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 …

Climate change is a threat to marine turtles that is expected to affect all of their life stages. To
guide future research, we conducted a review of the most recent literature on this topic …

The massive number of seabirds (penguins and procellariiformes) and marine mammals
(cetaceans and pinnipeds)–referred to here as top predators–is one of the most iconic …

The conservation of migratory marine species, including pelagic seabirds, is challenging
because their movements span vast distances frequently beyond national jurisdictions …

Identifying important sites for biodiversity is vital for conservation and management.
However, there is a lack of accessible, easily applied tools that enable practitioners to …

During their migrations, marine predators experience varying levels of protection and face
many threats as they travel through multiple countries' jurisdictions and across ocean …

The Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) initiative was launched by the Marine
Mammal Protected Areas Task Force of the International Union for the Conservation of …

Electronic tracking technologies revolutionized wildlife ecology, notably for studying the
movements of elusive species such as seabirds. Those advances are key to seabird …

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 …

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) are sites identified as being globally important
for the conservation of bird populations on the basis of an internationally agreed set of …