Use of focal species in marine conservation and management: a review and critique

By M. Zacharias, J. Roff. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography

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Use of Substitute Species in Conservation Biology (2005, background): “1997; Simberloff 1998; Caro & O’Doherty 1999; Andelman & Fagan 2000; Zacharias & Roff 2001; Sanderson et al. 2002; Caro et al. 2004) and those that use the response of one species or population to an environmental disturbance to predict the response of another to a similar disturbance (e.g., Oatley…”
Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation (2016, background): “…resources across broad oceanic regions making them good indicator species, (Caro & O’Doherty, 1999; Branton & Richardson, 2010) and information on their distributions can therefore provide surrogates for biodiversity hotspots in marine spatial planning (Zacharias & Roff, 2001; Aslan et al., 2015).”
Linking Keystone Species and Functional Groups: A New Operational Definition of the Keystone Species Concept (2003, background): “Some focal species may play multiple process roles in ecosystems (Zacharias and Roff 2001).”
Conserving pelagic habitats: seascape modelling of an oceanic top predator (2011, background): “Although selecting indicator species is controversial, seabirds have been identified as potentially good indicators (Zacharias & Roff 2001).”
Biological effects, conservation potential, and research priorities of shark diving tourism. (2015, background): “Charismatic animals tend to be the major attractions in the wildlife viewing sectors, and are commonly used as flagships for global conservation efforts (Zacharias and Roff, 2001).”
Usefulness of the Umbrella Species Concept as a Conservation Tool (2004, background): “Some authors have discussed this concept more thoroughly than others (e.g., Simberloff 1998; Caro & O’Doherty 1999; Zacharias & Roff 2001; Caro 2003), but their accounts—although rich in insight—do not cover all its variants or extensively examine the empirical evidence for its utility.”
A Review of Plastic-Associated Pressures: Cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Australian Shearwaters as Case Studies (2018, background): “Indicator species or “sentinels” have been used as a tool to communicate the health of ecosystems for decades (Zacharias and Roff, 2001), and when used correctly, they can synthesize large quantities of information on pollution, fish abundance, and other natural and anthropogenic changes (Cairns,…”
Marine top predators as climate and ecosystem sentinels (2019, background): “…now face the same problem that “indicator species” faced nearly two decades ago: the choice of a particular species is often based on the popularity of that species, or reflects single- species conservation goals rather than broad scientific rationale (Zacharias and Roff 2001; Sergio et al. 2008).”