SEA-UNICORN WG1 - Dec 2020 by Anna Sturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp This padlet contains people's thoughts from the kick off meeting on Dec 9th 2020 about initial activities and deliverables. Let us hear your ideas & opinions here and/or via email. en-us 2020-12-09 09:47:35 UTC 2025-02-24 23:21:08 UTC hello@padlet.com setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/999608864 Phillippe Borsa: Here is a suggestion: Regarding litterature reviews on marine functional connectivity, I suggest to launch individual & preliminary literature reviews on marine functional connectivity, where everyone interested in the WG1 will be free to choose their approach, database, keywords and so on (that would be step 1). Then someone (e.g. you) would collect the responses after some deadline and compile and summarize these (that would be step 2). Then (step 3), we would organize a new meeting to share the preliminary results and based on these, do some brainstorming about the questions we want to ask, define the database we want to explore, define the search equation (i.e. fields + keywords + booleans), and decide on how the tasks will be distributed for the real literature review(s) that we will have decided. 
Let me know what you think about this way to proceed. You may have already envisaged all this and thought farther, or you may have other ideas. No problem, just tell me.
Philippe
]]> 2020-12-08 19:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/999608864 ACTIVITY 1: Workshop focused on UNIFYING MFC TERMINOLOGY annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540804



























































]]> 2020-12-09 09:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540804 ACTIVITY 3: Workshop on data compilation for SEA-UNICORN MFC database annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540807






























































]]> 2020-12-09 09:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540807 ACTIVITY 2: Training school in SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS AND META-ANALYSES (~Apr 2021) annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540808




















































































































]]> 2020-12-09 09:47:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001540808 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001702398 Rita V: Level of review of MFC data?
do we want to know what/where/how of each study, or do we want to extract measures/results of what was studied?
Tamar:
Depending on the question.
Quantitative vs qualitative reviews]]> 2020-12-09 11:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001702398 Guiomar - GAPS IN RESEARCH annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001704216 1 metabarcoding/ plankton samples --> sequence --> list of spp & quantity of species. Quite advanced in bacteria but not in other spp

2 Parental genetics - not so much in marine systems

3 Telemetry - animal behaviour - complicated in sea]]> 2020-12-09 11:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001704216 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001704243 Ewan Hunter: Interesting deep-sea research perspective paper:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01352-5

We could take advantage of the literature review that will allow us to identify the gaps in MFC and write a high impact perspective paper on why MFC is relevant and outline future (next decade) avenues to advance MFC research]]> 2020-12-09 11:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001704243 Starting point angelpr https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001709041 we should define concrete terms and  the questions to facilitate search and select the papers

]]> 2020-12-09 11:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001709041 STEFANO - FOOD FOR THOUGHT annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001710046 Lots of reviews already there - we need to something better!
Step back - soul search about what is really needed?

]]> 2020-12-09 11:11:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001710046 Buki annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001715544 Different types of connectivity can 'oppose' each other. Diff methods contradict each other. Need to make sure we address this. And also to also keep in close alignment with WG3]]> 2020-12-09 11:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001715544 annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001717830 2020-12-09 11:16:27 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001717830 Christophe Lett annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001718084 Identify studies integrating MFC methods. Check out the African Connecivity Studies - this review had studies missing from Bryan-Brown's paper... Focused on barriers and pathways. Expert knowledge]]> 2020-12-09 11:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001718084 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001721637 Gerrit Nanninga: Our definition of MFC could be based on recent literature]]> 2020-12-09 11:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001721637 HOW DO WE ORDER OUR THOUGHTS/LEARNING WITHIN THE ACTION? annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001725236 DEFINE THE GOALS + NEED --> KNOWLEDGE GAPS --> REVIEWS/GLOSSARY --> INTEGRATION]]> 2020-12-09 11:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001725236 Bronwyn annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001727232 Careful to avoid bias bc of who is involved
Sample preservation
Can be issues with loss of data from the original study. Think about DOI for data repository as a field (not just paper DOI?)]]> 2020-12-09 11:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001727232 Important thanosd https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001734535 2020-12-09 11:25:41 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001734535 Francisco: We have a unique opportunity to combine methods!!!! annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001741818 NEED TO KEEP THINKING AT ECOSYSTEM LEVEL & ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING!]]> 2020-12-09 11:29:40 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001741818 to include in the data base: level of organization used (individuals (for example when use tracking) population (for example when consider genetics or biophysical models for one species), or community structure (for example when using distances in species composition or diversity) angelpr https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001748837 2020-12-09 11:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001748837 List of seminal papers on MFC - "must read" literature thanosd https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001749577 2020-12-09 11:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001749577 Could be useful rafetcagriozturk https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001752492 The Challenges Associated With Connectivity in Ecosystem Processes
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00364
]]> 2020-12-09 11:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001752492 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001754069 Fred Viard: Caution with taxonomy used, include link to database eg WORMS, Fishbase

