.... * corresponding author © 2017 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2017 Marine Protected Area marine biodiversity ecosystem management larval distribution water column primary productivity life strategies 188 2017 Introduction In 1988, IUCN Resolution 17/38 on protection of the coastal...

...Michelle Voyer; William Gladstone ABSTRACT Marine protected areas (MPAs) are one approach, amongst many, for the protection of marine biodiversity. Although proven to be effective at protecting biodiversity and to be supported by local and wider communities, the implementation of some MPAs has been...

..., harvesting or other anthropogenic activities, will result in loss of many species of polychaetes and will have larger scale implications. Future management of marine biodiversity, including the potential for a marine park network in Sydney Harbour, needs to take into account the importance of biogenic...

... and the Sargasso Sea. Finally it reviews global initiatives in the United Nations to develop a more integrated and cross sectoral framework for conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in ABNJ including the designation of a representative network of MPAs in these largely neglected areas of the ocean...

... reported here, were generated by citizen scientists, highlighting the substantial benefit of public engagement in ongoing programs that document, and monitor changes in, marine biodiversity. Corresponding author: [email protected] © 2017 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2017...

...Michelle Ward; James E.M. Watson; Aaron Greenville; Golo Maurer; Stephanie Todd; William Geary; Ayesha Tulloch ABSTRACT The 2019/20 wildfire season was devastating for Australia’s biodiversity and unprecedented in its extent and severity, yet the consequences for sites important for biodiversity...

..., then it is imperative to build community support. This involves engaging local communities. This view foreshadows the IUCN Promise of Sydney. The marine presentations moved from State MPAs out into the open ocean, asking how marine biodiversity can be protected in the vast marine areas beyond national jurisdictions...

..., and octocorals during thermal stress in a northeastern Brazilian reef. Marine Biodiversity 46: 303 307. httpsdoi.org/10.1007/s12526-015-0342-8 Emslie, M. J., Pratchett, M. S. and Cheal, A. J. 2011. Effects of different disturbance types on butterflyfish communities of Australia s Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs...

... Identification: Indo-pacific. New World Publications, Jacksonville, Florida, USA. Hewitt, C.L. 2002. Distribution and biodiversity of Australian tropical marine bioinvasions. Pacific Science, 56, 213-222. httpsdoi.org/10.1353/ psc.2002.0016 LucidCentral 2016. Lucidcentral.org. Retrieved from httpwww...

... efforts and designing marine infrastructure to attract bivalves, is a way to preserve and increase biodiversity in lost or degraded ecosystems. There is an increasing number of tools to enhance the effectiveness of restoration efforts including, designing infrastructure to mitigate external environmental...

..., P.A., Alongi, DM., Grassle, J.F., Hummel, H., King, G., Koike, I., Lambshead, P.J.D., Ramsing, N.B., and Solis Weiss, V. 1997. The Importance of marine sediment biodiversity in ecosystem processes. Ambio 26: 578 583. Pari, N., Peyrot Clausade, M., Le Campion Alsumard, T., Hutchings, P.A., Chazottes, V...

... Stephen M. Zozaya and Conrad J. Hoskin Centre for Tropical Biodiversity and Climate Change, College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. Corresponding author email: [email protected] A BS TR A CT The Magnificent Broodfrog...

... and comprehensive. Bill Perrin, Greg Donovan and Jay Barlow have done an excellentjob with the editing. The general quality of the book is as we have come to expect from IWC Special Issues, well bound and with few typo- graphical errors. Anyone with an interest in cetacean conservation or marine biodiversity...

... scientists, happily talks say you would consider the evidence that recreational about behaviours of fish which are pelagics, using that fishing is having an impact on marine biodiversity in to totally override any consideration of species which New South Wales, or in a particular area that you might...