Benthic marine organisms are characterized by a bipartite life history in which populations of
sedentary adults are connected by oceanic transport of planktonic propagules. In contrast …

We investigated the community-wide effects of no-take marine reserves at the regional scale
in the Mediterranean Sea. Reserves had general positive effects of protection on fish …

Some authors argue that overfishing is an important reason that reef corals have declined in
recent decades. Their reasoning is that overfishing removes herbivores, releasing …

The ecologically and socio-economically important marine ecosystems of Europe are facing
severe threats from a variety of human impacts. To mitigate and potentially reverse some of …

The increasing diversity, intensity, and scale of human impacts on marine systems will likely
reduce potential connectivity among remnant populations, due to declining numbers and …

The collapse of Caribbean coral reefs has been attributed in part to historic overfishing, but
whether fish assemblages can recover and how such recovery might affect the benthic reef …

Marine reserves are widely used for conservation and fisheries management. However,
there is debate surrounding the speed of population recovery inside reserves and how …

Determining how ecosystem function and services are related to diversity is necessary for
predicting the consequences of diversity loss and for setting goals and priorities for marine …

Impact evaluation aims to estimate the effect of an intervention on intended, and perhaps
unintended, outcomes compared to the outcomes of no intervention or different intervention …

The current global fisheries crises have immense implications for the health and viability of
animal populations, as well as the ecosystems and habitats that support this biodiversity …