Oceans and coasts provide important ecosystem, livelihood, and cultural values to humans
and the planet but face current and future compounding threats from anthropogenic activities …

The Blue Economy is a global initiative aimed at using marine resources to create economic
viability and environmental sustainability. While successes have been reported, for example …

Global oceans are absorbing over 90% of the heat trapped in our atmosphere due to
accumulated anthropogenic greenhouse gases, resulting in increasing ocean temperatures …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are increasingly applied to regulate fishing and conserve
marine biodiversity. Yet, MPAs are often designed without sufficient ecological knowledge of …

Sharks are among the most threatened vertebrates on the planet. Marine protected areas
(MPAs) have been widely established and promoted as a shark conservation tool. However …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) have emerged as potentially important conservation tools for
the conservation of biodiversity and mitigation of climate impacts. Among MPAs, a large …

Climate change stressors (eg, warming and ocean acidification) are an imminent challenge
to the physiological performance of marine organisms. Several studies spanning the last …

Aim Large marine predators, such as cetaceans and sharks, play a crucial role in
maintaining biodiversity patterns and ecosystem function, yet few estimates of their spatial …

Investigating the relationship between species and environmental conditions is key for the
correct management of highly migratory large pelagic species like silky shark (Carcharhinus …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) methods are being increasingly used in proof-of-concept
studies to detect shark species, many populations of which are experiencing severe …