Extreme weather and climate events with ecological relevance: a review

CC Ummenhofer, GA Meehl - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Robust evidence exists that certain extreme weather and climate events, especially daily
temperature and precipitation extremes, have changed in regard to intensity and frequency …

Ocean sprawl: challenges and opportunities for biodiversity management in a changing world

LB Firth, AM Knights, D Bridger, AJ Evans… - … and Marine Biology …, 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
LOUISE B. FIRTH1, ANTONY M. KNIGHTS2, DANIELLE BRIDGER3, ALLY J. EVANS4,
NOVA MIESZKOWSKA5, 6, PIPPA J. MOORE4, NESSA E. O'CONNOR7, EMMA V …

[HTML][HTML] Tracking fish abundance by underwater image recognition

S Marini, E Fanelli, V Sbragaglia, E Azzurro… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Marine cabled video-observatories allow the non-destructive sampling of species at
frequencies and durations that have never been attained before. Nevertheless, the lack of …

[HTML][HTML] Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae

JE Duffy, L Benedetti-Cecchi, J Trinanes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In coastal waters around the world, the dominant primary producers are benthic
macrophytes, including seagrasses and macroalgae, that provide habitat structure and food …

Long‐term declines in an intertidal foundation species parallel shifts in community composition

CJB Sorte, VE Davidson, MC Franklin… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The earth is in the midst of a biodiversity crisis, and projections indicate continuing and
accelerating rates of global changes. Future alterations in communities and ecosystems may …

Status, trends and drivers of kelp forests in Europe: an expert assessment

RM Araújo, J Assis, R Aguillar, L Airoldi… - Biodiversity and …, 2016 - Springer
A comprehensive expert consultation was conducted in order to assess the status, trends
and the most important drivers of change in the abundance and geographical distribution of …

[HTML][HTML] Science for the future: the use of citizen science in marine research and conservation

HS Earp, A Liconti - YOUMARES 9-The Oceans: Our Research, Our Future …, 2020 - Springer
Over the last decade, significant advances in citizen science have occurred, allowing
projects to extend in scope from the ocean floor to the Milky Way and cover almost …

Scaling up experimental ocean acidification and warming research: from individuals to the ecosystem

AM Queirós, JA Fernandes, S Faulwetter… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding long‐term, ecosystem‐level impacts of climate change is challenging
because experimental research frequently focuses on short‐term, individual‐level impacts in …

Eco-engineered rock pools: a concrete solution to biodiversity loss and urban sprawl in the marine environment

LB Firth, KA Browne, AM Knights… - Environmental …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
In coastal habitats artificial structures typically support lower biodiversity and can support
greater numbers of non-native and opportunistic species than natural rocky reefs. Eco …

Cascaded deep network systems with linked ensemble components for underwater fish detection in the wild

AB Labao, PC Naval Jr - Ecological Informatics, 2019 - Elsevier
We propose a fish detection system based on deep network architectures to robustly detect
and count fish objects under a variety of benthic background and illumination conditions …