Search Results - "Mackelworth, Peter"
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Revisiting “Success” and “Failure” of Marine Protected Areas: A Conservation Scientist Perspective
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (29-06-2018)“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) form the cornerstone of marine conservation. Identifying which factors contribute to their success or failure is crucial…”
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Setting priorities for regional conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea
Published in PloS one (05-04-2013)“…Spatial prioritization in conservation is required to direct limited resources to where actions are most urgently needed and most likely to produce effective…”
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Lessons from bright-spots for advancing knowledge exchange at the interface of marine science and policy
Published in Journal of environmental management (15-07-2022)“…Evidence-informed decision-making is in increasing demand given growing pressures on marine environments. A way to facilitate this is by knowledge exchange…”
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Leisure boating noise as a trigger for the displacement of the bottlenose dolphins of the Cres–Lošinj archipelago (northern Adriatic Sea, Croatia)
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-03-2013)“…► Leisure boating is the major source of anthropogenic noise in the sea. ► Leisure boating noise affects dolphin distribution in the study area. ► Dolphin…”
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Twelve Recommendations for Advancing Marine Conservation in European and Contiguous Seas
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (22-10-2020)“…Like most ocean regions today, the European and contiguous seas experience cumulative impacts from local human activities and global pressures. They are…”
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The Coherence of the European Union Marine Natura 2000 Network for Wide-Ranging Charismatic Species: A Mediterranean Case Study
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (12-10-2018)“…The Natura 2000 (N2k) network is an important site-based protection tool for the protection of biodiversity in Europe. However, for highly mobile and adaptable…”
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Do Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Track Two Processes Support Transboundary Marine Conservation? Lessons From Six Case Studies of Maritime Disputes
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (30-11-2020)“…By definition, marine protected areas (MPAs) and other effective area-based conservation measures (OECMs) address spatial aspects of the ecological processes…”
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Light and Shade in Marine Conservation Across European and Contiguous Seas
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (20-11-2018)“…As a response to increasing human pressures on marine ecosystems, the legislation aimed at improving the conservation and management of marine coastal areas in…”
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How to Deal With Seafloor Marine Litter: An Overview of the State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (30-09-2020)“…Marine litter is a significant and growing pollutant in the oceans. In recent years, the number of studies and initiatives trying to assess and tackle the…”
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Enhancing Small-Medium IsLands resilience by securing the sustainability of Ecosystem Services: the SMILES Cost Action
Published in Research Ideas and Outcomes (23-11-2023)“…European islands are hotspots of biological and cultural diversity, which, compared to mainland, are more vulnerable to climate change, tourism development,…”
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Summer distribution and abundance of the giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) in the Adriatic Sea: Baseline data for an iterative management framework
Published in Scientia marina (01-06-2014)“…The giant devil ray (Mobula mobular) is a poorly understood protected endemic species of the eastern Atlantic-Mediterranean region. However, to date there are…”
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Geopolitics and Marine Conservation: Synergies and Conflicts
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (10-12-2019)“…Transboundary conservation has an important, yet often undervalued, role in the international conservation regime. When applied to the legally ambiguous and…”
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Peace parks and transboundary initiatives: implications for marine conservation and spatial planning
Published in Conservation letters (01-04-2012)“…Increasing use of the marine environment makes the development of spatial planning desirable. However, ambiguity and connectivity in the marine system has the…”
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Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action
Published in Research Ideas and Outcomes (25-01-2017)“…Cumulative human impacts have led to the degradation of marine ecosystems and the decline of biodiversity in the European and contiguous seas. Effective…”
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Cruise tourism environmental impacts – The perspective from the Adriatic Sea
Published in Ocean & coastal management (01-12-2014)“…Cruise tourism is a growing sector of the travel and recreation industry. Due to it mobility it is often one of the first forms of tourism to relocate to new…”
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A risk-based approach to cumulative effect assessments for marine management
Published in The Science of the total environment (15-01-2018)“…Marine ecosystems are increasingly threatened by the cumulative effects of multiple human pressures. Cumulative effect assessments (CEAs) are needed to inform…”
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Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization
Published in Conservation biology (01-10-2018)“…The Adriatic and Ionian Region is an important area for both strategic maritime development and biodiversity conservation in the European Union (EU). However,…”
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Valuing visitor willingness to pay for marine conservation – The case of the proposed Cres-Lošinj Marine Protected Area, Croatia
Published in Ocean & coastal management (01-07-2014)“…We investigated visitor environmental perception and willingness to pay (WTP) for marine conservation of the Cres-Lošinj Marine Protected Area (CLMPA) for…”
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Passive acoustic monitoring and visual sighting survey of cetacean occurrence patterns in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Published in Marine mammal science (01-07-2024)“…The available data on occurrence patterns of cetaceans in the Red Sea area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is very limited. The dearth of information is of…”
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Factor associated variations in the home range of a resident Adriatic common bottlenose dolphin population
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-11-2017)“…This study investigates the influence of the most dominant factors (association patterns, gender, natal philopatry and anthropogenic pressure) on the home…”
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