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The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests by Eger, Aaron M., Marzinelli, Ezequiel M., Beas-Luna, Rodrigo, Blain, Caitlin O., Blamey, Laura K., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Carnell, Paul E., Choi, Chang Geun, Hessing-Lewis, Margot, Kim, Kwang Young, Kumagai, Naoki H., Lorda, Julio, Moore, Pippa, Nakamura, Yohei, Pérez-Matus, Alejandro, Pontier, Ondine, Smale, Dan, Steinberg, Peter D., Vergés, Adriana

“…While marine kelp forests have provided valuable ecosystem services for millennia, the global ecological and economic value of those services is largely…”
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Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes by Blamey, Laura K., Shannon, Lynne J., Bolton, John J., Crawford, Robert J.M., Dufois, Francois, Evers-King, Hayley, Griffiths, Charles L., Hutchings, Laurence, Jarre, Astrid, Rouault, Mathieu, Watermeyer, Katherine E., Winker, Henning

“…Overfishing and human-induced climate change are putting severe pressure on marine ecosystems. In the southern Benguela, most of South Africa's commercial…”
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Author Correction: The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests by Eger, Aaron M., Marzinelli, Ezequiel M., Beas-Luna, Rodrigo, Blain, Caitlin O., Blamey, Laura K., Byrnes, Jarrett E. K., Carnell, Paul E., Choi, Chang Geun, Hessing-Lewis, Margot, Kim, Kwang Young, Kumagai, Naoki H., Lorda, Julio, Moore, Pippa, Nakamura, Yohei, Pérez-Matus, Alejandro, Pontier, Ondine, Smale, Dan, Steinberg, Peter D., Vergés, Adriana

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Synthesis: climate effects on biodiversity, abundance and distribution of marine organisms in the Benguela by Jarre, Astrid, Hutchings, Laurence, Kirkman, Stephen P., Kreiner, Anja, Tchipalanga, Pedro C.M., Kainge, Paulus, Uanivi, Uatjavi, van der Plas, Anja K., Blamey, Laura K., Coetzee, Janet C., Lamont, Tarron, Samaai, Toufiek, Verheye, Hans M., Yemane, Dawit G., Axelsen, Bjoern E., Ostrowski, Marek, Stenevik, Erling K., Loeng, Harald

“…The NansClim project (2010–2013) represented a regional collaboration to assess the effects of climate on Benguela dynamics. Based on in situ (since the 1960s…”
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The economic value of South African kelp forests and temperate reefs: Past, present and future by Blamey, Laura K., Bolton, John J.

“…In South Africa, kelp forests and associated temperate reefs dominate the nearshore subtidal zone in the southern Benguela, with kelp forests covering…”
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Habitat diversity relative to wave action on rocky shores: implications for the selection of marine protected areas by Blamey, Laura K., Branch, George M.

“…1. Current selection of marine protected areas in South Africa is based on objective criteria including biogeographic representation and habitat heterogeneity…”
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Redesigning harvest strategies for sustainable fishery management in the face of extreme environmental variability by Blamey, Laura K., Plagányi, Éva E., Hutton, Trevor, Deng, Roy A., Upston, Judy, Jarrett, Annie

“…Short‐lived, fast‐growing species that contribute greatly to global capture fisheries are sensitive to fluctuations in the environment. Uncertainties in exact…”
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Validating effectiveness of crown-of-thorns starfish control thresholds to limit coral loss throughout the Great Barrier Reef by Rogers, Jacob G. D., Plagányi, Éva E., Blamey, Laura K., Desbiens, Amelia A.

“…Population irruptions of the Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS, Acanthaster cf. solaris ) are a key source of coral loss on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef…”
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Altering river flow impacts estuarine species and catches: lessons from giant mud crabs by Blamey, Laura K, Plagányi, Éva E, Robins, Julie, Kenyon, Rob, Deng, Roy A, Hughes, Justin, Kim, Shaun

“…Abstract Anthropogenic alterations to river flow could have repercussions for flow-dependent species downstream but few studies account for these dynamic…”
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Regime-shifts in the southern Benguela shelf and inshore region by Blamey, Laura K, Howard, James A.E, Agenbag, Jacobus, Jarre, Astrid

“…Over the past two decades, several species have undergone distributional shifts in the southern Benguela. The commercially-important West Coast rock lobster…”
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Evaluating risks to seabirds on the urban–coastal interface: Modelling dog attacks on little penguin populations in Tasmania by Blamey, Laura K., Bulman, Catherine M., Tuck, Geoffrey N., Woehler, Eric J., Marker, Perviz F., Patterson, Toby A.

