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

Marine microbes in 4D — using time series observation to assess the dynamics of the ocean microbiome and its links to ocean health

(2018) Pier Luigi Buttigieg et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

El Niño Southern Oscillation influences the abundance and movements of a marine top predator in coastal waters

(2017) Kate R. Sprogis et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The land-sea interface: A source of high-quality phytoplankton to support secondary production

(2017) Monika Winder et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Large-scale dieback of mangroves in Australia

(2017) Norman C. Duke et al.   MARINE AND FRESHWATER RESEARCH

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Drivers and implications of change in global ocean health over the past five years

(2017) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   PLoS One

Spatial variability of Spanish sardine (Sardinella aurita) abundance as related to the upwelling cycle off the southeastern Caribbean Sea

(2017) Digna Rueda-Roa et al.   PLoS One

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

(2017) Gretta T. Pecl et al.   SCIENCE

Direct observation of increasing recovery length before collapse of a marine benthic ecosystem

(2017) Luca Rindi et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Making sure the blue economy is green

(2017) Jay S. Golden et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ecological indicators to capture the effects of fishing on biodiversity and conservation status of marine ecosystems

(2016) M. Coll et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Observing climate change trends in ocean biogeochemistry: when and where

(2016) Stephanie A. Henson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Biological responses to environmental heterogeneity under future ocean conditions

(2016) Philip W. Boyd et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seascapes as a new vernacular for pelagic ocean monitoring, management and conservation

(2016) Maria T. Kavanaugh et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Developing priority variables (“ecosystem Essential Ocean Variables” — eEOVs) for observing dynamics and change in Southern Ocean ecosystems

(2016) Andrew J. Constable et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Forecasting ocean warming impacts on seabird demography: a case study on the European storm petrel

(2016) C Soldatini et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Australia's Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS): Data Impacts and Lessons Learned

(2016) Ana Lara-Lopez et al.   MARINE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY JOURNAL

Large scale, synchronous variability of marine fish populations driven by commercial exploitation

(2016) Kenneth T. Frank et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Dynamic ocean management increases the efficiency and efficacy of fisheries management

(2016) Daniel C. Dunn et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Coastal landforms and accumulation of mangrove peat increase carbon sequestration and storage

(2016) Paula Ezcurra et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century

(2016) Kira A. Krumhansl et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Re-evaluating the health of coral reef communities: baselines and evidence for human impacts across the central Pacific

(2016) Jennifer E. Smith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Climate-driven regime shift of a temperate marine ecosystem

(2016) T. Wernberg et al.   SCIENCE

Bimodality of Latitudinal Gradients in Marine Species Richness

(2016) Chhaya Chaudhary et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Forecasting ocean warming impacts on seabird demography: a case study on the European storm petrel

(2016) C Soldatini et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement

(2016) Ruben van Hooidonk et al.   Scientific Reports

Experimental Perturbations Modify the Performance of Early Warning Indicators of Regime Shift

(2015) Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Identifying indicators and essential variables for marine ecosystems

(2015) K.R. Hayes et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Spatial convergent cross mapping to detect causal relationships from short time series

(2015) Adam Thomas Clark et al.   ECOLOGY

The full metagenomics cycle

(2015) Levente Bodrossy   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Continuous Plankton Recorder survey: How can long-term phytoplankton datasets contribute to the assessment of Good Environmental Status?

(2015) Abigail McQuatters-Gollop et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Phenology shifts in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) due to changes in sea surface temperature

(2015) Noga Neeman et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Relationships among fisheries exploitation, environmental conditions, and ecological indicators across a series of marine ecosystems

(2015) Caihong Fu et al.   JOURNAL OF MARINE SYSTEMS

Dramatic declines in coastal and oceanic fish communities off California

(2015) JA Koslow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Policy: Five priorities for the UN Sustainable Development Goals

(2015) Yonglong Lu et al.   NATURE

The quiet revolution of numerical weather prediction

(2015) Peter Bauer et al.   NATURE

Phytoplankton adapt to changing ocean environments

(2015) Andrew J. Irwin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Equation-free mechanistic ecosystem forecasting using empirical dynamic modeling

(2015) Hao Ye et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Climate change and marine vertebrates

(2015) William J. Sydeman et al.   SCIENCE

Climate change in the oceans: Human impacts and responses

(2015) Edward H. Allison et al.   SCIENCE

Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios

(2015) J.- P. Gattuso et al.   SCIENCE

Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean

(2015) D. J. McCauley et al.   SCIENCE

Multidecadal increase in North Atlantic coccolithophores and the potential role of rising CO2

