100 Opportunities for More Inclusive Ocean Research: Cross-Disciplinary Research Questions for Sustainable Ocean Governance and Management

Environmental impacts of grey water discharge from ships in the Baltic Sea

(2020) Erik Ytreberg et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Communicating the effectiveness and ineffectiveness of government policies and their impact on public support: a systematic review with meta-analysis

(2020) J. P. Reynolds et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Ecological variables for developing a global deep-ocean monitoring and conservation strategy

(2020) Roberto Danovaro et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

(2019) Walter Willett et al.   LANCET

Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

(2019) Dan A. Smale et al.   Nature Climate Change

Deep learning and process understanding for data-driven Earth system science

(2019) Markus Reichstein et al.   NATURE

Minimizing wildlife impacts for offshore wind energy development: Winning tradeoffs for seabirds in space and cetaceans in time

(2019) Benjamin D. Best et al.   PLoS One

A common framework of natural capital assets for use in public and private sector decision making

(2019) Katie Leach et al.   Ecosystem Services

Co-Producing Sustainability: Reordering the Governance of Science, Policy, and Practice

(2019) Carina Wyborn et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

The seventh plenary of the intergovernmental platform for biodiversity and ecosystem services (IPBES-7): a global assessment and a reshaping of IPBES

(2019) Peter Bridgewater et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Should we fertilize oceans or seed clouds? No one knows

(2019) Philip Boyd et al.   NATURE

Ecological risk assessment for deep-sea mining

(2019) Travis W. Washburn et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

A review on the environmental impacts of shipping on aquatic and nearshore ecosystems

(2019) Annika K. Jägerbrand et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The neglected millions: the global state of aquaculture workers’ occupational safety, health and well-being

(2019) Andrew Watterson et al.   OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE

Implementing a social-ecological systems framework for conservation monitoring: lessons from a multi-country coral reef program

(2019) Georgina G. Gurney et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Identification of research gaps for highly infectious diseases in aquaculture: The case of the endemic Piscirickettsia salmonis in the Chilean salmon farming industry

(2018) Fernando O. Mardones et al.   AQUACULTURE

Addressing transboundary conservation challenges through marine spatial prioritization

(2018) Elena Gissi et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The art of co-production of knowledge in environmental sciences and management: lessons from international practice

(2018) Ida Nadia S. Djenontin et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Climate research priorities for policy-makers, practitioners, and scientists in Georgia, USA

(2018) Murray A. Rudd et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Ecotoxicological effects of microplastics on biota: a review

(2018) Sadasivam Anbumani et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Toward sustainable environmental quality: Priority research questions for Europe

(2018) Paul J. Van den Brink et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

From grey to green: Efficacy of eco-engineering solutions for nature-based coastal defence

(2018) Rebecca L. Morris et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

(2018) Patricia Miloslavich et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Business models and supply chains for the circular economy

(2018) Martin Geissdoerfer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION

Public perceptions of marine threats and protection from around the world

(2018) Heike K. Lotze et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

How to pay for saving biodiversity

(2018) Edward B. Barbier et al.   SCIENCE

Preparing ocean governance for species on the move

(2018) Malin L. Pinsky et al.   SCIENCE

Tracking the global footprint of fisheries

(2018) David A. Kroodsma et al.   SCIENCE

Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives

(2018) A. T. Bednarek et al.   Sustainability Science

A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

(2018) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Ocean science research is key for a sustainable future

(2018) Martin Visbeck   Nature Communications

The carbon footprint of global tourism

(2018) Manfred Lenzen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Implications of climate change for shipping: Opening the Arctic seas

(2018) Adolf K.Y. Ng et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change

Toward sustainable environmental quality: Identifying priority research questions for Latin America

(2018) Tatiana Heid Furley et al.   Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Environmental hazards associated with open-beach breaking of end-of-life ships: a review

(2018) Suman Barua et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Observed fingerprint of a weakening Atlantic Ocean overturning circulation

(2018) L. Caesar et al.   NATURE

Building optimism at the environmental science-policy-practice interface through the study of bright spots

(2018) Christopher Cvitanovic et al.   Nature Communications

Mapping knowledge gaps in marine diversity reveals a latitudinal gradient of missing species richness

(2018) André Menegotto et al.   Nature Communications

Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon?

