Integration of fish swimming performance data is critical for defining flow in fishways. However, current design approaches often rely on limited data that did not account for natural variation in locomotory capacity. To guide application of swimming performance data, we reviewed relevant literature from 1990 to 2023 and identified patterns relevant for developing fishways. Among the 167 relevant publications, non-volitional t...

Several land crab species inhabit oceanic islands worldwide, where they often dominate terrestrial arthropod communities, and act as ecosystem engineers. In the South Atlantic, Johngarthia lagostoma is the only gecarcinid species, endemic to Rocas Atoll, Fernando de Noronha, Ascension, and Trindade. Despite its classification as ‘Endangered’, there is a gap in knowledge on the spatial and temporal distribution of this species....

A recent UN report describes many regions as facing ‘water bankruptcy, ’ a condition in which available water resources can no longer meet existing demands. In practice, this means irrigation will likely bear the greatest burden of future water‐use reductions, a complicated and fraught decision to make given its critical role in food security. This review paper highlights the growing range of information now available through...

We have attempted to re-establish bay scallops to the Virginia, U.S.A. coastal bays and document the dynamics of the restoration effort. Bay scallops ( Argopecten irradians ) once flourished in the eelgrass ( Zostera marina ) of the Virginia coastal bays. Eelgrass wasting disease led to declines, and both eelgrass and scallops were completely lost after a 1933 hurricane. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) led a su...

Several studies have demonstrated non‐stationarity in marine fish maximum per capita recruitment rate, which may be linked to regional environmental drivers. Exploring relationships between environmental drivers and time‐varying recruitment rate will provide insight into recruitment processes, and suggest how fisheries managers may adapt biological reference points and adjust harvest‐control rules in response to changes in the...

Cephalopods play a key role in marine ecosystems but are difficult to study directly; hence, beaks recovered from predator stomachs are critical to further understand their distribution and ecology. Cephalopod species have traditionally been identified from beak morphology, a time-consuming method limited by degree of beak digestion, lack of specialist expertise, and limited coverage in reference collections. Here, we provide...