Add origin status  (invasive/native)]]> 2020-12-09 11:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001754069 to include in the data base: if there is information of the traits of the considered species angelpr https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001755027 2020-12-09 11:37:20 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001755027 comment by Tamar: connectivity "metric" being used, what is used as measure of connectivity ritapinavasconcelos https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001755970 2020-12-09 11:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001755970 audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001761368 As stated in the MoU, areas that are not (or rarely) covered  yet in reviews on connectivity = drivers of MFC + inter-specific MFC]]> 2020-12-09 11:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001761368 Careful that the level of detail/depth in the review needs to suit the amount of work that the group can put into it ritapinavasconcelos https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001761852 2020-12-09 11:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001761852 Bio-ecological parameters https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001763596 which and haw many parameters should be included, supporting genetic connectivity ]]> 2020-12-09 11:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001763596 HOW DO WE ORDER OUR THOUGHTS/LEARNING WITHIN THE ACTION? annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001918631 I think we start with a workshop focused on (1) Defining MFC and terminology --> (2) Get a broader understanding of each other's disciplines and how they are used in MFC assessments and their general nuances/limitations..

THEN I think we identify the critical needs and knowledge gaps (in terms of science but more importantly in terms of application/management/conservation) --> use our collective knowledge to identify ways that we can integrate methods or develop new approaches to try and more effectively address these big issues (obviously learning from studies that have already done this effectively). 

But I still feel like we need to have the initial step be to get on a level playing field and better understand what each other does.]]> 2020-12-09 13:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001918631 audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001953399 Regarding the titles (questions to tackle) for Review papers: 
  • we have the main (big) questions (see MoU) so now we need to break them into smaller (more specific) sub-questions that to be addressed. These can be more specific in terms of thematic, taxonomic group, geographical area...  
  • Nb : this exercise could also be used to prepare the MOOC on MFC and identify which areas we're going to cover in it
]]> 2020-12-09 13:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001953399 FULL ZOOM CHAT FROM BREAKOUT ROOM 1 annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001953868 2020-12-09 13:13:54 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001953868 First step before involving other WGs audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001990241 We need to agree among us (= MFC scientists) on what MFC information we can gather, with what level of detail (partial? lifetime?), about who (individual? pop? community?) or what (mico-habitats? Ecosystems? Regions?) and where (ocean or eco-region or continent or oceanic domain).]]> 2020-12-09 13:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1001990241 What is MFC? audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002343477 Over the last decades, advances in Theoretical Ecology have resulted in the broad notion of ‘connectivity’ being divided into two intertwined components: the ‘structural connectivity’, a notion purely related to the physical characteristics of the landscape without any consideration of the attributes of the organisms that inhabit it, and the ‘functional connectivity’, defined as the response of organisms to the various elements of the landscape and encompassing the distribution, importance and direction of their migratory flows among habitat patches (Tischendorf & Fahrig 2000, Auffret et al 2015). So, while human activity is usually the cause of changes in structural connectivity, it is functional connectivity that determines the demographic, ecological and evolutionary interdependency of populations and communities, thereby modulating the ecological effects of habitat loss or fragmentation, and ultimately sealing the fate of species and ecosystems (Lowe & Allendorf 2010, Auffret et al 2015). 

