Underwater video techniques are increasingly used in marine ecology studies.
Technological progress regarding video cameras, sensors (such as sounders), battery life …

Marine reserves are areas of the sea where fishing is not allowed. They provide refuges
where populations of exploited species can recover and habitats modified by fishing can …

Trophic downgrading destabilizes ecosystems and can drive large‐scale shifts in ecosystem
state. While restoring predatory interactions in marine reserves can reverse anthropogenic …

Adult and juvenile mobility has a considerable influence on the functioning of marine
protected areas. It is recognized that adult and juvenile movement reduces the core benefits …

Baited remote underwater stereo-video (stereo-BRUV) stations and diver operated stereo-
video (stereo-DOV) transects are increasingly used to sample both tropical and temperate …

Management areas are used in marine spatial planning to conserve biodiversity of marine
ecosystems and to protect fish from fishing pressure. To evaluate the effectiveness of these …

Marine recreational fishing (MRF) is a popular activity that involves millions of people
worldwide. While the impacts of recreational fishing on freshwater ecosystems received …

Summary 1 The formulation of conservation policy relies heavily on demographic, biological
and ecological knowledge that is often elusive for threatened species. Essential estimates of …

In the last decades, marine reserves have dramatically increased in number worldwide.
Here I examined the potential of no‐take marine reserves to reestablish lost predatory …

This study investigated spillover (biomass export) around 6 marine protected areas (MPAs)
in the western Mediterranean based on catch and effort data from artisanal fisheries. The …