The extent of larval dispersal on coral reefs has important implications for the persistence of
coral reef metapopulations, their resilience and recovery from an increasing array of threats …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) may be important for protecting the marine environment, but
they may also have substantial socio-cultural impacts about which very little is currently …

Marine reserves are quickly gaining popularity as a management option for marine
conservation, fisheries, and other human uses of the oceans. Despite the popularity of …

Marine reserves are becoming a popular tool for marine conservation and resource
management worldwide. In the past, reserves have been created with little understanding of …

An important principle of environmental science is that changes in single components of
systems are likely to have consequences elsewhere in the same systems. In the sea, food …

The ability to make accurate estimates of fish relative abundance is the basis of both
ecological and environmental effects studies, and flawed sampling methods may give …

This paper briefly reviews applications of single-video and stereo-video techniques to help
survey fish community composition and relative abundance, and fish length and weight …

Estimates of the relative density of fishes form the basis of many marine ecological studies
as well as the assessment of effects of fishing or pollution. Plasticity in the behavioural …

Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new
edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns …

The reef biota in four Tasmanian marine reserves and at associated unprotected reference
sites was investigated over a 6-year period following protection from fishing. The largest …