]]> 2020-12-09 14:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002343477 To save time ? audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002435784 Maybe we could ask the participants from each big research discipline (e.g. Genetics, Natural tags, Artificial tags, modelers) to discuss first among themselves (during the meeting or before) what is their whole toolbox for measuring or predicting MFC (= what kind of MFC data /knowledge each specific tool/method can provide - and at what spatial/temporal scale) so one of them could then expose this to the other disciplines to order identifying which tools go together in all disciplines.]]> 2020-12-09 15:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002435784 To read... audreydarnaude https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002530918 List of some relevant articles used for writing the proposal (not exhaustive, more will come):
Challenge
1.Appeltans W et al. The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22, 2189–2202 (2012). 
2.Brierley AS & Kingsford MJ. Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Organisms and Ecosystems. Curr. Biol. 19, R602–R614 (2009). 
3.Costello MJ et al. Biodiversity: The Known, Unknown, and Rates of Extinction. Curr. Biol. 25 (9), R368-R371 (2015). 
4.Halpern BS et al. Evaluating and ranking the vulnerability of global marine ecosystems to anthropogenic threats. Conserv. Biol. 21, 1301–1315 (2007). 
5.Lotze HK et al. Depletion, Degradation, and Recovery Potential of Estuaries and Coastal Seas. Science 5781, 1806–1810 (2006). 
6.McCauley DJ et al. Marine defaunation: Animal loss in the global ocean. Science 347, (2015). 
7.Riginos C et al. Effects of geography and life history traits on genetic differentiation in benthic marine fishes. Ecography (Cop.). 34, 566–575 (2011). 
8.Worm B et al. Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services. Science 314, 787–790 (2006).

State of the art
1.Archambault B et al. Adult-mediated connectivity affects inferences on population dynamics and stock assessment of nursery-dependent fish populations. Fish. Res. 181, 198–213 (2016). 
2.Bryan-Brown DN et al. Patterns and trends in marine population connectivity research. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 585, 243–256 (2017). 
3.Grip K. International marine environmental governance: A review. Ambio 46, 413–427 (2017). 
4.Massol F et al. How life-history traits affect ecosystem properties: effects of dispersal in metaecosystems. Oikos 126, 532–546 (2017). 
5.Säwström C et al. Coastal connectivity and spatial subsidy from a microbial perspective. Ecol. Evol. 6, 6662–6671 (2016). 
6.Selkoe KA et al. A decade of seascape genetics: Contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 554, 1–19 (2016).

Innovation
1.Beger M et al. Conservation planning for connectivity across marine, freshwater, and terrestrial realms. Biol. Conserv. 143, 565–575 (2010). 
2.Gaggiotti OE et al. Diversity from genes to ecosystems: A unifying framework to study variation across biological metrics and scales. Evol. Appl. 1–18 (2018). 
3.Gounand I et al. Meta-Ecosystems 2.0: Rooting the Theory into the Field. Trends Ecol. Evol. 33, 36–46 (2018). 
4.Makino A et al. Integrated planning for land-sea ecosystem connectivity to protect coral reefs. Biol. Conserv. 165, 35–42 (2013). 
5.Matthews B et al. Toward an integration of evolutionary biology and ecosystem science. Ecol. Lett. 14, 690–701 (2011). 
6.Pilosof S et al. The multilayer nature of ecological networks. Nature Ecology & Evolution volume 1, Article number: 0101 (2017). 
7.Thompson RM et al. Food webs: Reconciling the structure and function of biodiversity. Trends Ecol. Evol. 27, 689–697 (2012). 
8.Young OR et al. The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research. Global Environmental Change 16, 304–316 (2006). 
9.Welt N et al. Bridging food webs, ecosystem metabolism, and biogeochemistry using ecological stoichiometry theory. Front. Microbiol 8, 1–14 (2017).]]> 2020-12-09 15:23:40 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002530918 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002980357 2020-12-09 16:52:28 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002980357 Someone removed a post-it mentioning Fst when I was adding a comment. Lost the comment. I was writing, in substance, that it should be kept in mind that Fst may not be an appropriate metric to apply to "connectivity" issues. First, Fst was designed as a standard way of estimating allele frequency differences between populations and nothing else. Second, to derive gene flow estimates from Fst estimates requires a lot of hypotheses on population structure, mutation rates, generation time, reproductive structure etc. Third these gene flow estimates may not represent connectivity in the sense usually understood by this assembly. Fourth, still, Fst estimates represent highly valuable information. Philippe philippeborsa1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002999768 2020-12-09 16:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1002999768 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1003071728 FR- Katell Guizien : I agree with start by an inventory of already published review paper linked to MARINE connectivity and analyzed what could be the added value of a new review paper made by the UNICORN group 

