Streamflow regimes that maintain vital functions and processes of aquatic ecosystems are
critical to sustaining ecosystem health. In rivers with altered flow regimes, restoring …

Biodiversity conservation requires reliable species assessments and rigorously designed
surveys. However, determining the survey effort required to reliably detect population …

The rush to assess species' responses to anthropogenic climate change (CC) has
underestimated the importance of interannual population variability (PV). Researchers …

Purpose Life cycle assessment studies on smallholder farms in tropical regions generally
use data that is collected at one moment in time, which could hamper assessment of the …

Integral projection models (IPM s) allow us to describe quantitatively the dynamics of a
population structured by a continuous variable. They rely on information gathered at the …

Ecological indicators are often collected to detect and monitor environmental change.
Statistical models are used to estimate natural variability, pre-existing trends, and …

Sea lice are marine parasites affecting salmon farms, and are considered one of the most
costly pests of the salmon aquaculture industry. Infestations of sea lice on farms significantly …

In Before-After monitoring studies, statistical models are used to characterize baseline (ie,
pre-disturbance) conditions, and to detect, quantify, and forecast change during operational …