Environmental and Life Sciences: MARI1000 Factsheet Assessment

This guide has 8 mini-sections to get you started with your Factsheet assignment.

Before you start, it is strongly recommended that you:

• read the Assessment Instructions in your Canvas course site
• read the Marking Rubric for the assignment in your Canvas course site
• select your Topic and list each of the questions you need to answer 
• know the kind of information you are asked to use for this assignment

Before you start looking for information for your assignment, it is important to analyse your topic and questions. Think about:

• What the question means and how you should go about answering it.
• How much information do you need?
• What kind of information have you been asked to use?
• Are there any limiters such as time or geographic locations?

Identifying key concepts or keywords in your assignment will help you locate relevant information more effectively. Also think about similar concepts and alternative terms eg 4WD or 4-wheel driving, aboriginal or indigenous. 

These key concepts and keywords will form the basis of your search strategy. 

Watch the video below on topic analysis. What are your key concepts and keywords?

Once you have identified the keywords included in your assignment question, you can think about how to use these keywords to conduct your search.

Using appropriate search techniques such as Boolean, phrase searching, and truncation can make your search more effective.

Watch the video below and try the Library Search for books and articles 

Library Search

Library journal databases are collections of journal articles. You can find the best databases for your topic on the Marine Science subject guide.  

Not sure how to use them? Watch the following videos and try your search in EBSCO Environment Complete and ScienceDirect Journals

Government publications such as legal material, government policies, reports, and statistics may only be available on the internet. The simplest way to find such material is by Google advanced search.

Watch the following video on Google advanced search and try a search on “marine protected areas” or your own topic. Do you know how and why to limit the results by .gov.au, and .pdf?

Your Teaching Liaison Librarian is providing Q & A sessions to respond to any questions via the Canvas Discussion Forum during the week before the assignment due date.  

Snowball search is using a key document on your topic as a starting point to find more other relevant publications by tracking down the citations.

• Looking at the bibliography on the document to find more titles published on the same topic 
• Using databases or Google scholar to find other article citing this document. 

Watch the video below and try a snowball search in Google Scholar using the doi 10.1007/s00267-016-0696-0 

• Locating sources appropriate for university assignments takes time and critical evaluation.
• Understanding how to evaluate information should make it easier for you to choose sources for your assessments.

Watch the following video on evaluating your sources with the TRAAP method. 

• This assignment requires you to provide a bibliography in APA style without in-text citation or footnote.  
• The bibliography should be located at the end of your factsheet within the two page limit, and arranged in one alphabetical order with hanging indent
• Visit the Library Guide to APA style for more details.

Watch the video and see the example of a bibliography in APA 7th style below

Bibliography

Abbad, K., Semroud, R., Andreu-Boussut, V., & Bengoufa, S. (2022). Underwater trail: A tool for an integrated management of marine protected areas in the Western Mediterranean Basin. Regional Studies in Marine Science, 49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2021.102095

Baxter, J. M., Laffoley, D., & Simard, F. (Eds.). (2016). Marine protected areas and climate change: Adaptation and mitigation synergies, opportunities and challenges. IUCN. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.CH.2016.14.en.

Caric, H., Cukrov, N., & Omanovic, D. (2021). Nautical tourism in marine protected areas (MPAs): Evaluating an impact of copper emission from antifouling coating. Sustainability, 13(21). https://doi.org/10.3390/su132111897

Davies, C. E. (2021). Invertebrate health in marine protected areas (MPAs). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 186. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2020.107524

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. (n.d.). Legislation, regulations, agreements and policies. https://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/about-us/legislation-regulations-and-policies

International Union for Conservation of Nature. (2017). Coral reefs and climate change. https://www.iucn.org/sites/dev/files/mpas_and_climate_change_issues_brief.pdf

Johnson, S. M., & Watson, J. R. (2021). Novel environmental conditions due to climate change in the world's largest marine protected areas. One Earth, 4(11), 1625-1634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.10.016

Millage, K. D., Villasenor-Derbez, J. C., Bradley, D., Burgess, M. G., Lenihan, H. S., & Costello, C. (2021). Self-financed marine protected areas. Environmental Research Letters, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac3439

Qu, Z., Thrush, S., & Lewis, N. (2021). Evaluating decision-support tools for monetary valuation of ecosystem services for marine protected areas. Ocean & Coastal Management, 215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105951

Sabadin, D. E., Barbini, S. A., Figueroa, D. E., & Lucifora, L. O. (2022). Marine protected areas are not representative of chondrichthyan species assemblages in the Southwest Atlantic. Biodiversity and Conservation, 31(1), 97-117. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02323-3

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