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Loggerhead turtles killed as result of shrimp bycatch prior to introduction ofturtle excluder devices.Publications

Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats

Marine megafauna face many human-caused threats, so understanding how vulnerable each species is to these dangers is essential. In this study, researchers assessed how 256 large marine species respond to 23 different threats, ranging from specific fishing gear to climate impacts and coastal disturbances. They found that 70 species had high vulnerability (v > 0.778 out of 1) to at […]

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A humpback whale breaching in a graceful arc.Publications

Identifying climate refugia and bright spots for highly mobile species

From the abstract: “We present a framework to facilitate climate change adaptation planning by identifying where highly migratory species habitats will persist (climate refugia), emerge (bright spots), disappear (dark spots), or remain unsuitable based on model analysis by 2100. When applied to eight species in the California Current System, we found that, on average, 37% of habitats are expected to

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