Search Results - "Dambacher, Jeffrey M."

Assessing Different Causes of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Outbreaks and Appropriate Responses for Management on the Great Barrier Reef by Babcock, Russell C, Dambacher, Jeffrey M, Morello, Elisabetta B, Plagányi, Éva E, Hayes, Keith R, Sweatman, Hugh P A, Pratchett, Morgan S

“…The crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci (COTS) has contributed greatly to declines in coral cover on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, and remains one of…”
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Quantifying fish assemblages in large, offshore marine protected areas: an Australian case study by Hill, Nicole A, Barrett, Neville, Lawrence, Emma, Hulls, Justin, Dambacher, Jeffrey M, Nichol, Scott, Williams, Alan, Hayes, Keith R

“…As the number of marine protected areas (MPAs) increases globally, so does the need to assess if MPAs are meeting their management goals. Integral to this…”
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Assessing Model Structure Uncertainty Through An Analysis Of System Feedback And Bayesian Networks by Hosack, Geoffrey R, Hayes, Keith R, Dambacher, Jeffrey M

“…Ecological predictions and management strategies are sensitive to variability in model parameters as well as uncertainty in model structure. Systematic…”
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Mapping Habitats and Developing Baselines in Offshore Marine Reserves with Little Prior Knowledge: A Critical Evaluation of a New Approach by Lawrence, Emma, Hayes, Keith R, Lucieer, Vanessa L, Nichol, Scott L, Dambacher, Jeffrey M, Hill, Nicole A, Barrett, Neville, Kool, Johnathan, Siwabessy, Justy

“…The recently declared Australian Commonwealth Marine Reserve (CMR) Network covers a total of 3.1 million km2 of continental shelf, slope, and abyssal habitat…”
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UNDERSTANDING AND PREDICTING EFFECTS OF MODIFIED INTERACTIONS THROUGH A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE by Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Ramos‐Jiliberto, Rodrigo

“…Models of ecological communities are traditionally based on relationships between pairs of species, where the strengths of per capita interactions are fixed…”
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Trans-Tasman Cumulative Effects Management: A Comparative Study by Davies, Kathryn K., Fisher, Karen T., Couzens, Gemma, Allison, Andrew, van Putten, Elizabeth Ingrid, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Foley, Melissa, Lundquist, Carolyn J.

“…Managing the cumulative effects that arise from human and natural stressors is one of the most urgent and complex problems facing coastal and marine decision…”
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The relative importance of environmental stochasticity, interspecific interactions, and observation error: Insights from sardine and anchovy landings by Hosack, Geoffrey R., Trenkel, Verena M., Dambacher, Jeffrey M.

“…Long-term time series of sardine and anchovy landings often suggest negative dependence between these species, and an array of mechanisms have been proposed as…”
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Qualitative Stability and Ambiguity in Model Ecosystems by Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Luh, Hang‐Kwang, Li, Hiram W., Rossignol, Philippe A.

“…Qualitative analysis of stability in model ecosystems has previously been limited to determining whether a community matrix is sign stable or not with little…”
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Who is to blame? Plausible pressures on small pelagic fish population changes in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea by Coll, Marta, Albo-Puigserver, Marta, Navarro, Joan, Palomera, Isabel, Dambacher, Jeffrey M.

“…Important changes have been observed in recent decades in small pelagic fish (SPF) populations of the NW Mediterranean Sea: declines in biomass and landings of…”
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How to model social-ecological systems? – A case study on the effects of a future offshore wind farm on the local society and ecosystem, and whether social compensation matters by Haraldsson, Matilda, Raoux, Aurore, Riera, Fabien, Hay, Julien, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Niquil, Nathalie

“…Models of social-ecological systems (SES) are acknowledged as an important tool to understand human-nature relations. However, many SES models fail to…”
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Qualitative modelling of invasive species eradication on subantarctic Macquarie Island by Raymond, Ben, McInnes, Julie, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Way, Sarah, Bergstrom, Dana M.

