Marine Protected Areas (MPA) increasingly rely on automatic identification system (AIS) data to monitor fishing activity. Enforcement remains difficult because AIS is self-reported, labels of fishing behaviour are scarce, and traffic patterns differ strongly between regions. This study develops a hierarchical machine learning framework that estimates the probability of fishing from AIS position time series using only latitude...

Tidal range, diverse land-cover conditions, and complex intertidal topography make accurately monitoring estuarine shoreline change difficult. This study extends the COASTGUARD workflow from traditional open coastline applications to complex, macrotidal estuarine environments, demonstrated through a case study in the Musquash Marine Protected Area. The revised pipeline introduces three key contributions: habitat-aware classifi...

Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases. However, the evidence regarding the short-term effect of air pollution on cardio- and cerebrovascular hospitalisations in areas with relatively low air pollution levels is limited. This study aims to examine the effect of short-term exposure to different air pollutants on hospital admissions due to cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases...

Delayed life history effects (DLHEs) occur when fitness in one life stage affects fitness in subsequent life stages. Given their biphasic life cycle, pond‐breeding amphibians provide a natural system for studying DLHEs, although these effects are not restricted to species with biphasic life histories. In this study, we used multiple mark–recapture techniques enabled by a large trapping array to monitor components of fitness an...

Due to the widespread eradication of large canids and felids, top predators in many terrestrial ecosystems are now medium‐sized carnivores such as coyotes. Coyotes have been shown to increase songbird and rodent abundance and diversity by suppressing populations of small carnivores such as domestic cats and foxes. The restoration of gray wolves to many parts of North America, however, could alter this interaction chain. Here w...