C. Roland Pitcher

TL;DR: This biomass census and associated maps are vital components of mechanistic deep-sea food web models and global carbon cycling, and as such provide fundamental information that can be incorporated into evidence-based management.

TL;DR: Gradient forest obtains a monotonic function of each predictor that represents the compositional turnover along the gradient of the predictor, which allows for more accurate capturing of biodiversity patterns for the purposes of bioregionalization, delineation of protected areas, or designing of biodiversity surveys.

TL;DR: Gradient Forest as mentioned in this paper is an extension of Random Forest, capable of modelling nonlinear and threshold responses to interactions between environmental variables, which can be applied to support marine spatial planning and management and has similar applicability in terrestrial realms.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined whether benthic assemblages are more diverse in a region of high topographic and oceanographic complexity by comparing the diversity of invertebrates across continental margins with contrasting environments.

TL;DR: The results demonstrated that management actions have arrested and reversed previous unsustainable trends for all taxa assessed, and have led to a prawn trawl fishery with improved environmental sustainability.