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The distribution of a coastal resident fish species is constrained by how oxygen availability and temperature limit its metabolic potential

AE Bates3, MI Duncan1,2, NC James2, Professor Warren Potts1 1Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, 2South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity, Grahamstown, South Africa, 3Department of Ocean Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada Anthropogenic induced climate change is modulating the redistribution of species across the globe at accelerated…

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Is the future-proofing of biodiversity conservation an unattainable oxymoron?

Dr Bruce Webber1,7,8, Dr Sean Tomlinson3,5, Dr Erin Espeland2, Dr Lewis Halsey4, Dr Emma Dalziell3,5, Dr Carole Elliot3,7, Dr Wolfgang Lewandrowski3,7, Dr Belinda Davis3, Dr Adam Munn6, Dr Paul Nevill5, Dr Elizabeth Sinclair3,7 1CSIRO, Floreat, Australia, 2USDA, Sidney, USA, 3DBCA, Kings Park, Australia, 4University of Roehampton, London, UK, 5Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 6The University of…

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Marine perspectives on protected area planning for climate change

Dr Lee Hannah The marine realm poses unique challenges in protected area adaptation to climate change.  Marine species move more and faster in response to climate change and the biogeography of marine species is still far behind that of terrestrial species.  But the marine realm provides unique opportunities as well, such as mobile Marine Protected…

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Environmental indicators to reduce loggerhead turtle bycatch offshore of Southern California

Miss Heather Welch1 1University of California Santa Cruz / NOAA, Monterey, United States Extreme climatic events are expected to become more frequent under current conditions of increasing global temperatures and climate variability. A key challenge of fisheries management is understanding and planning for the effect of anomalous oceanic conditions on the distributions of protected species…

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Migration in the cobia, and potential for adaptation to climate change

Dr Kevin Weng1, Mr Daniel Crear1, Mr Brian Watkins1, Dr Richard Brill1, Dr Alistair  Hobday2, DR Peter Bushnell3 1Virginia Institute Of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia 23062-1346, United States, 2CSIRO, Hobart, Australia, 3Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, United States In order to adapt to climate change a species can redistribute to maintain its preferred…

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Effects of climate change on a restored southern California salt marsh community

Dr Christine Whitcraft1, Anastasia Shippey1 1Csu Long Beach, Long Beach, United States Salt marshes provide many critical ecosystem functions, several of which are threatened by human activities such as urban development and climate change. One method for combatting this loss and degradation is restoration. Under current climate conditions, salt marsh communities are well-understood, and restoration…

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Investigating physiological mechanisms and ecological consequences of a climate-driven range extension of a marine predator (Chrysophrys auratus) into southeast Tasmania

Mr Barrett Wolfe1, Dr Quinn Fitzgibbon1, Dr Jayson Semmens1, Dr Sean Tracey1, Dr Gretta Pecl1,2 1Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Centre for Marine Socioecology, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia The southeast Australian ocean warming hotspot has been host to a number of ongoing marine species redistributions, and thus has…

Combining wildlife detection innovations with social media technologies to achieve ecological activism

Dr Sam Wong1 1University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands More advanced wildlife detection and monitoring innovations, such as satellite technology, high resolution imagery and Big Data, have been developed over the past decade. The technological advancement has enabled scientists to track the wildlife movement and monitor the changing population of certain species more accurately. At the…

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Treading the Wallacean shortfall for an endemic, iconic and threatened butterfly

Dr Shuang Xing1, Mr Tsun Fung  Au1,2, Ms Pauline Dufour1, Dr Wenda Cheng1, Mr Felix  Landry Yuan1, Prof Fenghai Jia3, Prof Lien Van Vu4, Prof Min Wang5, Dr Timothy  Bonebrake1 1School of Biological Sciences, The University Of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, United States , 3Jiangxi University of Traditional…

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The Traditional medicine knowledge and medicinal plant species move in response to Climate Change Adaptation in Tibetan village of Eastern Himalayas, China

Prof Lun Yin1, Mr. Misiani Zachary2, M. Yanyan Zheng3 1Yunnan Academy Of Social Science, Kunming, China, 2Kenya Meteorological Department, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Nairobi, Kenya, 3Yunnan People’s Publishing House, Kunming, China Traditional medicine provides health care for more than half of the World’s population. This makes indigenous cultures vulnerable to environmental change due to…