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Plastic as a Persistent Marine Pollutant by Worm, Boris, Lotze, Heike K, Jubinville, Isabelle, Wilcox, Chris, Jambeck, Jenna

“…Synthetic organic polymers-or plastics-did not enter widespread use until the 1950s. By 2015, global production had increased to 322 million metric tons (Mt)…”
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Patterns and ecosystem consequences of shark declines in the ocean by Ferretti, Francesco, Worm, Boris, Britten, Gregory L., Heithaus, Michael R., Lotze, Heike K.

“…Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1055–1071 Whereas many land predators disappeared before their ecological roles were studied, the decline of marine apex predators…”
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Historical baselines for large marine animals by Lotze, Heike K., Worm, Boris

“…Current trends in marine ecosystems need to be interpreted against a solid understanding of the magnitude and drivers of past changes. Over the last decade,…”
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Rapid global expansion of invertebrate fisheries: trends, drivers, and ecosystem effects by Anderson, Sean C, Flemming, Joanna Mills, Watson, Reg, Lotze, Heike K

“…Worldwide, finfish fisheries are receiving increasing assessment and regulation, slowly leading to more sustainable exploitation and rebuilding. In their wake,…”
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Recovery of marine animal populations and ecosystems by Lotze, Heike K., Coll, Marta, Magera, Anna M., Ward-Paige, Christine, Airoldi, Laura

“…Many marine populations and ecosystems have experienced strong historical depletions, yet reports of recoveries are increasing. Here, we review the growing…”
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Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity across taxa by Berghe, Edward Vanden, Worm, Boris, Tittensor, Derek P, Jetz, Walter, Mora, Camilo, Lotze, Heike K, Ricard, Daniel

“…Global patterns of species richness and their structuring forces have fascinated biologists since Darwin and provide critical context for contemporary studies…”
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Future ocean biomass losses may widen socioeconomic equity gaps by Boyce, Daniel G., Lotze, Heike K., Tittensor, Derek P., Carozza, David A., Worm, Boris

“…Future climate impacts and their consequences are increasingly being explored using multi-model ensembles that average across individual model projections…”
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Loss of Large Predatory Sharks from the Mediterranean Sea by FERRETTI, FRANCESCO, MYERS, RANSOM A, SERENA, FABRIZIO, LOTZE, HEIKE K

“…Evidence for severe declines in large predatory fishes is increasing around the world. Because of its long history of intense fishing, the Mediterranean Sea…”
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Youth and the sea: Ocean literacy in Nova Scotia, Canada by Guest, Haley, Lotze, Heike K., Wallace, Douglas

“…Improving public awareness about the ocean can benefit the environment, economy, and society. However, low levels of ‘ocean literacy’ have been identified in…”
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Serial exploitation of global sea cucumber fisheries by Anderson, Sean C, Flemming, Joanna Mills, Watson, Reg, Lotze, Heike K

“…In recent decades, invertebrate fisheries have expanded in catch and value worldwide. One increasingly harvested group is sea cucumbers (class Holothuroidea),…”
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Historical Changes in Marine Resources, Food-web Structure and Ecosystem Functioning in the Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean by Lotze, Heike K, Coll, Marta, Dunne, Jennifer A

“…The Mediterranean Sea has been strongly influenced by human activities for millennia. Although the environmental history of its surrounding terrestrial…”
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Food-web structure of seagrass communities across different spatial scales and human impacts by Coll, Marta, Schmidt, Allison, Romanuk, Tamara, Lotze, Heike K

“…Seagrass beds provide important habitat for a wide range of marine species but are threatened by multiple human impacts in coastal waters. Although seagrass…”
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Rebuilding Global Fisheries by Worm, Boris, Hilborn, Ray, Baum, Julia K, Branch, Trevor A, Collie, Jeremy S, Costello, Christopher, Fogarty, Michael J, Fulton, Elizabeth A, Hutchings, Jeffrey A, Jennings, Simon, Jensen, Olaf P, Lotze, Heike K, Mace, Pamela M, McClanahan, Tim R, Minto, Cóilín, Palumbi, Stephen R, Parma, Ana M, Ricard, Daniel, Rosenberg, Andrew A, Watson, Reg, Zeller, Dirk

“…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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Recovery trends in marine mammal populations by Magera, Anna M, Mills Flemming, Joanna E, Kaschner, Kristin, Christensen, Line B, Lotze, Heike K

“…Marine mammals have greatly benefitted from a shift from resource exploitation towards conservation. Often lauded as symbols of conservation success, some…”
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Overestimating fish counts by non-instantaneous visual censuses: consequences for population and community descriptions by Ward-Paige, Christine, Mills Flemming, Joanna, Lotze, Heike K

“…Increasingly, underwater visual censuses (UVC) are used to assess fish populations. Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of protected areas for…”
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Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas by Lotze, Heike K., Lenihan, Hunter S., Bourque, Bruce J., Bradbury, Roger H., Cooke, Richard G., Kay, Matthew C., Kidwell, Susan M., Kirby, Michael X., Peterson, Charles H., Jeremy B. C. Jackson

“…Estuarine and coastal transformation is as old as civilization yet has dramatically accelerated over the past 150 to 300 years. Reconstructed time lines,…”
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Impacts of Biodiversity Loss on Ocean Ecosystem Services by Worm, Boris, Barbier, Edward B, Beaumont, Nicola, Duffy, J. Emmett, Folke, Carl, Halpern, Benjamin S, Jackson, Jeremy B.C, Lotze, Heike K, Micheli, Fiorenza, Palumbi, Stephen R, Sala, Enric, Selkoe, Kimberley A, Stachowicz, John J, Watson, Reg

“…Human-dominated marine ecosystems are experiencing accelerating loss of populations and species, with largely unknown consequences. We analyzed local…”
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Large-scale absence of sharks on reefs in the greater-Caribbean: a footprint of human pressures by Ward-Paige, Christine A, Mora, Camilo, Lotze, Heike K, Pattengill-Semmens, Christy, McClenachan, Loren, Arias-Castro, Ery, Myers, Ransom A

“…In recent decades, large pelagic and coastal shark populations have declined dramatically with increased fishing; however, the status of sharks in other…”
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Regional-scale effects of eutrophication on ecosystem structure and services of seagrass beds by Schmidt, Allison L., Wysmyk, Jessica K. C., Craig, Susanne E., Lotze, Heike K.

“…Using large-scale field surveys across 12 estuaries in two provinces in Atlantic Canada, we analyzed changes in phytoplankton and benthic macroalgal…”
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Assessing the value of recreational divers for censusing elasmobranchs by Ward-Paige, Christine A, Lotze, Heike K

“…Around the world, researchers are using the observations and experiences of citizens to describe patterns in animal populations. This data is often collected…”
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