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Comprehensive review of advances in life history of 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science Camins Martínez, Elsa; Stanton, Lily M.; Correia, Miguel J.; Vincent, Amanda C. J.
Abstract
Marine community science presents an important route to gather valuable scientific information, while also influencing local management and policy, and thus contributing to marine conservation efforts. Because seahorses are cryptic but charismatic species, they are good candidates for engaging diverse people to help overcome the many gaps in biological knowledge. We have synthesized information contributed to the community science project iSeahorse from October 2013 to April 2022 for 35 of 46 known seahorse species. We then compared the obtained results with information in existing IUCN Red List assessments, executed from 2014 to 2017, to explore the potential of iSeahorse in expanding seahorse knowledge. Our results show updated geographic ranges for seven seahorse species, new habitats described for 24 species, observations outside the previously recorded depth range for 14 species, as well as new information on sex ratio for 15 species and on pregnancy seasonality for 11 species. As one example of the power of iSeahorse, contributed observations on Coleman’s Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus colemani) indicated that its geographic range is thousands of km2 larger, its habitat more diverse, and its depth range 0.12 times shallower than previously known. It is clear that iSeahorse is greatly expanding knowledge on seahorses, to a level that will help improve IUCN Red List assessments. The power of community science for marine conservation in general needs to be fully explored.
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Comprehensive review of advances in life history of 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science
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Fisheries Centre research reports. Volume 31, number 1
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2023
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| Description |
Marine community science presents an important route to gather valuable scientific information, while also
influencing local management and policy, and thus contributing to marine conservation efforts. Because
seahorses are cryptic but charismatic species, they are good candidates for engaging diverse people to help
overcome the many gaps in biological knowledge. We have synthesized information contributed to the
community science project iSeahorse from October 2013 to April 2022 for 35 of 46 known seahorse species. We
then compared the obtained results with information in existing IUCN Red List assessments, executed from 2014
to 2017, to explore the potential of iSeahorse in expanding seahorse knowledge. Our results show updated
geographic ranges for seven seahorse species, new habitats described for 24 species, observations outside the
previously recorded depth range for 14 species, as well as new information on sex ratio for 15 species and on
pregnancy seasonality for 11 species. As one example of the power of iSeahorse, contributed observations on
Coleman’s Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus colemani) indicated that its geographic range is thousands of km2
larger, its habitat more diverse, and its depth range 0.12 times shallower than previously known. It is clear that
iSeahorse is greatly expanding knowledge on seahorses, to a level that will help improve IUCN Red List
assessments. The power of community science for marine conservation in general needs to be fully explored.
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eng
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2023-06-12
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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10.14288/1.0433132
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Camins, E., Stanton, L.M., Correia, M.J., Vincent, A.C.J. 2023. Comprehensive review of advances in life history knowledge for 35 seahorse species, drawn from community science. Fisheries Centre Research Report 31(1). 107pp.
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Unreviewed
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Faculty; Researcher; Graduate
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