There have been efforts around the globe to track individuals of many marine species and
assess their movements and distribution, with the putative goal of supporting their …

Manta and devil rays are filter-feeding elasmobranchs that are found circumglobally in
tropical and subtropical waters. Although relatively understudied for most of the Twentieth …

Common marine spatial planning challenges include lack of data on the marine
environment, high mobility of both animals and humans, and plan implementation …

As part of the Post‐2020 Biodiversity Framework, nations are assessing progress over the
past decade in addressing the underlying drivers that influence direct pressures on …

Seamounts are prominent features of the seafloor that are often located in Areas Beyond
National Jurisdiction (ABNJs). Whilst comprehensive biological information is lacking on …

Assessing abundance and monitoring ecology and population trends are of critical
importance for animal species of conservation concern. For sea turtles, annual nest counts …

Relatively simple foraging radius models have the potential to generate predictive
distributions for a large number of species rapidly, thus providing a cost‐effective alternative …

Marine biodiversity is under extreme pressure from anthropogenic activity globally, leading
to calls to protect at least 10% of the world's oceans within marine protected areas (MPAs) …

Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea) hosts important nesting habitat for leatherback sea turtles,
with the main nesting beaches found on the island's southern end. Nest monitoring and …

Anthropogenic noise is increasing throughout the world's oceans. One major contributor is
industrial seismic surveys—a process typically undertaken to locate and estimate the …