comprise spatially heterogeneous mosaics with respect...
Abstract Increasing the size and number of marine protected areas (MPAs) is widely seen as a way to meet ambitious biodiversity sustainable development goals. Yet, debate still exists on effectiveness MPAs in achieving ecological societal objectives. Although literature provides significant evidence effects within their boundaries, much remains be learned about social regional seascape scales. Key improving MPAs, ensuring that they achieve desired outcomes, will better monitoring includes...
Ecological data sets rarely extend back more than a few decades, limiting our understanding of environmental change and its drivers. Marine historical ecology has played critical role in filling these gaps by illuminating the magnitude rate ongoing changes marine ecosystems. Yet despite growing body knowledge, insights are explicitly incorporated mainstream conservation management efforts. Failing to consider can have major implications for conservation, such as ratcheting down expectations...
Abstract As a discipline, marine historical ecology (MHE) has contributed significantly to our understanding of the past state environment when levels human impact were often very different from those today. What is less widely known that insights MHE have made headway into being applied within context present-day and long-term management policy. This study draws attention value MHE. We demonstrate broad knowledge base exists with potential for application advice, including development...
Background The Firth of Clyde is a large inlet the sea that extends over 100 km into Scotland's west coast. Methods We compiled detailed fisheries landings data for this area and combined them with historical accounts to build picture change due fishing activity last 200 years. Findings In early 19th century, prior onset industrial fishing, supported diverse productive species such as herring (Clupea harengus, Clupeidae), cod (Gadus morhua, Gadidae), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus, turbot...
Abstract Bivalve habitat restoration is growing in geographic extent and scale globally. While addressing the wide‐scale loss of these biogenic habitats still a key motivation behind efforts, stakeholders funders are increasingly drawn to shellfish for many ecosystem services provide. There clear evidence provision from species targeted USA, particular Crassostrea virginica . Ecosystem services, however, remain largely unquantified or even undescribed majority other restoration. A structured...
Abstract The concept of “blue growth,” which aims to promote the growth ocean economies while holistically managing marine socioecological systems, is emerging within national and international policy. often promoted as being novel; however, we show that historical analogies exist can provide insights for contemporary planning implementation blue growth. Using a case‐study approach based on expert knowledge, identified 20 fisheries or aquaculture examples from 13 countries, spanning last...
Human activities have led to degradation of ecosystems globally. The lost ecosystem functions and services accumulate from the time disturbance full recovery can be quantified as a “recovery debt,” providing valuable tool develop better restoration practices that accelerate limit losses. Here, we faunal biodiversity abundance toward predisturbed state following structural oyster habitats We found while initiates rapid increase in reef-associated species within 2 years, rate then decreases...
Abstract The concept of the ‘shifting baseline syndrome’ has assisted researchers in understanding how expectations for health environment deteriorate, despite known, often widespread, and significant impacts from human activities. been used to demonstrate that more accurate assessment historical ecosystem decline can be achieved by balancing contemporary perceptions with other sorts evidence, is now widely referred studies assessing environmental change. potential this as a model examining...
Abstract Many over‐exploited marine ecosystems worldwide have lost their natural populations of large predatory finfish and become dominated by crustaceans other invertebrates. Controversially, some these simplified gone on to support highly successful invertebrate fisheries capable generating more economic value than the they replaced. Such systems been compared with those created modern agriculture land, in that existing converted into maximize production target species. Here, we draw a...
Ecological degradation is accelerating, reducing our ability to detect and reverse declines. Resource user accounts have the potential provide critical information on past change but their reliability can rarely be tested, hence they are often perceived as less valid than other forms of scientific data. We compared individual fishers' catch records, recorded 1-50 years ago, with memories good, typical poor catches for corresponding time period. Good were recalled reasonable accuracy,...
Subtropical reefs provide an important habitat for flora and fauna, proper monitoring is required conservation. Monitoring these exposed submerged challenging available resources are limited. Citizen science increasing in momentum, as applied research tool the variety of approaches adopted. This paper aims to demonstrate ecological assessment mapping approach that incorporates both top-down (volunteer marine scientists) bottom-up (divers/community) engagement aspects citizen science, at a...
ABSTRACT Oyster reefs are often referred to as the temperate functional equivalent of coral reefs. Yet evidence for this analogy was lacking European native species Ostrea edulis . Historical data provide a unique opportunity develop robust definition ecosystem type, confirm that O. large‐scale biogenic reef builders, and assess its current conservation status. Today, occur scattered individuals or, rarely, dense clumps over few m 2 historically, ecosystems persisted at large scales (several...
The bottom trawling industry, which provides roughly one quarter of global seafood landings, has a great environmental cost. By dragging nets and other collection devices over the seabed, degrades impacts seabed habitats, catches range non-target species, potentially significant implications for our climate via disturbance sedimentary carbon stocks. Despite this, we have relatively poor understanding how, when, where, intense historical occurred on continental shelf seas. In this...
Bottom trawling and dredging gears have devastating impacts upon vulnerable marine seafloor habitats, but the antiquity of their use means that true magnitude change is often obscured. Within Europe, bottom started centuries ago, with no scientific oversight initial these to structure functioning. We describe how historical records published over a period >350 years were used evidence transformation Europe’s ecosystems. uncovered loss at least 17,000km2 native oyster reef, largely driven...