“…Tasmania (including offshore islands) has the largest breeding population of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) in Australia, but coastal development around…”
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Regime shift of a kelp-forest benthic community induced by an ‘invasion’ of the rock lobster Jasus lalandii by Blamey, Laura K., Branch, George M.

“…An eastward shift in the center of abundance of the South African rock lobster Jasus lalandii occurred during the early 1990s into an area known as East of…”
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Was overfishing of predatory fish responsible for a lobster-induced regime shift in the Benguela? by Blamey, Laura K., Plagányi, Éva E., Branch, George M.

“…•We model a kelp ecosystem that has undergone a regime shift.•We use the model to test scenarios under current and ‘pristine’ predator densities.•If predatory…”
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Ecosystem modelling provides clues to understanding ecological tipping points by Plagányi, Éva E., Ellis, Nick, Blamey, Laura K., Morello, Elisabetta B., Norman-Lopez, Ana, Robinson, William, Sporcic, Miriana, Sweatman, Hugh

“…Ecological thresholds, associated with abrupt changes in the state and organisation of ecosystems, challenge both scientists and managers. Adaptive response to…”
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Assessing the adequacy of current fisheries management under changing climate: a southern synopsis by Plagányi, Éva E., Weeks, Scarla J., Skewes, Tim D., Gibbs, Mark T., Poloczanska, Elvira S., Norman-López, Ana, Blamey, Laura K., Soares, Muri, Robinson, William M. L.

“…Plagányi, É. E., Weeks, J. S., Skewes, T. D., Gibbs, M. T., Poloczanska, E. S., Norman-López, A., Blamey, L. K., Soares, M., and Robinson, W. M. L. 2011…”
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Mapping South Africa's canopy-forming kelp forests using low-cost, high-resolution Sentinel-2 imagery by Dunga, Loyiso, Lück-Vogel, Melanie, Blamey, Laura K., Bolton, John, Rothman, Mark, Desmet, Phil, Sink, Kerry

“…Globally, kelp forests play a vital role in providing ecological, social and economic services. They contribute to the livelihoods and resilience of many…”
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Accounting for risk-catch-cost trade-offs in a harvest strategy for a small, highly variable fishery by Plagányi, Éva E., Blamey, Laura K., Deng, Roy Aijun, Miller, Margaret

“…Formal harvest strategies (HS) confer increased certainty for stakeholders in decision-making processes because they include pre-agreed, transparent rules that…”
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Lessons from long-term monitoring of tropical rock lobsters to support fisheries management by Plagányi, Éva, Dutra, Leo, Murphy, Nicole, Edgar, Steven, Salee, Kinam, Deng, Roy Aijun, Blamey, Laura K., Parker, Denham, Brodie, Stephanie

“…Fishery-independent scientific surveys are highly valuable for monitoring lobsters and other fisheries. Yet, there are relatively few long-term monitoring…”
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Playing the detective: Using multispecies approaches to estimate natural mortality rates by Plagányi, Éva E., Blamey, Laura K., Rogers, Jacob G.D., Tulloch, Vivitskaia J.D.

“…Stock assessment models often assume natural mortality rates (M) are constant and attribute the variability in a stock’s overall mortality rate to variability…”
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Diet of the spiny lobster Jasus paulensis from the Tristan da Cunha archipelago: Comparisons between islands, depths and lobster sizes by Blamey, Laura K., de Lecea, Ander M., Jones, Luke D.S., Branch, George M.

“…Diet of the Tristan spiny lobster Jasus paulensis was examined using gut content and Stable Isotope Analyses (SIA) to assess whether diets differed among three…”
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