(2017) Peter I Macreadie et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Vessel noise cuts down communication space for vocalizing fish and marine mammals

(2017) Rosalyn L. Putland et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Climate change-contaminant interactions in marine food webs: Toward a conceptual framework

(2017) Juan José Alava et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Operationalizing and implementing ecosystem-based management

(2017) Jason S. Link et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

A new wave of marine evidence-based management: emerging challenges and solutions to transform monitoring, evaluating, and reporting

(2017) P F E Addison et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

A roadmap for island biology: 50 fundamental questions after 50 years of The Theory of Island Biogeography

(2017) Jairo Patiño et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Effects of ocean sprawl on ecological connectivity: impacts and solutions

(2017) Melanie J. Bishop et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Priority questions for the science, policy and practice of cultural landscapes in Europe

(2017) Mónica Hernández-Morcillo et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics

(2017) Rasmus Nielsen et al.   NATURE

Ocean beliefs and support for an offshore wind energy project

(2017) David Bidwell   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

(2017) Gretta T. Pecl et al.   SCIENCE

Collaborative environmental governance: Achieving collective action in social-ecological systems

(2017) Örjan Bodin   SCIENCE

A 2017 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

(2017) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Invasion Science: A Horizon Scan of Emerging Challenges and Opportunities

(2017) Anthony Ricciardi et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A Sustainability Agenda for Tropical Marine Science

(2017) Stefan Partelow et al.   Conservation Letters

Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability

(2017) James Patterson et al.   Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Mapping the global potential for marine aquaculture

(2017) Rebecca R. Gentry et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Mapping Indigenous land management for threatened species conservation: An Australian case-study

(2017) Anna R. Renwick et al.   PLoS One

Anthropological contributions to historical ecology: 50 questions, infinite prospects

(2017) Chelsey Geralda Armstrong et al.   PLoS One

Climate change and marine fisheries: Least developed countries top global index of vulnerability

(2017) Robert Blasiak et al.   PLoS One

Global Oceans Governance: New and Emerging Issues

(2016) Lisa M. Campbell et al.   Annual Review of Environment and Resources

Putting indigenous conservation policy into practice delivers biodiversity and cultural benefits

(2016) Emilie Ens et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Towards protecting the Great Barrier Reef from land-based pollution

(2016) Frederieke J. Kroon et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

From science to action: Principles for undertaking environmental research that enables knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making

(2016) C. Cvitanovic et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Policy: Map the interactions between Sustainable Development Goals

(2016) Måns Nilsson et al.   NATURE

Nutrition: Fall in fish catch threatens human health

(2016) Christopher D. Golden et al.   NATURE

Predicting the spread of marine species introduced by global shipping

(2016) Hanno Seebens et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Environmental and social footprint of offshore wind energy. Comparison with onshore counterpart

(2016) J.K. Kaldellis et al.   RENEWABLE ENERGY

The role of seagrass meadows, mangrove forests, salt marshes and reed beds as nursery areas and food sources for fishes in estuaries

(2016) Alan K. Whitfield   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

How climate change affects extreme weather events

(2016) P. Stott   SCIENCE

Improvements in ecosystem services from investments in natural capital

(2016) Z. Ouyang et al.   SCIENCE

Plastic waste in the marine environment: A review of sources, occurrence and effects

(2016) W.C. LI et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Research priorities for managing the impacts and dependencies of business upon food, energy, water and the environment

(2016) Jonathan M. H. Green et al.   Sustainability Science

Transdisciplinary co-design of scientific research agendas: 40 research questions for socially relevant climate engineering research

(2016) Masahiro Sugiyama et al.   Sustainability Science

Communication of Science Advice to Government

(2016) Jeffrey A. Hutchings et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Research Priorities from Animal Behaviour for Maximising Conservation Progress

(2016) Alison L. Greggor et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016

(2016) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Priority Questions and Horizon Scanning for Conservation: A Comparative Study

(2016) Salit Kark et al.   PLoS One

The Effectiveness, Costs and Coastal Protection Benefits of Natural and Nature-Based Defences

(2016) Siddharth Narayan et al.   PLoS One

Towards a framework for assessment and management of cumulative human impacts on marine food webs

(2015) Sylvaine Giakoumi et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Prioritization of knowledge-needs to achieve best practices for bottom trawling in relation to seabed habitats

(2015) Michel J Kaiser et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Ecosystem processes are rarely included in tactical fisheries management