(2015) S. Rivero-Calle et al.   SCIENCE

The global ocean microbiome

(2015) M. A. Moran   SCIENCE

Structure and function of the global ocean microbiome

(2015) S. Sunagawa et al.   SCIENCE

Aquatic animal telemetry: A panoramic window into the underwater world

(2015) N. E. Hussey et al.   SCIENCE

Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

(2015) Jorge García Molinos et al.   Nature Climate Change

Dramatic declines in coastal and oceanic fish communities off California

(2015) JA Koslow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Evaluating changes in marine communities that provide ecosystem services through comparative assessments of community indicators

(2015) Kristin M. Kleisner et al.   Ecosystem Services

Distribution, structure and function of Nordic eelgrass(Zostera marina)ecosystems: implications for coastal management and conservation

(2014) Christoffer Boström et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Migratory marine species: their status, threats and conservation management needs

(2014) Ben Lascelles et al.   AQUATIC CONSERVATION-MARINE AND FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

Mediterranean seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) loss between 1842 and 2009

(2014) Núria Marbà et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Concept of Essential Climate Variables in Support of Climate Research, Applications, and Policy

(2014) Stephan Bojinski et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Global assessment of ocean carbon export by combining satellite observations and food-web models

(2014) D. A. Siegel et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Identifying the interacting roles of stressors in driving the global loss of canopy-forming to mat-forming algae in marine ecosystems

(2014) Elisabeth M. A. Strain et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

The application of remote sensing to seagrass ecosystems: an overview and future research prospects

(2014) M.S. Hossain et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Synthesis of Pacific Ocean Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics

(2014) Emanuele Di Lorenzo et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

A Framework for a Marine Biodiversity Observing Network Within Changing Continental Shelf Seascapes

(2014) Frank Muller-Karger et al.   OCEANOGRAPHY

Synchronous marine pelagic regime shifts in the Northern Hemisphere

(2014) G. Beaugrand et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Marine regime shifts: drivers and impacts on ecosystems services

(2014) J. Rocha et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Twenty Years of High-Resolution Sea Surface Temperature Imagery around Australia: Inter-Annual and Annual Variability

(2014) Scott D. Foster et al.   PLoS One

A method for estimating colony sizes of Adélie penguins using remote sensing imagery

(2014) M. A. LaRue et al.   POLAR BIOLOGY

A mid-term analysis of progress toward international biodiversity targets

(2014) D. P. Tittensor et al.   SCIENCE

Satellite Remote Sensing in Support of an Integrated Ocean Observing System

(2014) Frank Muller-Karger et al.   IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine

Envisioning a Marine Biodiversity Observation Network

(2013) J. Emmett Duffy et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Sea change: Charting the course for biogeochemical ocean time-series research in a new millennium

(2013) Matthew J. Church et al.   DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART II-TOPICAL STUDIES IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Winners and losers: Ecological and biogeochemical changes in a warming ocean

(2013) S. Dutkiewicz et al.   GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES

Variability in mangrove change estimates and implications for the assessment of ecosystem service provision

(2013) Daniel A. Friess et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Top-down and bottom-up influences on demographic rates of Antarctic fur sealsArctocephalus gazella

(2013) Lisa K. Schwarz et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Sea urchin barrens as alternative stable states of collapsed kelp ecosystems

(2013) K Filbee-Dexter et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Fisheries: Does catch reflect abundance?

(2013) Daniel Pauly et al.   NATURE

Signature of ocean warming in global fisheries catch

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

The EBM-DPSER Conceptual Model: Integrating Ecosystem Services into the DPSIR Framework

(2013) Christopher R. Kelble et al.   PLoS One

Hierarchical and dynamic seascapes: A quantitative framework for scaling pelagic biogeochemistry and ecology

(2013) Maria T. Kavanaugh et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Marine Taxa Track Local Climate Velocities

(2013) M. L. Pinsky et al.   SCIENCE

Essential Biodiversity Variables

(2013) H. M. Pereira et al.   SCIENCE

Global imprint of climate change on marine life

(2013) Elvira S. Poloczanska et al.   Nature Climate Change

Plankton trends and community changes in a coastal sea (northern Adriatic): Bottom-up vs. top-down control in relation to environmental drivers

(2012) Patricija Mozetič et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE

Using global catch data for inferences on the world’s marine fisheries

(2012) K Kleisner et al.   FISH AND FISHERIES

What catch data can tell us about the status of global fisheries

(2012) Rainer Froese et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Common patterns, common drivers: comparative analysis of aggregate surplus production across ecosystems

(2012) A Bundy et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Seabirds and climate change: roadmap for the future

(2012) WJ Sydeman et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Bacterial communities are sensitive indicators of contaminant stress

(2012) Melanie Y. Sun et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

An index to assess the health and benefits of the global ocean

(2012) Benjamin S. Halpern et al.   NATURE

Ecosystem responses in the southern Caribbean Sea to global climate change

(2012) G. T. Taylor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The 27-year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

(2012) G. De'ath et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global in scope and regionally rich: an IndiSeas workshop helps shape the future of marine ecosystem indicators

(2012) Yunne-Jai Shin et al.   REVIEWS IN FISH BIOLOGY AND FISHERIES

Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

(2012) G. Sugihara et al.   SCIENCE

Extinctions in ancient and modern seas

(2012) Paul G. Harnik et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

The GCOS at 20 years: the origin, achievement and future development of the Global Climate Observing System

(2012) John Houghton et al.   Weather

Global assessments of the status of marine exploited ecosystems and their management: what more is needed?

