Ecological guidelines for designing networks of marine reserves in the unique biophysical environment of the Gulf of California

A Munguia-Vega, AL Green, AN Suarez-Castillo… - Reviews in Fish Biology …, 2018 - Springer
No-take marine reserves can be powerful management tools, but only if they are well
designed and effectively managed. We review how ecological guidelines for improving …

Designing marine reserve networks for both conservation and fisheries management

SD Gaines, C White, MH Carr… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Marine protected areas (MPAs) that exclude fishing have been shown repeatedly to
enhance the abundance, size, and diversity of species. These benefits, however, mean little …

Theory, practice, and design criteria for utilizing artificial reefs to increase production of marine fishes

DJ Pondella, JT Claisse, CM Williams - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Increasing the production of marine fishes is a tractable goal with wide socioeconomic and
ecological appeal. Ecosystem restoration projects that increase the amount of suitable …

Evidence that marine reserves enhance resilience to climatic impacts

F Micheli, A Saenz-Arroyo, A Greenley, L Vazquez… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
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 …

Evidence that spillover from Marine Protected Areas benefits the spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) fishery in southern California

HS Lenihan, JP Gallagher, JR Peters, AC Stier… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are designed to enhance biodiversity and
ecosystem services. Some MPAs are also established to benefit fisheries through increased …

Larval connectivity in an effective network of marine protected areas

MR Christie, BN Tissot, MA Albins, JP Beets, Y Jia… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Acceptance of marine protected areas (MPAs) as fishery and conservation tools has been
hampered by lack of direct evidence that MPAs successfully seed unprotected areas with …

Lack of cross-scale linkages reduces robustness of community-based fisheries management

R Cudney-Bueno, X Basurto - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Community-based management and the establishment of marine reserves have been
advocated worldwide as means to overcome overexploitation of fisheries. Yet, researchers …

Realized and potential larval connectivity in the Southern California Bight

JR Watson, S Mitarai, DA Siegel, JE Caselle… - Marine Ecology …, 2010 - int-res.com
Populations of many nearshore marine species are connected through the dispersal of their
larvae. In this paper, larval connectivity patterns in the Southern California Bight are …

Enhanced biodiversity beyond marine reserve boundaries: The cup spillith over

GR Russ, AC Alcala - Ecological applications, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Overfishing can have detrimental effects on marine biodiversity and the structure of marine
ecosystems. No‐take marine reserves (NTMRs) are much advocated as a means of …

Behavior constrains the dispersal of long-lived spiny lobster larvae

MJ Butler IV, CB Paris, JS Goldstein… - Marine Ecology …, 2011 - int-res.com
Behavior such as ontogenetic vertical migration (OVM) limits the transport of marine larvae
with short pelagic larval durations (PLDs), but its effect on the supposed long-distance …