Shifting baselines of coral‐reef species composition from the Late Pleistocene to the present in the Florida Keys by Lauren T. Toth, Anastasios Stathakopoulos, Scarlette Hsia, David Weinstein

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Shifting baseline syndrome in the fishing community of Barcelona: insights from scientific and local ecological knowledge by Edoardo Zelli, Océane Legatelois, Laura Calvet-Mir, Irene Iniesta-Arandia, Sara Miñarro

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Using photorealistic 3D visualization to convey ecosystem restoration to the public by Abigail J. Hillen-Schiller, Dulci Steijvers, Dulci Steijvers, Jacob C. de Kok, Quan-Xing Liu, Jim van Belzen, Jim van Belzen, Rafael Bidarra, Johan van de Koppel, Johan van de Koppel

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Oral history as a citizen science tool to understand biodiversity loss and environmental changes: on firefly extirpation in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico by Danna Betsabe Rivera Ramírez, Cisteil X. Pérez-Hernández, Yaayé Arellanes-Cancino, Luis Mendoza-Cuenca

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Native and introduced fish caught with gillnets in Limboto Lake, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia by Arfiani Rizki Paramata, Joeharnani Tresnati, Nadiarti Nurdin Kadir, Abigail Mary Moore

“…Time-series data are important for sustainable management, but often unavailable, leading to shifting baselines. Data on the catch volume and species composition of buili gillnet fishers in Limboto Lake were collected over 12 weeks from February to April 2011 at four sampling sites with a total of 32 gillnet fishing trips. …”
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European Native Oyster Reef Ecosystems Are Universally Collapsed by Philine S. E. zu Ermgassen, Hannah McCormick, Alison Debney, José M. Fariñas‐Franco, Celine Gamble, Chris Gillies, Boze Hancock, Ane T. Laugen, Stéphane Pouvreau, Joanne Preston, William G. Sanderson, Åsa Strand, Ruth H. Thurstan

“…Our assessment has important implications for conservation policy and action, highlighting that the habitat definitions on which conservation policies are currently based reflect a highly shifted baseline, and that the scale of current restoration efforts falls far short of what is necessary for ecosystem recovery.…”
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Decoding anthropogenic risk through historical baselines: a conservation prioritization framework for Chinese white dolphin in anthropogenic seascapes by Liming Yong, Liming Yong, Xixia Lu, Xixia Lu, Qianhui Zeng, Qianhui Zeng, Liyuan Zhao, Liyuan Zhao, Yuke Zhang, Yuke Zhang, Xianyan Wang, Xianyan Wang

“…Coastal cetaceans confront intensifying anthropogenic pressures, yet quantifying historical habitat loss remains methodologically challenging in data-scarce regions where shifting baseline syndrome obscures conservation targets. …”
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