Search Results - "Baum, Julia K"
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Cascading top-down effects of changing oceanic predator abundances
Published in The Journal of animal ecology (01-07-2009)“…1. Top-down control can be an important determinant of ecosystem structure and function, but in oceanic ecosystems, where cascading effects of predator…”
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Effective fisheries management instrumental in improving fish stock status
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (28-01-2020)“…Marine fish stocks are an important part of the world food system and are particularly important for many of the poorest people of the world. Most existing…”
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Ecosystem ecology: size-based constraints on the pyramids of life
Published in Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) (01-07-2013)“…•We show that ecological pyramids and size spectra are equivalent and interchangeable•Linking pyramids with size spectra highlights size-based constraints on…”
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Global patterns and impacts of El Niño events on coral reefs: A meta-analysis
Published in PloS one (05-02-2018)“…Impacts of global climate change on coral reefs are being amplified by pulse heat stress events, including El Niño, the warm phase of the El Niño Southern…”
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Early effects of COVID‐19 on US fisheries and seafood consumption
Published in Fish and fisheries (Oxford, England) (01-01-2021)“…The US seafood sector is susceptible to shocks, both because of the seasonal nature of many of its domestic fisheries and its global position as a top importer…”
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Resilience and Recovery of Overexploited Marine Populations
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (19-04-2013)“…Recovery of overexploited marine populations has been slow, and most remain below target biomass levels. A key question is whether this is due to insufficient…”
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Responses of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities to Local and Global Stressors
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (15-08-2017)“…The microbial contribution to ecological resilience is still largely overlooked in coral reef ecology. Coral-associated bacteria serve a wide variety of…”
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Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves
Published in Nature communications (08-12-2020)“…Prospects for coral persistence through increasingly frequent and extended heatwaves seem bleak. Coral recovery from bleaching is only known to occur after…”
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Human, oceanographic and habitat drivers of central and western Pacific coral reef fish assemblages
Published in PloS one (01-04-2015)“…Coral reefs around US- and US-affiliated Pacific islands and atolls span wide oceanographic gradients and levels of human impact. Here we examine the relative…”
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Effects of bleaching-associated mass coral mortality on reef structural complexity across a gradient of local disturbance
Published in Scientific reports (21-02-2019)“…Structural complexity underpins the ecological functioning of coral reefs. However, rising ocean temperatures and associated coral bleaching threaten the…”
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Cascading Effects of the Loss of Apex Predatory Sharks from a Coastal Ocean
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (30-03-2007)“…Impacts of chronic overfishing are evident in population depletions worldwide, yet indirect ecosystem effects induced by predator removal from oceanic food…”
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Using baited remote underwater videos (BRUVs) to characterize chondrichthyan communities in a global biodiversity hotspot
Published in PloS one (04-12-2019)“…Threatened chondrichthyan diversity is high in developing countries where scarce resources, limited data, and minimal stakeholder support often render…”
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Rebuilding Global Fisheries
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (31-07-2009)“…After a long history of overexploitation, increasing efforts to restore marine ecosystems and rebuild fisheries are under way. Here, we analyze current trends…”
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Fishing degrades size structure of coral reef fish communities
Published in Global change biology (01-03-2017)“…Fishing pressure on coral reef ecosystems has been frequently linked to reductions of large fishes and reef fish biomass. Associated impacts on overall…”
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Testing and recommending methods for fitting size spectra to data
Published in Methods in ecology and evolution (01-01-2017)“…Summary The size spectrum of an ecological community characterizes how a property, such as abundance or biomass, varies with body size. Size spectra are often…”
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Anthropogenic disturbance homogenizes seagrass fish communities
Published in Global change biology (01-05-2018)“…Anthropogenic activities have led to the biotic homogenization of many ecological communities, yet in coastal systems this phenomenon remains understudied. In…”
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Re-Creating Missing Population Baselines for Pacific Reef Sharks
Published in Conservation biology (01-06-2012)“…Sharks and other large predators are scarce on most coral reefs, but studies of their historical ecology provide qualitative evidence that predators were once…”
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Predation scars provide a new method to distinguish native and invasive crab predation on mollusc prey
Published in Ecology and evolution (01-09-2024)“…Crab species are increasingly important socioeconomic resources that are threatened by human exploitation, climate change, and invasive species, such as…”
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Inconsistent Patterns of Microbial Diversity and Composition Between Highly Similar Sequencing Protocols: A Case Study With Reef-Building Corals
Published in Frontiers in microbiology (25-11-2021)“…16S rRNA gene profiling (amplicon sequencing) is a popular technique for understanding host-associated and environmental microbial communities. Most protocols…”
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You can swim but you can't hide: the global status and conservation of oceanic pelagic sharks and rays
Published in Aquatic conservation (01-07-2008)“…1.Fishing spans all oceans and the impact on ocean predators such as sharks and rays is largely unknown. A lack of data and complicated jurisdictional issues…”
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