Global tracking of shark movements, behaviour and ecology: A review of the renaissance years of satellite tagging studies, 2010–2020

S Renshaw, N Hammerschlag, AJ Gallagher… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Satellite telemetry as a tool in marine ecological research continues to adapt and grow and
has become increasingly popular in recent years to study shark species on a global scale. A …

Outstanding challenges and future directions for biodiversity monitoring using citizen science data

A Johnston, E Matechou… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
There is increasing availability and use of unstructured and semi‐structured citizen science
data in biodiversity research and conservation. This expansion of a rich source of 'big …

Place-based data justice practices for collaborative conservation research: A critical review

CJ Robinson, D Urzedo, JM Macdonald… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of improved big data collection and analytical tools used to assess and monitor
the state of the planet's biodiversity is profound. Yet there is growing concern that the growth …

Machine learning framework for intelligent aeration control in wastewater treatment plants: Automatic feature engineering based on variation sliding layer

YQ Wang, HC Wang, YP Song, SQ Zhou, QN Li… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Intelligent control of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has the potential to reduce
energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions significantly. Machine learning (ML) …

Contrasting biogeographical patterns of threatened vertebrates on islands emerge from disparities between expert‐derived maps and Global Biodiversity Information …

J Nori, DA Prieto‐Torres, F Villalobos… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The most popular sources of information on species distributions are the expert‐derived
maps and georeferenced occurrences, mainly those compiled by the Global Biodiversity …

Extreme uncertainty and unquantifiable bias do not inform population sizes

OJ Robinson, JB Socolar, EF Stuber… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Species-specific population estimates are fundamental for many aspects of ecology,
evolution, and conservation, yet they are lacking for most species. Aiming to fill this gap …

Habitat distribution change of commercial species in the Adriatic Sea during the COVID-19 pandemic

G Coro, P Bove, A Ellenbroek - Ecological Informatics, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to reduced anthropogenic pressure on ecosystems in
several world areas, but resulting ecosystem responses in these areas have not been …

Evaluating the suitability of large-scale datasets to estimate nitrogen loads and yields across different spatial scales

AF Suárez-Castro, DM Robertson, B Lehner… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Decision makers are often confronted with inadequate information to predict nutrient loads
and yields in freshwater ecosystems at large spatial scales. We evaluate the potential of …

Capability of big data to capture threatened vertebrate diversity in protected areas

JM Cordier, L Osorio‐Olvera, PY Huais… - Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Protected areas (PAs) are an essential tool for conservation amid the global biodiversity
crisis. Optimizing PAs to represent species at risk of extinction is crucial. Vertebrate …

Targeting ocean conservation outcomes through threat reduction

JA Turner, M Starkey, NK Dulvy, F Hawkins… - npj Ocean …, 2024 - nature.com
Nations have committed to reductions in the global rate of species extinctions through the
Sustainable Development Goals 14 and 15, for ocean and terrestrial species, respectively …