Recalibrating the significance of the decline effect in fish ocean acidification research
PLoS Biology,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
21(5), С. e3002113 - e3002113
Опубликована: Май 9, 2023
The
recently
described
decline
effect
in
ocean
acidification
impacts
on
fish
behaviour
should
not
be
equated
with
negligible
effects.
Here,
existing
mechanistic
data
are
used
to
argue
for
continued
research
and
cautions
against
"throwing
the
baby
out
bathwater."
Язык: Английский
Visualization toolkits for enriching meta-analyses through evidence maps, bibliometrics, and alternative impact metrics
Research Synthesis Methods,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 15
Опубликована: Март 19, 2025
Abstract
Data
visualization
is
crucial
for
effectively
communicating
knowledge
in
meta-analysis.
However,
existing
methods
meta-analysis
have
predominantly
focused
on
quantitative
aspects,
such
as
forest
plots
and
funnel
plots,
thereby
neglecting
qualitative
information
that
equally
important
end-users
science,
policy,
practice.
We
introduce
a
framework
consisting
of
series
toolkits
designed
to
enrich
meta-analyses
by
borrowing
approaches
from
other
research
synthesis
methods,
including
systematic
evidence
mapping
(scoping
reviews),
bibliometrics
(bibliometric
analysis),
alternative
impact
metric
analysis.
These
“enrichment”
aim
facilitate
the
both
evidence,
along
with
assessment
academic
nonacademic
influences
meta-analytic
base.
While
yields
insights,
enrichment
analyses,
visualizations
provide
user-friendly
summaries
For
example,
map
can
visualize
study
characteristics,
unraveling
gaps
methodological
differences.
Bibliometric
analysis
offers
visual
nonindependent
hyper-dominant
authors
countries,
funding
sources,
potentially
informing
risk
bias.
Alternative
employs
metrics
gauge
societal
influence
translation
(e.g.,
policy
patent
citations)
studies
dedicated
webpage
showcasing
sample
providing
step-by-step
implementation
open-source
software
R
(
https://yefeng0920.github.io/MA_Map_Bib/
).
Additionally,
we
offer
guide
leveraging
three
commercially
free
large
language
models
(LLMs)
help
adapt
script,
enabling
users
less
coding
experience
their
own
Язык: Английский
Ocean acidification
Oxford University Press eBooks,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 72 - 96
Опубликована: Дек. 26, 2024
Abstract
Ocean
acidification
describes
the
decline
in
pH
of
marine
environments
as
they
continue
to
absorb
anthropogenically-derived
carbon
dioxide
(CO2).
Research
over
past
~15
years
has
reported
that
levels
ocean
forecasted
for
end
century
(CO2
~800–1000
µatm;
~7.6–7.7)
can
severely
impair
behaviours
animals,
including
fishes
and
invertebrates.
Impaired
most
concern
are
those
linked
with
neural
sensory
systems,
such
capacity
respond
appropriately
predators.
However,
after
an
initial
proliferation
studies
reporting
dire
behavioural
disturbances,
finding
negligible
effects
end-of-century
began
accumulate.
We
have
now
reached
a
point
where
there
is
little
consensus
on
whether,
how
much,
will
impact
animal
behaviour.
Here,
we
outline
existing
knowledge
regarding
behaviour,
discuss
chronology
discoveries
controversies
field,
provide
guidance
improving
rigour
transparency
ecology
more
broadly.
Язык: Английский