Modern fishing changes the ocean environment in many ways, including disturbing the sea
floor, altering the food webs, and shifting many important ecosystem functions. Natural …

Management of the land–sea interface is essential for global conservation and sustainability
objectives because coastal regions maintain natural processes that support biodiversity and …

No-take marine reserves can be powerful management tools, but only if they are well
designed and effectively managed. We review how ecological guidelines for improving …

In efforts to protect the world's oceans, the Convention on Biological Diversity has moved the
goal of establishing marine protected areas (MPAs) to cover 10% of the ocean from 2012 to …

Spatial priorities for the conservation of three key Mediterranean habitats, ie seagrass
Posidonia oceanica meadows, coralligenous formations, and marine caves, were …

Bioconstructions such as coralligenous outcrops and maërl beds are typical Mediterranean
underwater seascapes. Fine-scale knowledge on the distribution of these sensitive habitats …

Spatial prioritization in conservation is required to direct limited resources to where actions
are most urgently needed and most likely to produce effective conservation outcomes. In an …

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are spatially defined ma-rine units in which one or more
human activities-particularly fishing-are restricted or prohibited. They represent a …

Human use of ecosystem resources and services is increasing worldwide, generating
pressures that alter ecosystem structure, functioning and provision of services. Unexpected …

Aim The two additive components of β‐diversity, namely turnover and nestedness, reflect the
two basic mechanisms underlying the overall change in species identities across the …