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Periodical cicada ( Magicicada spp.) ranges have continued to decline even as their habitat has rebounded from historic lows. This counterintuitive trajectory may be a consequence of Magicicada 's limited dispersal capabilities combined with their requirement that individual host trees survive across decades. Indeed, we find that the presence of Magicicada breeding populations is best predicted by tree cover in 1930, not by pr...
Presence of non-regulated Elsinoë species on citrus fruits and their impact on regulatory plant health diagnosticsNARA Subscribed
Citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and tangerines are economically significant crops worldwide. The EU is a net importer of citrus fruits to meet consumer demand, with the Netherlands functioning as main distribution hub. Citrus fruit imports may pose a risk to EU production, particularly through the introduction of regulated plant pathogens. Considering that only the three regulated Elsinoë species wer...
Climate Vulnerability Assessments in Marine Fisheries: Taking Stock and Looking AheadNARA Subscribed
Climate Vulnerability Assessments (CVAs) are important tools for understanding and addressing the impacts of climate change on marine fisheries. Since their introduction in the 1990s, CVAs have evolved from theoretical frameworks to practical applications aimed at fostering climate‐resilient fisheries management. This review synthesises recent advancements in CVAs, focusing on methodologies, geographic applications, stakeholde...
Navigating Future Waters: The Resilience of the Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Under Climate ChangeNARA Subscribed
Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABFT) is an ecologically and economically valuable species. As global warming drives marine species toward cooler or deeper waters, ABFT distributions are expected to shift, potentially disrupting predator–prey dynamics and fisheries interactions. This study models future habitat suitability for ABFT, its primary prey (as a proxy for food availability), and the drifting longline fishery that targets adul...
Impact of fog on California waterfowl flight activity: historical and modern insights into effects post-Clean Air ActNARA Subscribed
Since establishment of the Clean Air Act in the early 1970s, occurrence of the dense ‘Tule Fog’, historically prevalent throughout winter across California’s Central Valley, has substantially reduced. At the same time, waterfowl body masses have generally increased. Flight is metabolically expensive, and fog visually and navigationally impairs birds in flight, likely causing them to remain aloft for longer than usual periods....
Climate‐Driven Shift of Immature Albacore: Potential Habitat Alterations in the Indian OceanNARA Subscribed
Climate change is causing significant changes in maritime habitats, altering the distribution of marine organisms and potentially leading to poleward migration of species, impacting fishing operations and coastal communities' subsistence methods. The present study analyzed the distribution of the Indian Ocean immature albacore tuna ( Thunnus alalunga ) by using an ensemble modeling approach and considering three representative...
Marine megafauna species are affected by a wide range of anthropogenic threats. To evaluate the risk of such threats, species’ vulnerability to each threat must first be determined. We build on the existing threats classification scheme and ranking system of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species by assessing the vulnerability of 256 marine megafauna species to 23 at‐sea threat...
Age is an important parameter to understand species life‐history characteristics. Recently, DNA methylation methods have emerged as innovative tools to estimate the age of marine mammals. Narwhal ( Monodon monoceros ) epigenetic age estimates were computed using beluga ( Delphinapterus leucas ), killer whale ( Orcinus orca ), bowhead ( Balaena mysticetus ), odontocete, cetacean, and mammalian epigenetic clocks and were compare...
Global Patterns and Drivers of Seagrass Biomass, Net Primary Production and Meadow StructureNARA Subscribed
Aim We decipher global patterns in seagrass growth and structure to advance seagrass science, facilitate multidisciplinary research, and promote effective management strategies and policy development for seagrass habitats. Location: Global. Time period: 1975 to 2024. Major taxa studied: Seagrasses—marine angiosperms. Methods A global data set on seagrass total biomass, total net primary productivity (NPP), shoot density, and p...
The essential role of large research vessels in marine ecosystem observations and ocean sustainabilityNARA Subscribed
Our understanding of marine ecosystems and ability to manage them sustainably has come from multidisciplinary observations made repeatedly over long periods of time. These long‐term ecosystem observations depend on the capabilities of large research vessels, which play an essential role in the collection of global ocean observations. Research vessels serve as large, stable platforms for collecting high volume samples from the...
The U.S. Ecosystem‐Based Fisheries Management Policy and Road Map: Assessing Progress and Applying Lessons LearnedNARA Subscribed
The need for ecosystem‐based fisheries management (EBFM) is growing more urgent as environmental changes, species shifts, new ocean uses, and other factors force oceans toward novel states. In the United States, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) developed an EBFM Policy in 2016, accompanied by a Road Map of 49 action items, to support marine ecosystem‐based...