The Status of Marine Megafauna Research in Macaronesia: A Systematic Review

• Published in: Frontiers in Marine Science
• Main Authors: McIvor, Ashlie J., Williams, Collin T., Alves, Filipe, Dinis, Ana, Pais, Miguel P., Canning-Clode, João
• Other Authors: Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, Environmental Science and Engineering Program, Red Sea Research Center (RSRC), MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Regional Agency for the Development of Research (ARDITI), Funchal, Portugal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Oceanic Observatory of Madeira (OOM), Funchal, Portugal, MARE – Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, United States
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2022
• Subjects: Atlantic; Conservation; Elasmobranch; Insular systems; Large fish; Marine mammal; Predators; Sea turtle; Prisma; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10754/676287; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.819581

Marine megafauna serve valuable ecological and economical roles globally, yet, many species have experienced precipitous population declines. The significance of marine megafauna is particularly evident in Macaronesia, a complex of oceanic archipelagos in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean. Macaronesian i...