Impact of the 2014–2016 marine heatwave on US and Canada West Coast fisheries: Surprises and lessons from key case studies

CM Free, SC Anderson, EA Hellmers… - Fish and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are increasingly affecting marine ecosystems, with cascading impacts on
coastal economies, communities, and food systems. Studies of heatwaves provide crucial …

Measurements, mechanisms, and management recommendations for how marine protected areas can provide climate resilience

JW White, JK Hopf, N Arafeh-Dalmau, NC Ban… - Marine Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
The number of marine protected areas (MPAs) implemented globally is rising, with calls to
protect 30% of the ocean by 2030. One potential benefit of MPAs is increased resilience to …

Persistence of fish populations to longer, more intense, and more frequent mass mortality events

Ø Langangen, JM Durant - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last decades, mass mortality events have become increasingly common across
taxa with sometimes devastating effects on population biomass. In the aquatic environment …

[HTML][HTML] Extreme events delay the detection of marine protected area effects: Implications for monitoring and management

JK Hopf, JW White - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
The establishment of protected natural areas worldwide has surged in the last decade, with
more protected area coverage expected in the future. In the case of marine protected areas …

The response of marine fish population productivity to juvenile habitat modifications depends upon life histories

J Champagnat, E Rivot, O Le Pape - Fish and Fisheries, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coastal and estuarine habitats are essential for both growth and survival at juvenile stages
for a large proportion of marine fish but are exposed to a variety of threats. However, the …

Management strategies can buffer the effect of mass mortality in early life stages of fish

L Buttay, J Ohlberger… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mass mortality (MM) events affecting early life stages of fish can have strong and long‐term
consequences for population abundance and demography as well as the economic activity …

Rapid evolution of resistance and tolerance leads to variable host recoveries following disease-induced declines

MQ Wilber, JA DeMarchi, CJ Briggs… - The American …, 2024 - journals.uchicago.edu
Recoveries of populations that have suffered severe disease-induced declines are being
observed across disparate taxa. Yet we lack theoretical understanding of the drivers and …

Large biomass reduction effect on the relative role of climate, fishing, and recruitment on fish population dynamics

JM Durant, RE Holt, Ø Langangen - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Many species around the world have collapsed, yet only some have recovered. A key
question is what happens to populations post collapse. Traditionally, marine fish collapses …

Marine reserves can buffer against environmental fluctuations for overexploited but not sustainably harvested fisheries

JW White, DP Kilduff, A Hastings… - Ecological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, decision‐makers are seeking management levers that can mitigate the negative
effects of climate change on ecosystems that have already been transformed from their …

Biological traits and biome features mediate responses of terrestrial bird demography to droughts

LB Zhang, Z Ma, Y Liu - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Changing drought regimes are a rising threat to biodiversity, yet their impacts on wildlife vary
greatly. Acknowledging the factors associated with these consequences brings novel …