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Assessing the Progress of Stock Rebuilding in the Northeast Atlantic Against Levels That Can Produce Maximum Sustainable YieldNARA Subscribed
Rebuilding fish stocks to levels above which they produce Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) is a management aim for all European commercially exploited stocks. Progress is typically monitored against the fishing mortality that produces MSY in the long term ( F MSY ), however, the corresponding biomass target ( B MSY ) is rarely evaluated nor reported. Here, we analyse a unique database of 73 quantitative ICES stock assessments t...
The Critical Role of Coefficients: Updating Allometric Normalisation Constants for Modern Ecology and ModellingNARA Subscribed
Allometry, the scaling of traits or biological rates with body mass, is central to a wide range of ecological research including dynamic food web modelling. There has been extensive focus on exponents (3/4 scaling laws), but little on the coefficients (normalisation constants). Coefficients that have been used since 2006 are derived from limited data and dated methodologies. Here, we compiled a data set of over 1000 genera wit...
Overlooked seasonal groundwater nutrient fluxes rival anthropogenic point sources across a variable land‐use tidal riverNARA Subscribed
Understanding groundwater–surface water connectivity in tidal freshwater zones is essential for managing ecosystems within the riverine–estuarine continuum. Groundwater discharge is a key source of dissolved nutrient loads that can lead to eutrophication, deoxygenation, and other ecosystem imbalances in coastal environments. However, groundwater is an often‐overlooked nutrient delivery pathway, with limited studies quantifying...
Voxel-wise insights into early Alzheimer’s disease pathology progression: the association with APOE and memory declineNARA Subscribed
Longitudinal investigation of the Apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype’s impact on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) biomarker progression, focusing on amyloid beta (Aβ) accumulation and gray matter (GM) atrophy, integrating cognitive decline and baseline levels. Longitudinal florbetapir-PET and T1-weighted MRI data from 100 cognitively normal (CN) and mild cognitive impaired (MCI) participants both with considerable global Aβ accumulation...
Complementary value of molecular, phenotypic, and functional aging biomarkers in dementia predictionNARA Subscribed
DNA methylation age (MA), brain age (BA), and frailty index (FI) are putative aging biomarkers linked to dementia risk. We investigated their relationship and combined potential for prediction of cognitive impairment and future dementia risk using the ADNI database. Of several MA algorithms, DunedinPACE and GrimAge2, associated with memory, were combined in a composite MA alongside BA and a data-driven FI in predictive analyse...
Cover crop cultivars and species differ in root traits potentially impacting their selection for ecosystem servicesNARA Subscribed
Background and aims Cover crops have the potential to aid in adapting agricultural systems to climate change impacts through their ecosystem services, such as preventing soil erosion, remediating soil structure, and storing carbon belowground. Though roots are integral to these processes, there is a lack of cover crop root trait data. This study aims to characterize rooting behavior of several commercially available cover crop...
A data‐driven approach to multiple‐stressor impact assessment for a marine protected areaNARA Subscribed
The coastal environment is not managed in a way that considers the impact of cumulative threats, despite being subject to threats from all realms (marine, land, and atmosphere). Relationships between threats and species are often nonlinear; thus, current (linear) approaches to estimating the impact of threats may be misleading. We developed a data‐driven approach to assessing cumulative impacts on ecosystems and applied it to...
Including older fish in fisheries management: A new age‐based indicator and reference point for exploited fish stocksNARA Subscribed
Larger and older fish contribute disproportionately to spawning and play an important role in the replenishment of exploited stocks. Fishing often removes specific size‐ and age‐classes, with direct impacts on stock productivity and population resilience. Despite this, fisheries advice is commonly based on estimates of spawning stock biomass (SSB) and fishing mortality (F) and makes little reference to the importance of size a...