Marine protected areas (MPAs) are globally important environmental management tools that
provide protection from the effects of human exploitation and activities, supporting the …

Long-distance (> 40-km) dispersal from marine reserves is poorly documented; yet, it can
provide essential benefits such as seeding fished areas or connecting marine reserves into …

The global decline of coral reefs has led to calls for strategies that reconcile biodiversity
conservation and fisheries benefits. Still, considerable gaps in our understanding of the …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are conservation tools that are increasingly implemented,
with growing national commitments for MPA expansion. Perhaps the greatest challenge to …

Well-managed and enforced no-take marine reserves generate important larval subsidies to
neighboring habitats and thereby contribute to the long-term sustainability of fisheries …

Larval dispersal is a critically important yet enigmatic process in marine ecology, evolution,
and conservation. Determining the distance and direction that tiny larvae travel in the open …

We, the Haíłzaqv, Kitasoo Xai'xais, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv First Nations, are the traditional
stewards of our territories in the Central Coast of British Columbia, Canada. Our traditional …

Marine species with pelagic larvae typically exhibit little population structure, suggesting
long‐distance dispersal and high gene flow. Directly quantifying dispersal of marine fishes is …

Seventy-one per cent of the earth's surface is covered by ocean which contains almost 80%
of the world's phyla–“seascape genomics” is the study of how spatial dependence and …

Adaptively managing marine protected areas (MPAs) requires accurately assessing whether
established MPAs are achieving their goals of protecting and conserving biomass …