Biology & Life Sciences

The HMAP Collection

Published January 13, 2020 Curated Collections

The History of Marine Animal Populations (HMAP) is a global research initiative to study the past ocean life and human interaction with the sea, and is part of the global Census of Marine Life. About 100 researchers have developed an interdisciplinary research program using historical and environmental archives to analyze marine population data before and after human impacts on the ocean became significant. The overall goal is to enhance knowledge and understanding of how the diversity, distribution and abundance of marine life in the world's oceans has changed over the long term. The HMAP Collection draws together representative examples of the results of this initiative.

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Reviews
Research Articles

Reviews

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10.1371/journal.pone.0226810

PLOS ONE From sea monsters to charismatic megafauna: Changes in perception and use of large marine animals
December 31, 2019 Carlotta Mazzoldi, Giovanni Bearzi, Cristina Brito, Inês Carvalho, Elena Desiderà, Lara Endrizzi, Luis Freitas, Eva Giacomello, Ioannis Giovos, Paolo Guidetti, Adriana Ressurreição, Malcolm Tull, Alison MacDiarmid
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PLOS ONE Historical baselines in marine bioinvasions: Implications for policy and management
August 16, 2018 Henn Ojaveer, Bella S. Galil, James T. Carlton, Heidi Alleway, Philippe Goulletquer, Maiju Lehtiniemi, Agnese Marchini, Whitman Miller, Anna Occhipinti-Ambrogi, Melita Peharda, Gregory M. Ruiz, Susan L. Williams, Anastasija Zaiko
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The HMAP Project

PLOS ONE From Darwin to the Census of Marine Life: Marine Biology as Big Science
January 14, 2013 Niki Vermeulen
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10.1371/journal.pone.0023951

PLOS ONE The Environmental History of Cetaceans in Portugal: Ten Centuries of Whale and Dolphin Records
September 9, 2011 Cristina Brito, Andreia Sousa

Research Articles

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10.1371/journal.pone.0186830

PLOS ONE Extension of biomass estimates to pre-assessment periods using density dependent surplus production approach
November 13, 2017 Jan Horbowy, Maciej T. Tomczak
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10.1371/journal.pone.0182345

PLOS ONE Popular media records reveal multi-decadal trends in recreational fishing catch rates
August 4, 2017 Ruth H. Thurstan, Edward Game, John M. Pandolfi
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10.1371/journal.pone.0211224

PLOS ONE Identifying species threatened with local extinction in tropical reef fisheries using historical reconstruction of species occurrence
February 13, 2019 Sarah Buckley, Tim McClanahan, Erendira Quintana Morales, Victor Mwakha, Jatieno Nyanapah, Levy Otwoma, John Pandolfi
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10.1371/journal.pone.0010791

PLOS ONE Loss and Recovery Potential of Marine Habitats: An Experimental Study of Factors Maintaining Resilience in Subtidal Algal Forests at the Adriatic Sea
May 24, 2010 Shimrit Perkol-Finkel, Laura Airoldi
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011346

PLOS ONE The History of Makassan Trepang Fishing and Trade
June 29, 2010 Kathleen Schwerdtner Máñez, Sebastian C. A. Ferse
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10.1371/journal.pone.0011767

PLOS ONE Ecological Meltdown in the Firth of Clyde, Scotland: Two Centuries of Change in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem
July 29, 2010 Ruth H. Thurstan, Callum M. Roberts
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10.1371/journal.pone.0013670

PLOS ONE Applying Fishers’ Ecological Knowledge to Construct Past and Future Lobster Stocks in the Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile
November 5, 2010 Tyler D. Eddy, Jonathan P. A. Gardner, Alejandro Pérez-Matus
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10.1371/journal.pone.0015502

PLOS ONE Coding Early Naturalists’ Accounts into Long-Term Fish Community Changes in the Adriatic Sea (1800–2000)
November 17, 2010 Tomaso Fortibuoni, Simone Libralato, Saša Raicevich, Otello Giovanardi, Cosimo Solidoro
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10.1371/journal.pone.0018998

PLOS ONE Could Seals Prevent Cod Recovery in the Baltic Sea?
May 9, 2011 Brian MacKenzie, Margit Eero, Henn Ojaveer
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10.1371/journal.pone.0022027

PLOS ONE Egg Production in a Coastal Seabird, the Glaucous-Winged Gull (Larus glaucescens), Declines during the Last Century
July 18, 2011 Louise Blight, Louise Blight
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10.1371/journal.pone.0021818

