A new NOAA report assesses the role National Marine Sanctuaries play in helping implement ecosystem-based management practices in U.S. waters. The report found the National Marine Sanctuary System's ...
The first ecosystem model that covers the complete food web of the western Baltic Sea predicts how marine life in the region would react to different fisheries scenarios and additional human-induced ...
Karen Fisher receives funding from the New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (C01X1901) through the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge’s Phase II Project 4.2 Options for ...
In light of these pressing global ecological challenges, there is a compelling need to develop ecological theories and ...
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM), and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration's Best Practices Task Force (BPTF) presented three new ...
Sea urchins climb onto kelp when their densities are so high they remove all drift kelp and then actively forage on attached, living kelp. (Credit: Steve Lonhart / NOAA MBNMS) Tipping points are the ...