Using verified photo observations from fishers and divers as an early indication of range shifts in the marine environment: the value of community engagement through citizen science

N.A. Moltschaniwskyj (1,2), N.Barrett (1), S. Frusher (1,4), D.C. Gledhill (4), A.J. Hobday (4), G. Jackson (5), J. Ramos (1), L.M. Robinson (1), J. Stuart-Smith (1), P. Walsh (1), G.T. Pecl (1,3) 1 Fisheries, Aquaculture & Coasts, Institute for Marine & Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 49, Hobart 7001, TAS, Australia 2 School…

Identifying the most important corridors for species movement under future climatic change in the rainforests of the Australian Wet Tropics

Falconi L (1), VanDerWal J (2), Storlie C (3), Williams S.E (4) 1 College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, lorena.falconilopez@jcu.edu.au 2 College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, jeremy.vanderwal@jcu.edu.au 3 College of Marine and Environmental Science, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, 4811, collin.storlie@jcu.edu.au 4…

A species driven approach examining fire impacts and habitat recovery for barren ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus)

Gregory J.M. Rickbeil (1), Nicholas C. Coops (1), Txomin Hermosilla (1), Mike A. Wulder (2) 1 Integrated Remote Sensing Studio, Department of Forest Resources Management, University of British Columbia: @IRSS_UBC 2 Canadian Forest Service (Pacific Forestry Centre), Natural Resources Canada Fire regimes in Canada’s northern boreal forest are changing, affecting available habitat for barren ground…

Climate driven disruption of Arctic migratory flyways

Hannah S. Wauchope (1), Justine D. Shaw (1,2),  Øystein Varpe (3,4), Elena G. Lappo (5), David Boertmann (6), Richard B. Lanctot (7) & Richard A. Fuller (1)   1 School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia. 2 Terrestrial Nearshore Ecosystems, Australian Antarctic Division, Department of Environment, Kingston, Tasmania 7050, Australia. 3…

Islands in the ice: Climate change and ecological connectivity among Antarctica’s ice-free areas

Jasmine Lee (1), Richard Fuller (2), Iadine Chades (3), Justine Shaw (4), Ben Raymond (5), Aleks Terauds (6)   1 University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, jasmine.lee1@uqconnect.edu.au 2 University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072,  r.fuller@uq.edu.au, RichFullerUQ 3 CSIRO, GPO Box 2583, Brisbane, QLD, 4001,  iadine.chades@csiro.au, iadinec 4 University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD,…

Integrating knowledge in the marine space: the role of citizen science in science communications

Melissa Nursey-Bray (1), Rob Palmer (2), Gretta Pecl (3), Jemina Stuart-Smith (4) 1 Geography, Environment and Population, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005. Melissa.Nursey-Bray@adelaide.edu.au 2 Media, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, 5005. Melissa.Nursey-Bray@adelaide.edu.au 3 IMAS and Centre for Marine Socio-ecology, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Gretta.Pecl@utas.edu.au 3 IMAS and Centre for…

Embracing the idea of climatic niche stasis to investigate lags in species distribution changes under contemporary climate change

Jonathan Lenoir Unité de Recherche ‘Ecologie et Dynamique des Systèmes Anthropisés’ (EDYSAN, FRE 3498 CNRS-UPJV), Jules Verne University of Picardie, 1 rue des Louvels, F-80037 Amiens Cedex 1, France, lenoir.john@gmail.com, @EkoLogIt As climate change exceeds species’ intrinsic ability to tolerate it, species need to track suitable climatic conditions in the geographical space (distribution shifts) or adapt…

Causes of variation in estimates of species’ distribution responses to climate change

Christopher J. Brown(1), Mary I.O’Connor(2), Elvira S.Poloczanska (3), David S. Schoeman  (4), Lauren B.Buckley (5), Michael T. Burrows (6), Carlos M. Duarte (7), Ben S.Halpern (8), John M. Pandolfi (9),Camille Parmesan  (10)  Anthony J. Richardson (11) 1    Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 170 Kessels Road, Nathan, Queensland, Australia  chris.brown@griffith.edu.au, 2    Department of Zoology and Biodiversity Research…

Spearfisher competition data provide evidence of multi-decadal change in eastern Australian coastal fishes

Daniel C. Gledhill (1), Alistair J. Hobday (2), Matthew Lansdell (3), David Welch (4), Stephen Sutton (5), Adrian Jeloudev (6), Matt Koopman (7), Adam Smith (8), Scott Cooper (9) and Peter Last (10) 1 CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia 2 CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania…

Implications of changes in fish distribution and abundance for food security and public health

Johann Bell Fisheries make important contributions to global food supply, providing >2.9 billion people with ~20% of their dietary animal protein. Although the majority of global fish production will eventually come from aquaculture, supplies from capture fisheries will remain vital for food security. The distributions and abundances of many of the fish species underpinning capture…