(2015) Mette Skern-Mauritzen et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Masked, diluted and drowned out: how global seafood trade weakens signals from marine ecosystems

(2015) Beatrice I Crona et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Myths that Continue to Impede Progress in Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management

(2015) Wesley S. Patrick et al.   FISHERIES

Scientists’ framing of the ocean science–policy interface

(2015) Murray A. Rudd   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

(2015) Barbara Mihók et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Price Premiums for Providing Eco-labelled Seafood: Evidence from MSC-certified Cod in Sweden

(2015) Johan Blomquist et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Effects of non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism on marine species and prospects for their sustainable management

(2015) Shelley Burgin et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Application of management tools to integrate ecological principles with the design of marine infrastructure

(2015) Katherine A. Dafforn et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health

(2015) Sarah Whitmee et al.   LANCET

The emerging threats of climate change on tropical coastal ecosystem services, public health, local economies and livelihood sustainability of small islands: Cumulative impacts and synergies

(2015) E.A. Hernández-Delgado   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

The effect of leadership and other contextual conditions on the ecological and socio-economic success of small-scale fisheries in Southeast Asia

(2015) Abigail M. Sutton et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Marine conservation finance: The need for and scope of an emerging field

(2015) Melissa Bos et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Analysis and trends of the world's coastal cities and agglomerations

(2015) Juan Manuel Barragán et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Prediction, precaution, and policy under global change

(2015) Daniel E. Schindler et al.   SCIENCE

Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet

(2015) W. Steffen et al.   SCIENCE

Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world’s ocean

(2015) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   Nature Communications

Climate change influences on environment as a determinant of Indigenous health: Relationships to place, sea ice, and health in an Inuit community

(2015) Agata Durkalec et al.   SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE

Key research questions of global importance for cetacean conservation

(2015) ECM Parsons et al.   Endangered Species Research

Cumulative effects of planned industrial development and climate change on marine ecosystems

(2015) Cathryn Clarke Murray et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Future Coastal Population Growth and Exposure to Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Flooding - A Global Assessment

(2015) Barbara Neumann et al.   PLoS One

Connecting Diverse Knowledge Systems for Enhanced Ecosystem Governance: The Multiple Evidence Base Approach

(2014) Maria Tengö et al.   AMBIO

Policymakers’ and Scientists’ Ranks of Research Priorities for Resource-Management Policy

(2014) Murray A. Rudd et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Seventy-One Important Questions for the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity

(2014) E. C. M. PARSONS et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Marine mammals trace anthropogenic structures at sea

(2014) Deborah J.F. Russell et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Consequences of oil spills: a review and framework for informing planning

(2014) Stephanie E. Chang et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Prioritization of knowledge needs for sustainable aquaculture: a national and global perspective

(2014) Aisla C Jones et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Anthropogenic pressure on the open ocean: The growth of ship traffic revealed by altimeter data analysis

(2014) J. Tournadre   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Polar research: Six priorities for Antarctic science

(2014) Mahlon C. Kennicutt et al.   NATURE

Identifying the Science and Technology Dimensions of Emerging Public Policy Issues through Horizon Scanning

(2014) Miles Parker et al.   PLoS One

A Call for Deep-Ocean Stewardship

(2014) K. J. Mengerink et al.   SCIENCE

Impacts of climate change on marine ecosystem production in societies dependent on fisheries

(2014) M. Barange et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife

(2014) AC Vegter et al.   Endangered Species Research

Why conservationists should be concerned about natural resource legislation affecting indigenous peoples’ rights: lessons from Peninsular Malaysia

(2013) Sheema A. Aziz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Modeling Social–Ecological Scenarios in Marine Systems

(2013)   BIOSCIENCE

Communities and blue carbon: the role of traditional management systems in providing benefits for carbon storage, biodiversity conservation and livelihoods

(2013) Marjo Vierros   CLIMATIC CHANGE

A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science

(2013) Patric Brandt et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

(2013) Antoine Guisan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Dynamic adaptive policy pathways: A method for crafting robust decisions for a deeply uncertain world

(2013) Marjolijn Haasnoot et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Nursery habitat availability limits adult stock sizes of predatory coastal fish

(2013) Göran Sundblad et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Offshore marine renewable energy devices as stepping stones across biogeographical boundaries

