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 …

Ecosystem ecology: size-based constraints on the pyramids of life

R Trebilco, JK Baum, AK Salomon, NK Dulvy - Trends in ecology & …, 2013 - cell.com
Biomass distribution and energy flow in ecosystems are traditionally described with trophic
pyramids, and increasingly with size spectra, particularly in aquatic ecosystems. Here, we …

Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the 'Protection Paradox'

AE Bates, RSC Cooke, MI Duncan, GJ Edgar… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Restricting human activities through Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is assumed to create
more resilient biological communities with a greater capacity to resist and recover following …

Five key attributes can increase marine protected areas performance for small-scale fisheries management

A Di Franco, P Thiriet, G Di Carlo, C Dimitriadis… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have largely proven to be effective tools for conserving
marine ecosystem, while socio-economic benefits generated by MPAs to fisheries are still …

Ecological effects of full and partial protection in the crowded Mediterranean Sea: a regional meta-analysis

S Giakoumi, C Scianna, J Plass-Johnson, F Micheli… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a cornerstone of marine conservation. Globally, the
number and coverage of MPAs are increasing, but MPA implementation lags in many …

Local‐scale climatic refugia offer sanctuary for a habitat‐forming species during a marine heatwave

J Verdura, J Santamaría, E Ballesteros… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gradual climate change and discrete extreme climatic events have driven shifts in the
structure of populations and the distribution of species in many marine ecosystems. The …

Tropical rabbitfish and the deforestation of a warming temperate sea

A Vergés, F Tomas, E Cebrian, E Ballesteros… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A striking example of climate‐mediated range shifts in marine systems is the intrusion of
tropical species into temperate areas world‐wide, but we know very little about the …

[PDF][PDF] Status of marine biodiversity in the Anthropocene

T Luypaert, JG Hagan, ML McCarthy… - YOUMARES 9-The …, 2020 - library.oapen.org
Marine biodiversity plays an important role in providing the ecosystem functions and
services which humans derive from the oceans. Understanding how this provisioning will …

Decline and local extinction of Fucales in French Riviera: the harbinger of future extinctions?

T Thibaut, A Blanfuné… - Mediterranean …, 2015 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Abstract The French Riviera is one of the Mediterranean areas that has been longest and
most thoroughly impacted by human activities. Fucales are long-lived, large-sized brown …

Large-scale assessment of Mediterranean marine protected areas effects on fish assemblages

P Guidetti, P Baiata, E Ballesteros, A Di Franco… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) were acknowledged globally as effective tools to mitigate the
threats to oceans caused by fishing. Several studies assessed the effectiveness of individual …