Process-explicit models reveal the structure and dynamics of biodiversity patterns

JA Pilowsky, RK Colwell, C Rahbek, DA Fordham - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
With ever-growing data availability and computational power at our disposal, we now have
the capacity to use process-explicit models more widely to reveal the ecological and …

Managing living marine resources in a dynamic environment: the role of seasonal to decadal climate forecasts

D Tommasi, CA Stock, AJ Hobday, R Methot… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent developments in global dynamical climate prediction systems have allowed for
skillful predictions of climate variables relevant to living marine resources (LMRs) at a scale …

Climate change threatens Chinook salmon throughout their life cycle

LG Crozier, BJ Burke, BE Chasco, DL Widener… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Widespread declines in Atlantic and Pacific salmon (Salmo salar and Oncorhynchus spp.)
have tracked recent climate changes, but managers still lack quantitative projections of the …

Combining ecosystem and single-species modeling to provide ecosystem-based fisheries management advice within current management systems

D Howell, AM Schueller, JW Bentley… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Although many countries have formally committed to Ecosystem-Based Fisheries
Management (EBFM), actual progress toward these goals has been slow. This paper …

It is past time to use ecosystem models tactically to support ecosystem‐based fisheries management: Case studies using Ecopath with Ecosim in an operational …

JK Craig, JS Link - Fish and Fisheries, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The implementation of ecosystem management requires ecosystem modelling within the
context of a natural resource management process. Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) is the most …

Historical changes of the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: modelling the role and impact of primary productivity and fisheries changes over time

C Piroddi, M Coll, C Liquete, D Macias, K Greer… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract The Mediterranean Sea has been defined “under siege” because of intense
pressures from multiple human activities; yet there is still insufficient information on the …

Predicting recruitment density dependence and intrinsic growth rate for all fishes worldwide using a data‐integrated life‐history model

JT Thorson - Fish and Fisheries, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Fisheries scientists use biological models to determine sustainable fishing rates and
forecast future dynamics. These models require both life‐history parameters (mortality …

Progress on implementing ecosystem-based fisheries management in the United States through the use of ecosystem models and analysis

H Townsend, CJ Harvey, Y DeReynier… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Worldwide fisheries management has been undergoing a paradigm shift from a single-
species approach to ecosystem approaches. In the United States, NOAA has adopted a …

Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe

PJ Van den Brink, ABA Boxall, L Maltby… - Environmental …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals have been established to end
poverty, protect the planet, and ensure prosperity for all. Delivery of the Sustainable …

Management implications of long transients in ecological systems

TB Francis, KC Abbott, K Cuddington… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The underlying biological processes that govern many ecological systems can create very
long periods of transient dynamics. It is often difficult or impossible to distinguish this …