There has been a recent proliferation of large‐scale marine protected areas (MPA s)
containing pelagic habitats. These contribute substantially toward meeting the area‐based …

The Ecospace model for spatial organization of trophic interactions has seen limited use for
evaluation of policies such as marine protected areas, partly because of concern about …

Well‐designed marine protected area (MPA) networks can deliver a range of ecological,
economic and social benefits, and so a great deal of research has focused on developing …

We describe two approaches for spatial optimization of protected area placement, both
based on maximizing an objectivity function that incorporates ecological, social, and …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are implemented worldwide as an efficient tool to preserve
biodiversity and protect ecosystems. We used food web models (Ecopath and EcoTroph) to …

The Ecospace model has been developed from the Ecopath with Ecosim food web model to
add a spatial dimension for investigating marine ecosystems. In this study, we evaluated the …

Ecosystem-based fishery management inherently involves confronting tradeoffs and
requires taking a holistic approach to evaluating and developing fisheries management …

The East China Sea (ECS) supports a highly productive fishery and is rich in biodiversity, but
economic development in China and peripheral countries has led to intensifying …

One shortcoming of marine protected areas (MPA) implementation is the potential for
unintended consequences, such as fisheries effort displacement, that cause negative …

Many exploited fish and invertebrate species use coastal habitats during one or more
lifehistory stages as spawning, feeding, nursery areas and migration; yet, the value of these …