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The knowledge‐action gap in conservation science and practice occurs when research outputs do not result in actions to protect or restore biodiversity. Among the diverse and complex reasons for this gap, three barriers are fundamental: knowledge is often unavailable to practitioners and challenging to interpret or difficult to use or both. Problems of availability, interpretability, and useability are solvable with open scienc...
Government agencies faced with politically controversial decisions often discount or ignore scientific information, whether from agency staff or nongovernmental scientists. Recent developments in scientific integrity (the ability to perform, use, communicate, and publish science free from censorship or political interference) in Canada, Australia, and the United States demonstrate a similar trajectory. A perceived increase in...
A major challenge in marine ecology is describing patterns of larval dispersal and population connectivity, as well as their underlying processes. We used a biophysical model to simulate dispersal of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica , larvae and connectivity among a network of 10 no‐take reserves in a shallow, wind‐driven estuary to assess the relative importance of spawning location, spawning date, larval behavior, larva...
Aim We surveyed the empirical literature to determine how well six diversity hypotheses account for spatial patterns in species richness across varying scales of grain and extent. Location Worldwide. Methods We identified 393 analyses (‘cases’) in 297 publications meeting our criteria. These criteria included the requirement that more than one diversity hypothesis was tested for its relationship with species richness. We group...
Observer effect on fisher bycatch reports in the New Zealand ling ( Genypterus blacodes ) bottom longlining fisheryNARA Subscribed
Reports by commercial fishers in New Zealand's ling ( Genypterus blacodes ) bottom longline fishery were analysed to identify the influence of official fishery observers on reported weights of bycatch. Observer data show that on every day ling were taken by bottom longline, both individual transferable quota (ITQ) and nonquota (non‐ITQ) bycatch were reported. However, commercial fishers reported ITQ bycatch on 82% of days fish...
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