The MPA Guide: A framework to achieve global goals for the ocean

K Grorud-Colvert, J Sullivan-Stack, C Roberts… - Science, 2021 - science.org
BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Area-based conservation in the twenty-first century

SL Maxwell, V Cazalis, N Dudley, M Hoffmann… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Humanity will soon define a new era for nature—one that seeks to transform decades of
underwhelming responses to the global biodiversity crisis. Area-based conservation efforts …

Fish conservation in freshwater and marine realms: status, threats and management

AH Arthington, NK Dulvy, W Gladstone… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the disparities in size and volume of marine and freshwater realms, a strikingly
similar number of species is found in each–with 15 150 Actinopterygian fishes in fresh water …

The ocean as a solution to climate change: five opportunities for action

O Hoegh-Guldberg, K Caldeira, T Chopin… - The Blue Compendium …, 2023 - Springer
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Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains

JE Cinner, E Maire, C Huchery… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Coral reefs provide ecosystem goods and services for millions of people in the tropics, but
reef conditions are declining worldwide. Effective solutions to the crisis facing coral reefs …

BOFFFFs: on the importance of conserving old-growth age structure in fishery populations

MA Hixon, DW Johnson… - ICES Journal of Marine …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The value of big old fat fecund female fish (BOFFFFs) in fostering stock productivity and
stability has long been underappreciated by conventional fisheries science and …

Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change

CM Roberts, BC O'Leary… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory
resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert …

Larval dispersal and movement patterns of coral reef fishes, and implications for marine reserve network design

AL Green, AP Maypa, GR Almany… - Biological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐designed and effectively managed networks of marine reserves can be effective tools
for both fisheries management and biodiversity conservation. Connectivity, the demographic …

Adaptive governance, ecosystem management, and natural capital

L Schultz, C Folke, H Österblom… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
To gain insights into the effects of adaptive governance on natural capital, we compare three
well-studied initiatives; a landscape in Southern Sweden, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia …

A decade of seascape genetics: contributions to basic and applied marine connectivity

KA Selkoe, CCD Aloia, ED Crandall, M Iacchei… - Marine Ecology …, 2016 - int-res.com
Seascape genetics, a term coined in 2006, is a fast growing area of population genetics that
draws on ecology, oceanography and geography to address challenges in basic …