(2012) Alida Bundy et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Predicted habitat shifts of Pacific top predators in a changing climate

(2012) Elliott L. Hazen et al.   Nature Climate Change

Modelling commercial fish distributions: Prediction and assessment using different approaches

(2011) Miranda C. Jones et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Copepods and salmon: characterizing the spatial distribution of juvenile salmon along the Washington and Oregon coast, USA

(2011) HONGSHENG BI et al.   FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY

Biogeography of tuna and billfish communities

(2011) Gabriel Reygondeau et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

(2011) Craig R. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY

Potential feeding and spawning habitats of Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Mediterranean Sea

(2011) JN Druon et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Impact of declining intermediate-water oxygen on deepwater fishes in the California Current

(2011) JA Koslow et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Management of the marine environment: Integrating ecosystem services and societal benefits with the DPSIR framework in a systems approach

(2011) Jonathan P. Atkins et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Mangroves among the most carbon-rich forests in the tropics

(2011) Daniel C. Donato et al.   Nature Geoscience

Top-down control of marine phytoplankton diversity in a global ecosystem model

(2011) A.E. Friederike Prowe et al.   PROGRESS IN OCEANOGRAPHY

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Trends in the abundance of marine fishes

(2010) Jeffrey A. Hutchings et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC SCIENCES

Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices

(2010) Peter R. Last et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Contrasted demographic responses facing future climate change in Southern Ocean seabirds

(2010) Christophe Barbraud et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

US NOAA Fisheries and UK SAHFOS CPR surveys: comparison of methods and data

(2010) J. W. Jossi   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

The Continuous Plankton Recorder: towards a global perspective

(2010) S. D. Batten et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANKTON RESEARCH

Multi-decadal oceanic ecological datasets and their application in marine policy and management

(2010) Martin Edwards et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Pros and cons of using seabirds as ecological indicators

(2009) JM Durant et al.   CLIMATE RESEARCH

Climate change as a threat to biodiversity: An application of the DPSIR approach

(2009) Ines Omann et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

An analysis of risks for biodiversity under the DPSIR framework

(2009) Laura Maxim et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Mediterranean warming triggers seagrass (Posidonia oceanica) shoot mortality

(2009) NÚRIA MARBÀ et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Relating marine ecosystem indicators to fishing and environmental drivers: an elucidation of contrasting responses

(2009) J. S. Link et al.   ICES JOURNAL OF MARINE SCIENCE

Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift

(2009) S. D. Ling et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Accelerating loss of seagrasses across the globe threatens coastal ecosystems

(2009) M. Waycott et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Demographic models and IPCC climate projections predict the decline of an emperor penguin population

(2009) Stéphanie Jenouvrier et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tracking Progress Toward the 2010 Biodiversity Target and Beyond

(2009) M. Walpole et al.   SCIENCE

The jellyfish joyride: causes, consequences and management responses to a more gelatinous future

(2009) Anthony J. Richardson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Climate change: a catalyst for global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms

(2009) Hans W. Paerl et al.   Environmental Microbiology Reports

Global climate change, range changes and potential implications for the conservation of marine cetaceans: a review and synthesis

(2009) CD MacLeod   Endangered Species Research

Climate change and marine turtles

(2009) LA Hawkes et al.   Endangered Species Research

The habitat function of mangroves for terrestrial and marine fauna: A review

(2008) I. Nagelkerken et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

ARCTIC MARINE MAMMALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: IMPACTS AND RESILIENCE

(2008) Sue E. Moore et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Environmental Factors Affecting Recent Summertime Eelgrass Diebacks in the Lower Chesapeake Bay: Implications for Long-term Persistence

(2008) Kenneth A. Moore et al.   JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH

Marine mammals as ecosystem sentinels

(2008) Sue E. Moore   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Population dynamics of an ecologically important range-extender: kelp beds versus sea urchin barrens

(2008) SD Ling et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Trophic cascades promote threshold-like shifts in pelagic marine ecosystems

(2008) M. Casini et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mangroves in the Gulf of California increase fishery yields

(2008) O. Aburto-Oropeza et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA