HC001
Advances in Marine Conservation for Local-to-Global Sustainability
Session ID#: 253785
Session Description:
The marine environment provides a wealth of ecosystem services with immense ecological, socio-economic and cultural value. However, the health of the marine environment is increasingly pressured by human activities, threatening long-term global resource sustainability and ecological health. The conservation of marine species, ecosystems and seascapes has therefore become an international environmental priority, necessitating a need for robust conservation research at local to global scales.
In this session we welcome submissions that advance marine conservation science, from estuaries to the deep sea, and from microbes to the largest mammals. We are particularly interested in submissions that leverage cutting-edge technologies like satellite remote sensing and AI-driven modelling, integrate traditional knowledge with modern conservation science, explore community-based management models, and / or propose scalable solutions to improving the conservation of marine species, habitats and seascapes. Research that addresses transboundary conservation challenges, the socio-economic and policy dimensions of marine conservation, and / or capacity-building for under-represented conservation communities are especially encouraged.
This session will complement a new “Advances in marine conservation for local-to-global sustainability” special issue in the journal Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. Session presenters do not need to contribute to this special issue, but we encourage you to consider doing so.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
0232 Impacts of climate change: ecosystem health [GEOHEALTH]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4813 Ecological prediction [OCEANOGRAPHY: BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL]
6349 General or miscellaneous [POLICY SCIENCES]
Student/Early Career Chair: Joshua Kesling, Yale University, Yale School of the Environment, New Haven, United States
Primary Chair: Heidi Burdett, Umeå University, Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, and Department of Ecology, Environment & Geoscience, Umeå, Sweden
Co-chairs: Angelique Pouponneau, Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association, and University of Malta, Islands and Small States Institute, Victoria, Seychelles and Jack Laverick, University of Strathclyde, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Experimental Assessment of Herbivory Effects on Scleractinian Coral Restoration in Barbados (2011495)
Alexandra McCallum, McGill University, Biology, Montreal, QC, Canada, Frédéric Guichard, McGill University, Biology, Montreal, Canada and Henri Vallѐs, The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, St Michael, Barbados
Estimating the probability of detecting baleen whales in satellite imagery (2015889)
Cody Carlyle, University of New Brunswick, Biological Sciences, Saint John, NB, Canada and Kimberley Davies, University of New Brunswick, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Saint John, NB, Canada
Global fishing activities and their impacts on marine biodiversity and coastal community well-being: quantitative analyses (2018105)
Romina Wild1, Donata Canu1, Guido Sanguinetti2, Cosimo Solidoro1, Lorenzo Fant1 and Onofrio Mazzarisi1, (1)National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Trieste, Italy, (2)Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA), Data Science, Trieste, Italy
Are we ready for climate-smart active restoration of cold-water corals without damaging donor deep-sea reef populations – yes we are! (2019758)
Murray Roberts1, Simone D'Alessandro1, Dr. Yuri Artioli, PhD2, Lea-Anne Henry3 and Rob Ogden1, (1)University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (2)Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth, United Kingdom, (3)Mara Consultants Ltd, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Surface Decision Risk Maps for Conserving North Atlantic Right Whales Using Satellite-Derived Astaxanthin Zooplankton Prey (2029016)
Rebekah Shunmugapandi1,2, Nicholas Record2, Catherine M Mitchell2, Jonathan Syme2, Johnathan Evanilla2, Sarah Leiter3 and Erin Summers4, (1)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, (2)Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, East Boothbay, Maine, United States, (3)Maine Department of Marine Resources, West Boothbay Harbor, Maine, United States, (4)Maine Department of Marine Resources, West Boothbay Harbor, United States
Project Eisirean: integrating indigenous values and knowledge with modern habitat analyses to co-develop culturally-embedded marine conservation work with coastal communities (2031529)
Carolyn McNamara1, Anna McGregor2, Claire Ramjan1 and Leigh Eisler3, (1)University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (2)University of Glasgow, School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine, Glasgow, United Kingdom, (3)Southwest Mull & Iona Development Trust, Bunessan, United Kingdom
Shared Escalation, Divergent Focus: U.S. and Canadian News Coverage of the North Atlantic Right Whale before and during an Unusual Mortality Event (2036769)
Amadi Afua Sefah-Twerefour1, Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod2, Laura Alice Doughton1, Hunter Lyndsley Ohmann1, Madeline Grace Rich1, Lily Cassidy Bosch1, Madison Essex1, Ainsley Nicole Helms1, Elizabeth Claire Calhoun1, Adelaide DiMeglio1, Amy Knowlton3 and Erin Meyer-Gutbrod1, (1)University of South Carolina, School of the Earth, Ocean & Environment, Columbia, United States, (2)University of South Carolina, Department of Political Science, Columbia, United States, (3)New England Aquarium, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life, Boston, United States
Stakeholder inputs on the current ocean observing systems: Gaps, challenges, and opportunities (2038674)
Lina Mtwana Nordlund, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences, Natural Resource sand Sustainable Development, Campus Gotland, Uppsala, Sweden, Said M Hashim, Uppsala University, Earth Sciences, Visby, Sweden and Artur Palacz, Institute of Oceanology Polish Academy of Sciences, Sopot, Poland
Towards Scalable Seagrass Restoration: Lessons from Contrasting Coastal Habitats in South and West Wales (2043035)
Emma Fox, Project Seagrass, Unit 1 Garth Dr, Brackla Industrial Estate, Bridgend CF31 2AQ, United Kingdom, Emily Yates, Project Seagrass, Unit 1, Garth Drive, Brackla Industrial Estate, United Kingdom, Hannah Green, Project Seagrass, Unit 1, Garth Drive, Brackla Industrial Estate, CF31 2AQ, Bridgend, United Kingdom and Richard KF Unsworth, Swansea University, School of Biosciences, Swansea, United Kingdom
Advancing Ecosystem Service Valuation for Marine Conservation: A Cascade Model Approach for the Baltic Sea (2044295)
Anna Törnroos-Remes Sr.1, Lois Watt2, Ida Utriainen1, Jolanda Linsén1 and The PROTECT BALTIC WP4 team: Kristine Pakalniete (AKTiiVS); Hedvig Hogfors (SwAM); Susanna Jernberg, Meri Lappalainen, Liisa Saikkonen (SYKE); Jack Hall (University of Tartu); Vita Gardauske (VSTT), Axel Haldin (HELCOM) , (1)Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland, (2)Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM), Helsinki, Finland
Leveraging the Ocean Health Index – a global indicator framework – to guide regional conservation, management, and investment in the Gulf of California (2044383)
Erica Ferrer, Ph.D.1, Melanie Fraizer1, Sophia Lecuona Manos1 and Benjamin Halpern2, (1)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, United States, (2)University of California Santa Barbara, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, Santa Barbara, United States
Community Fishers: A community-based marine monitoring program advancing ocean knowledge (2047032)
Kiyomi Holman, Ocean Networks Canada, Learning and Engagement, Victoria, BC, Canada, Hannah Kosichek, Ocean Networks Canada, Learning and Community Engagement, Victoria, BC, Canada, Lucianne M Marshall, University of Victoria, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada and Megan Kot, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada
