Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas
Available information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians, crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, and seabirds) covered by the global database SeaLifeBase were reviewed for eight marine ecosystems (Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Bi...
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| author | Luisa R. Abucay Patricia Sorongon-Yap Kathleen Kesner-Reyes Emily C. Capuli Rodolfo B. Reyes Eva Daskalaki Carmen Ferrà Carmen Ferrà Giuseppe Scarcella Gianpaolo Coro Francesc Ordines Paula Sánchez-Zulueta Georgi Dakalov Stefania Klayn Liesa Celie Marco Scotti Marco Scotti David Grémillet David Grémillet Charlotte Lambert Gideon Gal Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Donna Dimarchopoulou Donna Dimarchopoulou Athanassios C. Tsikliras |
| author_facet | Luisa R. Abucay Patricia Sorongon-Yap Kathleen Kesner-Reyes Emily C. Capuli Rodolfo B. Reyes Eva Daskalaki Carmen Ferrà Carmen Ferrà Giuseppe Scarcella Gianpaolo Coro Francesc Ordines Paula Sánchez-Zulueta Georgi Dakalov Stefania Klayn Liesa Celie Marco Scotti Marco Scotti David Grémillet David Grémillet Charlotte Lambert Gideon Gal Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Donna Dimarchopoulou Donna Dimarchopoulou Athanassios C. Tsikliras |
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| description | Available information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians, crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, and seabirds) covered by the global database SeaLifeBase were reviewed for eight marine ecosystems (Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast, Black Sea, North Sea, western Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Sea) across European Seas. The review of the SeaLifeBase dataset, which is based on published literature, analyzed information coverage for eight biological characteristics (diet, fecundity, maturity, length-weight relationships, spawning, growth, lifespan, and natural mortality). These characteristics are required for the development of ecosystem and ecological models to evaluate the status of marine resources and related fisheries. Our analyses revealed that information regarding these biological characteristics in the literature was far from complete across all studied areas. The level of available information was nonetheless reasonably good for sea turtles and moderate for marine mammals in some areas (Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast, Black Sea, North Sea and western Mediterranean Sea). Further, seven of the areas have well-studied species in terms of information coverage for biological characteristics of some commercial species whereas threatened species are generally not well studied. Across areas, the most well-studied species are the cephalopod common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and the crustacean Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Overall, the information gap is narrowest for length-weight relationships followed by growth and maturity, and widest for fecundity and natural mortality. Based on these insights, we provide recommendations to prioritize species with insufficient or missing biological data that are common across the studied marine ecosystems and to address data deficiencies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-08b2e194fd704b029836b959c1418ebc2023-10-03T10:10:35ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452023-10-011010.3389/fmars.2023.11981371198137Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European SeasLuisa R. Abucay0Patricia Sorongon-Yap1Kathleen Kesner-Reyes2Emily C. Capuli3Rodolfo B. Reyes4Eva Daskalaki5Carmen Ferrà6Carmen Ferrà7Giuseppe Scarcella8Gianpaolo Coro9Francesc Ordines10Paula Sánchez-Zulueta11Georgi Dakalov12Stefania Klayn13Liesa Celie14Marco Scotti15Marco Scotti16David Grémillet17David Grémillet18Charlotte Lambert19Gideon Gal20Maria Lourdes D. Palomares21Maria Lourdes D. Palomares22Donna Dimarchopoulou23Donna Dimarchopoulou24Athanassios C. Tsikliras25Quantitative Aquatics, Los Banos, PhilippinesQuantitative Aquatics, Los Banos, PhilippinesQuantitative Aquatics, Los Banos, PhilippinesQuantitative Aquatics, Los Banos, PhilippinesQuantitative Aquatics, Los Banos, PhilippinesLaboratory of Ichthyology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceNational Research Council - Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, Ancona, ItalyDepartment of Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences (BiGeA), University of Bologna, Bologna, ItalyNational Research Council - Institute for Biological Resources and Marine Biotechnologies, Ancona, ItalyNational Research Council - Institute of Information Science and Technologies “Alessandro Faedo”, Pisa, ItalyCentre Oceanogràfic de les Balears (COB-IEO), CSIC, Palma, SpainCentre Oceanogràfic de les Balears (COB-IEO), CSIC, Palma, SpainInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaInstitute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, BulgariaFlanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Oostende, BelgiumGEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany0Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources, National Research Council of Italy, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy1Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Univ Montpellier, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Montpellier, France2FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Science and Technology (DST)/National Research Foundation (NRF) Excellence Centre at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa3Littoral ENvironnement et Société UMR 7266 CNRS-La Rochelle Université, La Rochelle, France4Kinneret Limnological Laboratory, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Migdal, Israel5Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada6Sea Around Us, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada7Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada8Department of Biology, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United StatesLaboratory of Ichthyology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, GreeceAvailable information and potential data gaps for non-fish marine organisms (cnidarians, crustaceans, echinoderms, molluscs, sponges, mammals, reptiles, and seabirds) covered by the global database SeaLifeBase were reviewed for eight marine ecosystems (Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea, Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast, Black Sea, North Sea, western Mediterranean Sea, Levantine Sea) across European Seas. The review of the SeaLifeBase dataset, which is based on published literature, analyzed information coverage for eight biological characteristics (diet, fecundity, maturity, length-weight relationships, spawning, growth, lifespan, and natural mortality). These characteristics are required for the development of ecosystem and ecological models to evaluate the status of marine resources and related fisheries. Our analyses revealed that information regarding these biological characteristics in the literature was far from complete across all studied areas. The level of available information was nonetheless reasonably good for sea turtles and moderate for marine mammals in some areas (Baltic Sea, Bay of Biscay/Celtic Sea/Iberian Coast, Black Sea, North Sea and western Mediterranean Sea). Further, seven of the areas have well-studied species in terms of information coverage for biological characteristics of some commercial species whereas threatened species are generally not well studied. Across areas, the most well-studied species are the cephalopod common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) and the crustacean Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus). Overall, the information gap is narrowest for length-weight relationships followed by growth and maturity, and widest for fecundity and natural mortality. Based on these insights, we provide recommendations to prioritize species with insufficient or missing biological data that are common across the studied marine ecosystems and to address data deficiencies.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1198137/fulldata gapsmarine biodiversitymarine mammalsseabirdsmarine reptilesmarine invertebrates |
| spellingShingle | Luisa R. Abucay Patricia Sorongon-Yap Kathleen Kesner-Reyes Emily C. Capuli Rodolfo B. Reyes Eva Daskalaki Carmen Ferrà Carmen Ferrà Giuseppe Scarcella Gianpaolo Coro Francesc Ordines Paula Sánchez-Zulueta Georgi Dakalov Stefania Klayn Liesa Celie Marco Scotti Marco Scotti David Grémillet David Grémillet Charlotte Lambert Gideon Gal Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Maria Lourdes D. Palomares Donna Dimarchopoulou Donna Dimarchopoulou Athanassios C. Tsikliras Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas Frontiers in Marine Science data gaps marine biodiversity marine mammals seabirds marine reptiles marine invertebrates |
| title | Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas |
| title_full | Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas |
| title_fullStr | Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas |
| title_short | Scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non-fish marine species across European Seas |
| title_sort | scientific knowledge gaps on the biology of non fish marine species across european seas |
| topic | data gaps marine biodiversity marine mammals seabirds marine reptiles marine invertebrates |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1198137/full |
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