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Are we working towards global research priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles?
Endangered Species Research2016
266 citations
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Jeffrey C. Mangel,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Andrea D. Phillott,
AF Rees,
Eugênia Naro‐Maciel,
AF Rees,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Luís Cardona,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Luís Cardona,
Mark Hamann,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Jérôme Bourjea,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Mark Hamann,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Annette C. Broderick,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Brendan J. Godley,
Brendan J. Godley,
Annette C. Broderick,
Brendan J. Godley,
Mark Hamann,
Brendan J. Godley,
PCR Barata,
Brendan J. Godley,
Jesús Tomás,
Annette C. Broderick,
PCR Barata,
Annette C. Broderick,
Brendan J. Godley,
Kartik Shanker,
Kartik Shanker,
Mark Hamann,
Karen A. Bjorndal,
Jesús Tomás,
Jesús Tomás,
Brendan J. Godley,
Brendan J. Godley,
Mark Hamann,
Brendan J. Godley,
Brendan J. Godley,
Kartik Shanker,
Sandra Hochscheid,
Brendan J. Godley,
Annette C. Broderick,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Alan B. Bolten,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Jesús Tomás,
Brendan J. Godley,
Mark Hamann,
Luís Cardona,
Mark Hamann,
Brendan J. Godley,
Jérôme Bourjea,
BP Wallace,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Jesús Tomás,
Brendan J. Godley,
Brendan J. Godley,
Brendan J. Godley,
BP Wallace,
Brendan J. Godley,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Brendan J. Godley,
Luís Cardona,
Mark Hamann,
Luís Cardona,
Annette C. Broderick,
Lisa M. Campbell,
Mark Hamann,
Luís Cardona,
Brendan J. Godley,
Mark Hamann,
Mark Hamann,
Carlos Carreras,
Yakup Kaska,
Brendan J. Godley,
Alan B. Bolten,
Jeanne A. Mortimer
Paolo Casale,
Karen A. Bjorndal,
Jason P. van de Merwe,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Jeffrey C. Mangel,
SA Ceriani,
Ohiana Revuelta,
SA Ceriani,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Brendan J. Godley,
PH Dutton,
Brendan J. Godley,
PH Dutton,
Brendan J. Godley,
Jeffrey C. Mangel,
Joanna Alfaro‐Shigueto,
Tomoharu Eguchi,
Tomoharu Eguchi,
Ángela Formia,
Ángela Formia,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
AF Rees,
WJ Fuller,
WJ Nichols,
WJ Fuller,
Marc Girondot,
Jeffrey C. Mangel,
MH Godfrey,
MH Godfrey,
Mark Hamann,
KM Hart,
KM Hart,
Brendan J. Godley,
Graeme C. Hays,
Jeffrey C. Mangel,
Sandra Hochscheid,
Brendan J. Godley,
Yakup Kaska,
Michael P. Jensen,
Jeffrey C. Mangel,
Mark Hamann,
Jeanne A. Mortimer
Eugênia Naro‐Maciel,
CKY Ng,
CKY Ng,
Luís Cardona,
Brendan J. Godley,
WJ Nichols,
WJ Nichols,
Andrea D. Phillott,
Richard D. Reina,
Ohiana Revuelta,
Gail Schofield,
JA Seminoff,
JA Seminoff,
Kartik Shanker,
Brendan J. Godley,
Jesús Tomás,
Jason P. van de Merwe,
Brendan J. Godley,
Kyle S. Van Houtan,
Hannah B. Vander Zanden,
BP Wallace,
BP Wallace,
KR Wedemeyer-Strombel,
KR Wedemeyer-Strombel,
Thierry M. Work,
Brendan J. Godley,
Ángela Formia,
Ángela Formia,
Mariana M. P. B. Fuentes,
Sandra Hochscheid,
Yakup Kaska,
Jeanne A. Mortimer
Summary
A systematic review of 605 sea turtle research articles from 2014-2015 found that 59% substantively addressed the 20 key conservation questions identified in 2010, though progress was uneven across topics with biases in focal species and geographic scope. The authors recommend new prioritization exercises with greater engagement from social sciences and a wider pool of contributors.
In 2010, an international group of 35 sea turtle researchers refined an initial list of more than 200 research questions into 20 metaquestions that were considered key for management and conservation of sea turtles. These were classified under 5 categories: reproductive biology, biogeography, population ecology, threats and conservation strategies. To obtain a picture of how research is being focused towards these key questions, we undertook a systematic review of the peer-reviewed literature (2014 and 2015) attributing papers to the original 20 questions. In total, we reviewed 605 articles in full and from these 355 (59%) were judged to substantively address the 20 key questions, with others focusing on basic science and monitoring. Progress to answering the 20 questions was not uniform, and there were biases regarding focal turtle species, geographic scope and publication outlet. Whilst it offers some meaningful indications as to effort, quantifying peer-reviewed literature output is ob viously not the only, and possibly not the best, metric for understanding progress towards informing key conservation and management goals. Along with the literature review, an international group based on the original project consortium was assigned to critically summarise recent progress towards answering each of the 20 questions. We found that significant research is being expended towards global priorities for management and conservation of sea turtles. Although highly variable, there has been significant progress in all the key questions identified in 2010. Undertaking this critical review has highlighted that it may be timely to undertake one or more new prioritizing exercises. For this to have maximal benefit we make a range of recommendations for its execution. These include a far greater engagement with social sciences, widening the pool of contributors and focussing the questions, perhaps disaggregating ecology and conservation.