PLOS ONE Estimating Trends of Population Decline in Long-Lived Marine Species in the Mediterranean Sea Based on Fishers’ Perceptions
July 19, 2011 Francesc Maynou, Mario Sbrana, Paolo Sartor, Christos Maravelias, Stefanos Kavadas, Dimitros Damalas, Joan Cartes, Giacomo Osio
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10.1371/journal.pone.0024885

PLOS ONE Tracking Signals of Change in Mediterranean Fish Diversity Based on Local Ecological Knowledge
September 22, 2011 Ernesto Azzurro, Paula Moschella, Francesc Maynou
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10.1371/journal.pone.0025460

PLOS ONE Historical Reconstruction Reveals Recovery in Hawaiian Coral Reefs
October 3, 2011 John Kittinger, John Pandolfi, Jonathan Blodgett, Terry Hunt, Hong Jiang, Kepā Maly, Loren McClenachan, Jennifer Schultz, Bruce Wilcox
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10.1371/journal.pone.0027568

PLOS ONE Stable Isotope Evidence for Late Medieval (14th–15th C) Origins of the Eastern Baltic Cod (Gadus morhua) Fishery
November 16, 2011 David Orton, Daniel Makowiecki, Tessa de Roo, Cluny Johnstone, Jennifer Harland, Leif Jonsson, Dirk Heinrich, Inge Enghoff, Lembi Lõugas, Wim Van Neer, Anton Ervynck, Anne Karin Hufthammer, Colin Amundsen, Andrew Jones, Alison Locker, Sheila Hamilton-Dyer, Peter Pope, Brian MacKenzie, Mike Richards, Tamsin O'Connell, James Barrett
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10.1371/journal.pone.0034905

PLOS ONE Spatial and Seasonal Distribution of American Whaling and Whales in the Age of Sail
April 27, 2012 Tim Smith, Randall Reeves, Elizabeth Josephson, Judith Lund
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10.1371/journal.pone.0039998

PLOS ONE Spawning of Bluefin Tuna in the Black Sea: Historical Evidence, Environmental Constraints and Population Plasticity
July 24, 2012 Brian MacKenzie, Patrizio Mariani
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10.1371/journal.pone.0058160

PLOS ONE Multi-Annual Fluctuations in Reconstructed Historical Time-Series of a European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) Population Disappear at Increased Exploitation Levels
April 3, 2013 Andreas Sundelöf, Valerio Bartolino, Mats Ulmestrand, Massimiliano Cardinale
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10.1371/journal.pone.0068513

PLOS ONE Quantification of the Early Small-Scale Fishery in the North-Eastern Baltic Sea in the Late 17th Century
July 5, 2013 Aare Verliin, Henn Ojaveer, Katre Kaju, Erki Tammiksaar
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10.1371/journal.pone.0077059

PLOS ONE Coastal Fisheries in the Eastern Baltic Sea (Gulf of Finland) and Its Basin from the 15 to the Early 20^th Centuries
October 24, 2013 Julia Lajus, Alexei Kraikovski, Dmitry Lajus
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10.1371/journal.pone.0085670

PLOS ONE Assessing Fishing and Marine Biodiversity Changes Using Fishers’ Perceptions: The Spanish Mediterranean and Gulf of Cadiz Case Study
January 22, 2014 Marta Coll, Marta Carreras, Cristina Ciércoles, Maria-José Cornax, Giulia Gorelli, Elvira Morote, Raquel Sáez
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10.1371/journal.pone.0085971

PLOS ONE Archaeological Remains Accounting for the Presence and Exploitation of the North Atlantic Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis on the Portuguese Coast (Peniche, West Iberia), 16th to 17th Century
February 5, 2014 António Teixeira, Rui Venâncio, Cristina Brito
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10.1371/journal.pone.0093789

PLOS ONE Two Intense Decades of 19^th Century Whaling Precipitated Rapid Decline of Right Whales around New Zealand and East Australia
April 1, 2014 Emma Carroll, Jennifer Jackson, David Paton, Tim Smith
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10.1371/journal.pone.0101466

PLOS ONE The Future of the Oceans Past: Towards a Global Marine Historical Research Initiative
July 2, 2014 Kathleen Schwerdtner Mánez, Poul Holm, Louise Blight, Marta Coll, Alison MacDiarmid, Henn Ojaveer, Bo Poulsen, Malcolm Tull
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10.1371/journal.pone.0161444

PLOS ONE The History and Characteristics of the Mobulid Ray Fishery in the Bohol Sea, Philippines
August 30, 2016 Jo Marie V. Acebes, Malcolm Tull