Search Results - "Atkinson, Lara J."

Long-Term Change of Demersal Fish Assemblages on the Inshore Agulhas Bank Between 1904 and 2015 by Currie, Jock C., Atkinson, Lara J., Sink, Kerry J., Attwood, Colin G.

“…Without baseline data from near pristine assemblages, measures of ecosystem change may be significantly underestimated. A unique historical dataset provided an…”
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Extending deep-sea benthic biodiversity inventories with environmental DNA metabarcoding by Oosthuizen, Delene, Seymour, Mathew, Atkinson, Lara J., von der Heyden, Sophie

“…Inventories of biodiversity are crucial for helping support conservation and management efforts, yet the deep-sea, which is the largest biome on earth remains…”
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Regime shifts in demersal assemblages of the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem: a comparative assessment by Kirkman, Stephen P., Yemane, Dawit, Atkinson, Lara J., Kathena, John, Nsiangango, Silvi E., Singh, Larvika, Axelsen, Bjorn E., Samaai, Toufiek

“…Using long‐term survey data, changes in demersal faunal communities in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem were analysed at community and population…”
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Iterative mapping of marine ecosystems for spatial status assessment, prioritization, and decision support by Sink, Kerry J., Adams, Luther A., Franken, Mari-Lise, Harris, Linda R., Currie, Jock, Karenyi, Natasha, Dayaram, Anisha, Porter, Sean, Kirkman, Stephen, Pfaff, Maya, van Niekerk, Lara, Atkinson, Lara J., Bernard, Anthony, Bessinger, Mariel, Cawthra, Hayley, de Wet, Willem, Dunga, Loyiso, Filander, Zoleka, Green, Andrew, Herbert, David, Holness, Stephen, Lamberth, Stephen, Livingstone, Tamsyn, Lück-Vogel, Melanie, Mackay, Fiona, Makwela, Mapula, Palmer, Ryan, Van Zyl, Wilhem, Skowno, Andrew

“…South Africa has taken an iterative approach to marine ecosystem mapping over 18  years that has provided a valuable foundation for ecosystem assessment,…”
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The effects of temperature and diet on the survival, growth and food uptake of aquarium-held postpueruli of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii by Dubber, Greg G., Branch, George M., Atkinson, Lara J.

“…Aquaculture of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii has been considered, but is hindered by a paucity of knowledge about conditions that promote yields. This study…”
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A novel approach to assess distribution trends from fisheries survey data by Currie, Jock C., Thorson, James T., Sink, Kerry J., Atkinson, Lara J., Fairweather, Tracey P., Winker, Henning

“…Climate change and fishery impacts modify the spatial distribution of marine species. Understanding and predicting changes in distribution is important for…”
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Broad-scale benthic habitat classification of the South Atlantic by McQuaid, Kirsty A., Bridges, Amelia E.H., Howell, Kerry L., Gandra, Tiago B.R., de Souza, Vitor, Currie, Jock C., Hogg, Oliver T., Pearman, Tabitha R.R., Bell, James B., Atkinson, Lara J., Baum, Diane, Bonetti, Jarbas, Carranza, Alvar, Defeo, Omar, Furey, Thomas, Gasalla, Maria A., Golding, Neil, Hampton, Shannon L., Horta, Sebastián, Jones, Daniel O.B., Lombard, Amanda T., Manca, Eleonora, Marin, Yamandú, Martin, Stephanie, Mortensen, Pål, Passadore, Cecilia, Piechaud, Nils, Sink, Kerry J., Yool, Andrew

“…•First regional habitat classifications of the South Atlantic Ocean.•Comparing two broad-scale clusterings of benthic environmental variables.•Areas of…”
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Additions to the marine decapod (Crustacea: Decapoda) fauna of South Africa by Landschoff, Jannes, Griffiths, Charles L., Atkinson, Lara J., Sink, Kerry J., Botha, Thomas P.

“…This report adds five previously unreported species to the decapod crustacean fauna of South Africa, as well as removing one species previously listed in…”
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Reconstructing the past: design and function of Granton otter trawl gear at the turn of the twentieth century, as used in South Africa’s first trawl surveys (1897–1904) by Currie, Jock C., Sink, Kerry J., Attwood, Colin G., Atkinson, Lara J., Engelhard, Georg H.

“…Long-term change in marine environments is frequently investigated by comparison of historical and contemporary trawl catches. Such investigations are…”
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