]]> 2020-12-09 17:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1003071728 Clarifying methods c_riginos https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1004551026 Important to clarify how different methods are suitable for different spatial & temporal scales, magnitudes & types of connectivity, relevance for life stage and connectivity process (e.g. estimates dispersal, estimates dispersal plus recruitment into population, etc). Clarifying variance and uncertainty would be important too! The major impediment in synthesising across methods is these mismatches of scale and scope of inference.]]> 2020-12-10 00:40:44 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1004551026 FULL ZOOM CHAT FROM BREAKOUT ROOM 2 setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1006324260 11:05:08 From  PT - Susanne Tanner : https://padlet.com/setanner1/mnca3pfxkadqk6me
11:11:07 From  CHAIR - Audrey Darnaude : Ewan: identifying why MFC is relevant for deep sea oceans
11:14:10 From  UK Ewan Hunter : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-020-01352-5
11:19:10 From  FR - Philippe Borsa : Audrey, how can we access the MoU you just mentioned? 
11:20:41 From  Szymon Smolinski : MoU is available on the COST website: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19107/#tabs|Name:overview (please scroll down to action documents)
11:27:39 From  FR - Philippe Borsa : Thanks Szymon
11:29:07 From  FR- Katell Guizien : are we talking about traits altering the system functionning or traits shaping connectivity?
11:29:22 From  UK Ewan Hunter : Sorry, need to drop out for a call but will try and dial back in for the wrap up]]> 2020-12-10 14:45:49 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1006324260 IMPORTANT INFORMATION annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009719555 WG1 co-leader contact details: Anna Sturrock (anna.sturrock@essex.ac.uk) & Susanne Tanner (setanner@fc.ul.pt). Always email both of us and include 'SEA-UNICORN' in the subject line.
WG1 SHARED DRIVE (this google drive will contain ALL WG1 materials for the entire Action - e.g. meeting presentations, working database, literature folder): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17lAATRoA5wbCNanjZnYzpbyKlgAbh9ki?usp=sharing
Please add must-read MFC papers to the literature folder, and add ideas/comments about upcoming activities/deliverables to padlet below.
General info about COST: https://www.cost.eu/who-we-are/about-cost/
SEA-UNICORN MOU and other info here: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA19107/#tabs|Name:overview
Slides from last week’s Action launch meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/3/folders/1AWdUPsZ9JElBzLuDlVYz4_7Utk9NSPWr]]> 2020-12-11 14:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009719555 Zoom chat WG1 Kick off meeting setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009728151 Click here for collated responses from chat as well as the complete chat file (.txt) if you are interested]]> 2020-12-11 14:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009728151 Tentative course overview setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009785628 2020-12-11 14:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009785628 If you wanted to remember what we discussed about WG1 during the main Action kick-off meeting (4/12/2020), see image here setanner1 https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009836315 2020-12-11 14:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1009836315 SUGGESTION FOR DELIVERABLE 1 annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1010778749 2020-12-11 18:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1010778749 MANUEL HIDALGO/LUCIA LOPEZ (WG2) SUGGESTION FOR SUMMARY PAPER annasturrock https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1010779628 As there is a lot of confusion about the terms (e.g. structural versus functional connectivity), why not ask the wider scientific community (outside the SEA-UNICORN network) to understand what the terms mean to them and if the meaning change depending on the field of expertise? We could design a poll about the terminology and circulate it as widely as possible, we think the results could be very helpful to identify communication gaps (which are a big trouble for WG2 and WG3) and also to support the data synthesis.]]> 2020-12-11 18:06:49 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1010779628 Restoration CintiaOQ https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1019770035 Marine connectivity and functional connectivity are going to be key concepts and tools to assess success of simultaneous restoration interventions - so there is a growing interest from the applied sciences. ]]> 2020-12-15 13:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/annasturrock/wm2iit3e3y0f40sp/wish/1019770035