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The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy.

ABSTRACT: The distributions of migratory species in the ocean span local, national and international jurisdictions. Across these ecologically interconnected regions, migratory marine species interact with anthropogenic stressors throughout their lives. Migratory connectivity, the geographical linking of individuals and populations throughout their migratory cycles, influences how spatial and temporal dynamics of stressors affect migratory animals and scale up to influence population abundance, distribution and species persistence. Population declines of many migratory marine species have led to calls for connectivity knowledge, especially insights from animal tracking studies, to be more systematically and synthetically incorporated into decision-making. Inclusion of migratory connectivity in the design of conservation and management measures is critical to ensure they are appropriate for the level of risk associated with various degrees of connectivity. Three mechanisms exist to incorporate migratory connectivity into international marine policy which guides conservation implementation: site-selection criteria, network design criteria and policy recommendations. Here, we review the concept of migratory connectivity and its use in international policy, and describe the Migratory Connectivity in the Ocean system, a migratory connectivity evidence-base for the ocean. We propose that without such collaboration focused on migratory connectivity, efforts to effectively conserve these critical species across jurisdictions will have limited effect.

SUBMITTER: Dunn DC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6784718 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The importance of migratory connectivity for global ocean policy.

Dunn Daniel C DC Harrison Autumn-Lynn AL Curtice Corrie C DeLand Sarah S Donnelly Ben B Fujioka Ei E Heywood Eleanor E Kot Connie Y CY Poulin Sarah S Whitten Meredith M Åkesson Susanne S Alberini Amalia A Appeltans Ward W Arcos José Manuel JM Bailey Helen H Ballance Lisa T LT Block Barbara B Blondin Hannah H Boustany Andre M AM Brenner Jorge J Catry Paulo P Cejudo Daniel D Cleary Jesse J Corkeron Peter P Costa Daniel P DP Coyne Michael M Crespo Guillermo Ortuño GO Davies Tammy E TE Dias Maria P MP Douvere Fanny F Ferretti Francesco F Formia Angela A Freestone David D Friedlaender Ari S AS Frisch-Nwakanma Heidrun H Froján Christopher Barrio CB Gjerde Kristina M KM Glowka Lyle L Godley Brendan J BJ Gonzalez-Solis Jacob J Granadeiro José Pedro JP Gunn Vikki V Hashimoto Yuriko Y Hawkes Lucy M LM Hays Graeme C GC Hazin Carolina C Jimenez Jorge J Johnson David E DE Luschi Paolo P Maxwell Sara M SM McClellan Catherine C Modest Michelle M Notarbartolo di Sciara Giuseppe G Palacio Alejandro Herrero AH Palacios Daniel M DM Pauly Andrea A Rayner Matt M Rees Alan F AF Salazar Erick Ross ER Secor David D Sequeira Ana M M AMM Spalding Mark M Spina Fernando F Van Parijs Sofie S Wallace Bryan B Varo-Cruz Nuria N Virtue Melanie M Weimerskirch Henri H Wilson Laurie L Woodward Bill B Halpin Patrick N PN

Proceedings. Biological sciences 20190925 1911

The distributions of migratory species in the ocean span local, national and international jurisdictions. Across these ecologically interconnected regions, migratory marine species interact with anthropogenic stressors throughout their lives. Migratory connectivity, the geographical linking of individuals and populations throughout their migratory cycles, influences how spatial and temporal dynamics of stressors affect migratory animals and scale up to influence population abundance, distributio ...[more]

PMID: 31551061

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