We are looking for papers for a special issue of Endangered Species Research on 'Geospatial approaches to support pelagic conservation planning and adaptive management'.
The manuscript submission deadline is May 31, 2013. More information can be found below, or at: http://www.int-res.com/journals/esr/esr-specials/geospatial-approaches-to-support-pelagic-conservation-planning-and-adaptive-management/ About the special issue: Pelagic ecosystems provide essential habitat for protected species, play a vital role in global climate regulation, and support productive fisheries. Place-based management in the open ocean faces unique challenges in attaching boundaries around temporally and spatially dynamic systems that span broad geographic scales and multiple jurisdictions in the ‘high seas’. However, recent conceptual and technological advances have supported the information requirements necessary to map and monitor the oceanographic processes that create spatially explicit patterns of ocean productivity, protected species abundance and biodiversity in the open ocean. This Theme Section of ESR seeks to bridge the gap between geospatial science and marine conservation in order to consider the development of innovative methods necessary to support effective marine conservation planning strategies for pelagic ecosystems. This Theme Section assembles papers presented in a special session at the Society for Conservation Biology conference, convened in July of 2012 (see www.scbnacongress.org). Other relevant manuscripts are welcome, please contact Lisa Wedding ([email protected]). Editorial Team for the Theme Section: Dr. David Hyrenbach, Hawaii Pacific University (Guest Editor); Dr. Patrick Halpin, Duke Universty (Guest Editor); Daniel Dunn, Duke University (Guest Editor); Dr. Sara Maxwell, Stanford University (Guest Editor); Dr. Lisa Wedding, UCSC/NOAA (Guest and Contact Editor; [email protected]). Sara M. Maxwell, Ph.D. | 206.355.3249 | [email protected] Postdoctoral Scholar Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Station http://crowder.stanford.edu/maxwell.html ------------------- Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher Southwest Fisheries Science Center NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla CA 92037 USA
