Translating marine animal tracking data into conservation policy and management

GC Hays, H Bailey, SJ Bograd, WD Bowen… - Trends in ecology & …, 2019 - cell.com
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 …

Satellite tracking sea turtles: Opportunities and challenges to address key questions

GC Hays, LA Hawkes - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over 25 years ago the first satellite tracking studies of sea turtles were published. The
technology and attachment methods have now come of age with long-term tracks over a …

Mismatches in scale between highly mobile marine megafauna and marine protected areas

MG Conners, NB Sisson, PD Agamboue… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs), particularly large MPAs, are increasing in number and size
around the globe in part to facilitate the conservation of marine megafauna under the …

Animal-borne sensors reveal high human impact on soundscapes near a critical sea turtle nesting beach

F Garzon, PD Agamboue, JA Boyle, PD Doherty… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic noise (anthrophony) is pervasive in natural soundscapes and has become
an important aspect of conservation. While moored sound recorders have aided marine …

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action

J Handley, MM Rouyer, EJ Pearmain… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Global targets for area-based conservation and management must move beyond threshold-
based targets alone and must account for the quality of such areas. In the Southern Ocean …

Route fidelity during marine megafauna migration

TW Horton, N Hauser, AN Zerbini… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The conservation and protection of marine megafauna require robust knowledge of where
and when animals are located. Yet, our ability to predict animal distributions in space and …

Cumulative threats to juvenile green turtles in the coastal waters of southern and southeastern Brazil

MMPB Fuentes, N Wildermann, TBR Gandra… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
Management of marine turtles at broad spatial scales is challenging due to the costs and the
logistical feasibility of collecting ecological data and information on multiple threats at this …

Loggerhead turtle oceanic-neritic habitat shift reveals key foraging areas in the Western Indian Ocean

JR Monsinjon, A Laforge, P Gaspar, A Barat… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) use both oceanic and neritic habitats depending on
their life stage, eventually undertaking an ontogenetic shift. Juveniles likely start foraging in …

Satellite tracking of hawksbill turtles nesting at Buck Island Reef National Monument, US Virgin Islands: Inter-nesting and foraging period movements and migrations

KM Hart, AR Iverson, AM Benscoter, I Fujisaki… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
To conserve imperiled marine species, an understanding of high-density use zones is
necessary prior to designing and evaluating management strategies that improve their …

Effectiveness and design of marine protected areas for migratory species of conservation concern: A case study of post-nesting hawksbill turtles in Brazil

AJB Santos, C Bellini, EAP Santos, G Sales… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are among the most widely used strategy to protect marine
ecosystems and are typically designed to protect specific habitats rather than a single and/or …