Tunicates are a drag, especially when they invade

Clarke Murray, C, TW Therriault and PT Martone. 2012. Adapted for invasion? Comparing attachment, drag and dislodgment of native and nonindigenous hull fouling species. Biological Invasions DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0178-0


*Illustrations 1 (a,b,c) & 5 (a,b) drawn by Megan Mach

Integrating Cultural and Social into Ecosystem Services

Chan, K.M.A., Guerry, A., Klain, S., Balvanera, P., Satterfield, T., Basurto, X., Bostrom, A., Chuenpagdee, R., Gould, R., Halpern, B., Hannahs, N., Levine, J., Norton, B., Ruckelshaus, M., Russell, R., Tam, J., and Woodside, U. (accepted BioScience).  Integrating ‘cultural’ and ‘social’ into ecosystem services: A framework for making decisions about what matters.

Perceptions of Climate Change in Costa Rica

Vignola, R., Klinsky, S., Tam, J., and McDaniels, T. In Press. Public perceptions of climate change in Costa Rica: Comparisons with North American and European Studies. Online First: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-012-9364-8

Kai, Sarah and Gerald to speak at SCB, New Zealand

Kai Chan and Gerald Singh are both scheduled to talk at the upcoming International Congress for Conservation Biology meeting in Auckland, New Zealand. Dec 5 – 9 2011

Kai’s talk titled: Cultural Ecosystem Services Require Special Treatment, and Most Ecosystem Services are Cultural. Friday Dec 9th, 2011 at 11:45am

Sarah’s talk titled: Navigating cultural ecosystem services to inform environmental management. Wednesday Dec 7th, 2011 at 4:30pm

Gerald’s talk titled: Cumulative impacts to ecosystem services: a review of frameworks and decision tree for practical application. Friday Dec 9th, 2011 at 6pm

The Society for Conservation Biology’s International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) is recognized as the most important international meeting for conservation professionals and students. ICCBs are a forum for addressing conservation challenges. They are the global venue for presenting and discussing new research and developments in conservation science and practice. Most importantly, they connect our global community of conservation professionals and serve as the major networking outlet for anyone interested in conservation.

 

New Blog Post: Triage Terror

Kai Chan and Sarah Klain have written a blog post entitled, Triage Terror: Are conservation scientists ready to let endangered species blink out? Think again.

Important marine invasive species vector- Recreational Boats

Clarke Murray, C, EA Pakhomov and TW Therriault. 2011. Recreational boating: a large unregulated vector transporting marine invasive species. Diversity and Distributions. 17(6):1161-1172 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00798.x

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Diving Off the Barkley Star

Infaunal engineer established in the Northeast Pacific

Mach, M.E., C.D. Levings, P.S. McDonald, and K.M.A. Chan (2011) An Atlantic infaunal engineer is established in the Northeast Pacific: Clymenella troquata (polychaeta: maldanidae) on the British Columbia and Washington Coasts. Biological Invasions. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0096-6

Snail Behaviour in Response to Danger Cues

Mach M.E. and P.E. Bourdeau (2011) To flee or not to flee? Risk assessment by a marine snail in multiple cue environments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.08.018