Reply to: Caution over the use of ecological big data for conservation

Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal

Nuno Queiroz, Ana Couto, Marisa Vedor, Ivo da Costa, Gonzalo Mucientes & António M. Santos

Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Plymouth, UK

Nuno Queiroz, Nicolas E. Humphries, Lara L. Sousa, Samantha J. Simpson, Emily J. Southall & David W. Sims

Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

Marisa Vedor & António M. Santos

UWA Oceans Institute, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Ana M. M. Sequeira

School of Biological Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Ana M. M. Sequeira

Spanish Institute of Oceanography, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Francisco J. Abascal

Abercrombie and Fish, Port Jefferson Station, NY, USA

Debra L. Abercrombie

Marine Biology and Aquaculture Unit, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Katya Abrantes, Adam Barnett, Richard Fitzpatrick & Marcus Sheaves

Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

David Acuña-Marrero

Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco (UFRPE), Departamento de Pesca e Aquicultura, Recife, Brazil

André S. Afonso, Natalia P. A. Bezerra, Fábio H. V. Hazin, Fernanda O. Lana, Bruno C. L. Macena & Paulo Travassos

MARE, Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Peniche, Portugal

André S. Afonso

MARE, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Cascais, Portugal

Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes & Frederic Vandeperre

Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes, Bruno C. L. Macena & Frederic Vandeperre

Okeanos – Departamento de Oceanografia e Pescas, Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Portugal

Pedro Afonso, Jorge Fontes & Frederic Vandeperre

Department of Environmental Affairs, Oceans and Coasts Research, Cape Town, South Africa

Darrell Anders, Michael A. Meÿer, Sarika Singh & Laurenne B. Snyders

Large Marine Vertebrates Research Institute Philippines, Jagna, Philippines

Gonzalo Araujo

Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation, Colorado Springs, CO, USA

Randall Arauz

Programa Restauración de Tortugas Marinas PRETOMA, San José, Costa Rica

Randall Arauz

MigraMar, Olema, CA, USA

Randall Arauz, Sandra Bessudo Lion, Eduardo Espinoza, Alex R. Hearn, Mauricio Hoyos, James T. Ketchum, A. Peter Klimley, Cesar Peñaherrera-Palma, George Shillinger, German Soler & Patricia M. Zárate

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR MARBEC (IRD, Ifremer, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS), Sète, France

Pascal Bach, Antonin V. Blaison, Laurent Dagorn, John D. Filmalter, Fabien Forget, Francois Poisson, Marc Soria & Mariana T. Tolotti

Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, USA

Diego Bernal & Heather Marshall

Red Sea Research Center, Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Michael L. Berumen, Jesse E. M. Cochran & Carlos M. Duarte

Fundación Malpelo y Otros Ecosistemas Marinos, Bogota, Colombia

Sandra Bessudo Lion, Felipe Ladino, Lina Maria Quintero & German Soler

Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA

Barbara A. Block, Taylor K. Chapple, George Shillinger & Timothy D. White

Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, North Miami, FL, USA

Mark E. Bond, Demian D. Chapman & Yannis P. Papastamatiou

Instituto de Ciências do Mar, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

Ramon Bonfil

School of Fishery and Aquatic Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Camrin D. Braun

Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA

Camrin D. Braun & Simon R. Thorrold

Shark Research and Conservation Program, Cape Eleuthera Institute, Eleuthera, Bahamas

Edward J. Brooks, Annabelle Brooks & Sean Williams

University of Exeter, Exeter, UK

Annabelle Brooks

South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute, Stanley, Falkland Islands

Judith Brown

Department of Biological Sciences, The Guy Harvey Research Institute, Nova Southeastern University, Dania Beach, FL, USA

Michael E. Byrne, Mahmood Shivji, Jeremy J. Vaudo & Bradley M. Wetherbee

School of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA

Michael E. Byrne

Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

Steven E. Campana

School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware, Lewes, DE, USA

Aaron B. Carlisle

Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, New Bedford, MA, USA

John Chisholm & Gregory B. Skomal

Marine Research Facility, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Christopher R. Clarke & James S. E. Lea

PSL, Labex CORAIL, CRIOBE USR3278 EPHE-CNRS-UPVD, Papetoai, French Polynesia

Eric G. Clua

Agence de Recherche pour la Biodiversité à la Réunion (ARBRE), Réunion, Marseille, France

Estelle C. Crochelet

Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, UMR 228 ESPACE-DEV, Réunion, Marseille, France

Estelle C. Crochelet

Save Our Seas Foundation–D’Arros Research Centre (SOSF-DRC), Geneva, Switzerland

Ryan Daly & Clare A. Keating Daly

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Grahamstown, South Africa

Ryan Daly, John D. Filmalter, Enrico Gennari & Alison A. Kock

Department of Fisheries Evaluation, Fisheries Research Division, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Valparaíso, Chile

