BACKGROUND Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are places in the ocean that receive
protection to safeguard biodiversity from abatable threats. Confusion exists about the …

Connectivity underpins the persistence of life; it needs to inform biodiversity conservation
decisions. Yet, when prioritising conservation areas and develo** actions, connectivity is …

Overfishing may seriously impact fish populations and ecosystems. Marine protected areas
(MPAs) are key tools for biodiversity conservation and fisheries management, yet the …

Genetic diversity is estimated to be declining faster than species diversity under escalating
threats, but its spatial distribution remains poorly documented at the global scale. Theory …

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

The increasing global demand for marine resources raises concerns about sustainable
resource management and biodiversity conservation. Spatial closures, such as 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 …

Marine fisheries are an essential component of global food security, but many are close to
their limits and some are overfished. The models that guide the management of these …

Marine reserves deliver impressive increases in the abundance and size of exploited
species on protected reefs, but larval dispersal makes it difficult to estimate their wider …

How far do marine larvae disperse in the ocean? Decades of population genetic studies
have revealed generally low levels of genetic structure at large spatial scales (hundreds of …