A5003503580- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Marine animal studies overview
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Social Media in Health Education
- Marine and fisheries research
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Conferences and Exhibitions Management
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Research Data Management Practices
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Online and Blended Learning
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
- Education and Technology Integration
State University of New York
2020-2024
York University
2020-2024
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
2020-2024
Purchase College
2023
Columbia University
2005-2019
University of British Columbia
2019
American Museum of Natural History
2015-2018
Columbia College
2017
Colby College
2015
University of Connecticut
2015
Abstract: Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) represents multiple bodies of accumulated through many generations close interactions between people and the natural world. TEK its application via customary management plans can be useful in modern conservation programs. I disaggregate term into constituent parts show several ways which strengthen research designs by increasing locality‐specific knowledge, including environmental linkages occurring those localities. Examples uses include folk...
Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform for short messages that can have long-term impact on how scientists create and publish ideas. We investigate the usefulness of twitter in development distribution scientific knowledge. At start 'life cycle' publication, provides large virtual department colleagues help to rapidly generate, share refine new As ideas become manuscripts, be used as an informal arena pre-review works progress. Finally, tweeting published findings communicate...
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...
Multiple studies across a variety of scientific disciplines have shown that the number times paper is shared on Twitter (now called X) correlated with citations receives. However, these were not designed to answer whether tweeting about papers causes an increase in citations, or they simply highlighting some higher relevance, importance quality and are therefore both tweeted more cited more. The authors this study leading science communicators from several life disciplines, substantially...
Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform for short messages that can have long-term impact on how scientists create and publish ideas. We investigate the usefulness of in development distribution scientific knowledge. At start 'life cycle' publication, provides large virtual department colleagues help to rapidly generate, share refine new As ideas become manuscripts, be used as an informal arena pre-review works progress. Finally, tweeting published findings communicate research...
The scientific community faces numerous challenges in achieving gender equality among its participants. One method of highlighting the contributions made by female scientists is through their selection as featured speakers symposia held at conferences professional societies. Because they are specially invited, obtain a prestigious platform from which to display research, can elevate recognition scientists. We investigated number symposium two societies (the Society Conservation Biology (SCB)...
The growing field of historical ecology describes population abundances, biodiversity, spatial structure, and ecological functioning in the past, which are important to understanding dynamics recovery potential. However, because analyses often incorporate nontraditional data sources (i.e., archival materials oral histories) may reveal unexpected changes species populations, results subject critiques objectivity quality control, hamper their broad application. Here, we argue that surprising...
The use of functional information in the form species traits plays an important role explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although relationships between composition, their traits, environment have been extensively studied on a case-by-case basis, results are variable, it remains unclear how generalizable these across ecosystems, taxa spatial scales. To address this gap, we collated 80 datasets from trait-based studies into global database for metaCommunity...
Drew, J. A., and A. P. Henne 2006. Conservation biology traditional ecological knowledge: integrating academic disciplines for better conservation practice. Ecology Society 11(2): 34. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-01959-110234
Natural history institutions (museums, herbaria, zoos, aquaria, etc. whether privately owned or existing in conjunction with universities) and the collections they house play a large role documenting species diversity. Historically, these were rich source of data that ultimately fueled developments biogeography systematics provided intellectual framework for conservation biology (MacArthur & Wilson 1967; Mayr Diamond 2001). Collections have also been influential application development...
Historical ecology draws on a broad range of information sources and methods to provide insight into ecological social change, especially over the past ∼12000 yr. While its results are often relevant conservation restoration, insights from diverse disciplines, environments, geographies have frequently remained siloed or underrepresented, restricting their full potential. Here, scholars practitioners working in marine, freshwater, terrestrial environments 6 continents various archipelagoes...
Harnessing the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of local communities has potential to enhance conservation planning in developing regions. Marine protected areas (MPAs) that incorporate beliefs about reef tenure are generally more successful reaching goals and ensuring participation fishermen on vulnerable tropical systems. Fiji possesses a unique system management which clans or villages, called mataqali, control individual units reef, known as qoliqoli, make independent decisions...
Wildlife-focused tourism is often considered as having the potential to play an integral part of threatened species conservation efforts, particularly through financial support. We focused on direct financing by investigating tourists' willingness pay snorkel with reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) at Barefoot Manta, ecotourism resort in Yasawa group islands Fiji. Our results indicate that 82.4% people surveyed would be willing a mean value ~ USD $9.2 (SE 0.9) more than current cost, 28%...
Abstract: Endemism is thought to be relatively rare in marine systems due the lack of allopatric barriers and potential for long‐distance colonization via pelagic larval dispersal. Although many species coral reef fishes exhibit regionally restricted color variants that are suggestive regional endemism, such variation typically ascribed intraspecific variation. We examined genetic structure 5 putatively monospecific from Indo‐West Pacific ( Amphiprion melanopus , Chrysiptera talboti...
The reefs surrounding the Gilbert Islands (Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific), like many throughout world, have undergone a period rapid and intensive environmental perturbation over past 100 years. A byproduct this has been reduction number shark species present in their waters, even though sharks play an important economy culture Gilbertese. Here we examine how communities changed time periods that predate written record order to understand magnitude ecosystem changes Pacific. Using...
Delineating barriers to connectivity is important in marine reserve design as they describe the strength and number of connections among a reserve's constituent parts, ultimately help characterize resilience system perturbations at each node. Here we demonstrate utility multi-taxa phylogeography protected areas within Fiji. Gathering mtDNA control region data from five species coral reef fish genera two families, find range population structure patterns, those experiencing little...
Twitter is a micro-blogging social media platform for short messages that can have long-term impact on how scientists create and publish ideas. We investigate the usefulness of twitter in development distribution scientific knowledge. At start 'life cycle' publication, provides large virtual department colleagues help to rapidly generate, share refine new As ideas become manuscripts, be used as an informal arena pre-review works progress. Finally, tweeting published findings communicate...
Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish fish, is described from 46 specimens, 16.3-85.8 mm SL, collected at depths 2-10 m coral reefs Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. It closely allied to A. melanopus, which widely distributed in the western Pacific. The two exhibit significant colour-pattern differences, including mainly reddish orange body barberi dark brown or blackish melanopus. Adults also possess fewer spin- ules (11-19 versus 19-26) upper-opercular series than Genetic data presented...
The effective management and conservation of biodiversity is predicated on clearly defined targets. Species number frequently used as a metric for prioritization monitoring changes in ecosystem health. We conducted series synoptic surveys focusing the fishes Bootless Bay region Papua New Guinea to generate checklist region. lies directly south Port Moresby, capital Guinea, experiences highest human population density any marine area country. Our will set baseline against which future...
Understanding a region’s ecological history is crucial in formulating conservation plans. In the absence of conventional datasets, historical data and traditional knowledge local communities can elucidate trends over time help set goals for preservation restoration. These methods contribute to biologically culturally significant species, including coral reef molluscs, South Pacific, which have experienced intensified threats such as overfishing habitat degradation recent decades. Through...