Daniel Devia Cortés

School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Thomas K. Doyle & Luke Harman

MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Thomas K. Doyle

College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Michael Drew, Matthew Heard & Charlie Huveneers

Department of Conservation, Auckland, New Zealand

Clinton A. J. Duffy

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Geological Sciences, UKZN, Durban, South Africa

Thor Erikson

Direccion Parque Nacional Galapagos, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador

Eduardo Espinoza

Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre (UWA), Crawley Western Australia, Crawley, Australia

Luciana C. Ferreira, Mark G. Meekan & Michele Thums

Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA

Francesco Ferretti

OCEARCH, Park City, Utah, USA

G. Chris Fischer

Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mark Fowler, Warren Joyce & Anna MacDonnell

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Malcolm P. Francis & Warrick S. Lyon

Beneath the Waves, Herndon, VA, USA

Austin J. Gallagher

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

Austin J. Gallagher, Neil Hammerschlag & Emily R. Nelson

Oceans Research Institute, Mossel Bay, South Africa

Enrico Gennari

Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa

Enrico Gennari & Alison Towner

SARDI Aquatic Sciences, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Simon D. Goldsworthy & Paul J. Rogers

Zoological Society of London, London, UK

Matthew J. Gollock & Fiona Llewellyn

Galapagos Whale Shark Project, Puerto Ayora, Galapagos, Ecuador

Jonathan R. Green

Griffith Centre for Coastal Management, Griffith University School of Engineering, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Johan A. Gustafson

Saving the Blue, Cooper City, FL, USA

Tristan L. Guttridge

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama

Hector M. Guzman

Leonard and Jayne Abess Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA

Neil Hammerschlag

Galapagos Science Center, San Cristobal, Galapagos, Ecuador

Alex R. Hearn

Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador

Alex R. Hearn

Blue Water Marine Research, Tutukaka, New Zealand

John C. Holdsworth

University of QueenslandBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

Bonnie J. Holmes

Microwave Telemetry, Columbia, MD, USA

Lucy A. Howey & Lance K. B. Jordan

Pelagios-Kakunja, La Paz, Mexico

Mauricio Hoyos & James T. Ketchum

Mote Marine Laboratory, Center for Shark Research, Sarasota, FL, USA

Robert E. Hueter, John J. Morris & John P. Tyminski

Biological Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Nigel E. Hussey

Cape Research and Diver Development, Simon’s Town, South Africa

Dylan T. Irion

Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, London, UK

David M. P. Jacoby

Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Ecosystems, Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Oliver J. D. Jewell

Dyer Island Conservation Trust, Western Cape, South Africa

Oliver J. D. Jewell & Alison Towner

Blue Wilderness Research Unit, Scottburgh, South Africa

Ryan Johnson

University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA

A. Peter Klimley

Cape Research Centre, South African National Parks, Steenberg, South Africa

Alison A. Kock

Shark Spotters, Fish Hoek, South Africa

Alison A. Kock

Institute for Communities and Wildlife in Africa, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

Alison A. Kock

Western Cape Department of Agriculture, Veterinary Services, Elsenburg, South Africa

Pieter Koen

Departamento de Biologia Marinha, Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), Niterói, Brazil

Fernanda O. Lana

Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

James S. E. Lea

Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, Chatham, MA, USA

Heather Marshall

Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Jaime D. McAllister, Jayson M. Semmens, German Soler & Kilian M. Stehfest

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Sede Manabi, Portoviejo, Ecuador

Cesar Peñaherrera-Palma

Marine Megafauna Foundation, Truckee, CA, USA

Simon J. Pierce & Christoph A. Rohner

Conservation and Fisheries Department, Ascension Island Government, Georgetown, Ascension Island, UK

Andrew J. Richardson

Marine Conservation Society Seychelles, Victoria, Seychelles

David R. L. Rowat

CORDIO, East Africa, Mombasa, Kenya

Melita Samoilys

Upwell, Monterey, CA, USA

George Shillinger

Department of Zoology and Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Malcolm J. Smale

National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Yuuki Y. Watanabe

SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Yuuki Y. Watanabe

Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK

Sam B. Weber

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA

Bradley M. Wetherbee

Department of Oceanography and Environment, Fisheries Research Division, Instituto de Fomento Pesquero (IFOP), Valparaíso, Chile

Patricia M. Zárate

Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Robert Harcourt

School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Graeme C. Hays

AZTI – BRTA, Pasaia, Spain

Xabier Irigoien

IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain

Xabier Irigoien

Instituto de Fisica Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Victor M. Eguiluz

Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Tubney, UK

Lara L. Sousa

Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

Samantha J. Simpson & David W. Sims

Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK

David W. Sims