Changing role of coral reef marine reserves in a warming climate [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 It is unclear whether rapid climate change will alter the effectiveness of marine reserves. Here Graham et al. use a 20-year time-series from the Seychelles to show that marine reserves may not prevent climate-driven shifts in community composition, and ...
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Do marine reserves increase prey for California sea lions and Pacific harbor seals? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Community marine reserves are geographical areas closed to fishing activities, implemented and enforced by the same fishermen that fish around them. Their main objective is to recover commercial stocks of fish and invertebrates.
Alejandro Arias-Del-Razo +6 more
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A spatiotemporal comparison of length-at-age in the coral reef fish Acanthurus nigrofuscus between marine reserves and fished reefs. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Quantitative assessments of the capacity of marine reserves to restore historical fish body-size distributions require extensive repeated sampling to map the phenotypic responses of target populations to protection.
Mathias T Cramer +4 more
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Evidence that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Establishment of marine protected areas, including fully protected marine reserves, is one of the few management tools available for local communities to combat the deleterious effect of large scale environmental impacts, including global climate change,
Fiorenza Micheli +6 more
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Short-term effects of community-based marine reserves on green abalone, as revealed by population studies [PDF]
Scientific ReportsMarine reserves (MRs) are implemented worldwide to protect, restore, and manage marine ecosystems and species. However, it is important to document the positive effects those marine reserves have on slow-growth, temperate invertebrates such as abalone ...
Jeremie Bauer +8 more
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A general business model for marine reserves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Marine reserves are an effective tool for protecting biodiversity locally, with potential economic benefits including enhancement of local fisheries, increased tourism, and maintenance of ecosystem services.
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Global mismatch between fishing dependency and larval supply from marine reserves [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2017 The effectiveness of marine reserves relies on whether they supply substantial recruitment outside their boundaries. Here, Andrello and colleagues use models of larval fish dispersal to show that countries most dependent on coastal fisheries receive the ...
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Increased disease calls for a cost-benefits review of marine reserves. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Marine reserves (or No-Take Zones) are implemented to protect species and habitats, with the aim of restoring a balanced ecosystem. Although the benefits of marine reserves are commonly monitored, there is a lack of insight into the potential detriments ...
Emma C Wootton +5 more
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Marine reserves lag behind wilderness in the conservation of key functional roles [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 The establishment of marine reserves in areas previously exploited by humans is recognised as an effective conservation tool. Through modelling effects of isolation from human influence, D'agata et al.
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Changes in fish assemblages following the establishment of a network of no-take marine reserves and partially-protected areas. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Networks of no-take marine reserves and partially-protected areas (with limited fishing) are being increasingly promoted as a means of conserving biodiversity.
Brendan P Kelaher +5 more
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