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Marine conservation

Tracking rehabilitated sea turtles in the Indian Ocean using satellite telemetry: Insights into behaviour, ecology, and conservation implications

Katrina Himpson, Thomas Le Berre, Edward Hodges

published 26 Jun 2026

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Demonstrating conservation impacts in California Marine Protected Areas using large-scale participatory science data

M. V. Eitzel, Nick Ulle, Ryan Meyer, Ben Goldstein

published 25 Jun 2026

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A deep learning-based fusion framework for robust fine-grained classification of sea turtles in support of marine biodiversity

Parkpoom Chaisiriprasert, Apicha Deearom

published 09 Jun 2026

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Valuing conservation and natural wealth: The blue economy of manta ray watching in the Maldives

Hannah M. Moloney, Maria I. Garcia Rojas, Nina Rothe, Asia O. Armstrong, Kirsty Ballard, Florence Barraud, Farah Hamdan, Anthony J. Richardson, Enas Mohamed Riyad, Tamaryn J. Sawers, Kathy A. Townsend, Guy M. W. Stevens

published 01 Jun 2026

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Estimating historic seabed carbon disturbance by port dredging and aggregate extraction in NW Europe

Ellie Maynard, Zoë A. Roseby, James D. Scourse, Sophie L. Ward, Callum Roberts, Ruth H. Thurstan, Ciarán McLaverty

published 27 May 2026

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A review of coral reef restoration initiatives in the Western Indian Ocean Region

Juliet Furaha Karisa, Omar Farouk, Nadeem Nazurally, Luca Saponari, Joshua Wambugu, Joan Kawaka, Gildas Todinanahary, Anne Laudisoit, Lorna Slade, Nancy Ogega, David Ouma, Edward Senkondo, Masanja Joram, Hassan Yussuf, Joshua Oginda, Margaux Hein, Caitlin Lustic, Tali Vardi, Phanor Hernando Montoya Maya, Jessica Levy, Kristen Maize, Baruch Rinkevich, Arthur Tuda, George Maina

published 08 May 2026

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Disorientation patterns of loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings in Pinellas County, Florida, USA

Kerry L. McNally, Carly Oakley, Megan Davila, Sarah Farinelli

published 15 Apr 2026

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Do whale-watching experiences and tourist expectations align? A comparison of three Macaronesian destinations

Claudia Hurtado-Pampín, Raquel de la Cruz-Modino, David Domínguez-González, Álvaro Herrera-Cáceres, Sara Vicente-Alonso, Patricia Arranz

published 03 Mar 2026

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AquaX: An enhanced and revised AquaMaps framework to model marine species distributions and biodiversity

Gabriel Reygondeau, Yulia Egorova, Kristina Boerder, Derek P. Tittensor, Kristin Kaschner, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Nicolas Bailly, William W. L. Cheung

published 20 Feb 2026

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Shark movements between islands in the Revillagigedo Archipelago and connectivity to other islands in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

Frida Lara-Lizardi, James T. Ketchum, Alex R. Hearn, A. Peter Klimley, Felipe Galván-Magaña, Alex Antoniou, Randall Arauz, Sandra Bessudo, Eleazar Castro, Elpis J. Chávez, Eric E.G. Clua, Eduardo Espinoza, Chris Fischer, César Peñaherrera-Palma, Todd Steiner, Mauricio Hoyos-Padilla

published 18 Feb 2026

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Subtidal kelp habitat classification at the Isles of Shoals: An integrative Random Forest approach using bathymetry and Landsat imagery

Constance N. Tyler, Kim Lowell, Christopher E. Parrish, Jennifer A. Dijkstra

published 18 Dec 2025

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Unveiling the trophic dynamics and ecological roles of demersal fish in Hong Kong: A metabarcoding and isotope analysis approach

Hei-Ching Wong, Chun-Ming How, Kelly Su, Leyi Xi, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Ming-Tsung Chung, Jian-Wen Qiu, Chris Kong-Chu Wong, Jill Man-Ying Chiu

published 13 Nov 2025

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Visitors’ support of ocean protection in a low-use marine protected area: Gray’s reef national marine sanctuary

Marieke Lemmen, Robert C. Burns, Ross Andrew, Jasmine Cardozo Moreira, Danielle Schwarzmann, Mary Allen

published 07 Nov 2025

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