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Dr Alexandra Collins

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Lecturer in Environmental Sustainability
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5538alexandra.collins

 
 
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Location

 

109Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Bennett:2018:10.1002/lob.10283,
author = {Bennett, MG and Lee, SS and Schofield, KA and Ridley, C and Norton, SB and Webb, A and Nichols, SJ and Ogden, R and Collins, AM},
doi = {10.1002/lob.10283},
journal = {Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin},
pages = {103--109},
title = {Using systematic review and evidence banking to increase uptake and use of aquatic science in decision-making},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10283},
volume = {27},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - To support sound decisionmaking in environmental management, we need rigorous, defensible, and transparent synthesis of scientific evidence. The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography and associated aquatic science societies are leaders in applying science to decisionmaking, and yet many environmental decisions are still at risk of having to be made without a comprehensive, wellsynthesized evidence base to support them. In this article, we discuss two synergistic approaches that can help science inform decisionmaking: systematic review and evidence banking. Our aim is to promote the use of these approaches, and to enlist support and action from you, the aquatic science community. We propose that you can improve the use and uptake of science in decisionmaking by making your research more compatible with synthesis efforts by: considering risk of bias when designing your study and reporting results; reporting all relevant contextual information; analyzing your data using standard effect size approaches; and publishing your raw data. Awareness of how primary research feeds into informing policies can help you broaden the impact of your research, making it more directly relevant to decisionmaking and more likely to contribute to the protection of aquatic ecosystems.
AU  - Bennett,MG
AU  - Lee,SS
AU  - Schofield,KA
AU  - Ridley,C
AU  - Norton,SB
AU  - Webb,A
AU  - Nichols,SJ
AU  - Ogden,R
AU  - Collins,AM
DO  - 10.1002/lob.10283
EP  - 109
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1539-607X
SP  - 103
TI  - Using systematic review and evidence banking to increase uptake and use of aquatic science in decision-making
T2  - Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lob.10283
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/64825
VL  - 27
ER  -
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