“…1. Invaded ecosystems present complex management issues. This problem is exacerbated in many situations by a lack of knowledge about the ecosystem. However,…”
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Qualitative mathematical models to support ecosystem-based management of Australia's Northern Prawn Fishery by Dambacher, Jeffrey M, Rothlisberg, Peter C, Loneragan, Neil R

“…A major decline in the catch of the banana prawn [shrimp], Penaeus ( Fenneropenaeus ) merguiensis , occurred over a six-year period in the Weipa region of the…”
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Resolving ecosystem complexity in ecological risk assessment for mine site rehabilitation by Harford, Andrew J., Bartolo, Renee E., Humphrey, Chris L., Nicholson, Jaylen D., Richardson, Darren L., Rissik, David, Iles, Michelle, Dambacher, Jeffrey M.

“…Ecological Risk Assessments (ERAs) are important tools for supporting evidence-based decision making. However, most ERA frameworks rarely consider complex…”
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Revealing perturbation responses with limited observations of biological communities by Alexandridis, Nikolaos, Bacher, Cédric, Jean, Fred, Dambacher, Jeffrey M.

“…•We propose a method for more comprehensive detection of environmentally driven community change.•We compare spatial observations with model predictions of…”
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Modelling marine protected areas: insights and hurdles by Fulton, Elizabeth A., Bax, Nicholas J., Bustamante, Rodrigo H., Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Dichmont, Catherine, Dunstan, Piers K., Hayes, Keith R., Hobday, Alistair J., Pitcher, Roland, Plagányi, Éva E., Punt, André E., Savina-Rolland, Marie, Smith, Anthony D. M., Smith, David C.

“…Models provide useful insights into conservation and resource management issues and solutions. Their use to date has highlighted conditions under which no-take…”
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A multi-model approach to engaging stakeholder and modellers in complex environmental problems by Fulton, Elizabeth A., Boschetti, Fabio, Sporcic, Miriana, Jones, Tod, Little, L. Richard, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Gray, Randall, Scott, Roger, Gorton, Rebecca

“…•Models of different size, complexity and scope can better address the needs of environmental management.•We used five different model types in an effort to…”
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The uncertain impact of climate change on forest ecosystems – How qualitative modelling can guide future research for quantitative model development by Herr, Alexander, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Pinkard, Elizabeth, Glen, Morag, Mohammed, Caroline, Wardlaw, Tim

“…Climate change could significantly alter forest productivity and climax states. Hence modelling productivity under climate change will need to account for many…”
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Assessing cumulative socio-ecological impacts of offshore wind farm development in the Bay of Seine (English Channel) by Raoux, Aurore, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Pezy, Jean-Philippe, Mazé, Camille, Dauvin, Jean-Claude, Niquil, Nathalie

“…As part of the energy transition, the French government is planning the construction of Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs) in Normandy. These OWFs will be integrated…”
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Changes in metabolic rate of spiny lobster under predation risk by Briceño, Felipe A., Polymeropoulos, Elias T., Fitzgibbon, Quinn P., Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Pecl, Gretta T.

“…Animals exposed to high levels of predation risk may exhibit a variety of changes in life history, behaviour, physiology and morphology that can affect…”
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Diversifying the use of tuna to improve food security and public health in Pacific Island countries and territories by Bell, Johann D., Allain, Valerie, Allison, Edward H., Andréfouët, Serge, Andrew, Neil L., Batty, Michael J., Blanc, Michel, Dambacher, Jeffrey M., Hampton, John, Hanich, Quentin, Harley, Shelton, Lorrain, Anne, McCoy, Michael, McTurk, Nicholas, Nicol, Simon, Pilling, Graham, Point, David, Sharp, Michael K., Vivili, Paula, Williams, Peter

“…The large tuna resources of the Western and Central Pacific Ocean are delivering great economic benefits to Pacific Island countries and territories (PICTs)…”
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