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A.E. Johnson et al. 2013. Trends, current understanding and future research priorities for artisanal coral reef fisheries research. F I SH and F I SHERI E S , 2013, 14, 281–292

Carlos Ruiz Sebastián and Timothy R. McClanahan. 2013. Description and validation of production processes in the coral reefecosystem model CAFFEE (Coral–Algae–Fish-Fisheries EcosystemEnergetics) with a fisheries closure and climatic disturbance. Ecological Modelling 263 (2013) 326– 348

Carlos Ruiz Sebastián and Tim R. McClanahan. 2013. Using an Ecosystem Model to Evaluate Fisheries Management Options to Mitigate Coral Bleaching on Western Indian Ocean Coral Reefs. Western Indian Ocean J. Mar. Sci. Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 77-86, 2012 © 2013 WIOMSA

Justin Gerlach. 2011. Conservation of the Seychelles sheath-tailed bat Coleura seychellensis from 1997-2011 and future prospects. Phelsuma 19 (2011); 54--68

Hammers et al. 2013. The impact of reproductive investment and early-life environmental conditions on senescence: support for the disposable soma hypothesis. J . EVOL. BIOL. 26 ( 2013) 1999–2007

Hoffmann et al. Targeted Research to Improve Invasive Species Management: Yellow Crazy Ant Anoplolepis gracilipes in Samoa. 2014 . PLoS ONE 9(4): e95301. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095301

Bayraktarov et al. 2016. The cost and feasibility of marine coastal restoration

Wright et al. 2014. The impact of translocations on neutral and functional genetic diversity within and among populations of the Seychelles warbler. Molecular Ecology Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Ecosystem accounting experiments are currently being undertaken in Europe (projects carried out by the European Environment Agency and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission in 28 countries), Australia, and Canada, and are being tested in various projects in several other places.

Report on the Seychelles warbler translocation to Fregate published in Conservation Evidence. This is the fourth translocation of this species, fulfilling the species action plan requirement of five populations of this endemic island passerine.

Introduced common mynas Acridotheres tristis have been implicated as a threat to native biodiversity on the oceanic islands of St Helena and Ascension (UK). A rice-based bait treated with Starlicide® wasbroadcast for consumption by flocks of common mynas at the government rubbish tips on the two islands during investigation of potential myna management techniques.

Report on the fieldwork undertaken on Cousin island between June and October 2014 on the study of the Seychelles Warbler. As part of the Seychelles Warbler Research Group, a partnership between researchers at the Universities of East Anglia and Sheffield in the UK and the University of Groningen in the Netherlands, run in collaboration with Nature Seychelles. 

Paper published in the Herpetological Review, resulting from disease screening of Seychelles amphibians by Labisko et al.

Jorgensen et al 2015
 1.85 MB
 07-20-2015

A Nature Seychelles’ study focusing on the link between coral reefs and fish populations at several sites around Cousin Island Special Reserve - published in the scientific journal Ocean & Coastal Management. 

Effective conservation of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the western Indian Ocean is hindered by a lack of basic ecological information about its diet and habitat requirements. This study utilised stomach samples from dead turtles and oesophageal lavage, together with in-water observations of foraging turtles, to identify the relative importance of species contributing to the diet of hawksbill turtles at five localities in the Republic of Seychelles

This study assesses the biogeographic classification of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) on the basis of the species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one locations were sampled between 2002 and 2011

This study assesses the biogeographic classification of the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) on the basis of the species diversity and distribution of reef-building corals. Twenty one locations were sampled between 2002 and 2011.

altFollowing the removal of an introduced species, island restoration can follow two general approaches: passive, where no further intervention occurs and the island is assumed to recover naturally, and; active, where recovery of key taxa (e.g. seabirds) is enhanced by manipulating movement and demography. ...We summarize the advantages of incorporating these analyses of past restoration results as an initial step in the decision-making process. We illustrate this process using lessons learned from the restoration of seabird-driven island ecosystems after introduced vertebrate eradication in New Zealand.

(Rachel T. Buxton1, Christopher J. Jones, Philip O’Brien Lyver, David R. Towns4 and Stephanie B. Borrelle)

 

State indicators, e.g., mean size and trophic level of the fish assemblage, can provide importantinsights into the effects of fishing on ecosystems and the resource potential of the fishery. On coral reefs, few studies have examined the relative effects of fishing and other drivers, such as habitat, on these indicators.In light of habitat heterogeneity and increasing habitat degradation, this lack of understanding limits the usefulness of indicators for monitoring the effect of fishery management actions. Identifying thresholds or nonlinearities in relationships between fishing pressure and state indicators has been suggested as a basis for biomass-based targets to support management efforts in low research capacity contexts.

Understanding why individuals delay dispersal and become subordinates within a group is central to studying the evolution of sociality. Hypotheses predict that dispersal decisions are influenced by costs of extra-territorial prospecting that are often required to find a breeding vacancy. Little is known about such costs, partly because it is complicated to demonstrate themempirically.

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