(2013) Thomas P. Adams et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Looking forward through the past: identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology

(2013) Alistair W. R. Seddon et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

How to structure and prioritize information needs in support of monitoring design for Integrated Coastal Management

(2013) Pim Vugteveen et al.   JOURNAL OF SEA RESEARCH

Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Gulf coral reef ecosystems

(2013) David A. Feary et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

(2013) William W. L. Cheung et al.   NATURE

Priority research questions for the UK food system

(2013) John S. I. Ingram et al.   Food Security

Conservation science relevant to action: A research agenda identified and prioritized by practitioners

(2012) Veronika Braunisch et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

DNA barcoding as a new tool for food traceability

(2012) Andrea Galimberti et al.   FOOD RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL

A horizon scanning assessment of current and potential future threats to migratory shorebirds

(2012) William J. Sutherland et al.   IBIS

A Collaboratively-Derived Science-Policy Research Agenda

(2012) William J. Sutherland et al.   PLoS One

Science in support of the Deepwater Horizon response

(2012) J. Lubchenco et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Transdisciplinary research in sustainability science: practice, principles, and challenges

(2012) Daniel J. Lang et al.   Sustainability Science

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2013

(2012) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

(2012) R Lewison et al.   Endangered Species Research

Climate Change Impacts on Marine Ecosystems

(2011) Scott C. Doney et al.   Annual Review of Marine Science

Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy

(2011) Erica Fleishman et al.   BIOSCIENCE

An operational structure for clarity in ecosystem service values

(2011) Robert J. Johnston et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Lessons in modelling and management of marine ecosystems: the Atlantis experience

(2011) Elizabeth A Fulton et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

Coupled biogeochemical cycles: eutrophication and hypoxia in temperate estuaries and coastal marine ecosystems

(2011) Robert Howarth et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Leadership, social capital and incentives promote successful fisheries

(2011) Nicolás L. Gutiérrez et al.   NATURE

Tighten regulations on deep-sea mining

(2011) Cindy Lee Van Dover   NATURE

Ocean Renewable Energy’s Potential Role in Supplying Future Electrical Energy Needs

(2011) Robert Thresher et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Environmental and Ecological Effects of Ocean Renewable Energy Development – A Current Synthesis

(2011) George Boehlert et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012

(2011) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

(2011) William J. Sutherland et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Human Capital and Sustainability

(2011) Ivo Šlaus et al.   Sustainability

The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services

(2010) Edward B. Barbier et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

Global biodiversity monitoring

(2010) Henrique M Pereira et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Managing tsunamis through early warning systems: A multidisciplinary approach

(2010) Di Jin et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT

Behind the Signs—A Global Review of Fish Sustainability Information Schemes

(2010) Graeme Parkes et al.   REVIEWS IN FISHERIES SCIENCE

Sea-Level Rise and Its Impact on Coastal Zones

(2010) R. J. Nicholls et al.   SCIENCE

The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

(2010) O. Hoegh-Guldberg et al.   SCIENCE

Ecological engineering in aquaculture — Potential for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) in marine offshore systems

(2009) Max Troell et al.   AQUACULTURE

The big ecological questions inhibiting effective environmental management in Australia

(2009) S. R. MORTON et al.   AUSTRAL ECOLOGY

Aquaculture Production and Biodiversity Conservation

(2009) James S. Diana   BIOSCIENCE

Will the Oceans Help Feed Humanity?

(2009) Carlos M. Duarte et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Biodiversity Conservation and Indigenous Land Management in the Era of Self-Determination

(2009) PAIGE M. SCHMIDT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

(2009) W. J. SUTHERLAND et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2010

(2009) William J. Sutherland et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Global priority areas for incorporating land-sea connections in marine conservation

(2009) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   Conservation Letters

Integrated Ecosystem Assessments: Developing the Scientific Basis for Ecosystem-Based Management of the Ocean

(2009) Phillip S Levin et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Defining and classifying ecosystem services for decision making

(2008) Brendan Fisher et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Interactive and cumulative effects of multiple human stressors in marine systems

(2008) Caitlin Mullan Crain et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems

(2008) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   SCIENCE

Scenario-based stakeholder engagement: Incorporating stakeholders preferences into coastal planning for climate change

(2007) Emma L. Tompkins et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Managing for cumulative impacts in ecosystem-based management through ocean zoning

(2007) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT