Biology & Life Sciences

The FMAP Collection

Published May 24, 2018 Curated Collections

This collection of papers highlights research performed under the auspices of the Future of Marine Animal Populations (FMAP) program, a component of the Census of Marine Life. The goal of the program has been to analyze and synthesize global trends in marine species abundance, distribution and diversity, and to model the effects of fishing and climate change on those patterns. With an emphasis on understanding past changes and predicting future scenarios, FMAP researchers have developed techniques to determine long-term changes in marine animal populations and ocean ecosystems, large-scale trends in marine biodiversity, and the dynamic movement and behavior of marine animals. Close collaboration with statisticians and mathematical modelers has enabled the processing and analysis of data sets and integration of multiple data sources.

Image Credit: Derek Tittensor, Dalhousie University

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10.1371/journal.pone.0011842

PLOS ONE The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats
August 2, 2010 Marta Coll, Chiara Piroddi, Jeroen Steenbeek, Kristin Kaschner, Frida Ben Rais Lasram, Jacopo Aguzzi, Enric Ballesteros, Carlo Nike Bianchi, Jordi Corbera, Thanos Dailianis, Roberto Danovaro, Marta Estrada, Carlo Froglia, Bella S. Galil, Josep M. Gasol, Ruthy Gertwagen, João Gil, François Guilhaumon, Kathleen Kesner-Reyes, Miltiadis-Spyridon Kitsos, Athanasios Koukouras, Nikolaos Lampadariou, Elijah Laxamana, Carlos M. López-Fé de la Cuadra, Heike K. Lotze, Daniel Martin, David Mouillot, Daniel Oro, Saša Raicevich, Josephine Rius-Barile, Jose Ignacio Saiz-Salinas, Carles San Vicente, Samuel Somot, José Templado, Xavier Turon, Dimitris Vafidis, Roger Villanueva, Eleni Voultsiadou

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10.1371/journal.pbio.0060033

PLOS Biology A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids
February 12, 2008 Jennifer S Ford, Ransom A Myers
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1000131

PLOS Biology Management Effectiveness of the World’s Marine Fisheries
June 23, 2009 Camilo Mora, Ransom A. Myers, Marta Coll, Simone Libralato, Tony J. Pitcher, Rashid U. Sumaila, Dirk Zeller, Reg Watson, Kevin J. Gaston, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011722

PLOS ONE Overestimating Fish Counts by Non-Instantaneous Visual Censuses: Consequences for Population and Community Descriptions
July 22, 2010 Christine Ward-Paige, Joanna Mills Flemming, Heike K. Lotze
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011968

PLOS ONE Large-Scale Absence of Sharks on Reefs in the Greater-Caribbean: A Footprint of Human Pressures
August 5, 2010 Christine A. Ward-Paige, Camilo Mora, Heike K. Lotze, Christy Pattengill-Semmens, Loren McClenachan, Ery Arias-Castro, Ransom A. Myers
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10.1371/journal.pone.0014245

PLOS ONE Hierarchical State-Space Estimation of Leatherback Turtle Navigation Ability
December 28, 2010 Joanna Mills Flemming, Ian D. Jonsen, Ransom A. Myers, Christopher A. Field
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10.1371/journal.pone.0014735

PLOS ONE Rapid Global Expansion of Invertebrate Fisheries: Trends, Drivers, and Ecosystem Effects
March 8, 2011 Sean C. Anderson, Joanna Mills Flemming, Reg Watson, Heike K. Lotze
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1000606

PLOS Biology Global Human Footprint on the Linkage between Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Reef Fishes
April 5, 2011 Camilo Mora, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Arturo Ayala Bocos, Paula M. Ayotte, Stuart Banks, Andrew G. Bauman, Maria Beger, Sandra Bessudo, David J. Booth, Eran Brokovich, Andrew Brooks, Pascale Chabanet, Joshua E. Cinner, Jorge Cortés, Juan J. Cruz-Motta, Amilcar Cupul Magaña, Edward E. DeMartini, Graham J. Edgar, David A. Feary, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Alan M. Friedlander, Kevin J. Gaston, Charlotte Gough, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Alison Green, Hector Guzman, Marah Hardt, Michel Kulbicki, Yves Letourneur, Andres López Pérez, Michel Loreau, Yossi Loya, Camilo Martinez, Ismael Mascareñas-Osorio, Tau Morove, Marc-Olivier Nadon, Yohei Nakamura, Gustavo Paredes, Nicholas V. C. Polunin, Morgan S. Pratchett, Héctor Reyes Bonilla, Fernando Rivera, Enric Sala, Stuart A. Sandin, German Soler, Rick Stuart-Smith, Emmanuel Tessier, Derek P. Tittensor, Mark Tupper, Paolo Usseglio, Laurent Vigliola, Laurent Wantiez, Ivor Williams, Shaun K. Wilson, Fernando A. Zapata
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019356

PLOS ONE Global Diversity Hotspots and Conservation Priorities for Sharks
May 5, 2011 Luis Lucifora, Veronica Garcia, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pone.0019653

PLOS ONE Current and Future Patterns of Global Marine Mammal Biodiversity
May 23, 2011 Kristin Kaschner, Derek Tittensor, Jonathan Ready, Tim Gerrodette, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1001127

PLOS Biology How Many Species Are There on Earth and in the Ocean?
August 23, 2011 Camilo Mora, Derek Tittensor, Sina Adl, Alastair Simpson, Boris Worm
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10.1371/journal.pbio.1001682

PLOS Biology Biotic and Human Vulnerability to Projected Changes in Ocean Biogeochemistry over the 21st Century
October 15, 2013 Camilo Mora, Chih-Lin Wei, Audrey Rollo, Teresa Amaro, Amy Baco, David Billett, Laurent Bopp, Qi Chen, Mark Collier, Roberto Danovaro, Andrew Gooday, Benjamin Grupe, Paul Halloran, Jeroen Ingels, Daniel Jones, Lisa Levin, Hideyuki Nakano, Karl Norling, Eva Ramirez-Llodra, Michael Rex, Henry Ruhl, Craig Smith, Andrew Sweetman, Andrew Thurber, Jerry Tjiputra, Paolo Usseglio, Les Watling, Tongwen Wu, Moriaki Yasuhara
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10.1371/journal.pone.0077908

PLOS ONE Recovery Trends in Marine Mammal Populations
October 30, 2013 Anna Magera, Joanna Mills Flemming, Kristin Kaschner, Line Christensen, Heike Lotze