Marine spatial planning (MSP) is an emerging responsibility of resource managers around
the United States and elsewhere. A key proposed advantage of MSP is that it makes …

This paper forms part of a broader overview of biodiversity of marine life in the Gulf of Maine
area (GoMA), facilitated by the GoMA Census of Marine Life program. It synthesizes current …

Understanding the processes that influence recruitment variability in marine populations has
been a long-standing challenge for resource management. Quantifying abundance at early …

Unsustainable fishing simplifies food chains and, as with aquaculture, can result in reliance
on a few economically valuable species. This lack of diversity may increase risks of …

Predicting the oceanic dispersal of planktonic larvae that connect scattered marine animal
populations is difficult, yet crucial for management of species whose movements transcend …

Behavior such as ontogenetic vertical migration (OVM) limits the transport of marine larvae
with short pelagic larval durations (PLDs), but its effect on the supposed long-distance …

In marine species experiencing intense fishing pressures, knowledge of genetic structure
and local adaptation represent a critical information to assist sustainable management. In …

The spatial distribution of the American lobster Homarus americanus is influenced by many
factors, which are often difficult to quantify. We implemented a modeling approach for …

Restoration strategies for native oyster populations rely on multiple sources of information,
which often conflict due to time-and space-varying patterns in abundance and distribution …

During the 1990s, coastal habitat off southeastern Massachusetts (SEMA) supported
commercially viable fisheries for American lobster (Homarus americanus). Over the past two …