What’s the Best Direct Mail Services?
Direct mail services have been in use for quite some time. They can either be bought from companies or self-employed direct mail professionals. They are still an effective way of…
Human impacts on the species-area relationship in reef fish assemblages
An FMAP study on reef fish biodiversity found that humans impact one of the oldest known laws in ecology, the species-area relationship. The authors found that fishing pressure consistently lowered…
A clear human footprint on the Caribbean coral reefs
The recent degradation of coral reefs worldwide is increasingly well documented, yet the underlying causes remain debated. This study used a large-scale database on the status of coral reef communities…
A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids
The impact of salmon farming on wild salmon and trout is a hotly debated issue in all countries where salmon farms and wild salmon coexist. Studies have clearly shown that…
Historical baselines for large marine animals
A review of the approaches used in the emerging field of marine historical ecology reveals patterns of historical changes in large marine mammals, birds, reptiles and fish, thus offering new…
Management Effectiveness of the World’s Marine Fisheries
A new study provides the first global evaluation of how management practices influence fisheries’ sustainability. The study assessed the effectiveness of the world’s fisheries management regimes using evaluations by nearly…
Sex-specific, seasonal foraging tactics of adult grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) revealed by state-space analysis
State–space models were used to look at foraging and traveling patterns of male and female adult grey seals using satellite telemetry tracks. The modeling results revealed markedly different spatial behavior…
The influence of geological, geochemical, and biogenic habitat heterogeneity on seep biodiversity
A set of theoretical metacommunity models demonstrate that the response of biodiversity to habitat heterogeneity in deep seeps has a consistent form but quantitatively varies depending on the types of…
Global patterns and predictors of marine biodiversity
FMAP researchers examined global patterns and predictors of species richness across 13 major species groups ranging from zooplankton to marine mammals and identified water temperature as the main environmental predictor…
Decline of marine phytoplankton over past century
An unprecedented collection of historical and recent oceanographic data was used to document phytoplankton declines of approximately 1% of the global average per year since 1899. Long-term phytoplankton declines were…