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Maritime Domain Awareness increasingly depends on publicly available vessel tracking data to support commercial fisheries oversight, but it remains unclear how closely publicly available AIS-derived products approximate the restricted Vessel Monitoring System data that have long served as the regulatory standard. Here we evaluate whether two no-cost public AIS-derived platforms can substitute for restricted VMS data in the eas...
Fine‐Scale Ecological Biomonitoring in a Large, Complex Agriculturally Impacted Watershed via eDNA MetabarcodingNARA Subscribed
DNA‐based approaches utilizing high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) (e.g., DNA metabarcoding) have revolutionized ecological biomonitoring by providing higher sample throughput, greater reproducibility, and better cost‐benefits compared to traditional morphology‐based bioassessment studies. Here, we utilized DNA metabarcoding in a watershed in Ontario (Canada) dominated by agricultural land uses. Our aim is to understand patterns...
Commentary: Trends and Tensions in Freshwater and Fisheries Management in Central Otago, New ZealandNARA Subscribed
Recent resource management planning processes and decisions in Central Otago, New Zealand, illustrate changes in policy direction for freshwater management. These processes and decisions also highlight interactions between, and values associated with, indigenous and introduced sports fish. We assess the outcomes of resource management planning decisions on four river catchments in Central Otago: Nevis, Kye Burn, Lindis and Man...
Balancing Harvest and Habitat: A Framework for the Sustainable Management of Diadromous GalaxiidsNARA Subscribed
Managing New Zealand's diadromous Galaxias species and the associated whitebait fishery presents a complex challenge due to species‐specific differences in life‐history strategies, habitat requirements, and population dynamics that underpin responses to anthropogenic and environmental pressures. Consequently, effective management must balance the distinct vulnerabilities and dependencies of each species to ensure long‐term sus...
A horizon scan of biological conservation issues for 2026NARA Subscribed
The Role of Patient Education in Low Anterior Resection Syndrome: A Systematic ReviewNARA Subscribed
Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS) is a significant complication after sphincter-preserving rectal cancer surgery and negatively impacts a patient’s quality of life. Treatment of LARS is multimodal, and many treatments require engagement from the patient. Understanding the complex array of treatment options and the potential additive effects of different therapies can be difficult. This systematic review aims to assess the...
Size matters: a new view of the relationship between shape and size for molten volcanic ballisticsNARA Subscribed
Volcanic ballistic projectiles (VBPs) are a common hazard near volcanic vents and often threaten volcano tourists, especially at accessible volcanoes with Strombolian eruption style. Current ballistic hazard models used to estimate potential VBP impact zones often assume round and solid (fixed shape) projectiles, though the validity of these assumptions remains uncertain. In this study, we use high-speed video observations to...
Habitat destruction is the most pervasive threat to global biodiversity, leading to widespread population declines and range reductions. Land clearing can leave small, isolated populations persisting in remnant habitat, where demographic factors may erode genomic diversity and diminish adaptive potential. We compared the genomic structure, diversity, inbreeding and effective population sizes of fragmented populations on farms...
Aim The urgency for remote, reliable and scalable biodiversity monitoring amidst mounting human pressures on ecosystems has sparked worldwide interest in Passive Acoustic Monitoring (PAM), which can track life underwater and on land. However, we lack a unified methodology to report this sampling effort and a comprehensive overview of PAM coverage to gauge its potential as a global research and monitoring tool. To address this...
Positive Feedback on Climate Warming by Stream Microbial Decomposers Indicated by a Global Space‐For‐Time Substitution StudyNARA Subscribed
Decomposition of plant litter is a key ecological process in streams, whose contribution to the global carbon cycle is large relative to their extent on Earth. We examined the mechanisms underlying the temperature sensitivity (TS) of instream decomposition and forecast effects of climate warming on this process. Comparing data from 41 globally distributed sites, we assessed the TS of microbial and total decomposition using lit...